Suprisingly Bad

[Chunk]

Let me start of by saying that I loved Prototype 1 - one of the few games I 100%'d more than once.

I was really excited for Prototype 2 to come out, but even before I played it I knew it was going to be bad when they introduced a stale new main character. Even after the backstory you hear about him and his family, you really don't care at all. Then you are introduced to Mercer again, finally a character I care about! So you follow him through tutorial zone, he killed your family and it looks like he is possed to be the main villain, which was an interesting idea and I was excited to havet that be the main plot of 2.

BUT THEN Alex gives you the power, which gives you all his memories, which makes you instantly not hate him and then team up. WHAT?! A feud that I though would at minimum take half the game to resolve is resolved in the first 15 minutes with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cop out plot device.

So now the only interesting thing about this new character we care nothing about (his hatred for Mercer) is gone. And Alex becomes just like a regular ol NPC character... what a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ let down.

It is like they took the engine and assets for Prototype 1 and outsourced all the work to make 2 - especially whoever came up with the plot. I hate being tricked into buying a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ sequel that just banks on the first title's success, and this is one of those games. Rent it if your curious, you'll see what I am talking about within the first hour, but do not buy.

[alejandro]

Have you finished it? As far as I know, the are a little more plot twists than that!

[Riknav]

If you write it like that, then of course it is going to suck. Here is a tip actually pay attention to the story, and WHY alex wants them to team up. You already know its about revenge. And, you also don't seem to notice, which is CLEARLY OBVIOUS, that it is not ALL about alex and mercer, but blackwatch as well. And alex made himself perfectly clear. I am not going to be a spoiler, but you REALLY REALLY REALLY need to go back and understand what alex said first.

Also it is maybe 5 missions tops where another plot changes the "deal" alex and mercer had. That's maybe 20 mins tops in the game. 5-10 if you just doing main mission to main mission. Based one where I have gotten so far on the xbox version, compared to what you say, you didn't even get out of the introduction part. The story is not written at a high level that makes you think. Everything is direct and to the point.

So either you didn't play much at all, or you did and really started off to not even care about the story. The later is fine. But if you are paying attention, and you come on here QQ'ing about obvious no sugar coating writing, well....I just don't know what to say. What a shame.

And I actually think this is better then the first in almost every way. Only thing I find objective is if you want to play alex, or if you want to play mercer.

[victorzvyagin]

dude, Relax, its a Fake game- Judging From the Ending....... EndingS! (!!!!!!!!!!!) of both GameS (!!!!!!!!!)
Not ONLY alex can't die, but even if He could , he CANT be absorbed simply cause hes Not a living organism- Hes a virus. So, why worry about Fake game, I ask?
Oh, not to Mention That all that crap about Alex wishing To rebuIld the World is, well....... Just crap. So,
again- no Need to worry, just play through this poor attempt at making fake sequel to [PROTOTYPE] and enjoy the Effects/new Powers / Graphics with Dynamic Tentacle physics.
Ignore the story, if you Don't want to hurt urself even more, my advice.

[Riknav]

What game do you know that is real? So to sum up what victorzyvagin is saying: Basically lets all play games that have story and ignore all story if its a sequel. Good job.

[victorzvyagin]

Nonono, Im saying before Posting comments (and, In fact, trying to play the games with Story in Them) - u Need brains. So try getting them.

On the Actual note for The game, no, I dont like games like this, where the story is purely "Oh, these scientists are bad, they might be responsible for what happened to my wife. Lets kill them. Alex is responsible For the death too....... No hes not.... Oh wait, Yes he is.... Lets kill him Too" and Hearing F and A words all the way through the cutscenes and gameplay.
As I said, Gameplay is not actually bad, even though u gotta be rly disabled in some wayto lose even on hardest difficulty.
But Yeah, As I said- fake, as Story is nowhere what it should have been. I know I did good job, thanx.

[Riknav]

Yea because i have no brain. Yup just a random body alive and kicking with no brain. How smart do you actually sound, with your failed attempts of humor?

Opinions is just that. And the story is a hell of a lot better then prototype 1. Because a person is in a postdramatic stat, had is family killed, in the military as infantry, and in a messed up situation. If that was you in his shoes you would be saying the f and a curse words just as much.

