New Prototype 2 trailer explores the power of tendrils
by Jordan Mallory 
on Jul 17th 2011 11:45AM
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Posted: Jul 17th 2011 12:01PM Faenix said
I wish you were still Mercer :/
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 2:57PM Kimchi Kommando said
@Faenix
The developers had to find a way to strip the player of all the cool powers from the get-go. Its sequel making 101.
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The developers had to find a way to strip the player of all the cool powers from the get-go. Its sequel making 101.
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 7:52PM NightmareStorm said
@Lucky48 all he lost was the big super super powers.
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Posted: Jul 18th 2011 6:17AM Miranda Lawson said
@Faenix ….What/Who is Mercer? At the risk of seeming stupid.
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Posted: Jul 17th 2011 12:04PM ShoTime said
"Dismemberment never felt so good!!"
Uh...huh.
Uh...huh.
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 12:12PM Godmars said
"Oh, and what they do to schoolgirls..."
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 12:13PM captplut9465 said
Brown, brown, red, brown (oh yeah some gray too). This makes me appreciate inFamous 2's graphics a lot more.
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 12:21PM liquidsoap89 said
@captplut9465
Just like when the first games came out too... I played Prototype, it was cool at first running around with a whip hand and kicking helicopters until they blew up... And then 10 hours later when you were still doing the EXACT SAME THING I really started to hate it.
I was definitely in the infamous > prototype camp.
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Just like when the first games came out too... I played Prototype, it was cool at first running around with a whip hand and kicking helicopters until they blew up... And then 10 hours later when you were still doing the EXACT SAME THING I really started to hate it.
I was definitely in the infamous > prototype camp.
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 12:25PM Apsac D said
@liquidsoap89
I can understand why these games are compared, but they shouldn't be. They're both great games and should both be played for various reasons.
Now... I didn't say they're great IPs, because Prototype 2 could really go either way. Let's hope it's as good, if not better than the first, just as inFAMOUS 2 was. The first fair comparison when referencing the two. GO ME!
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I can understand why these games are compared, but they shouldn't be. They're both great games and should both be played for various reasons.
Now... I didn't say they're great IPs, because Prototype 2 could really go either way. Let's hope it's as good, if not better than the first, just as inFAMOUS 2 was. The first fair comparison when referencing the two. GO ME!
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 12:42PM DesmondMiles said
@captplut9465
bland bald character shooting random things ....yeah infamous much better..
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bland bald character shooting random things ....yeah infamous much better..
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 2:54PM Kimchi Kommando said
@DesmondMiles
That's what Infamous was missing, mullets. Right, and the only thing he did was shoot lightning out of hands, boooooring. I'm sure Gear of War did that first.
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That's what Infamous was missing, mullets. Right, and the only thing he did was shoot lightning out of hands, boooooring. I'm sure Gear of War did that first.
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 5:22PM sparkster said
@Kimchi Kommando
Well, as much as I enjoyed Infamous, I gotta say elictric based powers can be more interesting than what Cole does. Combat-wise at least.
Also, I don't see a comparison between Infamous and Prototype. They're both great at what they do.
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Well, as much as I enjoyed Infamous, I gotta say elictric based powers can be more interesting than what Cole does. Combat-wise at least.
Also, I don't see a comparison between Infamous and Prototype. They're both great at what they do.
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 6:14PM Brian Griffin said
@captplut9465
So Prototype was bad because it had "brown, red and grey" graphics? Thank goodness you never played the first Gears of War.
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So Prototype was bad because it had "brown, red and grey" graphics? Thank goodness you never played the first Gears of War.
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 12:30PM Fome said
Almost 30 years later, Akira's influence is still being felt.
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 12:36PM MEMgrizzlies7 said
I will never understand how mediocre games get sequels.
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 12:39PM Slomoshun said
Yea the first game was fun for about the first cpl hrs. Then it just started to feel like..I dunno..boring and very repetitive.
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 12:51PM Mach2 said
I think that gray-bearded guy needs some professional help...
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 1:35PM The Blank Mage Returns said
Prototype had so much potential, but it had terrible progression and a lackluster plot. It didn't help that Mercer ended up playing like a rubber bouncy ball on cocaine, and that his personality was basically "I'm angry!" I mean, he absorbs the memories of everyone he kills, literally thousands of years worth of information! He should be an awesome monster super-genius! Like Hannibal Lecter with a black sword arm! How did you mess that up?!
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 3:03PM Kimchi Kommando said
@The Blank Mage Returns
The problem I had with Prototype was the lack of polish. The environment was bland and lacked any detail, especially the buildings and the AI was laughably bad. It was easy to escape enemies, but walking around hidden as a guard would set off warning signs if you so much as farted. Also, for what ever reason the upgrade system was just sloppy and tacked on. Many powers did the exact same thing and I can't describe how boring and repedative hijacking a helicopter became.
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The problem I had with Prototype was the lack of polish. The environment was bland and lacked any detail, especially the buildings and the AI was laughably bad. It was easy to escape enemies, but walking around hidden as a guard would set off warning signs if you so much as farted. Also, for what ever reason the upgrade system was just sloppy and tacked on. Many powers did the exact same thing and I can't describe how boring and repedative hijacking a helicopter became.
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 1:36PM Arsenic13 said
They need to add more Just Cause 2 absurdity.
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 1:41PM DeadpooI said
This is just like one of my Japanese pornos!
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 1:42PM Schlecht said
It needs a better plot and multiplayer. I'm passing on this because we already know the multiplayer is a no-go
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 6:15PM StarcasM said
Ah, the ps3/infamous team out again to bash Prototype "AGAIN". Wow.
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 8:30PM poronponporin said
@StarcasM I have a PS3 and I want this game. In fact, although inFamous was better structured and had more polished I liked Prototype a lot more because all you powers in inFamous were just standard FPS guns with a few quirks here and there. In this game you can feel the power you supposedly have, Cole McGrath was just some dude with guns.
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Posted: Jul 17th 2011 11:47PM StarcasM said
@poronponporin I agree it was more structured, but my beef is Infamous fanboys continue to bash/hate on Prototype, even when they're 2 TOTALLY different games. Graphically, infamous looked better, but the sense of NYC getting destroyed, Numerous people running around, Enemies everywhere made Prototype Dope. From jumping from a building, latching onto a helicopter, using it to cause havoc in the air as well as the ground, getting shot down, landing and taking over a tank.. -I can go on and on..
I can't wait for part two. Hate on. My money's on Prototype 2.
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I can't wait for part two. Hate on. My money's on Prototype 2.
Posted: Jul 17th 2011 7:08PM Aesir Renegade said
I personally don't own a PS3 so I can't comment on Infamous 1 or 2, but I did buy Prototype and it was everything that I expected from the game. I enjoyed it and I got nearly all achievements in it as well. Co-Op would definitely help sell the Prototype games a bit though... I loved the story line and the "Web of Intrigue" story-telling device was interesting, but it was too bogged down by the many needless people in the web to get to the guys who had the memories that truly had some importance to the storyline.
Posted: Jul 18th 2011 4:03AM LEONLEONLEON said
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I saw a glitch like that in COD4 once.
