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The Official Prototype Thread
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MikeE21286
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AltogetherAndrews said:
when you consume somebody you have the option to switch to their disguise until you consume another person. You really can't use different "disguises" from the people you consume for very long. It only recognizes the last person you have consumed and your default character (maybe you can hold more as you get farther in the game, but I doubt it).
mysticstylez
Banned
AltogetherAndrews said:
There was a youtube video I saw of Alex as a soldier running up walls like crazy, picking up cars.
Here it is, it loads a lot so im sorry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw149B7Mx_0
Annoying Old Party Man
Member
Well I just passed the 5 hour mark.
The game has grown on me, it's non stop action.
The panic and violence is among the crowd is awesome.
I predict 7's across the board.
Now i need to finish the game till tomorrow night for my review x_x
The game has grown on me, it's non stop action.
The panic and violence is among the crowd is awesome.
I predict 7's across the board.
Now i need to finish the game till tomorrow night for my review x_x
AltogetherAndrews
Member
JRW said:
Alright, sounds good.
squatingyeti
non-sanctioned troll
You still have the ability to run up walls, glide, pick things up, and jump extremely high. However, you can NOT use your claws, shield, or other offensive powers. As soon as you pick one, it transforms you back to Alex.
I believe you shift back to alex when you use powers (like claws or shield), but things like throwing, hitting with fists and running up buildings/flying you can do in disguise. Disguise doesn't have much use outside of missions, but i found it just fun in general to look like people on the street. Looking like a street hooker and doing the stuff alex does is pretty awesome :lol .JRW said:
Managed to snag the game early. My impressions so far.
Definitely not the prettiest game on the market but alot of the times your running up buildings or jumping at good speeds so its not all that noticeable. The amount of people on screen at a time is pretty nice to see (especially when you see them all running away screaming).
At times there can be alot of action going on at once. For instance a building might be blowing up, panicking drivers and civilians, dozens of foot soldiers shooting at you, helicopters and tanks firing rockets and the occasional monster. At these times the game seems to hold up pretty well. there is the odd slowdown here and there but its not common and doesn't last long enough to drag you out of the experience.
I remember an interview with the developers from last year where they said they could pull off areas that looked like a scene out of I Am Legend. At the time I didn't believe I would see anything like that at all, but to my surprise they more or less nailed it. I was running around a heavily infected part of the city. All of a sudden I noticed the streets below me. Some buildings were on fire, smoke was coming from a few directions. This gave the sky an eerie flame look which which changed the lighting of the city area. The roads had deserted cars placed in a believable way while around them dozens of bodies were lying in the streets. It actually put a chill up my spine.
The gameplay itself is alot of fun. The running, jumping, fighting feels very nice and the animation is pretty well done. There are a couple of problems with the camera now and again. Like one moment your running up a building and all of a sudden it does a 180 causing you to fall. Thankfully it doesn't happen too many times so its nothing serious to worry about. The soldiers put up a good fight. At first its just assault rifles they fire at you which you easily laugh off. Progress a little further and they get more serious with missile and grenade launchers. Not to mention one soldier can call in 2 choppers which are really hard to shake at first. You get about 3 seconds to stop him from calling them in. The monsters are pretty average. You have your everyday slow zombie, to more agile and sometimes carrying weapons, tentacles that come out of the ground (real pain when your in a tank) and big bear like things called hunters which almost always cause you problems.
The main missions don't break any new ground. You have the go here, protect this, collect this, follow this type for the majority. They are alot of fun to do most of the time though some go on alot longer than they should (for example you need to protect a building from oncoming infected for 4 minutes. Should you fail you have to do that part over again).
The side missions are a good diversion and a good way to save up for the skills you want to unlock. There's about 7-8 different types from consuming selected peoples memory in the time limit, a push back style mission where you team up with infected, gliding where you have to land in the middle of the target, checkpoint race and a few others.
All in all this is a really fun game. One of those ones that put a smile on your face when you pull off a cool trick or dismember a pack of soldiers. I would roughly say that the main campaign lasts around 10-12 hours but there is plenty of diversions after that to keep you entertained. Definitely worth a look in
Definitely not the prettiest game on the market but alot of the times your running up buildings or jumping at good speeds so its not all that noticeable. The amount of people on screen at a time is pretty nice to see (especially when you see them all running away screaming).
At times there can be alot of action going on at once. For instance a building might be blowing up, panicking drivers and civilians, dozens of foot soldiers shooting at you, helicopters and tanks firing rockets and the occasional monster. At these times the game seems to hold up pretty well. there is the odd slowdown here and there but its not common and doesn't last long enough to drag you out of the experience.
