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Why Prototype got delayed

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talkplaystation.com "Prototype got delayed until 2009 a month or two back and here's why.

Prototype got delayed to 2009 because the developers wanted more time to make the game they really want to make. Basically they want to make the game a better game. There's also a chance they could put multiplayer mode back in that was taken out during development a few months ago."
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ry-guy - 542 days 18 hours ago
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If you put multiplayer back in and make a rocking game I'll let this delay slide.

You are on the clock!

I want this game.
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Silogon - 542 days 15 hours ago
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Not every game needs online. Seriously, lay out a solid online for this game. Give me your take on what an online experience would be for this game. I'm on pins and needles waiting to hear your awesome plan that doesn't include the same online matches we've always had.
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hazeblaze - 542 days 15 hours ago
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Honestly, the game looks cool but I'm not as caught up in the hype as others seem to be. It looks fun... but it also looks like it's going to get repetitive pretty quickly. I didn't even know it got delayed! Infamous is the one that I'm really looking forward to.
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aebriscoejr - 542 days 14 hours ago
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I think that's only part of the reason why it got delayed. The main reason I think it got delayed is because there are a lot of sandbox games out this year. GTA 4, Saint's Row 2, The Hulk, Ironman, and more. Pushing back to 2009 was a good way to keep them from getting lost in the Holiday line up.
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mr_potato - 542 days 11 hours ago
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Siligon when did multiplayer become online, i maybe from old gen but multiplayer for me = play time with real human people next to me and that would rock.
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Kaneda - 542 days 10 hours ago
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1.5 - Remember Haze...:)
Haze..
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yanikins111 - 542 days 9 hours ago
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yes I do. I still play it. Its quite f***ing awesome in multiplayer. Played it yet? Or are we saying "remember haze" when all we did is read the reviews?
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Silogon - 542 days 15 hours ago
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Neither game look worth waiting for if you ask me and Infamous looks infanitly better in terms of graphics, so that makes this pice of junk look inferior right off the bat. Maybe it's the crap dev's, though.
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Pornlord - 542 days 15 hours ago
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I'm with you on this one siligon, I may play these titles, but I'm not anticipating. They don't look like they are gonna revolutionize anything and I could care less about online play.
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MrBigShot100 - 542 days 15 hours ago
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When doesn infamous come out anyways?
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Silogon - 542 days 5 hours ago
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It was 7 bubbles to 3 bubbles to 1 bubble to 4 bubbles. I'm riding a wave of popularity and can't be stopped. The momentum is high and the we're in for a long spell of kick ass from Silogon coming from the east and its going to tapper off towards the end of next month when I hit those 7 bubbles again.
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FwanK - 542 days 15 hours ago
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6 - its ok
I Dont mind waiting a little longer for this beauty
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Jenzo - 542 days 14 hours ago
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If you watch the latest episode of GTTV they interview one of the producers who state what's been written in the article. The game was delayed because they thought they could do better, and had been discussing the possibility of multiplayer although they had not yet decided wether they would implement it or not.
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Inzipid - 542 days 13 hours ago
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.. it blows. Seriously the previews looked like ass.
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Cartesian3D - 542 days 13 hours ago
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10 - @jenzo..
u always say intelligent comments.. thx for the info..

I think Co-op gameplay and single player is more important than Multiplayer.
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power of Green - 542 days 12 hours ago
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I'm glad this was delayed it was already a great concept I'm glad they are trying to make this a AAA.

LOL@#7. Use your own identity.
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jollygoodchap8 - 542 days 12 hours ago
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13 - I can already see the idiots blaming a certain console b/c of the delay.
It doesn't matter that there is a legit reason given...It has to be b/c of that console.
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power of Green - 542 days 12 hours ago
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Not all devs will admitt it and will announce something simular to what is said in this news post, RockStar did the same thing at first.
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The Lazy One - 542 days 12 hours ago
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14 - That was lamesauce
Obviously that's why. What are they going to do? delay it to make it worse?