Alex is the only one that tricked mercer into thinking alex didn't cause this, but blackwater did. Mercer said he IS NOT SURE if it is true, and is now "INVESTIGATING". You mean to tell me that in an investigation between multiple people, that you won't get different sides of the story? And that everyone is going to tell you the truth? Come on learn what investigation is. You are sad....really sad. Anyways his purpose is to find the truth and get revenge. No different then the first.

Also note just because a game did not meet your expectations does not make it a game where its out of its league, and should not hold the prototype name. And since you are doing such a good job, you should work for them, and then YOU tell us how the game should have went. Go on now...I will wait.

[victorzvyagin]

Well, Actually, it Was not failed attempt at humour, but Successful statement of the Truth, Which u just proved with ur next statement.
Cause, If u really think that p2 story can come anywhere near to the standard of the p1 story, well..... Congrats on doing good job urself, u just proved how ur IQ can decrease in such a short time.
And, actually, I AM sad, that this game was Somehow released, and that people like you actually Fell for it.
Just cause YOU Did not Understand the Story Does NOT mean it is bad.
Oh, and just before you try to work ur way out of this one-
Alex and Mercer are the same. Alex= Name. Mercer = Surname. So, Alex tricking Mercer into something= Alex tricking himself.
Its Blackwatch, Not blackwater.
The whole infantry situation does not make as much sense either, if you Read the comics- he entered the militrary forces BEFORE his wife and daughter were supposedely killed.

Finally, good thing u mentioned "Them", (which is by the way, Radicall) Here's a bit of News- "they" are no more. Even if I did want to go work for them, I wouldnt be able to, cause the team making it was the only one with the rights to PROTOTYPE game, and well, they are no more.

A bit of hint for the future m8- do some research, before you post, and.... Oh, wait. thats right- u need thing called Brains for it. So , go get the brains, then at least Do some minimal research, then come back to posting. Go on now. I'll wait here.
EDITED: To everyone Else, Reading these- Yes. There ARE comics about Prototype series, guess by whom......

[Riknav]

I will give you 1 point for your comment as I did screw up the names good job. But you knew wtf I meant. But lets review

How does a body function with no brain since you definitely know it can happen?
Did I discredit you for liking prototype 2? do you like the same color I like? What about cars? Do you like the same food as me? Do you see where I am going with this. You have a right to like whatever you want. But don't be an idiot and try to disrespect why a person likes one thing more then the other. We can argue until we are blue in the face, but we will never change anyones opinion. So you can quit that arguement right there.

And why do I need to wiggle my way out of it. That I didn't post that paragraph in its cronological order? Lol ok you got me, it wasn't in order it was a list about why he acts the way he acts. I don't think you understand post-dramatic stress. Do you know most people get this when they are even in war? You do? Good. Let's continue. If you noticed, He was serving in iraq. So again he could have signs of this developing long before his family died. Most people seeing others killed would start to show signs. He was pulled from that to do another mission. And he probably would have got the chance to take vacation before missions, based on real military experience, so he would go home to see his family, only to find out there are dead. Now he has no time to grieve, and just leaving iraq where he probably whitnessed more of his people, maybe family, die. Then he goes and sees the person that caused in what the news says could be the killer. He is already pissed as ♥♥♥♥ and can't rationalize. So he does what most people would. Don't get the other side of the story and goes after the person he thinks is responsible.

Imagine that. All that from the intro alone. There is your order. Now I shall wiggle.... Can you explain to me why you wiggled your way out of what I said about acting like he acts if you were in his shoes?

And that was the damn point of me saying you go work for them. They still handle projects. And you can help with making the story. I didn't expect you to be that much dense in your head you couldn't grasp what I meant. So again smartguy. I will wait.

[victorzvyagin]

Ok, Look, First off again- I do NOT like Prototype 2, I never said I did , maybe only the new powers and Better graphics alone.
The reason why I was picky about the details, is to show u , that not always story is what it seems, and probably u didnt play game(s) careful enough to make judgement.
And did I say anything about what You do or don't Like? I said that the game is a fake, I didnt say "oh, dont touch it, crappy game" or "Wow, excellent Prototype 1, u got better than ur sequel in this and that".
I simply stated the fact, that the Game is fake, cause it is Totally non- canon Story-wise , and the Story itself is (as pointed out by many people, not just me) worse than first one. Fine, that's my Opinion. The fact- Its not Just MY opinion. Even if story was following cannon, There is probably only one-two twists in there, whereas in Prototype 1 its confusing as hell all the time, until the very end, and thats what Makes it perfect.
So, To the point- if you DO have brains, start using them, buddy. Cause so far You didnt give a single reason why my statement is wrong.
And, oh, I never start picking on people unless they try picking on me. So next time, choose who u pick on. Im quite Patient though, so Im happy to wait as well.
Ps. Oh, and so that we are clear- I like Prototype 1, not 2 , for the reasons explained above.

