Prototype 2 Will Probably Be Announced At The VGAs

Probably gonna be announced at the VGAs?  Great!  I won't be able to see it!

" Prototype was like the first Assassins Creed. Lots of potential and some fun moments, but poor execution. The first one was fun, but I think this one will be a massive improvement. "

Seems like I'm the only one who thought it was an extremely underrated game, I fucking loved the shit out of it, played that game for months, I even made videos and put it up on my youtube channel, which I won't shamelessly plug.

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Why oh why does a game like Prototype need a sequel?

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Prototype had a lot of flaws, and it definitely wasn't a looker. But, I still really enjoyed the game and I think it's great that they're getting a second chance to polish up the concept for a sequel.

Haters gonna hate I suppose...
 
I'm excited to see what they can do with a sequel. There is a lot of potential if they polish it up and refine some of the mechanics. Prototype seems like a game people spent too much time complaining about rather than actually playing it. Granted, it wasn't perfect, but it had some really fun elements (IMO ofcourse).

" @Forsythia said:

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Why oh why does a game like Prototype need a sequel?

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because it was fun. "

Prototype was great fun with a great sense of freedom.  Don't remember Alex Mercer being bald though.

I liked the premise of Prototype and the ability to go anywhere and do anything it had over infamous, but it lacked the polish and precision infamous had as well as a much more convoluted story.  Here's hoping the sequel will do a little more storytelling and a lot less side-questing.

It's actually Prototype 3 they're announcing.

didn't like the first one at all, hopefully this will be a lot better.

" @raiz265 said:

" @Forsythia said:

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Why oh why does a game like Prototype need a sequel?

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because it was fun. "

Eff that.  It wasn't just fun.  It was good. Unapologetically good. Better designed than Infamous top to bottom. Better interface, better contextual awareness, more ambitious, with better enemy AI. Just. Better.   Buuuut worse looking. Which I guess is what matters.  So here's to them having improved the graphics engine, maybe.  To this day, Protoype is together with Dead Rising one of the few games that went "screw that" and transcended last-gen design to use processing power horizontally to provide a bigger experience, rather than polishing the same amount of graphics and physics for another iteration of the same design. It was misunderstood and it truly deserves another shot at getting a proper release without getting bogged down in comparisons with another vaguely similar game. "

Wrong, sir. Wrong. Prototype was ugly, the enemy AI was overly agressive, boss fights took upwards of 40 minutes, collecting orbs was a waste of time because they didn't even POP IN until you were close to them.  "

" Prototype is one of the worst games I played last year. "

" Fuck all the haters. Prototype had plenty of faults, no denying that, but at its core that game was hell of fun. The powers and the sense of being a badass were great. I am actually pretty excited about this. "

" @Landon said:

Wrong, sir. Wrong. Prototype was ugly, the enemy AI was overly agressive, boss fights took upwards of 40 minutes, collecting orbs was a waste of time because they didn't even POP IN until you were close to them.  "

I played on PC with a 360 controller, the game looked fine. Great even at times, when you considered how much stuff was going on at once. The pop in issue was also non-existent on PC. "

YES YES YEEESS! ive been waiting so long for this announcement!

the first one was really really repetitive. hopefully this one will fix that?

I really liked Prototype! It was a fun game full of fun things to do and had a neat traversal system!
 
I will totally play a sequel in which they fix the specific problems I had with the first one.

" @Baillie said:

" Prototype is one of the worst games I played last year. "

Agreed.
 
@Riboflavin said:

" Fuck all the haters. Prototype had plenty of faults, no denying that, but at its core that game was hell of fun. The powers and the sense of being a badass were great. I am actually pretty excited about this. "

There was something weird about the game.  For instance, you couldn't walk around normally without pushing everybody out of the way & causing a scene.  Violence against civilians was monstrous (but you're the "good guy?").  It was a bit ridiculous. Some of the combat missions were incredibly repetitive.  I got the game for cheap & spent many hours playing it, but after a bit, I just found it to be pretty dull & wasn't even interested in seeing how it ended. They also cut the co-op feature which didn't help the game, making it a lonely solo affair.  One could be playing far better solo games such as Dragon Age, Mass Effect, or Fallout which give a better person-to-game connect for the solo traveller.  I think I ended up dumping Prototype to go back & play Left 4 Dead 1 for a bit (then moved to replay ME1 & start Dragon Age). "

Prototype was a LOT of fun. Those who refused to enjoy it must have had some sort of mental block in place, like when BF2 fundamentalists found out about BF2142. Dead in the water without even being given a chance. 
 
Prototype was every bit as good as Assassins Creed 1. Yeah, I fucking said it. Here's hoping they pull an Assassins Creed 2 with the Prototype sequel.
 
But yeah the bosses were total trash.

" @NoelVeiga said:

Eff that.  It wasn't just fun.  It was good. Unapologetically good. Better designed than Infamous top to bottom. Better interface, better contextual awareness, more ambitious, with better enemy AI. Just. Better.   Buuuut worse looking. Which I guess is what matters.  So here's to them having improved the graphics engine, maybe.  To this day, Protoype is together with Dead Rising one of the few games that went "screw that" and transcended last-gen design to use processing power horizontally to provide a bigger experience, rather than polishing the same amount of graphics and physics for another iteration of the same design. It was misunderstood and it truly deserves another shot at getting a proper release without getting bogged down in comparisons with another vaguely similar game. "

Wrong, sir. Wrong. Prototype was ugly, the enemy AI was overly agressive, boss fights took upwards of 40 minutes, collecting orbs was a waste of time because they didn't even POP IN until you were close to them. Prototype tried to hide it's shame behind "YOU CAN KILL THESE INFECTED PEOPLE WITH BLADE ARMS!!!", which, I agree, did work for a while, but anyone with half a brain would know that Infamous was a clearly better game when those two came out.  Though I do agree with you, Prototype had cool ideas, it wasn't $60 worth of cool ideas, but I would like to see if they don't screw up the sequel. "  

I've not had a chance to play it, but I've been contemplating it.