"Oh yea... we decided to delay it, but we're just gonna let it sit for a little while... y'kno... marinate."

thanks for nothing talkplaystation.com
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Sanhlami - 542 days 11 hours ago
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This is good news. If there is multiplayer in it this will be a lot higher on my radar. Multiplayer adds a whole new level of replayability. If its a single player i'm only gonna rent it. Take all your time, resistance2, little big planet, and metal gear solid 4 will occupy 2008 for me and i barely have any more money for this year.
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yaboi - 542 days 11 hours ago
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rather have a game late and is amazing, than early and sucks ass
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Baka-akaB - 542 days 10 hours ago
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The game seems good , really good , and it's concept really rocks . Now problem is it wasnt the best looking sandbox game to begin with , and now with each delay , and new titles like infamous , that game seems to get only uglier each month .

They better up their ante for the graphics with the new delay
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SmokingMonkey - 542 days 10 hours ago
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18 - i have enough games to buy this year
Finished GTAiv 100%
playing one of the best games i've EVER played right now.
SSFTHDremix (love 2d fighting)
SOCOM on a playstation (need i say more)
SPIDERMAN wos (game will be good cuz it's not based ona movie)
BIOSHOCK (finally!)
R2 (VIVA LA RESISTANCE)
and the rest of my time will be taken up by the best IP in years......LITTLE BIG PLANET
yeah, u could say i'm content with the delay of PROTOTYPE and others as well (KillZone2)

EDIT: i know i'm forgeting a game or two in there....FALLOUT3?
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Captain Tuttle - 542 days 9 hours ago
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19 - You know why Alan Wake was delayed?
They wanted to make it better. There, I'm a journalist.

This should never have been approved.
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devilhunterx - 542 days 9 hours ago
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Its cool. Infamous looks better and the story sound more interesting.
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yanikins111 - 542 days 9 hours ago
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Why do so many gamers get their knickers in a twist about game release dates? Even in the days of the snes/genisis, games got delayed. Sh** happens guys. Yeah delays are kinda crap, but who cares. They are just games. You know there is this place called "outside". It has a sun, a moon, air, trees, water. Just saying...
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GarandShooter - 541 days 17 hours ago
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Could you possibly post directions to this mythical place of which you speak, for those who haven't been or seldom get there?

Once there, it is still possible to complain about delays?
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Figboy - 542 days 7 hours ago
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22 - i work at Vivendi,
and the REAL reason why Prototype got delayed is because GTAIV came out, the devs and company saw how fantastically realized Liberty City was in conveying the look and feel of New York City, despite Liberty being fictional, and they panicked.

i got to see Prototype every time i went into work, and while the game looked enjoyable, it also looked a LOT like the Spider-Man titles from Activision, but in HD, with a character that could shapeshift.

the city of New York looked just as boring and bland as those Spider-Man games, and the only real interactivity you had with the environments was destroying vehicles, climbing the buildings, and killing pedestrians. the visuals needed a lot of work also.

it was lacking in that extra detail category that makes a place feel ALIVE (ie, debris or newspapers floating around. dust and particles in the air, etc etc. say what you will about GTAIV, but they absolutely NAILED the atmosphere and detail of Liberty City).

personally, i'm still looking forward to Prototype (and it's cousin, Infamous. i'm looking forward to Infamous moreso, however) and i'll be picking it up day one, regardless, but i'm not disagreeing completely with them saying they wanted to delay to make the game they wanted to make, but the release, and quality of GTAIV's world and environments was a LARGE factor in their realization that they needed to up their game, literally and figuratively.

i'm really hoping they can make the game that i saw concept art for, because i thought the dystopian New York looked amazing (much like the completely destroyed Chicago in Resistance 2; a complete mind f*ck on what you're used to seeing the location in the real world), and i didn't see ANY of that worn, destroyed look in the game before they pulled it from the floor to work on it.

we need more superhero sandbox titles that aren't tied down to Marvel or DC licenses, where there's no room for moral ambiguity in the characters (yeah, i'd like to see the developers explain Spider-Man ripping through someones chest with his fist if they try and alter his core values. same goes for Superman and Batman), and the only real way to do that is through original characters, with their own unique worlds and story.

also, can we PLEASE retire New York as a setting for a video game for a while?? really now, there are OTHER visually arresting locations in the world and the US to pull from. sheesh...
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