[Prototype] Official Discussion Thread

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im asuming you guys have heard of the game coming out in 2 months called Prototype? if u guys havent or need a refresh here is the official website

www.prototypegame.com/

and ign

au.ps3.ign.com/

and some gameplay

02/05/2009

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mikerulz8 said: it would make me sooooooo happy i really need it as i still need to preorder

ive preordered already... do ya have a week after release day to pay it of??? i hope so as i gotta pay 100 bux on it lol

27/05/2009

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Mike2DMaxx4

on my infamous preorder voucher it says all new preorders have 48 hours to pick up after release date

27/05/2009

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wutang01

mikerulz8 said: guys check out this preorder incentive
www.gamestop.com/

*sigh* ... lucky Americans.

27/05/2009

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Mike2DMaxx4

yea i know they always get the good things

27/05/2009

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mikerulz8 said: on my infamous preorder voucher it says all new preorders have 48 hours to pick up after release date

**** ill have LESS money next week.... ****in hell... $150 for the whole fortnight

oh well ill get over it

btw i found a video... dunno how to post so ill post a link instead:

www.gametrailers.com/

27/05/2009

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stax28 said:
mikerulz8 said: on my infamous preorder voucher it says all new preorders have 48 hours to pick up after release date

**** ill have LESS money next week.... ****in hell... $150 for the whole fortnight
oh well ill get over it
btw i found a video... dunno how to post so ill post a link instead:
www.gametrailers.com/

it actually looks quite good

27/05/2009

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Jimbo_1993 said:
stax28 said:
mikerulz8 said: on my infamous preorder voucher it says all new preorders have 48 hours to pick up after release date

**** ill have LESS money next week.... ****in hell... $150 for the whole fortnight
oh well ill get over it
btw i found a video... dunno how to post so ill post a link instead:
www.gametrailers.com/

it actually looks quite good

haha i was about to say that it is an old video so i hope they fix up some of the slight bugs and gameplay elements by now, eg, clipping, and when he was jumping around on the cars and trucks there were the same few vehicles and when he jumped onto them they damaged in exactly the same spot and same damage.... so hopefully they fix that up..

yes it does look good considering its gameplay from january08

27/05/2009

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jimmiq

i read this somewhere and found it funny

"Prototype’s shapeshifting and power-stealing aren’t innovations! Kirby did that long ago."

anyways... i'm waiting on review for this game. looks promising.. cmon e3..

30/05/2009

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jneffekt

anyone else think prototype is saints row 2 and infamous is gta iv?

31/05/2009

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Pandemic

jimmiq said: i read this somewhere and found it funny
"Prototype’s shapeshifting and power-stealing aren’t innovations! Kirby did that long ago."
anyways... i'm waiting on review for this game. looks promising.. cmon e3..

One review was published in the issue of PSW UK and they gave the game a 9/10

www.metacritic.com/

31/05/2009

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Unhostile said: One review was published in the issue of PSW UK and they gave the game a 9/10
www.metacritic.com/

And inFAMOUS only got 8.7? I wonder what Prototype has or does, that inFAMOUS doesn't?

31/05/2009

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ausroller

I won a copy of prototype from a competition on kotaku.com.au!
I guess that solves my infamous vs. prototype debate

31/05/2009

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ausroller said: I won a copy of prototype from a competition on kotaku.com.au!
I guess that solves my infamous vs. prototype debate

bastard lol

31/05/2009

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nicnamenic

Wow.
It just hit me.
This game will not be good for my health.
It's Activision.
I only just realised that my all my favourite games are Activision.

It all started with Spiderman, one of the first games I ever played.
It continued with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, I must have spent over 300 hours playing that.
It was followed by numerous Tony Hawk sequels; Underground, Underground 2, American Wasteland.
It was then passed onto the Guitar Hero series, beginning with number 3.
Then Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - at least 700 hours of lost time there.
Then Guitar Hero: World Tour.
Then Call of Duty: World at War.
And more recently Guitar Hero: Metallica.

Could Prototype be the death of me?

03/06/2009

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Zefix

It has 2 player co-op. I wonder how that works out.. two superheroes..

03/06/2009

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jimmiq

from theses peoples impressions i think infamous wins

forums.gametrailers.com/

quote: "dull" "boring" and alot of people canceled there preorder

forums.gametrailers.com/

yea well i dunno, wait for reviews i guess

04/06/2009

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5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS 5 DAYS

cant wait, then i go into EB games and give them my $2.95 for my game and figurine and then im a happy chappy

05/06/2009

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jimmiq

05/06/2009

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Kerrby

Yeah apparently this game isn't too flash.

05/06/2009

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Dead_Again

Kerrby said: Yeah apparently this game isn't too flash.

Yep, I see it as being another over-hyped let down. Seems like it will get awfully repetative and be too easy or too short. They are usually the most common problems. A lot of these brand new games for ps3 seem kind of similar to me. Infamous, Prototype, Bionic Commando and Red Faction. I dunno, I'm sticking with online shooters, fighters and unique titles.

05/06/2009

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jimmiq

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From what I gather from other certain forums, the undercover type that deal in illicit game releases, Prototype is rather disappointing. This may be why there are no reviews out to date. That being said, some people on that forum do like the game, however, their reasoning is either a) it was *free*, or b) mindless action.

