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Gamepro: Prototype review

For most of us, walking around a crowded metropolis is a hellish experience. Being surrounded on all sides by jostling people, honking cars and immense buildings can make you feel powerless and trapped. Prototype's virtual Manhattan also seethes with a veritable wall of humanity -- along with soldiers, infected creeps, and other menaces -- but Alex Mercer is anything but an ordinary pedestrian. For him, the madding crowd isn't an annoying fact of life: it's an all-you-can-eat buffet.

ElementX5437d ago

Looks to be a worthwhile game, afterall. I had a feeling it would be at least decent, now I know.

GWAVE5437d ago

Yeah. This game is getting far better reviews than I expected, which is good (I mean, who in their right mind would want a game to be BAD?)

Great for PS3 owners. First, inFamous (the first AAA title of the summer). And now, Prototype. And hopefully, the new Red Faction also delivers.

table5437d ago

Red Faction is a total sleeper hit. It's getting great reviews but that hasn't turned any heads for some reason.

ElementX5437d ago

I bought Red Faction with Best Buy reward zone cash (from my TV purchase) so I got it for free. I've been busy with inFAMOUS but I let my neighbor play it a bit, it looks really cool. I can't wait to start Red Faction and Prototype

ChampIDC5437d ago

I had my concerns with no demo and a review embargo, but I'm quite happy that it turned out well. I gotta find out if the PC version has any issues or not, because I'd rather pay $50 and get it on Steam.

rockleex5436d ago

The Red Faction reviews?

And why are people disagreeing with GWAVE? He didn't say anything fanboyish at all. O_o

Tito Jackson5436d ago

Red Faction is awesome. But this article is about Prototype, which I have been excited about for a while.
I've never really trusted reviews, personally. I'll buy it it though, for sure. :)

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The Captain5437d ago

Is waiting at EB... They called to let me know.

himdeel5437d ago

...but it's just down right unusual that there aren't more reviews for this game posted yet. Well I take that back, E3 was last week but still it just seems a bit odd.

This month I've chosen not to purchase any new games so I will rent this ASAP. The only bad thing about renting and not using Gamefly or some other game rental service is that I have to beat the game as fast as I can so I don't accrue any late fees :(

ChampIDC5437d ago

They had a review embargo on this one, and I guess it wasn't big enough of a release for more than 1 publication to break that embargo. There's been one review on Metacritic for about a week now. It seems the major sites are lagging behind a little to release their reviews today, though.

DevilishSix5437d ago

Everyone needs to chill out on the "why isn't there Prototype reviews BS", It has alot to do with E3 just finishing on Friday, alot of these sites just started sitting down to play the game over the weekend or Monday. I know the guys at GaintBomb said in their Bombcast that a copy of Prototype was waiting for them when E3 was over.

Give sites a chance to recoup from E3 and start reviewing again, k.

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really duh5437d ago

It will probably get 9's and 10's from non pro Sony media assuming they still feel the need to defend Infamous.

Unicron5437d ago

Hypocrite. For someone who complains about when people troll 360 threads, you sure do jump quickly on the slam Sony bandwagon.

GG son.

really duh5437d ago

Why do you think PS3 fans are attracted to Prototype articles more than most others?

Unicron5437d ago

Fans? Maybe because the game is on the PS3? Maybe because its another kickass openworld superhero game, a genre that hasn't been too packed lately?

So, I dunno, maybe fans are interested in the title.

Unless in all of your generalizing you are talking about FANBOYS, which are STUPID by nature/definition, regardless of if they love their wittle PS3s or Wiis or Xbox 360s. But you go being big bad Mr defender of the MS generation, dropping to the level of other idiots. That's clearly the smart thing to do.

Cajun Chicken5437d ago

Because they can get BOTH GAMES on the SAME SYSTEM and both seem GOOD?

TheBand1t5437d ago

Yep, brag about a multiplatform title. PS3 owners will get to play both, k?

Get over yourself, dude.

lokiroo4205437d ago

How about this really duh, we just remove those bubbles, so you dont have to worry about fanboys anymore.

Major Kanimo5436d ago

where is the funny video comment?!

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos3d ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto3d ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger883d ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies3d ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.