I remember an interview with the developers from last year where they said they could pull off areas that looked like a scene out of I Am Legend. At the time I didn't believe I would see anything like that at all, but to my surprise they more or less nailed it. I was running around a heavily infected part of the city. All of a sudden I noticed the streets below me. Some buildings were on fire, smoke was coming from a few directions. This gave the sky an eerie flame look which which changed the lighting of the city area. The roads had deserted cars placed in a believable way while around them dozens of bodies were lying in the streets. It actually put a chill up my spine.
The gameplay itself is alot of fun. The running, jumping, fighting feels very nice and the animation is pretty well done. There are a couple of problems with the camera now and again. Like one moment your running up a building and all of a sudden it does a 180 causing you to fall. Thankfully it doesn't happen too many times so its nothing serious to worry about. The soldiers put up a good fight. At first its just assault rifles they fire at you which you easily laugh off. Progress a little further and they get more serious with missile and grenade launchers. Not to mention one soldier can call in 2 choppers which are really hard to shake at first. You get about 3 seconds to stop him from calling them in. The monsters are pretty average. You have your everyday slow zombie, to more agile and sometimes carrying weapons, tentacles that come out of the ground (real pain when your in a tank) and big bear like things called hunters which almost always cause you problems.
The main missions don't break any new ground. You have the go here, protect this, collect this, follow this type for the majority. They are alot of fun to do most of the time though some go on alot longer than they should (for example you need to protect a building from oncoming infected for 4 minutes. Should you fail you have to do that part over again).
The side missions are a good diversion and a good way to save up for the skills you want to unlock. There's about 7-8 different types from consuming selected peoples memory in the time limit, a push back style mission where you team up with infected, gliding where you have to land in the middle of the target, checkpoint race and a few others.
All in all this is a really fun game. One of those ones that put a smile on your face when you pull off a cool trick or dismember a pack of soldiers. I would roughly say that the main campaign lasts around 10-12 hours but there is plenty of diversions after that to keep you entertained. Definitely worth a look in
MikeE21286
Member
Zeliard said:
yeah, it stays on while you're running up the walls.....not sure about flying....
the thing about being noticed is that you seem to be about 10x more likely to be noticed during missions than just roaming around the city in-between missions.
AltogetherAndrews
Member
Zeliard said:
This seems related:
Truant said:
vandalvideo
Banned
Zeliard said:
Even when you're not disguised running up and flying around doesn't draw all that much attention unless you run head first into a swarm of military men. I like the game overall though. Super action packed adrenaline rush.
UpperCaseN
Member
nice writeup sully. I'm pretty sure I'll be picking this up this week
sullytao said:Managed to snag the game early. My impressions so far.
Definitely not the prettiest game on the market but alot of the times your running up buildings or jumping at good speeds so its not all that noticeable. The amount of people on screen at a time is pretty nice to see (especially when you see them all running away screaming).
At times there can be alot of action going on at once. For instance a building might be blowing up, panicking drivers and civilians, dozens of foot soldiers shooting at you, helicopters and tanks firing rockets and the occasional monster. At these times the game seems to hold up pretty well. there is the odd slowdown here and there but its not common and doesn't last long enough to drag you out of the experience.
I remember an interview with the developers from last year where they said they could pull off areas that looked like a scene out of I Am Legend. At the time I didn't believe I would see anything like that at all, but to my surprise they more or less nailed it. I was running around a heavily infected part of the city. All of a sudden I noticed the streets below me. Some buildings were on fire, smoke was coming from a few directions. This gave the sky an eerie flame look which which changed the lighting of the city area. The roads had deserted cars placed in a believable way while around them dozens of bodies were lying in the streets. It actually put a chill up my spine.
The gameplay itself is alot of fun. The running, jumping, fighting feels very nice and the animation is pretty well done. There are a couple of problems with the camera now and again. Like one moment your running up a building and all of a sudden it does a 180 causing you to fall. Thankfully it doesn't happen too many times so its nothing serious to worry about. The soldiers put up a good fight. At first its just assault rifles they fire at you which you easily laugh off. Progress a little further and they get more serious with missile and grenade launchers. Not to mention one soldier can call in 2 choppers which are really hard to shake at first. You get about 3 seconds to stop him from calling them in. The monsters are pretty average. You have your everyday slow zombie, to more agile and sometimes carrying weapons, tentacles that come out of the ground (real pain when your in a tank) and big bear like things called hunters which almost always cause you problems.
