Rundown on Prototype 2

[Kunal_R.One]

I had played Prototype long time back on my PC. Now after some years, Prototype 2 has been released. At time when Prototype had released, it was one of the most innovative games. It had all the features that no other game had. We could climb the building, throw people around, throw cars, hijack war tanks and helicopters and slash our way through crowd of people and zombies. We had some awesome powers at our disposal. That game was like a maniac dream come through. Even Grand Theft Auto doesn’t let player have such freedom. The coolest things that I liked about this game were the multiple ways of playing. One can just insanely assault the enemies as well as stealthily consume them and walk around in their form. What are new things that Prototype 2 has to offer the players; can someone tell me if anyone has played it?

[Sunny.Leoness]

This game has a better storyline and plots that was in the first game. The story begins 14 months after the events of Prototype ended. The first Prototype game ended with main protagonist killing Blackwatch leader Robert Cross and saving the city from infected creatures and other infections. At this time the main protagonist of Prototype 2, Sgt. James Heller was posted in Iraq due to which he couldn’t be present in the city. In these disastrous events, his daughter and wife were killed leading to sadness in Sgt. James Heller’s life. To avenge the death of family, he returns to New York and decides to eliminate every threat and infectious creature that was responsible for his family’s death. He considers it as a suicide mission and he goes into the Red Zone to tackle all that is dangerous and deadly.

Sgt. James Heller takes his army team into the Red Zone to fight the threats inside only to get his tea killed by Alex Mercer. But Sgt. James Heller keeps fighting Alex Mercer till the end which impresses Alex Mercer making him think that James Heller will be perfect person to spread the virus that outside Manhattan. To do this, Alex Mercer infects James Heller with the Blacklight virus. James Heller wakes up in one of the Gentek laboratories only to find that he has been given almost same powers like Alex Mercer. James Heller escapes from the Gentek Research facility and is confronted by Alex Mercer to tell him the truth and history of the events in his absence. Alex Mercer convinces James Heller that he was not the reason for outbreak of this virus and he intentionally never damaged or caused any trouble. He also explains him how Gentek and Blackwatch are using people of Manhattaan as Guinea pigs for their deadly experiments. He also convinces him that he himself cannot take on the two factions responsible for the trouble caused to the people and thus he needs help.

This whole concept provides a better story and gameplay than the one in previous game. First installment of Prototype had simple story in which Alex Mercer was experimented on and his girlfriend is killed. The experiment that was conducted on Alex Mercer goes wrong and he gets powers. He uses powers to defeat the people responsible for death of his girlfriend.

[DougWison]

Many things have been changed in Prototype 2 as compared to the first game of Prototype. First thing that I noticed was that Musclemass power was replaced by new Tendril Power. The movements of the character have been greatly improved and so are the combat techniques. Due to this, dodging and evading the enemies attacks has become easier. A new power by name ‘Bio bomb’ has been added to the character. It is useful in destroying a large group of enemies. The environment has also been greatly improved. The graphic quality has been improved and also the physics used in this game are great in comparison to the previous game. The destruction of object is more realistic than in the previous game. Also the animations of the enemies and the civilians have been greatly improvised. They act and react in a very realistic way. Also our character is provided with Sonar ability which can be used to track down our target’s position even if he is at a distant place. Even the amounts of weapons that have been provided in previous game have been increased. One can also remove the guns attached to the vehicles and use it to fight against the enemy.

[LotusN]

In previous game, if a player needed to change any power, he needed to access the full list and choose. But in this game, one can have two powers chosen for quicker access. One can simply switch the powers instead of accessing the whole list. The Web of Intrigue is same as that in the previous game. One can complete the Web of Intrigue as side quest along with the main story. A new system has been introduced in Prototype 2, one need to collect Blackbox in the city. On collection of four blackboxes, you will be awarded with mutation points for upgrading character. In previous game, we had hives which as place for mutated monsters to hide. In this game, it has been renamed to Infected Liars. Again in this game we have to destroy them lie in previous game. Destroying them also gives mutation points for upgrading character. As a side quest, one can also hack the network of Blackwatch and Gentek. New enemies like Goliath and Spiked Brawlers have been introduced in this game.

[Wyl]

In previous game, the infected part of the City was marked in red color while the part secured by Blackwatch would be marked in green. The part which had neither infection nor blackwatch troops would be of neutral color. In Prototype 2, since the city is more destroyed than in the previous game and almost all parts have been affected by Infection some way or other, the marking of territory on the map has changed.
The map will have green territories to mark that these areas have been taken over by Blackwatch troopers and U.S. Marine Corps. Some area will be marked by Yellow color, which means it is a refugee area for the civilians. The areas that will be infected by the virus and will have monsters in it will be marked in red color.

[Jung]

The tendril power introduced in Prototype 2 is an great replacement to Muscle mass. With this power one can rip apart the vehicles and throw them around to cause an unimaginable destruction in the game. It can be used on the big monsters to make them angry and charge towards one’s character. It is also useful to clear a large crowd of enemies in a single place. I used it to pull two military vehicles together and smash them with each other. Using this power Heller can connect multiple humans together using strings from his biomass. He can stun them temporarily, kill them by ripping them into pieces or even control them. Another move in this attack is to connect various objects like vehicles, people and monsters together and bring them in centre at once. This will cause a large explosion destroying everything that is caught in it and as well as cause some damage in a small range. This ability has been named as ‘Black Hole’. Another great ability of this power is that Heller can kill the enemies by tunneling the tendrils through enemy’s body.

Remember Hydra from previous game, the long octopus’ hand like monster which would erupt from the ground? Well, Heller consumes it to get this power. These tendrils can be also used on airborne enemies. But for it, the character needs to be powerful enough. This power may not affect the monsters as it damages humans, but it can certainly act as a defensive ability when fighting against the monsters like Hunters and Juggernauts. One can stun them and then kill them using other powers. One can also dismember their body parts while stunned.

[Irene-I]

I say that this game is an great successor to the previous part and justifies the quality of excitement and thrill it provides. I am currently playing the game and I have completed some missions. I am willing to play more of it as new abilities are unlocked and so is the story going in an interesting way.