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Six Activision Games I’d Like to See Revived Under Microsoft

As the world reels from the shockwaves of the seismic news that Microsoft is acquiring the proverbial swamp of the video-game landscape, Activision Blizzard King, it only seems natural that our minds should now shift towards what the fallout will be for presumably years if not decades to come.

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MadLad826d ago

Another Prototype would be awesome.

As for Singularity, I don't necessarily need a sequel, I just want to see Raven be able to flex their creative muscle again; not just be relegated to assisting with CoD. A lot of the old guard is still with the company.

That's part of what I'm hoping to see come from this acquisition. Revive teams like Vicarious Visions and Ravem to actually allow them to work on their own new projects again.

Crows90826d ago

As great as that would be the deal wont finalize until end of fiscal year 2023. Until after that date MS wont really have a say as to where resources will be spent. So we wont realistically see anything until perhaps 2026 or later.

LWOGaming825d ago

I think that’s a point that so many people are missing. Things will not change this year or next year at all. Maybe some changes might be apparent in 2024 but 2025/2026 is a good estimate of when things will really start happening. And I don’t think we will see as big a set of changes as some are suggesting.

TallDarknWavy826d ago

Those teams having not worked on anything, the employees find jobs at other companies, they don't just remain unemployed till someone at the publisher decides to revive the team, they need to eat lol

That said, this list of games makes me unexcited for anything outside of CoD that Activision has to offer. All games are in stale genres, like Guitar Hero, Simpsons Hit and Run, these are long surpassed genres that are going to be difficult to revive.

gamer7804826d ago

I want to see new IPs. Not a bunch of forced renovations of old franchises.

Gamer75826d ago

Why not a combination of both

gamer7804826d ago

@gamer75 if it is a combination it has to have my seal of approval. Such as a new Warcraft game or a new Warcraft mmo, or an action game based off the night elves orcs and humans if it’s a new IP. I’ll let you know after I talk with Microsoft

King_Noctis826d ago

Man I’ve been waiting for Protoype since the last one. Protoype could seriously be MS’ answer to Infamous (freaking loved that game as well, hope Sony make a new one soon).

porkChop826d ago

I'd love to see Raven take another crack at Heretic and Hexen.

MadLad826d ago

That's one I see being tossed around a lot to bring back, even if not from Raven themselves.

Put so many hours into those games over the years.

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Knightofelemia826d ago

I'd like to see Activision get the Transformers license again and continue the War and Fall of Cybertron games. the movie games were crap and the game that combined both movie and Fall and War of Cybertron sucked a new Prototype would also be good as well.

jaymacx826d ago

You deserve a 1000 likes haha 😂. It’s a shame High Moon didn’t get to continue making Transformers. If they got a decent budget i think most of us TF fans would be excited.

wolf581825d ago (Edited 825d ago )

Ms bought Activision and everybody dancing for what? For cod? Ms want to atleast earn some money Back from those 70 billion dollars.... The only thing they count on is more gamepass subscribers via Activision cod, diablo and over watch 2 1st Day free at gamepass. If they decide to make them exclusive to xbox they Will lose profit from ps4 and 5 sales. As For a New ip or an existing ip like over watch 3,diablo 5 or anything else like a New transformers Dont you think that developers need at least 3 years to Do something decent?
Anyway my opinion is that ms want to make videogaming Just a subscription a la netflix and that ps5 will beat xboxsx in sales like ps4 beat xbox and xbox one x..... All the money ms spending It Will defentily make more gamepass subscribers as for games we all must wait at least 3 more years... And thats why ps5 will get ahead in sales they have more AAA in the pipeline already plus lets see their answer for gamepass... P. S i Dont support subscriptions from neither company and i didnt buy switch plus for n64. If they give me the option to buy n64 games then yes i Will buy them but i am not paying for a rental.

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rlow1826d ago (Edited 826d ago )

Re-imagining of River Raid and the original adventurer Pitfall. Oh Zork is also a great game.

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Top 5 games which can have their own Spin-off movies

Movies and games have always had a closer connection. There has been an increasing trend in Hollywood to transform successful games in movies. While most of them have turned out to be disasters lik…

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