Today's Summer hype video: Prototype
by Zack Stern 
{ Jan 9th 2008 at 1:48AM }
The marketing machine is beginning to crank out information advertising advermation about this Summer's Prototype. This heavily produced video pulls off the "casual chat with developers" look well. But underneath that grimy, "don't think of this as advertising, we're just friends here" exterior, the sandbox-action game actually looks good. We feel dirty for liking it, but hopefully that's the game convincing us, not the video production. Watch the video after the break, or obey its full HD glory at Gametrailers.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dsub @ Jan 9th 2008 1:58AM
looks like Crackdown but better. Got my interest.
DomoBraden @ Jan 9th 2008 2:18AM
It's a next-gen, (read: current-gen), spiritual sequel to Ultimate Destruction being made without all the restrictions of a licensed game. It doesn't even seem conceivable that this could be anything less than an great game...at the very least, above-average.
Nonetheless, I'm going to do my best to avoid the hype-machine on this one to assure that I don't set unnaturally high expectations...you know, just in case.
colin @ Jan 9th 2008 3:48AM
excellent avatar ... i used to have one that had deadpool smokin a J
chris @ Jan 9th 2008 2:29AM
As long as I can once again throw cars at helicopters, it gets my tick of approval.
ThornedVenom @ Jan 9th 2008 4:09AM
Sounds like a solid backstory to me, but the main question is still yet to be answered: will it be fun?
doc j @ Jan 9th 2008 4:15AM
It's got my interest.
Godmil @ Jan 9th 2008 4:39AM
I couldn't watch more than 30 seconds of that, I have no idea what the game will be like, but having a video of developers sitting around saying how unique and revolutionary their product is is crass beyond belief. I hope for their sake that the game can speak for itself better than they can.
colin @ Jan 9th 2008 5:52AM
The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?
tc @ Jan 9th 2008 7:49AM
i used to have that exact same sand pit!
Brilliam @ Jan 9th 2008 10:40AM
Me too! Man I spent a lot of time in that thing. I think I also used to talk to it. I was a lonely little boy.
hvnlysoldr @ Jan 9th 2008 1:27PM
Our church had that same sand pit.
Gangsta Smurf @ Jan 9th 2008 10:58AM
What the fuck is this?
Mike @ Jan 9th 2008 1:00PM
Come on, covering the faces of enemy soldiers to give then an intimidating, sub-human vibe? Where have I seen that before? Prototype looks badass...but Blackwatch is a total Combine rip-off. And that's OK. But let's give it up for Valve.
crstffr @ Jan 9th 2008 1:30PM
I was thinking the EXACT same thing and was coming into the comments to say that.
Prototype Blackwatch = Half Life 2 Combine