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[IbizaPocholo]

The original Prototype (2009) was a flawed game that was tons of fun. We don't see games that feel like this anymore.

 

[ManaByte]

Never played it because I thought it was just an Infamous clone.

 

[SJRB]

Never played it because I thought it was just an Infamous clone.

Congrats, you played yourself because Prototype was a great game and a great experience. In many ways probably better than inFamous too.

The story was super basic but the gameplay was excellent. Extreme carnage, awesome powers and abilities, a lot happening on the screen. The way NYC was divided in zones was cool, and especially the areas where infected were pouring into the streets to attack regular people with helicopters overhead and tanks suddenly rolling in shooting indiscriminately into the crowds to keep the infection from spreading were fucking wild.

I had a lot of fun with this game, and its sequel.

 

[Pelao]

There is no other game like it. I loved the character mobility, the powers and how edgy everything was, especially the amount of collateral casualties that occurred if you engaged in combat in the middle of a crowded area. I must have replayed it about four times. My favorite part was the halfway point of the story, when the city wasn't completely overrun and you could witness some pretty cool situations with the soldiers fighting the monsters. Prototype 2 failed to recapture the magic, but by god if I hadn't wished Prototype 1 had the tendrils power of 2.

 

[Spyxos]

Wasn't Prototype almost the same as the Hulk game on n64? As far as I remember they played very similarly.

 

[AndrewRyan]

Ridiculously fun game to jump in to wreck some havoc for a few minutes. Has a permanent home on my Steam Deck.

 

[Elder Legend]

Congrats, you played yourself because Prototype was a great game and a great experience. In many ways probably better than inFamous too.

The story was super basic but the gameplay was excellent. Extreme carnage, awesome powers and abilities, a lot happening on the screen. The way NYC was divided in zones was cool, and especially the areas where infected were pouring into the streets to attack regular people with helicopters overhead and tanks suddenly rolling in shooting indiscriminately into the crowds to keep the infection from spreading were fucking wild.

I had a lot of fun with this game, and its sequel.

I agree. It was the combat that did it for me and it was also very gory and bloody. I never played the sequel. I don't think we will ever see any kind of reboot or another game sadly though :/

 

[Umbasaborne]

Look, I was heavily gaming and following the industry when this game came out. Prototype was never a big deal. The most attention it got was "huh, its kinda like infamous". It sold acceptably and was swimming in 7's upon release lol

 

[ReBurn]

Prototype was a fun game in a time when games didn't take themselves as seriously as they do now.

 

[The Pleasure]

Wasn't every building in Prototype a Gamestop for some odd reason?

 

[HL3.exe]

'Big deal'? What's this history revisionism going on here?

 

[AmuroChan]

I played both Prototype 1 and 2. I couldn't tell you a single thing about the story, but I do remember they were fun to play.

 

[Knightime_X]

I wish they would remaster 1 and 2.
They look and run like shit even on ps4, plus unplayable on PC due to crashing on start up and other severe issues like 720p limit.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Congrats, you played yourself because Prototype was a great game and a great experience. In many ways probably better than inFamous too.

The story was super basic but the gameplay was excellent. Extreme carnage, awesome powers and abilities, a lot happening on the screen. The way NYC was divided in zones was cool, and especially the areas where infected were pouring into the streets to attack regular people with helicopters overhead and tanks suddenly rolling in shooting indiscriminately into the crowds to keep the infection from spreading were fucking wild.

I had a lot of fun with this game, and its sequel.

This. Infamous was thrash, and I say this as someone whose only platinum was Infamous 1.

 

[SeraphJan]

I would say Protoype controls better than Infamous, very responsive

However Infamous do have overall better quality, but I still enjoy Prototype equally due to how awesome the character controls

 

[Shakka43]

Never played it because I thought it was just an Infamous clone.

They came out at the same time so neither was a clone of the other. I didn't enjoy the two Prototype games as much as inFamous but there was still a lot of dumb fun to have with them.

I wish they would remaster 1 and 2.
They look and run like shit even on ps4, plus unplayable on PC due to crashing on start up and other severe issues like 720p limit.

I played the game not too long ago at 1440p ultrawide with no crashes. Can't quite remember if I used any PCGamingWiki tips but it was perfectly playable. The city in the game does indeed look like shit though.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

0:00 Intro
2:08 Story & Premise
06:08 Visuals & Game World
08:02 Versus Infamous
11:17 The Controls & Gameplay
16:40 Disguises
18:55 Combat Critique
20:11 The Hunters
24:45 Side Missions
25:30 Closing Remarks
27:29 Prototype 2
31:31 Gameplay Improvements
35:33 More Improvements
39:11 Outro
41:14 Amazing Patrons