Prototype: THE Sandbox Game

[Tempest]

We really need a jaw-drop type of emoticon for things that are absolutely amazing. :aaa: just doesn't capture the kind of reaction I had when I first read about this game. First off, a little lesson on video games. A sandbox game is a game in which the world is non-linear and open-ended, such as Grand Theft Auto. There are missions, but they can (usually) be done in whatever order you wish, or even not at all, if you'd like to just walk around and bullshit. Prototype takes this idea and decides "Well, we're gonna suck a lot less than those other games." At this point in development (The projected release date is summer of 2008), the story is either pretty hush-hush, or just plain underdeveloped, but lots of details have been revealed about the gameplay.

In Prototype you play a character, Alex Mercer, who suffers from amnesia after waking up on an experiment table in an underground lab. He leaves the lab to discover that he is in New York City, which is now populated by virally mutated people. He is being hunted by the Black Watch Special Forces, and has to kill to find out more about his past. Pretty cookie-cutter so far, but the game really shines with the features that have been announced.

One of the main draws of the game is that Alex is an experiment gone, surprisingly, right. Well, for him, that is, not for his enemies. He has the power to absorb victims that he's killed, allowing him to use their memories, experiences, and even their form as his own through shapeshifting. The possibilities for this alone are endless. Imagine being presented with a building that you need to infiltrate, a skyscraper perhaps. Had you killed the foreman who assisted with the construction (which has just finished), you would have the knowledge necessary to climb through the air ducts. Or, if you wish, you could slaughter a helicopter pilot, use his knowledge to fly the chopper to the top of the building, and enter there. The possibilities, considering this game is created to its maximum potentials, are literally endless.

You can also shapeshift in different ways, modifying your arms to become deadly weapons, forming bulletproof plates in your body to deflect gunshots, or heightening your senses to make it easier to track your target. All of this makes for one hell of an open-ended experience.

Movement in the game is loosely based off Parkour (fans, rejoice!), and is mostly automatic, much in the vein of John Woo's Stranglehold. He will automatically decide how to deal with moving around, over, or under obstacles. Of course, what kind of genetic modification storyline would be complete without superhuman powers? Aside from being able to pick up a car or rip a light pole out of the ground to use as a weapon, the Prototype can also run faster than a normal car, or if you wish, run straight up the side of a building, then jump off the top of it and take little to no damage when you hit the asphalt below.

I've been following this game since I first read about it in Game Informer, and it's definitely up there with Assassin's Creed on my list of must-haves.

http://www.prototypegame.com/splash/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype_%28game%29

[Shagg]

...modifying your arms to become deadly weapons, forming bulletproof plates in your body to deflect gunshots..

Right when I read that.. I'm in. No doubt.

Thank you, Tempest for blowing my mind. I'll get it as soon as possible.

[Raxo]

Hopefully it's not just hype because this sounds pretty cool. This game sounds amazing with the shapeshifting creating some awesome gameplay.

[Shagg]

It sounds like a mix of Jigsaw (Ben Affleck movie where he forgets everything and is getting hunted down by FBI or something) and that other Terminator in Terminator 2 (cause he can shape-shift and move blades out of his arms, etc..etc.)

Doesn't sound like a good combination, but turns out it looks sexy as hell.

[ArKaiN]

I want this to work so badly. If they manage to make the city big enough and the graphics decent while not fucking up the gameplay, it could turn out to be better than anything we're hoping for. We know Sierra doesn't fuck around.
Edit- Holy shit it's already beautiful at 20% completion.

[I_Smell]

It's nice to see Nintendo finally putting a different spin on their next Kirby.

[Jamez5000]

a synopsis usually sounds good, it's making it work that is the hard part. Hopefully it lives up to the hype. Amnesia is always a poor excuse to get rid of storyline.

[TheHighwaySong]

Made by Sierra? You got me!

[junglebunny]

"Sorry, you are not eligible to view this content"

What the fuck? I'm pretty sure I'm 19.

[Devinmsz]

I'm pretty sure I'm 19.

Obviously the website isn't.

This game, if it works out, looks like it has the potential to be the best game ever. It seems like alot of other games that have attempted complete open-endedness outside of the (MMO)RPG genre generally fail at doing so. Just look at fable; it had potential but they half assed it.

[Savvy]

Sounds alot like Bioshock but with a bigger map and more plasmids.