The main missions don't break any new ground. You have the go here, protect this, collect this, follow this type for the majority. They are alot of fun to do most of the time though some go on alot longer than they should (for example you need to protect a building from oncoming infected for 4 minutes. Should you fail you have to do that part over again).
The side missions are a good diversion and a good way to save up for the skills you want to unlock. There's about 7-8 different types from consuming selected peoples memory in the time limit, a push back style mission where you team up with infected, gliding where you have to land in the middle of the target, checkpoint race and a few others.
All in all this is a really fun game. One of those ones that put a smile on your face when you pull off a cool trick or dismember a pack of soldiers. I would roughly say that the main campaign lasts around 10-12 hours but there is plenty of diversions after that to keep you entertained. Definitely worth a look in
Hmmm.... you put this back on the radar to pick up tomorrow with store credit. I never got to play Hulk UD, so I'm thinking this may actually be pretty good for me as a new impression. The official reviews in the 8 range are helping as well.
Annoying Old Party Man
Member
vandalvideo said:
Your disguise always stays on, no matter what you do. It only changes if you choose a particular power, like when you equip a claws attack.
Nobody seems to notice when you are in disguise. You can run on walls, smash things, consume people. You can even stand in front of military men and run amok, and they will only stand around and pretend that they heard something and they scan the area. They only take action if you insist for a long time. Once, I grabbed a truck right outside a military base and threw it on two soldiers, and they started shouting "friendlies god damn it, friendlies":lol
AltogetherAndrews
Member
AltogetherAndrews said:
Anyone?
MikeE21286
Member
AltogetherAndrews said:
I installed right away (playing on 360 so I can't speak for PS3 version)
The loading times are pretty small. Loads in-between the cut-scenes that start the missions and the mini-events you do and that's about it. Pretty pleased with the loading overall....
AgentOtaku
Member
Thanks for the impressions Sully
CloakedPuppet
Member
Just grabbed a copy...can't wait to give it a go. Between this, Red Faction: Guerrilla and inFAMOUS, I feel like a really spoiled open world game fan.
AgentOtaku
Member
CloakedPuppet said:
Which platform?
TheGreatDave
Banned
My copy shipped today, so I'll have it tomorrow with any luck.
Pretty hyped.
Pretty hyped.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Brad Shoemaker on Prototype (Giant Bombcast):
- Review embargo up for a few more days
- Game is basically Hulk Ultimate Destruction ('a lot more but kinda that')
- Premise is same as Infamous, gameplay very different
- You can fuck up helicopters (10 minute tangent on this)
- Sounded a little down on the game. We'll see though!
- Review embargo up for a few more days
- Game is basically Hulk Ultimate Destruction ('a lot more but kinda that')
- Premise is same as Infamous, gameplay very different
- You can fuck up helicopters (10 minute tangent on this)
- Sounded a little down on the game. We'll see though!
AltogetherAndrews
Member
DevelopmentArrested said:
What?
Felix Lighter
Member
AltogetherAndrews said:
They might not have recorded the podcast today.
AltogetherAndrews
Member
Felix Lighter said:
True
AltogetherAndrews
Member
JRW said:
Eh, we've been through this. Review embargo, and it allegedly involves a certain score level.
mysticstylez
Banned
This can't sound good for the game at all.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/993/993187p1.html
Is it normally a bad thing when a big game site isn't sent review copies?
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/993/993187p1.html
Is it normally a bad thing when a big game site isn't sent review copies?
AltogetherAndrews
Member
JRW said:
I don't know the details of the embargo, but from the sounds of it, some reviews are blocked until tomorrow, depending on review score. Not sure if that's true, but we'll know soon enough.
Coin Return
Loose Slot
Just got home with the 360 version, thankfully my Gamestop got their shipment an hour before closing. Hope to post some impressions later!
AltogetherAndrews
Member
mysticstylez said:
That's crazy. Either they are trying to make sure no one reviews the PS3 version, or they fucked up some other way.
PROS: Incredible sense of power and possibility; beautiful and moody; tons of stuff to do; satisfying story.
CONS: Not much difference between different enemy types; some irritatingly drawn-out missions; some sudden jumps in difficulty.
http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/210746/prototype-page-4-of-4/
Gamepro with either an exclusive review or an idiot at publishing
CONS: Not much difference between different enemy types; some irritatingly drawn-out missions; some sudden jumps in difficulty.
http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/210746/prototype-page-4-of-4/
Gamepro with either an exclusive review or an idiot at publishing
AltogetherAndrews
Member
Grecco said:
There's a third possibility there. But we'll see in a little over 12 hours.
