Prototype

Overview

Manhattan is your playground.

Synopsis

A Shapeshifting Weapon

Gameplay

Tanks? No problem.

Powers

Combine the blade and armor powers.

Miscellaneous Powers

• Consume - Alex can absorb the biomass of the people he kills into his body, replenishing his health. Larger, inhuman enemies may also be partially consumed once weakened. Consuming specific targets may also improve combat skills or provide insight into various story elements, also known as the "Web of Intrigue".
  
• Regeneration - If Alex is injured and no longer receiving damage, his body will automatically repair itself and slowly regain hitpoints.
  
• Strength - With superhuman strength, Alex can punch through armored tanks and hurl the resulting husks at helicopters.
  
• Movement - Alex can sprint indefinitely through oncoming traffic and up the sides of buildings.
  
• Glide - When running isn't the best option, Alex produces filaments extending from his arms and legs, allowing him to glide short distances.
• Devastator Abilities - By possessing sufficient biomass, Alex may turn his body into a weapon of even greater destruction, hurling his form as ground spikes, airborn tendrils, or a single pillar of death. 
  

Offensive Powers

• Claws - Each of Alex's fingers becomes a vicious claw. These weapons are relatively weak in melee, but they grant Alex the ability to send his claws underground, erupting underneath an opponent.
  
• Whipfist - Alex's right arms transforms into an elastic, whip-like tendril with a terminal hook. The Whipfist is best used on multiple or distant opponents as well as latching onto distant obstacles and pulling them closer.
• Musclemass - Alex focuses his biomass into both his arms, drastically increasing his strength. While he no longer has access to special moves associated with other offensive powers, Alex's traditional combos and thrown objects now deal increased damage.
  
• Hammerfists - Alex shifts even more biomass into his hands, transforming them into enormous bludgeons with which he can smash through the protection of armored targets or even turn himself into a human projectile.
• Blade - Alex's right arm transforms into a single, elongated blade, deadly against both armored and unarmored opponents. Despite its shape, Alex is still able to grab and pick up people with it... somehow.
  

Defensive Powers

• Shield - Alex's left arm grows into a shield, protecting him from damage, though it can break if given enough punishment. It regenerates over time. It also disables his parkour abilities, in favour of holding the shield in front of him and smashing straight through obstacles.
  
• Armor - Alex's entire body becomes encased in an incredibly durable armor skin, reducing all received damage. Such increased mass, however, decreases Alex's mobility. He can no longer parkour or glide and his jumping ability is greatly diminished.

Sensory Powers

• Thermal Vision - Alex's visual senses attune to the infrared band, allowing him to more easily spot heat signatures through fog and smoke. Drawbacks include reduced visual range and a decrease in auditory feedback.
  
• Infected Vision - By connecting his mind to the viral hive mind that guides the infected, Alex sees the world as his enemy sees. Enemies become more brightly illuminated, and line of sight is no longer reduced. Auditory senses, however, are decreased to only a low rumbling at all times.

Disguise Abilities

• Disguise - Alex takes the form of the last healthy human he consumed (he cannot take the form of the Infected). Doing so has many applications, chiefly evading pursuers and using the shape of military personnel to infiltrate fortified military installations. If no alarm has been raised, Alex may even silently hijack vehicles without breaking cover.
  
• Stealth Consume - If no one is watching, Alex may consume and take the form of an individual in one fluid motion without raising an alarm.
  
• Patsy - Only available while in military disguise, Alex accuses another soldier of being himself, convincing surrounding allies to open fire on the luckless individual.
• Air Strike - Again only available in military disguise, Alex can radio in air support. Alex can only make so many calls, however, before he must consume a military commander to restock the ability's uses.

Vehicular Skills

• Jack Helicopters - Once Alex has consumed a helicopter pilot, he can steal flying choppers from their pilots by leaping onto them as they are flying through the air. He can then fly around freely and use the attack chopper's arsenal of weaponry.
• Jack Armor - Once Alex has consumed a tank driver, he can steal tanks and APCs by jumping onto them,  wrenching open the lid and killing everybody inside. After that, he can freely ride around and he obtains full access to the tank's variety of guns and cannons.
  

PC System Requirements

Xbox 360 Install