[Riknav]

Your debates sucks ass. And I don't even know why I am continuing this because you really show how much of a moron you can be. After this I am done. And have really nothing to say to you. I am just gonna do a breakdown of this. What I say is in bold.

Originally posted by victorzvyagin:

Ok, Look, First off again- I do NOT like Prototype 2, I never said I did , maybe only the new powers and Better graphics alone.
People have the ability to read between the lines. You basically said, and I quote, " no Need to worry, just play through this poor attempt at making fake sequel to [PROTOTYPE] and enjoy the Effects/new Powers / Graphics with Dynamic Tentacle physics". I see you edited prototype in there after I said sequals in general. But its all good. I should have quoted you before that. From that statement alone I see that you didn't like the game.

The reason why I was picky about the details, is to show u , that not always story is what it seems, and probably u didnt play game(s) careful enough to make judgement.
How are you going to tell me I didn't understand the story? What did I say to make you even type this statement out? Please don't go pulling ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ out of your ass. And I hope you know that my comments where to the op, until you jumped in the convo.

And did I say anything about what You do or don't Like? I said that the game is a fake, I didnt say "oh, dont touch it, crappy game" or "Wow, excellent Prototype 1, u got better than ur sequel in this and that".
Did I say you said me and you like what I like? I hope you understood that. Because it was to prove a point. So don't make yourself look cute by saying I said you said it. When again it was a lead in for ME to say we like different things. And someone talking about someone else with no brain, I think I am grasping what you mean and seeing it first hand from you. What you should have been asking is do you and I like the same things. And if not why are you arguing with someone that likes one game more then others. You delibrately started to attack, and I quote, "Cause, If u really think that p2 story can come anywhere near to the standard of the p1 story, well..... Congrats on doing good job urself, u just proved how ur IQ can decrease in such a short time.
And, actually, I AM sad, that this game was Somehow released, and that people like you actually Fell for it.". Fell for what? My money, my experience. I liked it, so what is it that I felled for?

I simply stated the fact, that the Game is fake, cause it is Totally non- canon Story-wise , and the Story itself is (as pointed out by many people, not just me) worse than first one. Fine, that's my Opinion. The fact- Its not Just MY opinion. Even if story was following cannon, There is probably only one-two twists in there, whereas in Prototype 1 its confusing as hell all the time, until the very end, and thats what Makes it perfect.
How old are you? No seriously, how old are you? Is this the first time you ever witnessed a game/movie/tv show that went outside of a comic? If this is your first time you are in for a world of pain when you realize that a very good portion of different entertainment deviates from its core. For the sake of self worth just get that out of your head now that all things will be the same for both comic and game/movie/book/tv show/whatever. Because you are going to be disappointed every single time. And you can have your opinion. But don't you dare attack people that thinks differently. You make yourself look bad. The only reason I questioned the op is because from his comments, he DID NOT play outside of the intro. Go read it again, and you see why I am posting here. And all you read is this game is bad. I don't care if its bad, just don't come here spreading false statements like he did.

So, To the point- if you DO have brains, start using them, buddy. Cause so far You didnt give a single reason why my statement is wrong.
You can go back to everything I said previously. It's not a matter of what single reason why your statement is wrong. Its the matter of how shallow you are. News flash buddy...everthing deviates. Not only in entainment, but in our very lives. A story is a story no matter where it is told. And its ok to dislike it, but you are wrong for trying to disrespect what others think. You aren't an alphamale or a supreme being so get over yourself.

And, oh, I never start picking on people unless they try picking on me. So next time, choose who u pick on. Im quite Patient though, so Im happy to wait as well.
oh you are the super sensitive guy. Lol did know, and I quote again, "What game do you know that is real? So to sum up what victorzyvagin is saying: Basically lets all play games that have story and ignore all story if its a sequel. Good job." That right there is picking on you? Lol ok girlyman.

