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What's the best way to destroy Hives? Military bases are simple, just jack a tank and blow it, but those hives are annoying, the respawning heavy zombies rip apart the tanks very quickly.
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The Official Prototype Thread
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vandalvideo
Banned
Dani said:
Jacking a tank or AA vehicle near by. There is usually always one. Look for a big white blip.
dragonflys545
Member
Fuu said:
There's custom soundtrack?
Lostconfused
Member
Just finished the game. The final boss was extremely frustrating and the only way i managed to take it down is by spamming the long range whipfist attack non stop. Otherwise more or less enjoyable, the story kind of falls apart in places and comes together in the others at the end, but really the most interesting bit is just getting those random scenes when you consume key characters.
mysticstylez
Banned
Playing Prototype for a few hours than jumping right into inFamous is such a jarring experience. The movement abilities of Alex in Prototype (running up walls, faster running, higher jumping, glide, air dash) make Cole feel so weak.
I'm playing both on PS3, and while inFamous looks better in stills, technically it is inferior. Slowdown, and crazy pop in is much much more frequest in inFamous, than Prototype.
I'm playing both on PS3, and while inFamous looks better in stills, technically it is inferior. Slowdown, and crazy pop in is much much more frequest in inFamous, than Prototype.
wayward archer
Member
Dani said:
Usually I end up throwing cars at it. I also use artillery strikes when I remember that I have them.
AltogetherAndrews
Member
mysticstylez said:
Prototype should run without slowdown or pop-in, given how flat and undefined it is.
Running around doing the random missions is so much fun, I always stop advancing to do all the unlocked ones (I'll aim for gold medals in some of them only when I have more skills though).
Whipfist *bow bow*.
Whipfist *bow bow*.
Playing on 360 here. I don't think there's custom soundtrack in the PS3 version though.dragonflys545 said:
mysticstylez
Banned
AltogetherAndrews said:
You should have your name changed to NegativeNancy, you're such a fucking drag. Also, you are delusional to think that any open world game would lack slowdown, pop in, draw in, etc.
AltogetherAndrews
Member
mysticstylez said:
You were the one who brought up graphics, and I'm saying that it damned well should do the things you say since they compromised so many other aspects of graphics.
mysticstylez
Banned
AltogetherAndrews said:
Do you think they should have went the route of inFamous with much more detailed world, yet worse performance?
AltogetherAndrews
Member
mysticstylez said:
Nope. Added detail wouldn't serve the same purpose in Prototype as it does in Infamous, so the current approach is probably the best for what they do. Better lightning would certainly be nice, but that too is less important here than it is lightning-based Infamous.
mysticstylez
Banned
Sinatar said:
That and shooting a rocket out of a tank into a crowd and watching them all fly in the air...i love it.
flintstryker
Banned
I find that playing this game and not killing innocent civilians to be a helluvah challenge
What a blast! 
Running around..jumping..gliding...throwing cars..falling and the impact causing a wave with things/persons flying ..
Love just running around jumping from building to building..and doing the occasional side-mission either to learn more about your past or get more move-upgrades.
Running around..jumping..gliding...throwing cars..falling and the impact causing a wave with things/persons flying ..
Love just running around jumping from building to building..and doing the occasional side-mission either to learn more about your past or get more move-upgrades.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Fucking love this game.
Anyways, what's the best way to get those orbs that are REALLY high up on Towers that have those super small, needle-like structures? Alex can't seem to sprint on something that thin and when you use the B button to slowly climb up, he falls off.
Anyways, what's the best way to get those orbs that are REALLY high up on Towers that have those super small, needle-like structures? Alex can't seem to sprint on something that thin and when you use the B button to slowly climb up, he falls off.
Coin Return
Loose Slot
Try sprinting up the the highest ledge on the tower, jump, and immediately air dash twice after tapping A; you'll dash upwards instead of forwards. It has to be right after you jump, though. Otherwise...try your best sprinting straight up. Good luck!Domino Theory said:Fucking love this game.
Anyways, what's the best way to get those orbs that are REALLY high up on Towers that have those super small, needle-like structures? Alex can't seem to sprint on something that thin and when you use the B button to slowly climb up, he falls off.
rollingstart
Banned
This game is a rollercoaster ride for all the wrong reasons. It starts off shit with that Metroid thing, then it progressively becomes better for a couple hours, then around mission 24 it becomes bad again where it's a bunch of nonsense happening and one alarm auto-spawns two tanks and four helicopters that all launch missiles at your ass.
I liked the feeling of getting powerful, don't stop that by introducing cheap enemies. The worst is that they do introduce stronger soldiers, yet you can't even fight them as intended (wait for them to get stunned, then do a grab move) because there are about 20 other fodder regular enemies shooting rockets at you along with the aforementioned tanks and helicopters.
I'm hoping there is another fun ride of feeling like a badass later on, because the middle section of the game is way awesome. Plus, the city isn't all ugly shit smeared during that time.
