Prototype is out

But dont waste your time.

It's not worth money; or bandwidth.

How it managed a metascore of anything above 5 is beyond me.
The graphics engine is severely dated and the gameplay is ...just not there.

It is a 'throw x bad guys at you til you cry' type game.

Argh.

Hmmmm... I kinda thought so. The guy at EB yesterday was talking it up, but from what I saw it didn't look that flash...

Coolish concept, absolute shite execution... it looked like an obvious flop well before release imo.

yeah it could really work in the hands of someone not retarded.

another dark sector...

Bugger, already dled it. Will give it a go at least i recon.

Speaking of flops.

Damnation, good in theory, but glitchey as ****.

Terminator Salvation, don't even bother.

Quote from CyphiX;365936:
Terminator Salvation, don't even bother.

John Conner.

I'm John Conner.

Hey John Conner.

Dammit John.

John Conner.

i hate those games. that say your name every 2 seconds. lenko was playing band of brothers hells highway.

"Hey sean, you need to get up sean, its ok sean, shoot him sean, go that way sean"

honestly who ****ing talks like that? I know Zero Punctuation exaggerates about some of these writers, but jeeze they must actually be retards :P

i bought it [Prototype], so far the only things annoying me are the camera speed (which is modable in the options) and the price being cheaper on release day than for the preorders. I'm loving the ridiculous destruction, nothing wrong with the graphics, and as for enemies thrown at you - well.. that's the point ;P the game isnt pretending to be anything other than what they said it would be - pure hack n slash - aside from the point of co-op that i've mentioned earlier.

Prototype = Win. Lenko tells lies, dirty dirty lies.

Yeah Prototype is quite fun to play. Yeah there are annoying parts to it but it's fun.

Think Spiderman And Wolverine games put together. So if ya like those games you'll like this game.

having actually played beyond the tutorial now.. OMFG this game is awesome. I'm sorry but you can't bag a game that lets you grab someone by the throat, run up the side of the Chrysler building then THROW HIM FROM THE TOP. likewise carrying trucks to the top and throwing them =)

also - the graphics may not be up to Crysis levels, but this game has an open world so it should be compared to GTA before Crysis, COD4 etc. Its graphics engine shits all over GTA4.

Yeh there is just HEAPS of cars, people, shit blowing up on screen at once and I havent seen even a hint of slowdown.

and no shadow tearing =)

Its a bad game and you should feel bad for playing it.

i think i see the problem dude - you're playing the prototype for ANOTHER game, as opposed to Prototype. The only way i can see anyone being upset with this game is if they were expecting it to be Jane's Fighting Ships or a Lunar Lander sim.

Lenko is just jealous cos when he shape shifts he only ever turns into a giant penis suit.

rofl

This is the game lenko was hoping for: Lenkotype

ROFL

what the ****!

watch a vid of the game - it'll make sense then ;P
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V129-5QK86o"]YouTube - Prototype Top 10 Reasons You Must Have Prototype Trailer (H[/ame]

My first instinct is to be angry, then upset.

But I find myself laughing and wanting to hug you :p

lol

Still looks f*cking lame. But, I might given it a decent run based on the few snippets of positive feedback.

Sandbox games like this generally bore to me tears (eg. Crackdown).

i just dont get how you can call that ****ing lame?! is it because it isnt a cookie-cut counterstrike clone?! ;p

Dude, I haven't played nor liked Counter-Strike in years, many years. Get with the times. :)

I got prototype on the ps3, and I have to say I like a lot. Story line is ok, but its the action that does it for me. The action is way over the top. 1 man versus the whole city. I have more fun destroying stuff then doing the missions :).

I decided to give it another go tonight.
This time I used a wireless xbox360 controller for windows. It's made a massive difference compared to the keyboard/mouse combo. Everythings much easier which in turn makes the game feel a hell of alot more fluid.

Might hire it for 360, then. Or buy a wireless 360 dongle for my PC.

has the unfortunate feature of limiting your resolution based on your vram.

and then not letting you play in a window.

Might be finally time to get a new gfx card.

i like the not playing in a window thing myself - so shitted with Assassin's Creed, Farcry2, and Fallout3 all going to windowed mode when something happens in the background - with no obvious ****ing means of going back to fullscreen without restarting the game (which doesnt work for farcry2) :)

but i see your point - and wierdos like Chips need to be able to chat up their internet GFs while gaming ;P

apparently alt-enter is the default for going back to fullscreen.

my main issue is being forced to play at a 4:3 resolution (256mb card), on a 16:9 monitor, at least if I could play in a window I can get the right aspect ratio.

eeew that has to suck

luckily the dell 24s let you put it in a 1:1 pixel mode, so I been playing with a tiny little square in the middle of the screen :P

Been playing this on the Xbox 360 for the past 2 days, fkn love the game. Never got into the new console games etc, only really ever got into Skate/2 but this gives me another reason to play my Xbox. Love running all over town, up and down walls, consuming people, blowing shit up, the whole lot, its simply awesome in my eyes.

Might give it a go I think.

rofl partial to the whipfist heli grab myself now :)

Downloaded it on steam last night, playing it non stop since. I love throwing bodys off buildings and absorbing blond chicks.

Wish there were children in this game. I would start my own slave trade.

body surfing old people is awesome

Gah. Have succumbed to the pressure. Bought on Steam and am downloading now...

:D

Kiss good bye your next 3 days of your life grandinferno.

i find myself trying to body surf civilians in city of villains now ><

I have to say that I'm sort of happy with the game I guess. I'm still up in the air as to whether I like it or not. It's certainly good fun but it just seems so clunky and old hat. Most of the graphics are SOOOOOO crap which is disappointing...

I'll keep you posted.

Penny Arcade! - Consumer Advocacy

i still dont get the complaints about the graphics - it's a massive world with SHITLOADS of people running around. also - always thought the majority of us prefered gameplay over graphics - the graphics dont hurt the gameplay in this, and i honestly feel they're better than GTA4 :)

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i still dont get the complaints about the graphics - it's a massive world with SHITLOADS of people running around. also - always thought the majority of us prefered gameplay over graphics - the graphics dont hurt the gameplay in this, and i honestly feel they're better than GTA4 :)

It's not making my computer work. I bought it to be strapped! It could look better in this day and age. Bit of better filtering and MOAR anti-aliasing.

that didn't work out so welll...

[ame]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/789-Prototype[/ame]

interesting that he seems to prefer infamous over prototype. Which is the opposite to penny-arcade.

GAAHH POX can't stop this embedding wrong
The Escapist : Video Galleries : Zero Punctuation : Prototype

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i find myself trying to body surf civilians in city of villains now ><

You still play?
I was thinking of getting back into it the other day :)

**** yeah - had some downtime trying to workout why the **** my computer was suddenly slow as shit (overzealous firewalls ftw!) - but back at it now! I'm only like halfway through the story - keep getting sidetracked by crowds of basic infected or normal civilians.. just too much fun =)