[opn4bzns]

Sounds alot like Bioshock but with a bigger map and more plasmids.

And not in the 30's.
And not underwater.
And not in first person.
And with a completely different story.

[PyroOwned]

I reall want that game. If it comes out on PSP, it's for me. The graphics, detail, plotline, everything is just fucking amazing.

[Rainbird]

Oh yea, I completely forgot about this game! Thanks for reminding me, it does seem very awesome! ^^

[PyroOwned]

When is it due to come out in England?

[Matterialize]

Sounds alot like Bioshock but with a bigger map and more plasmids.

In other words, better.


This is now next to Crysis on the list of games I'm gonna buy after I get a new video card.

[SLjimbolian]

Sounds very promising, I'd definitely get this one for 360.

[SlowCheetah]

Wow, that game looks absolutely amazing. Looks like its gonna have one pretty crazy storyline.

[Jamez5000]

"Sorry, you are not eligible to view this content"

What the fuck? I'm pretty sure I'm 19.

why do you even bother butting your correct date of birth anyhow? I just spam it as fast as possible whatever is convenient.

[I_Smell]

I put the 26th day of the 6th month of the OH FUCK YOU AREN'T OLD ENOUGH.

Which is why I'm yet to make a serious comment about this game.

[Jallen]

When anybody asks for your age, put an age that is at least over 30. You are guarenteed into it.

And yes, this game looks amazing. I dont know if they're gonna be able to pull it off.

[wasted space]

Thing is this is by radical and sierra as a team. They've tried free-roaming before, and they came out as meh games. Anyone played "Simpsons hit and run"?

[Sarge51]

Is... Is that... that game I was trying to find a while back that simply took my breath away, but I couldn't ever remember what it was. It looks so beautiful and...horrific.

[El Mojado]

It looks pretty badass. I'll probably buy it, if I get a new 360. My question is, will you be able to kill random people at random time?

[Assassin]

I read an article about this a few months ago and it looked kinda "meh" to me. I've seen the trailer now and it does look pretty cool right now. I'm not convinced yet tho.
Thing is this is by radical and sierra as a team. They've tried free-roaming before, and they came out as meh games. Anyone played "Simpsons hit and run"?
Simpsons hit and run was fucking awesome.

[Sirnogbert]

I've read a good bit about this, and can safely say that as long as the gameplay isn't as shit as Just Cause that it'll be one of the best ''GTA clones'' ever.

[Knight of Cydonia]

This game looks pretty dam good. I can only get it on Computer which at the time being the one I use sucks. Imagine this on the Wii. If they made it possible it would dominate all other games.

[Mirrorman]

Summer 2008 in the states? Fuck. I want it now :mad: .

[Sarge51]

Summer 2008 in the states? Fuck. I want it now :mad: .

It could be worse. Just pray it doesn't get pushed back a year.

[Hickabod]

It sounds much like an expanded version of Crackdown. All these promises seem a little bit, well, difficult to accomplish, especially with the sheer diversity of the options for completing each mission. I, for one, am not going to get hyped about this, since its due out in less than 6 Months and this is the first alot of people have heard of it, I can see it being pushed back alot.

[Mirrorman]

It could be worse. Just pray it doesn't get pushed back a year.

Oh I will. Although it is a pretty big chance it will happen.

[HappyPalooza]

I saw something about this on G4 (yea, it sucks now). The guy was taking down tanks and choppers in some kind of cement form. Looks pretty cool.
Quick Link for Trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/28751.html).

[Pyro]

There's a disturbing amount of hyped games nowadays that tend to be not so good. There aren't that many, but there are those games that are so awesome that you get chills on your spine, and if you discover that they suck, well that's just awful. Hope this game is what it seems.

[Assassin]

I've read a good bit about this, and can safely say that as long as the gameplay isn't as shit as Just Cause that it'll be one of the best ''GTA clones'' ever.
Oh yeah because every game that has a city where you can freely roam in is a GTA clone

[Sirnogbert]

Oh yeah because every game that has a city where you can freely roam in is a GTA clone

See those little perverted commas? Oh, aparantly you didn't.

[Pyro]

You mean the quotation marks? The meaning of the sentence stays pretty much the same with or without them.

[Hickabod]

See those little perverted commas? Oh, aparantly you didn't.

Perverted Commas? Do they go around harassing girls? I think the word you're looking for is inverted, and thats still wrong because their Quotation marks.

