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WorthPlaying: Prototype PC Review

WorthPlaying writes: "Prototype tells the story of Alex Mercer - a man haunted by his past, fighting a secret war in New York City. As the action spirals out of control, a conspiracy tied to his origins threatens the future of mankind itself. Mercer?s amazing shapeshifting powers allow him to become an exact replica and steal the skills or powers of anyone who crosses his path."

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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.

Profchaos2d 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

Tacoboto2d 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?

banger882d ago

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

ChasterMies1d 23h 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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With Xbox In Control Now, Activision's Dead IPs Deserve A Revival, Starting Prototype

From Heretic to True Crime and Prototype to Blur, Activision abandoned multiple fantastic IPs, and now it's time for Xbox to bring them back.

ApocalypseShadow189d ago (Edited 189d ago )

Not going to happen with prototype. Activision had plenty of time to revive these games. They didn't. They didn't see it as guaranteed revenue like Candy Crush or COD annually.

Microsoft purchasing Activision is not going to change much. Because Microsoft also likes guaranteed revenue. Which is why they continued to milk Gears, Halo and Forza. Or purchased Mojang for Minecraft. They as well didn't bring back many of their own games. Because they aren't money makers.

Sure, you'll see them throw a bone here and there to say they are using the purchase. There might be a game or two to test the waters. And they'll bring characters into other games possibly as micro transactions on console and mobile.They'll use those characters like Konami does for casino games. Especially on mobile.

But as soon as they see that no one is engaged in those few attempts because the community that enjoyed and purchased those games more were on a different console, they'll shelve any future attempts and continue on with the same rotation of guaranteed money makers.

If those other franchises were money makers, they would still be around getting releases and not in a back catalog collecting dust. Where gamers wonder why they aren't brought back.

Fearmonkey189d ago

Phil wore a Hexen t-shirt in the xbox games showcase, he personally wants the series to make a return. its going to happen.
Love to see Prototype, Heavy Gear, BattleZone 98 make a return, but id love to see Heretic make a return the most..

porkChop189d ago

I never liked Prototype. I remember forcing myself to play the first game and just giving up. True Crime would make a lot of sense though. Saints Row and Volition are dead, and GTA now takes more than a decade between releases. There's a huge gap in the market for that style of open world game.

mooreneco21189d ago

Xbox has a great history of reviving old franchises and managing studios well, crackdown 3, battletoads, nuts and bolts - safe hands!

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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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MadLad825d 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.

Crows90825d 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.

LWOGaming824d 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.

TallDarknWavy825d 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.

gamer7804825d ago

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

Gamer75825d ago

Why not a combination of both

gamer7804825d 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_Noctis825d 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).

porkChop825d ago

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

MadLad825d 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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Knightofelemia825d 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.

jaymacx825d 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.

wolf581824d ago (Edited 824d 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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rlow1825d ago (Edited 825d ago )

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

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