Ps. Oh, and so that we are clear- I like Prototype 1, not 2 , for the reasons explained above.

I have no problem with people not liking a game. I just don't like uninformed people. Do note people read these comments to base their decisions on a game. And it is not fair for others and developers if you can't get your facts about the game right. But if you come to a forum and complain, make sure your points makes sense. In this case the op said the story sucks. Thats fine, but he explains why he hate it. And his points have holes in it. He says he played it for an hour, and says that the game loses its core feeling of revenge which is utterly false. If you are so gun hoe, you should have been the one pointing it out. But you back him up by saying all sequels sucks. And that is a very shallow person. I will read what you write next, but make it worthy, or I am just going to brush it off. I jumped in this convo because of misleading information, and not to argue about peoples opinions.

[uberbobo]

Neither of the games have a great story to begin with but the gameplay felt much better in the sequel. Everything felt more polished and better combat. The story gets a little more intersting later in the game so don't judge it right from the start, you don't become buddies with Alex and you don't stay teamed up with him for long.

I can't make out half of the stuff Victor is trying to saying in his posts. Its obvious now that you didn't like sequel but don't go off people saying they are dumb when they can't make sense about what your trying to say in the first place.

[victorzvyagin]

The only Reason My debate sucks is Because it failed to get some common sense into such people like you. Well, I'm Really REALLY Sorry to have to find out I was Arguing with a schoolkid, who Basically has "nothing to say "to me, and walks off the stage trying to look good after defeat.
It's funny Though how you Try to turn the tables on me, lol, I mean- Uninformed people? I don't like to boast, but here's a Little fact- I'm a game developer. AND I'm Quite a fan of Prototype, as you might have Noticed, so I DID do a lot of research (Cause I can, due to me actually HAVING SOME BRAIN, unlike some of us). I also analysed what the devs videos (ingame, and On Youtube) about the Making of Prototype 2, before and after playing it. But again, For a limited mind, with the lack of the thing called- Brains- it would be hard to appreciate it.

So, lets see- How do I know u Didnt follow story Carefully? Well, Its sort of Obvious that person who DID follow story would have noticed the group/organiosation Called BlackWATCH(!!!!!! NOT BlackWATER!!!!!!) being mentioned multiple times IN BOTH games.
If there is , as you Said, No difference in the Story , why an earth would they make the same game? I know u lack grey cells, but even u must understand that Alex was exploring his past, trying to find out who he was, when Heller' s only Purpose was revenge.
So, Let's say you DID follow the story - which is not the case, but anyways- Why would You LIKE the P2 Story over P1 Story?
I understand its just an opinion, But honestly- I saw ppl say they like graphics , gameplay, Even Game as a whole in Prototype 2 more than Prototype 1- I have Never EVER seen a Person liking prototype 2 story Over Prototype 1, apart from u. Again, maybe cause Its hard for a Kid like you to appreciate the Complexity of the first game' s twists, but then again, u shouldn't be playing these sort of games as a Kid, they do NOT develop ur brain, in fact in Ur case u are showing decrease in intelligence with each post- I'd stop Playing straight away, if I were you.

Finally, u wonder, how old I am. Well, Old enough to make decision not to take u kids seriously, cause Honestly, if you call personal opinion a "misleading statement", and start calling others girlymen, well, than there isnt much to talk about.

Not that you are gonna read it anyways, but hey, We know others are up for a Laugh ^_^
Uberbobo, I know My English isnt Perfect, But the crap from kids nowadays gets overwhelming- so theres nothing Left but to pay them with their coin.
And even if its just an opinion, u Gotta admit, the story of the second game, even if it wasnt fake, did not capture as much people's attention. Otherwise, Threads like the ones by OP wouldn't be made, I mean.

[Riknav]

No substance what so ever. I walk away because there is nothing to arge with you over. I don't need to look cool, you just seem stupid.

Wow you can't read either. See this is what happens when people don't read. I said chunk has put up false information in his original post, which is sending misinformed information. When did I say you? Did you even read chunks post? Learn to comprehend.