Anyway it just sounds like a jumped-up version of Crackdown to me

[Tempest]

Since I posted this thread, I haven't heard a single thing more about this game, which kind of makes me worry that it's gonna suck. Like I said, the premise is awesome, but I thought that about Assassin's Creed too, and I was slightly disappointed about it. Ah well, I can still dream.

[Matterialize]

Despite it looking so great, I hadn't heard anything about it before this thread either. Not a lot of hype going on.

[Tempest]

Despite it looking so great, I hadn't heard anything about it before this thread either. Not a lot of hype going on.

There's always the chance that that's a good thing, though. Sometimes games without much hype are the ones that do best. Of course, that could have a lot to do with the fact that we had no prior expectations anyway.

[Hickabod]

There's always the chance that that's a good thing, though. Sometimes games without much hype are the ones that do best. Of course, that could have a lot to do with the fact that we had no prior expectations anyway.

Due to the lack of info I'm expecting delays by the bucket load, due to the high level on depth to the game being promised, if they are going to do something as amazing as they say they are then they should be shouting about it

[Shagg]

Since there hasn't been much updates on, well... anything; I'm going to assume they thought up the basic storyline and all his powers, patented it.. but never actually got too much into creating it. I'm guessing we'll see it out in 2009 at this rate.

[Dresden]

What the fuck is up with that link? It asks the language, then asks the birthday... before I even get to input my year, it fucking gives me the "Sorry, you are not eligible" bullshit. They need to fix that.

That said, this game sounds pretty epic. I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

[I_Smell]

This is the fucking COOLEST GAME I HAVE EVER SEEN. (http://uk.gamespot.com/video/942351/6189865/videoplayerpop?)

[Assassin]

That was pretty fucken awesome

[MrDoctor]

I just cum'd allover my computer screen. That was beautiful, and yet so bad ass.

[lttheninja]

Movement is mostly automatic, much in the vein of John Woo's Stranglehold.
Eh, not sure how that's going to be.

[Asdf]

I saw a trailer of this on daily planet or whatever, and they were showing clips, and how realistic the sound effects are, etc. I heard they're aiming for the world record of most realistic sound effects in a game or something. When I first heard about it on TV, I was like 'meh', then they mentioned the shapeshifting with the arms and the bulletproof shields, and I was hooked.

[Shagg]

I think it looks amazing, but I would really prefer less gun-action for the main character. Since the game focuses on his cool powers, it would really be a shame if it ended up being a mostly shooting game.

[Desert]

New trailer up. Like the title in it says, it's violent as fuck.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52433

I want this game so bad.

[junglebunny]

So is this like GTA but you have superpowers?

[I_Smell]

Yo I posted that four months ago.

[Desert]

Yo I posted that four months ago.

This is the first post that I read that wasn't mine in the whole forums.

So oops and oh well.

And to whoever said that GTA thing, they aren't superpowers. They're more like taking memories and shit from people.

[junglebunny]

So, yeah, superpowers.

[Desert]

Basically.

[I_Smell]

I lost alot of interest when I found out how it works.
There's a maximum of like 6 different powers, and when you want to use one you have to like- Access the power menu and select the SPIKEY HANDS power.
I'm gonna assume you unlock each power when the narrative wants you to. That'd be dumb.

And it's more like Spider-Man or Crackdown than GTA. It's made by the guys what did The Hulk:Ultimate Destruction. I wouldn't really compare it to Grand Theft Auto.

[junglebunny]

I just want to fly around and shout people and stuff

[javaD]

wow...GTA with the guy from terminator. Sounds Bad-ass! I will definetly get this game along Fable II and Gears of war II

[Mirrorman]

So if anyone's still interested, it's coming out December 30th 2008.

[Richard_Simmons]

I'll see the reviews first. Looks kickass though.

[I_Smell]

Usually when people say a game's coming out the last day of the year it means it's coming out an undetermined day next year.

Jus sayin.

[BKS]

I read about this in Game Informer and it looked pretty cool. If it comes out like they say it will, it might just raise the bar on open-endness.

[duhx99]

I don't think this was mentioned, but the way the storyline works is that you hunt down and absorb people right? Well some of these people are actually important, and they're memories reveal a part of your past. Each time you absorb one of these key people, they're memories are added to a large web of memories, revealing other possible targets and such, but you can essentially do the web in whatever order you want. I think.
This is based off the article in GI from like a year ago.

