Prototype 2: Murder everyone AGAIN

TDK · 12-12-2010, 07:39 PM

Trailer

I LOVED the original Prototype, but this trailer looks iffy. Graphics look the same (ie: unimpressive), gameplay looks the same but for a few improvements (though I'm sure there would be lots of new powers and stuff, but that's hardly innovation), character seems either like a douche or exactly the same as Alex Mercer...

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Originally Posted by http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/850178-spike-vgas-prototype-2-switches-leads

The website previously known as Murder Your Maker has now metamorphosed into Prototype 2, indicating that that game will be out in 2012 - but not mentioning anything about formats (although it's almost certainly Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3).

The footage from the trailer looks very similar to the first game, which makes it even more surprising that there's going to be a sequel at all. The original received largely mediocre reviews and sales and was generally deemed inferior to Radical Entertainment's previous game The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction - to which Prototype was something of a spiritual sequel.

The idea of playing as a new character certainly seems a positive change though, as you fight against, rather than as, hoodie-wearing sociopath Alex Mercer. The new game is still set in New York City and will cast you as Sergeant James Allen, who has decided that, 'to kill a monster, you must become a monster'.

This just makes me mad. I liked Alex Mercer. He is probably one of my favorite video game characters simply because he is unapologetically an utter sociopath, even before his transformation.

What do you guys think? I'm on the fence. I really don't want to kill Alex Mercer, but beyond that, I played the shit out of the original, so I don't know that I really want more of the same. Its even in the same place...

Krylo · 12-12-2010, 07:53 PM

I was hoping for a sequel playing AS Mercer and finishing off the military industrial complex that created him and the mother...thing, and the child and all the other shit you could learn about by eating people.

Playing as a member of the complex and killing Mercer doesn't fix anything, and is stupid.

Doc ock rokc · 12-12-2010, 07:54 PM

HA! I KNEW IT! My friend owes me 20 bucks! er
Yay honestly I can't wait for it. I kinda knew that if Infamous was going to do a sequel then Prototype would get one as well as they almost matched in sales.
I am a little sad they are not going to focus on mercer but then again It could still be him...maybe.

Karrrrrrrrrrrresche · 12-12-2010, 07:58 PM

I have to say I expected to not be Mercer, since he's more or less a physical manifestation of a god of death and destruction by this point, but playing as a military man?
What the fuck.

Bells · 12-12-2010, 08:17 PM

too early guys... i mean, this could go many ways. As in, trying to explore Alex's Human side for a bit, or creating empathy between the new protagonist and him. Maybe in the end this new guy could see that Alex is not the monster, the group that created him is the real monster.

It could swing in a few ways yet.

TDK · 12-12-2010, 08:39 PM

Bells, I'm going to guess based on that post that you did not play, or at least did not beat, Prototype. :I

Bells · 12-13-2010, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by TDK

Bells, I'm going to guess based on that post that you did not play, or at least did not beat, Prototype. :I

Well Excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me for trying to have a little baseless blind faith in the gaming industry... HUMF!

Aldurin · 12-16-2010, 09:28 PM

My big issue is that it's freakin' New York AGAIN. I don't know how they managed to make monotonous drivel out of a skyscraper jungle but they did.

Couldn't the plague trash somewhere else like Empire City at least? That was cool, even had a tower made out of trash.

And I didn't like the writing, especially non-WOI cutscene dialogue.

I just hope it keeps it's badass gameplay, and hopefully they'll adapt multiplayer at some point (though I have trouble fathoming how 16 Mercers going head-to-head would work).

Doc ock rokc · 12-16-2010, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Aldurin

My big issue is that it's freakin' New York AGAIN. I don't know how they managed to make monotonous drivel out of a skyscraper jungle but they did.

Couldn't the plague trash somewhere else like Empire City at least? That was cool, even had a tower made out of trash.

And I didn't like the writing, especially non-WOI cutscene dialogue.

I just hope it keeps it's badass gameplay, and hopefully they'll adapt multiplayer at some point (though I have trouble fathoming how 16 Mercers going head-to-head would work).

is it in New york? I didn't see any real New york landmarks. it could be Chicago or something (also I c wut you did thar)

the story of Prototype 1 was a horribly hilarious but that gameplay just saved its ass.

Kim · 12-12-2010, 08:41 PM

Prototype was awfully written, as was Mercer, but the gameplay was basically playing Spiderman 2 as Carnage so FUCK YEAH MORE PROTOTYPE.

12-12-2010, 07:53 PM	#2
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	I was hoping for a sequel playing AS Mercer and finishing off the military industrial complex that created him and the mother...thing, and the child and all the other shit you could learn about by eating people. Playing as a member of the complex and killing Mercer doesn't fix anything, and is stupid. __________________ I am very tired.

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Doc ock rokc ...Really? Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: in Theory. Everything works here Posts: 3,961	HA! I KNEW IT! My friend owes me 20 bucks! er Yay honestly I can't wait for it. I kinda knew that if Infamous was going to do a sequel then Prototype would get one as well as they almost matched in sales. I am a little sad they are not going to focus on mercer but then again It could still be him...maybe. __________________ I have a Pesterchum its DangerousDoc I am ether fading out of Time, Space, or Reality...Or Simply my Typewriter is running out of ink

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Bells That's so PC of you Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In a Server-sided Dimension where time is meaningless Posts: 10,490	too early guys... i mean, this could go many ways. As in, trying to explore Alex's Human side for a bit, or creating empathy between the new protagonist and him. Maybe in the end this new guy could see that Alex is not the monster, the group that created him is the real monster. It could swing in a few ways yet. __________________ *BELLS STORE : Clothes! You wear* them! Free US Shipping Subscription System? WTF?! Zazzle Black!**

12-12-2010, 08:41 PM	#10
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	Prototype was awfully written, as was Mercer, but the gameplay was basically playing Spiderman 2 as Carnage so FUCK YEAH MORE PROTOTYPE. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

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12-12-2010, 08:39 PM	#6
TDK Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reality Posts: 2,914	Bells, I'm going to guess based on that post that you did not play, or at least did not beat, Prototype. :I

12-16-2010, 09:28 PM	#8
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	My big issue is that it's freakin' New York AGAIN. I don't know how they managed to make monotonous drivel out of a skyscraper jungle but they did. Couldn't the plague trash somewhere else like Empire City at least? That was cool, even had a tower made out of trash. And I didn't like the writing, especially non-WOI cutscene dialogue. I just hope it keeps it's badass gameplay, and hopefully they'll adapt multiplayer at some point (though I have trouble fathoming how 16 Mercers going head-to-head would work).