This is from one particular forum member;
This is a game for the people who want a Crackdownesque game with more focus on superpowers rather than gunplay. Just like Crackdown you won't see the real fun in the game unless you keep at it for an hour or two and get a few new powers unlocked.

I'm enjoying it through and through, sure it's so over the top that I can't even think of a good enough superlative for it but as long as you're cool with that this game delivers. It's action, action, action and more action. I find the getting around quite smooth and streamlined, sort of a parkourgame on crackcocaine. The animations while climbing, flying and running are quite good in my opinion, they fill the gaps between the aforementioned modes of transportation very well.

The graphics is.. well, it certainly isn't terrible but it sure isn't great either, this could have been done five years ago graphicswise. On the plusside though is that I haven't noticed any slowdowns and from time to time there can be an assload of characters on the screen at the same time which is pretty cool.

08/06/2009

Perth

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jimmiq

You get to experiment with a wide array of powers and, since it's an over the top game, the protagonist basically has every single power you'd want from a superhero
There's the Wolverine-like claws, the Mystique-like doppelganger-tricks, Spiderman-like vertical and horizontal wallrunning, flying (well gliding, but almost), extreme strength (throw a semi trailer across a couple of blocks) and much much more. If the powers aren't enough you get to play with a couple of weapons and vehicles, it's all right but it's been done before and it's been done better.

I don't think the productionvalues are all that bad? The CGI/Movies you get for unravelling the plot are nicely done and plentiful. The story is, while unoriginal, not terrible and there's plenty of sidechallenges to keep you occupied. Sure if you stand still in one spot and observe the graphics, sounds, traffic, NPC's and so on you'd be heavily disappointed if you compared to GTAIV and the like but this isn't that sort of game. It's a fastpaced, devil may care, freeroaming superpower beat em up.

I'd recommend this to pretty much anyone, it's fun, it's fast and it's one of those games where the more you play the more cool stuff you learn to do (think Assassins Creed once you really got hang of the climbing and running etc). Personally I'm enjoying this more than I enjoy Red Faction although Red Faction is probably the overall better game. I can't endorse the guys saying this is GOTY but I certainly

08/06/2009

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jimmiq

I can't endorse the guys saying this is GOTY but I certainly don't agree with the ones who says it's ****. It's a 7.5/10 game easily enough.

From another user:
This definitely seems to be a hit or miss kind of game. I played until day 6 so far and I have read much about the graphics and the controls being mediocre at best, as well as the story being generic and dumbed-down. Someone mentioned "production values", which to me always translates to "I want to see that much money is behind this game". I might be wrong about that, not being a native speaker and all, maybe a definition of production values (or some googling on my part) is in order.
- The voiceover work is fantastic, escpecially for a game of supposedly "limited" budget. Especially the secondary characters, e.g. the two guys in the autopsy room or the military radio chatter and the ground troops yelling "Kill the motherfrecker!" etc. - exceptionally well done in my opinion.
- The main story script... well I haven't digested most of it, but it does seem a little lacking in the mission incentive department, I admit. The main character - the guy that saved our world in the Battlefield Earth movie! - can come across a little cheesy, but that was the case with Bionic Commando, too. In fact, it's even worse there because they try to justify the bad dialogue with try-hard tongue-in-cheek lines in between.

08/06/2009

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jimmiq

Mike Patton or not, that one's story could have been MUCH better. Loved the swinging though...
- The web of whatever cutscenes are fantastic, the overall art direction and the inclusion of real-world images/video really make me take that detour to get the next node. The distorted visual effects and disturbing images remind me of the intro/outro to Dawn of the Dead 2004 or even the Jenova scenes in Final Fantasy VII, the blending/shifting sound layers complement the images.

One last one...
1. The world sucks. you are just thrown into this world that looks s!!!, is messy and just boring as hell. The city in GTA3 is more detailed and interesting.
2. Game controls are terrible. Run with R and shoot with X? Is this a F!!!!!! soccer game? It is almost impossible to actually do anything you want to. Everything just happens the way it want's to. the aim is horrible (lock on aiming needs to die) and the camera is slow as hell.
3. Animation is ****py, the collisions are even worse and the powers and gimmics could have been thought up by a 3-year old.
4. Seriously, throwing cars is not cool anymore. they did that 5 years ago. I don't want it to be as simple as s!!! to do all this over the top stuff.
5. The whole game has a REALLY low budget fell to it. It reeks of bad game design, absolutely no sense of inovation.

08/06/2009

Perth

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jimmiq

I had more fun looking at a video of infamous (and I do not like sony or the ps3) than i had playing this s!!! for almost an hour.
"you want to throw a car at a helicopter? Sure, just press B then L and then B again. Now try it with your eyes closed"
And no, there has not been any reviews of this game from legit sources yet. As of last week, no major sites or magazines has even seen anything more than breif glimps of gameplay. I wonder why?

Hope that helps those who are wanting to pick this up but are apprehensive due to the lack of reviews.

sorry for 5 posts in a row, but its not spam and it prob will be helpful to people who are interested in this game.

08/06/2009

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