[Richard_Simmons]

I also heard that the guy who played Roger Marris in 61* is voicing the main character. It's not important, just a little fun fact that I thought was pretty cool.

[Stickperson]

This game defies all physics. Awesome.

[Mirrorman]

Usually when people say a game's coming out the last day of the year it means it's coming out an undetermined day next year.

Jus sayin.

Release date(s)
NA April 1, 2009
AUS June 30, 2009
UK March 27, 2009

Why did you have to be right :wail: ?

[Diomedes]

Didn't look that great. Sure, killing people and becoming them is neat but it was done well enough in the game Messiah. And rampaging is also fun... for a little while. After destroying fifty of what looks like one kind of helicopter with three kinds of weapons what do you do? I've never known any amnesia pan out well other than KOTOR.

[Benjaman]

Release date(s)
NA April 1, 2009
AUS June 30, 2009
UK March 27, 2009

Why did you have to be right :wail: ?

:think:

I'll probably pick this up, despite how it looked more linear than I had hoped. Maybe I'll wait for feedback by you guys or something.

[CreamScreamer]

So this game comes out tomorrow.

Anybody other than me getting this? Seems like everyone just sorta forgot.

[Iceshade]

I saw commercials for it and thought it was a shitty inFamous knock off, and considering how well inFamous is doing, it may just end up being that.

[WoeStorm]

So is this going to be available on Steam or any other programs I can use to get this instantly, or do I have to go to a gamestore and buy it like a bitch?

[HappyPalooza]

I'll probably rent it just for playing around. Looks badass, but has potential to get old after a while like most sandbox-focused games.

[Trashcat]

Ffff. I have this reserved, cannot -wait- until tomorrow.

[WoeStorm]

FUCK YEAH it's on Steam, I'm so getting this.

[Smokeyy90]

Im skeptical about this game. I have read that it gets extremely repetitive after 3-4 hours. I think though that if it would have come out before inFamous it would have done better. Though the 360 sales might make it seem relatively successful. But I dont see a bunch of PS3 owners running out to get a game that more than likely is nowhere near as good as inFamous. I might rent this one, not worth buying in my opinion.

[JohnDoe]

I personally always thought this game looked sicker then inFamous. I think the main reason inFamous got more hype is because it came out first.

[Smokeyy90]

You are more than likely right. Like I said Im not getting my hopes up for this game. I know its a sandbox game but I like my games where your choices influence the people and the city around you. Prototype looks to focus on mindless killing and killing. I just hope it is not as repetitive as I have read. I know my friend is going to get it first thing tomorrow so I might watch the first couple of missions before I totally say "No way this game blows." Course we need some good games until August and November get here so hopefully it will be a solid game.

[Spastic]

The thing is I don't mind repetition, if what you are doing is fun. Being able to take over the form of people you kill just sounds fucking amazing to me, and I would think it would open up all kinds of possibilities.

[Spastic]

So this game was released today, anyone pick it up? If so what did you think?

[WoeStorm]

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Gameplay video right here. I can't get this until tomorrow since I'm getting it from Steam, but it looks pretty fun. People have been comparing it to The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, but it still looks badass.

[junglebunny]

I saw commercials for it and thought it was a shitty inFamous knock off, and considering how well inFamous is doing, it may just end up being that.

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Yep, looks exactly the same.

[El Zilcho]

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Wow. I think the graphics look terrible. All the buildings are flat

[WoeStorm]

I think they did that on purpose, the whole wall running thing wouldn't exactly be effective or cool looking if they weren't.

[El Zilcho]

I disagree. I think they could have gone for more realism and left in the little niches and ledges like in Crackdown or Assassin's Creed and it would have greatly increased the look of the game.

[CreamScreamer]

So this game was released today, anyone pick it up? If so what did you think?
I would have, but the gamestop I preordered it from apparently didn't get it in today, so I gotta pick it up tomorrow.

[Werty]

I jsut bought this game and it's pretty good. I can't say I Don't like any part of it, but I said the same when I first got AC. Only time will tell, for me, how good it really is.

[Smokeyy90]

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After watching this I can now say Im no longer on the fence about this game. I know now I will not purchase this average looking game. It looks like just mindless killing. Some stuff looks OK but not worth paying 60 bucks for. Its for sure just a renter for me.

[WoeStorm]

That video was just the mindless killing, there are videos that show going through the plot and stuff.