Prototype is a really good game. Can't wait to hear more about the sequel.

" @Lind_L_Taylor said:

" @Baillie said:

" Prototype is one of the worst games I played last year. "

Agreed.
 
@Riboflavin said:

" Fuck all the haters. Prototype had plenty of faults, no denying that, but at its core that game was hell of fun. The powers and the sense of being a badass were great. I am actually pretty excited about this. "

There was something weird about the game.  For instance, you couldn't walk around normally without pushing everybody out of the way & causing a scene.  Violence against civilians was monstrous (but you're the "good guy?").  It was a bit ridiculous. Some of the combat missions were incredibly repetitive.  I got the game for cheap & spent many hours playing it, but after a bit, I just found it to be pretty dull & wasn't even interested in seeing how it ended. They also cut the co-op feature which didn't help the game, making it a lonely solo affair.  One could be playing far better solo games such as Dragon Age, Mass Effect, or Fallout which give a better person-to-game connect for the solo traveller.  I think I ended up dumping Prototype to go back & play Left 4 Dead 1 for a bit (then moved to replay ME1 & start Dragon Age). "

Well, part of the issue may be your misconception that you were supposed to be the "good guy". That is plainly not true, the game makes it pretty clear that you are not any kind of good guy, you are just trying to survive and figure shit out, whatever it takes. I mean, you absorb civilians for health, run them over, etc. You are definitely not a good guy (especially with what you find out at the end of the story)  That being said, sure, yea, the missions were repetitive, the world wasn't interesting. But just running around wrecking shit with awesome powers is simply a whole lot of fun, and that part of the game worked well. The story wasn't too bad either. "

Really was burnt by all the faults of the first game. Missions were stupid, enemies were bad boss battles, the fact when your stronger it was HARDER for you to control yourself etc etc etc. The concept was cool but actual execution was junk.  
 

Running around wrecking shit got boring after the first 5 seconds. People comparing it to inFamous are crazy and the ones who say it's better. Wow. "

I loved Prototype despite all of it's flaws. I had way more fun with it than that borefest Infamous. I just hope they improve on the new game.

I heard Prototype was alright, but not great. I also heard that inFamous was better. I also didn't have $120. So I went with inFamous. Was I dissatisfied? Not at all.

I know it's a unpopular opinion, but Prototype was one of my favorite games of 2009. Very excited for this.

I'll never understand 'sense of being a badass'.  Playing games for power fantasies and escapism just don't make sense to me.
 
I liked Infamous because the traversal felt rewarding, using the powers felt rewarding, completing missions felt rewarding.  In Prototype the traversal felt arduous every time you had to cross half the map of square blocks, the powers were essentially meaningless because there was no tactical reason to use any except the one that worked in every situation, and fighting anything was either stupid easy or an aggravating process that left you tense and angry by the end.

Why the fuck are people still doing Prototype vs InFamous arguments when they are very different games that do different things? 
  
And people just posting about how much Prototype sucks by replying to tell people their wrong about them liking the game and thinking its good is getting tired.

" I'll never understand 'sense of being a badass'.  Playing games for power fantasies and escapism just don't make sense to me."

"And people just posting about how much Prototype sucks by replying to tell people their wrong about them liking the game and thinking its good is getting tired. "

" Prototype was like the first Assassins Creed. Lots of potential and some fun moments, but poor execution. The first one was fun, but I think this one will be a massive improvement. "

" @Brodehouse said:

" I'll never understand 'sense of being a badass'.  Playing games for power fantasies and escapism just don't make sense to me."

....wha? ....how is it not possible to understand how that would be appealing?

If you're talking narrative wise, I'm too old to be impressed by power fantasies.  No, I understand that I'm controlling a story about a person, and anything they do is them playing a role.  I don't feel like a badass watching Alex Mercer karate kick helicopters any more than I do watching the T-101 Terminator reload that shotgun.  If you're talking gameplay, It's appealing when you accomplish something, simply pressing right trigger and A to make everything on the screen die doesn't make me feel like a badass, it makes me feel like I'm capable of pressing RT+A.  It doesn't matter how large the thing is on screen if it has no weight.  And things have weight by requiring you to gain familiarity with and then master some intuitive actions.  Games where you fight enemies by making the AI bug out and then using the same power for every encounter do not make me feel like I'm awesome. "

Alex Mercer was bald?! D:

I really liked Prototype but it got very repeptitive and boring after awhile. Hopefully they add more stuff to do in the sequel.

I'm really excited for this.  I loved the first one.

First game was a fair bit of fun, started to get a bit repetitive though, so hopefully the second one can expand on that. What's the bet it'll have some bonus zombie mode though >.<

" I know it's a unpopular opinion, but Prototype was one of my favorite games of 2009. Very excited for this. "

As long as I can grab a person, run up at 86 story building, throw them off , hit another building and fall to the ground. then I'm A OK with this game. 

I'm for it, if only for the sake of murdering thousands of civilians again.

" @Reizarvg: Yeah, they're invalid though. "