Prototype
So I bought Prototype yesterday. It's really a pretty good game.
You play as Alex Mercer. Who appears to be a test subject for a government organization called blackwatch. He was infected with some sort of virus that mutates and allows him to heal, mutate into weapons and other people. The problem is he has amnesia(doh!) so he was to find people who have information about what happened and absorb them. Gaining their knowledge and the ability to tranform into that person.
Oddly enough you can only turn into the last person you've absorbed (or consumed as the game calls it). You want to learn how to drive a tank. Find a tank driver and absorb him.(Can't miss it part of the story missions. Same with the helicopters.) You can play the game in a number of ways it seems. You can sneak into military bases and absorb the people in there to gain better weapon skills and the like.
As you travel around the game ala spider man. You'll notice on your mini map that there are people that you can absorb to gain more knowledge about what's going on. This is called the Web of Intrigue. This is what unravels the back story and your characters past.
You gain experience points called EP or Evolution Points that you spend on your abilities. Much like the spider man game as well. I think a better comparson might be Incredible Hulk: Total Destruction(I think that's what it's called), but I never played it so I don't know.
There are side missions that vary in style from kill as many as possible to help this side win, to movement type missions (collect the orbs or land as close to this spot as possible while gliding).
Story is pretty good so far. Voice acting could use some help, but there aren't many games that couldn't use better voice acting. Haven't finished the game. Probably not close yet but I'm having a good time while doing it, and that's what matters.
You play as Alex Mercer. Who appears to be a test subject for a government organization called blackwatch. He was infected with some sort of virus that mutates and allows him to heal, mutate into weapons and other people. The problem is he has amnesia(doh!) so he was to find people who have information about what happened and absorb them. Gaining their knowledge and the ability to tranform into that person.
Oddly enough you can only turn into the last person you've absorbed (or consumed as the game calls it). You want to learn how to drive a tank. Find a tank driver and absorb him.(Can't miss it part of the story missions. Same with the helicopters.) You can play the game in a number of ways it seems. You can sneak into military bases and absorb the people in there to gain better weapon skills and the like.
As you travel around the game ala spider man. You'll notice on your mini map that there are people that you can absorb to gain more knowledge about what's going on. This is called the Web of Intrigue. This is what unravels the back story and your characters past.
You gain experience points called EP or Evolution Points that you spend on your abilities. Much like the spider man game as well. I think a better comparson might be Incredible Hulk: Total Destruction(I think that's what it's called), but I never played it so I don't know.
There are side missions that vary in style from kill as many as possible to help this side win, to movement type missions (collect the orbs or land as close to this spot as possible while gliding).
Story is pretty good so far. Voice acting could use some help, but there aren't many games that couldn't use better voice acting. Haven't finished the game. Probably not close yet but I'm having a good time while doing it, and that's what matters.
posted by Robert at 7:41 AM
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