[Werty]

So far after playing it for 6 hours it's gotten somewhat tedious; although i could be from the fact that we've been playing i for 6 hours straight. It's a fun game and the plot really isn't half bad; in fact, I like it quite a bit. I suggest this as I did AC; very innovative game, but it gets tedious. I would suggest a rent, but the game's pretty good and the story looks like it'll take a bit some maybe a buy.

[Halucinagenia]

I watched all of that video hoping that something intersting would happen, it didn't and I got bored as fuck.
Pretty much all he did was pick up cars, throw them, climb buildings and fly.

I won't be buying this even though when I first saw trailers I thought it was going to be awesome and better then Infamous, i'll most likely rent it for a few days.

[Pieman]

After watching this I can now say Im no longer on the fence about this game. I know now I will not purchase this average looking game. It looks like just mindless killing. Some stuff looks OK but not worth paying 60 bucks for. Its for sure just a renter for me.

I watched all of that video hoping that something intersting would happen, it didn't and I got bored as fuck.
Pretty much all he did was pick up cars, throw them, climb buildings and fly.

I won't be buying this even though when I first saw trailers I thought it was going to be awesome and better then Infamous, i'll most likely rent it for a few days.

Both of you are fucking retarded. The person playing was mindlessly killing people, because he could. That doesn't mean that's the only point of the game. You're not going to buy it simply because it gives you the option to destroy shit? Jesus fuck you're either the most retarded people in the world, or inFamous fanboys.

That was the equivalent to GTA killing sprees, and we all know that that was the only thing you could do in that game, and how boring and stupid it was.

[CheesePlease]

Picked it up today.

It is fucking SWEET. Even though I've only been playing for about an hour. The Hunters are hard to kill. :(

Freeroam is loaaaddsss of fun.

[Trashcat]

Today was the ship date here. Game stores aren't selling until tomorrow, that's the Street date. I'm pissed that I don't get it 'til then.

[Werty]

Picked it up today.

It is fucking SWEET. Even though I've only been playing for about an hour. The Hunters are hard to kill. :(

Freeroam is loaaaddsss of fun.

Wait til you get the whip. Me and my friend about shit ourselves.

[I_Smell]

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Gameplay video right here. I can't get this until tomorrow since I'm getting it from Steam, but it looks pretty fun. People have been comparing it to The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, but it still looks badass.

Suddenly re-interested in Prototype. Fuck, now I don't know whether to buy this or Red Faction.

[Trashcat]

That's easy, Smelly.


Red Faction if you want to demolish -things-.

Prototype if you want to demolish -people-.

[Smokeyy90]

Both of you are fucking retarded. The person playing was mindlessly killing people, because he could. That doesn't mean that's the only point of the game. You're not going to buy it simply because it gives you the option to destroy shit? Jesus fuck you're either the most retarded people in the world, or inFamous fanboys.

That was the equivalent to GTA killing sprees, and we all know that that was the only thing you could do in that game, and how boring and stupid it was.

Ok I do not like the way this game looks so I MUST be retarded... Makes sense. Im not going to BUY this game because its not worth 60 bucks. Especially after seeing my friend play. I was bored after an hour. It has average graphics though the main character's model is ok. But not worth 60 bucks though. I am having a hard time shelling out the 6-7 dollars to even RENT this game.

[junglebunny]

Yeah, chill out pieman. Some people don't think the game looks good. Including me.

[Smokeyy90]

I also read about some problems with the PS3 version. Saying something like you need to free up 700MB to install the game even though say you have like 20GB free. Sounds like a shitty port if you ask me.

[Trashcat]

...Good sweet jesus, this game is amazing. It's perfect in every sense of the word.


It's like the best parts of Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Bioshock, Grand Theft Auto, and Spider-Man put together. The story's pretty decent, the combat is absolutely -visceral-. It puts God of War, Devil May Cry, Heavenly Sword...all of them to shame.

Balancing out your attack and defense powers, switching to them mid-flight, maneuvering around to find the best positioning, it's an action game junkie's PARADISE.


Seriously, this game is stupid-crazy-good.

[Spastic]

Installing now, I have high hopes for this game. As far as people complaining about a sandbox game looking like a sandbox, what the fuck else did you expect? The graphics don't look too bad to me, seems like everyone is a bit harsh on this game.

[Pieman]

Yeah, chill out pieman. Some people don't think the game looks good. Including me.

