Prototype:
Prototype is a relatively poorly reviewed game. This is in large part due to it's dated graphics. However Prototype and I have a very unique relationship. I both love and hate it.
The game is half-ugly. The critics are fairly spot on about this. It looks like an XBox game. Not even XBox 360, just the first one. This is coupled with nigh-indestructible buildings. I say nigh because there are a few types of buildings that are destructible, but they are few and far between.
I have created a video of Prototype's gameplay. This is your only warning: This game is rated M due to gore and language. The gameplay is fairly gory. Besides that, the awesomeness might just melt your eyeballs.
Prototype is a power fantasy. You are all powerful when compared to normal people. you can take a missile or a tank shell to the face and keep on truckin. The thing is, there aren't any moral choices.
The main character is out for revenge, plain and simple. With no memory of his past beyond what he finds out through the game, he simply wants to destroy those responsible for his condition.
The thing about prototype is that the story and the voice acting are actually very good. The story kept me engaged all the way through the game, and the voice acting in most cases made the characters fairly believable.
Despite the dated graphics, the animations are as smooth as silk. Thanks to the graphics engine, though, even dated graphics push my video card pretty hard. I have a Radeon HD 4890 and it struggles to push 30 fps. This seems to be the case no matter what I do with my video settings. I have tried different resolutions besides my monitor's native 1920x1200 and I have tried playing with the shadow quality and texture qualities and nothing has really changed.
Despite the graphics and the repetitiveness of the missions in this open world (Think GTA3: Vice City) the game retains it's fun factor for me. This is due to the sheer power your character has.
I get some sort of primal enjoyment out of causing this level of mayhem.
So without giving you a boring rundown of what scores I gave every section of this game, I'll just skip to the overall.
I give this game 8.5 out of 10 invaders. A great game that keeps sucking me back in, if even just to kill a few military goons.
Wowzio
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
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