I liked the feeling of getting powerful, don't stop that by introducing cheap enemies. The worst is that they do introduce stronger soldiers, yet you can't even fight them as intended (wait for them to get stunned, then do a grab move) because there are about 20 other fodder regular enemies shooting rockets at you along with the aforementioned tanks and helicopters.
I'm hoping there is another fun ride of feeling like a badass later on, because the middle section of the game is way awesome. Plus, the city isn't all ugly shit smeared during that time.
Domino Theory said:Fucking love this game.
Anyways, what's the best way to get those orbs that are REALLY high up on Towers that have those super small, needle-like structures? Alex can't seem to sprint on something that thin and when you use the B button to slowly climb up, he falls off.
Wait until you get your hands on helicopter hijacking then just fly through them.
wayward archer
Member
Domino Theory said:Fucking love this game.
Anyways, what's the best way to get those orbs that are REALLY high up on Towers that have those super small, needle-like structures? Alex can't seem to sprint on something that thin and when you use the B button to slowly climb up, he falls off.
Eventually your jump power will be good enough that if you can just work your way to the base of the part that is too narrow to run up you can just jump up to it.
wayward archer
Member
JRW said:
It just lets you walk up to them while disguised as a soldier and turn them off without being noticed.
Nemesis_
Member
Is this in the mission folowing that or the part where you need to outrun / destroy them to complete THAT mission?Fuu said:
Because if it is the latter, I didn't quite find it that hard >_> Mind you I've been grinding my powers like crazy.
Speaking of which I'm up to the boss battle
inside the hive
Teetris said:
Yes. 40+ FPS at virtually all times on max settings at 1680x1050, often going up to 60. It should be running at a fairly constant 60 with any good rig considering the tech it's pushing, or rather the lack thereof, but it's still an acceptable port.
There's apparently a bug if you have too many HID devices attached to your computer that causes the game to slow down, though. Might want to check on that. Wasn't an issue for me.
Ugh the controls are just terrible. If it controlled like Infamous, it would be so much better.
There's almost no weight to the character, and when sprinting I hate it how the game makes your character jump for you. It just feels loose and sloppy, which ruins it for me. It is fun, but definately not great.
There's almost no weight to the character, and when sprinting I hate it how the game makes your character jump for you. It just feels loose and sloppy, which ruins it for me. It is fun, but definately not great.
The graphics reminded me of Spider man 2 on PS2, developed by Treyarch, I forgot for a moment I was playing a PS3 game. :0
outsida said:
Possibly, but I don't know exactly how that bug slows the game down (as in whether it cuts the max FPS down or causes it to stutter, or both). Check your device manager for any unnecessary HID devices you have attached that you can remove.
It's a strange bug. Don't think I've ever seen it before.
outsida
Member
Zeliard said:
Yup I had like 12 or so listed in my device manager for some reason but I only have an external HD hooked up and one thumb drive... wierd. I disabled like 6 of them and the frames are now in the 45-60 (45- 80+ range wit v-sync off) range. I'm gonna try and disable more and see how high it goes. i'm actually kinda pissed that I've played through half of this game with lower frame then I could have had. It looks so much smoother now >=( actually posting this from the game via the steam web browser.
Don't think this has been posted just yet, but GameTrailers has a good review for those still on the fence. Personally can't give my impressions just yet, need to play and finish Infamous before I get into Prototype.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-prototype/51502
Also, where's Pixel Monkey? :lol Positive impressions in the thread scared him off?
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-prototype/51502
Also, where's Pixel Monkey? :lol Positive impressions in the thread scared him off?
Lostconfused
Member
Linkzg said:
There are 2 cheap enemies in the game if you don't count the boss fight and that is the super soldiers and the leader hunters. But i don't see why you are complaining about tanks and helicopters when it takes seconds to steal or destroy them.
Hmmm, just beat the game, and I have to say that it was one of the sloppiest, most erratic, duct-taped-together titles I have ever played.
The controls were messy, the graphics were mediocre and the story was hokum (but terribly-presented hokum).
There were moments of fun and carnage in between the lacklustre missions but overall, I think it is a weak title which coasts on its gore and the lure of special abilities.
GAH! This game annoyed me very much. I know we're not supposed to compare them, but InFamous trumps this on about a dozen levels.
At least I was compelled to finish it.
It's a 6.5 out of 10 - just above average.
The controls were messy, the graphics were mediocre and the story was hokum (but terribly-presented hokum).
There were moments of fun and carnage in between the lacklustre missions but overall, I think it is a weak title which coasts on its gore and the lure of special abilities.
GAH! This game annoyed me very much. I know we're not supposed to compare them, but InFamous trumps this on about a dozen levels.
At least I was compelled to finish it.
It's a 6.5 out of 10 - just above average.
The PC version is a game of chance, really.Darklord said:
If you're lucky, it runs fine.
If you're not (like me and quite a lot of other people all over the world), you get random "we don't really give a shit about the PC version" port bugs like no or broken sound/4fps/no AA/limited controller support and many many more...