I was annoyed because they said that they weren't buying it because it was just mindless killing, which is a stupid assumption.
Ok I do not like the way this game looks so I MUST be retarded... Makes sense. Im not going to BUY this game because its not worth 60 bucks. Especially after seeing my friend play. I was bored after an hour. It has average graphics though the main character's model is ok. But not worth 60 bucks though. I am having a hard time shelling out the 6-7 dollars to even RENT this game.

No, bitching about how the game is all about mindless killing, based on one video that features the ability to mindless kill stuff is retarded. And you watched someone play, not nearly as fun as playing it, added to the fact that you already had negative feelings with it, you were probably convincing yourself it was boring for an hour.

And stop complaining about graphics, they're decent, just because it doesn't have Crysis-like prettiness smeared onto the walls doesn't mean the gameplay is bad.

[CheesePlease]

NEVERMIND I GOT IT.

[Smokeyy90]

No, bitching about how the game is all about mindless killing, based on one video that features the ability to mindless kill stuff is retarded. And you watched someone play, not nearly as fun as playing it, added to the fact that you already had negative feelings with it, you were probably convincing yourself it was boring for an hour.

Well I finally rented the game and I must say I stand by my originial statements and I am still just as bored as I was when I was watching the game. So I gave the game a shot and found it to ok but not worth it. Meaning if I am going to spend 60 bucks on something it better be worth it. Plus its WAY to choatic in some parts. I mean most of the time you do not even know where you are getting hit from.

[CheesePlease]

Maybe you should pay more attention.

Also I got the Whipfist ability and holy shit it's cool. I also didn't expect the story to be this good. I actually WANT to keep playing the missions to find out what happens next.

[john41martin21]

Smokeyy90 is obviously not a "sanbox gamer."

[Trashcat]

The Sandbox element is cool and all, but what sold me was the combat. It's freakin' -flawless.

[WoeStorm]

I got it today and there is honestly nothing I don't like about it. The video I posted was pretty poor, because that didn't feature the combat that well.

The Claw special attack is fucking awesome.

[Trashcat]

Oh man, I know. I've fallen in love with the flying kick, though. I grab every upgrade for it as soon as possible. It's hilarious to -zip- a hundred feet and just slam your foot into someone's face.

[NitRoDrivEn]

Visually the game is disappointing. But who gives a fuck about that when you can ELBOW DROP A TANK FROM A SKYSCRAPER!

[Trashcat]

I keep hearing that, and I don't get why! The game looks pretty ballin' when I play it. Then again, I'm on a 50" HDTV, so maybe it doesn't look as good on a normal one. I think I need to hook it upstairs on my tv (lucky enough to use my stepdad's right now, hence the big one) and see what people are crying about.

[NitRoDrivEn]

Not saying it looks bad. It's disappointing. I was expecting a bit more - especially out of the environments.

[Oberlin]

I CANT KILL ELIZABETH GODDAMMIT PIECE OF SHIT GAME THERE GOES MY FUCKING NO DEATHS ACHIEVEMENT AND IM ON EASY FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

Also, upgrade your Blades and Whipfist cuz they seem to be the only things that are necessities. Save your EP to max out your health, consume, and regen stats.

And I went into a military base and took out every single fucking one without raising an alarm. Damn am I good.

Combat, amazing, innovative, you name it, it is.

[Trashcat]

I love the cannonball move. Reminds me of The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.

[Matterialize]

And I went into a military base and took out every single fucking one without raising an alarm. Damn, the AI is stupid.

Fixed that for ya. I've stealth-consumed so many people when I KNOW there's another soldier staring right at me, or there's one standing right beside they guy I'm eating.

I love how ridiculous the high-speed combat is, through. You just plow through shit when you're sprinting - people, cars, telephone poles. One of my very favorite things to do, though, is to snatch people. I sprint through a squad of troops, grab one of them on the way, immediately run up to a rooftop and then just throw the fucker as far as I can. They made throwing people way too funny in this game.

[Trashcat]

Hahaha, I know. I love the way they thrash around ridiculously and how they waggle about when you're at a full sprint.

Then again it's actually understandable; from what I can tell, max sprint is about 100mph, so it's like holding someone out of a fuckin' roller coaster.

[Hickabod]

Now, I've completely boycotted all game hype and don't watch trailers or read reviews of games at all now (due to many, many disappointments). Now I know next to nothing about this game, other than it looks like a cross between Spider-man and Crackdown. If I was to go out and buy this game tomorrow, will I be dissapointed/ wasting money?