So you take my knowledge of not playing the game because I accidently keystroked blackwater instead of blackwatch and had no clue what i meant anyways. So now I have to prove to you that I played it even though i just mentioned spoilers earlier in my conversation. But even still I misspelled a word. Fail!!!

You are a game developer and you see the brilliance in prototype 1. If you done your reasearch much you would also know how much of this was from the hulk game. Almost ripped in some ways. And its ok to reuse code, but you can't see the exact rip from both prototype 1 and prototype 2 that use revenge as the primary word for both games existance. Don't be an idiot and think I meant both games are exactly the same. But almost identical to the reasons of the game existance.

And here is a fact. More people will relate to people based on their personality, race, gender, etc. I can say the same thing, I never heard anyone complain about the story but you two in the thread. You see how that works. It means absolutly not a damn thing. And did I ever say prototype 1 story is better or worse then 2? Go ahead and show me. What I said is that prototype 2 is THE better game.

And every game that is a series explorers the past of that person to find out about themselves. And you don't need to explorer peoples past again in part 2 that much, unless it is using a totally new environement with different characters as in final fantasy. Come on mister game developer you should know this. And you seem to not have played the game. Did you collect all the memories, did you see the begining movie about him being in iraq. That is a form of his past yea it wasn't fleshed out, but you don't need to know that much about him to get to the point of that heller is at. The developers gave you just enough to understand what is going on. Do you expect to know why he went into the military and play mini games of the adsvab test you take to find out what job he gets when he is in the military? Come on man. Thats what rpgs are for. No one needs to go on long missions so a person can find out about themself.

And please for the love of god you aren't special. I was not talking to you about missleading information. Find the hole in this comment.

BUT THEN Alex gives you the power, which gives you all his memories, which makes you instantly not hate him and then team up. WHAT?! A feud that I though would at minimum take half the game to resolve is resolved in the first 15 minutes with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cop out plot device.

Did you say that? Did chunk say that? Is that statement misleading or not?

[victorzvyagin]

OMG, I thought U quited? I mean, For gods sake, U already showed ur stupidity in posting, why return? Lets see, Calling names- check, No logical trail in trying to prove me wrong- check, the epic fail with butthurt, trying to Leave "convo" without looking bad- check, returning again after basically quiting- check. It seems, Schoolkid has been Confirmed.
Seriously, these games are neither for your age, nor for ur brainpower- Literally.
Lol, I really Thought I wont have to quote, but never mind

"I just don't like uninformed people. Do note people read these comments to base their decisions on a game. And it is not fair for others and developers if you can't get your facts about the game right."
How is that not implying I GOT MY facts wrong, and That I am uninformed? Even if u mean Chunk- U are Still no Better Informed than him. I mean, I am being serious here- no sarcasm- U didnt so far prove that u got knowledge of the games' stories, to make proper judgement about them. I admit, I did get stuck in P1, and completed it more than once even, which I dont ususally do- Just to make sure I understood the story.

Where did u Say story is better than in the First game? again, I am FORCED to quote here:
"And the story is a hell of a lot better then prototype 1."
I assume, it is meant that you compare the story of second Game with a story of first game.
Did I SAY IT? Oh dear, I think Im quoting you here.

I know Im not special, it seems u are though. And not in a Good way.
I dont Usually try to offend people, and in this case I am merely saying the Truth- If you Think that Story of P2 is better than P1, Than something IS special, cause , as I said, I never saw anyone saying they like story of the second game over first. I realise u Have ur own opinion, But it IS very unusual.

As I said, you can enjoy gameplay, powers and graphics with physics of the second game- but the story is just not worth it if u played first game.
If u think there arent ppl who complained about the story- maybe u didnt read enough about it, I saw ppl complaining about P1's story (too Complicated) and P2's story (too dumb) . Even if there was equal percentage of players voting for each story, I would still say its better to have complex story,aand spend some time trying to understand it rather than having little twists and stuff.

and, Really- I honestly thought when u said "after this i am done", u finally got some sense, lol . Seems not.

[Riknav]

Sigh answer the question man
Did you say

BUT THEN Alex gives you the power, which gives you all his memories, which makes you instantly not hate him and then team up. WHAT?! A feud that I though would at minimum take half the game to resolve is resolved in the first 15 minutes with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cop out plot device.

Did you say that? Did chunk say that? Is that statement misleading or not?