[CheesePlease]

No.

Also I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW. I was sooooo close to killing the Supreme Hunter on my first try but when I went to consume another Hunter for health I was shot by a TANK. It's like this game WANTS you to ragequit.

[Trashcat]

It's more like a mix between Ninja Gaiden and the Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.

[Smokeyy90]

Honestly I am not a huge fan of "sandbox" games but I did enjoy all the GTAs and I really enjoyed inFamous but I just can not seem to get into the game. Its almost like your TOO powerful it seems. I do not hate this game but I have seen better.

[WoeStorm]

I find the Claws to be my favorite weapon. Who needs the Whipfist when you can make SPIKES appear out of the ground to impale tanks?

[Trashcat]

Seriously. Whipfist and Hammerfist are my least-used. I tend to favor Claws and Blade, with occasional Musclemass.


Musclemass is fun because I love some of the base moves like Cannonball and Elbow Drop.

[Oberlin]

Just beat the game, sad to say I did predict the ending after about the 27th mission (out of 31) HUGE SPOILER ALERT When you go into Infected view and see that Cross isn't orange like the rest of the military, but grey like a Hunter.

You guys must either be at lower missions or HATE using aircraft if you don't use Whipfist. Or maybe you didnt get the upgrade yet that lets you snag onto people and vehicles with it. Nothing more satisfying than taking out a strike team by hijacking all of their choppers in succession. Hijack, bail, glide to the next, grab on, wash, rinse, repeat. It's really useful for getting WOI targets as well in crowded areas. All in all, I use Claws/Armor in combat, Whipfist/Shield while moving. I never use the Blade, and only use Hammerfist and Musclemass on occasion. And I turned Thermal Vision on once to see what it looked like. I used Infected Vision a LOT, mainly to make sure I got my 'Nice Guy' achievement, I won't bother second time through.

One thing I really hate though. Hint bubbles, or whatever. They are pointless, I don't want a collectible tutorial scattered across New York.

[Matterialize]

Whipfist is awesome. It's my anti-hunter bitch move if I get in a tight spot (like when you're fighting many of them at once). Just stay in the air and hit them with fully-charged attacks in mid-jump. Works like a charm.

[Trashcat]

The tutorial bubbles are stupid.

As for the Whipfist, I only use it for one thing: Sniping Infected Towers for shitloads of free EP. I don't like it in combat. The Blade has higher single target damage, and I can do perfectly good AoE with Air Stomp, Knuckle Shockwave, and Groundshatter.

Matter of preference, I guess. I also never EVER use armor, I dislike it. I just use the shield and juggle.

[Spastic]

Honestly I am not a huge fan of "sandbox" games but I did enjoy all the GTAs and I really enjoyed inFamous but I just can not seem to get into the game. Its almost like your TOO powerful it seems. I do not hate this game but I have seen better.
Too powerful? Have you honestly played this? Maybe in the beginning you can smash everything apart, but as you progress you get fucked big time. Albeit escaping is a little to easy, but I don't think you are too powerful at all.

[WoeStorm]

It also helps to not play on Easy mode.

[Oberlin]

The tutorial bubbles are stupid.

As for the Whipfist, I only use it for one thing: Sniping Infected Towers for shitloads of free EP. I don't like it in combat. The Blade has higher single target damage, and I can do perfectly good AoE with Air Stomp, Knuckle Shockwave, and Groundshatter.

Matter of preference, I guess. I also never EVER use armor, I dislike it. I just use the shield and juggle.

Never use it to clear a street of infected when low on health to fill it halfway? Works like a charm on little shits. Clears out military bases nice too. And I couldn't have beat either of the 2 larger bosses without armor, even on Easy. I personally find Knuckle Shockwave pointless.

[Matterialize]

I hate sacrificing gliding for armor. During the Supreme Hunter boss fight, whenever I got low on health I'd just glide around the edge of the area until I'd regenerated enough to get back in there.

The first time you fight Supersoldiers was pretty frustrating at the third stage (where you fight four of 'em at once). I ended up just using the tendril devastator as soon as that part started, killed everything except a few troops that were out of range.

Oberlin, I'm at the part where I've just destroyed the nine Bloodtox thingies and now I'm supposed to drive the truck somewhere. Am I close to the end?

[Trashcat]

Never use it to clear a street of infected when low on health to fill it halfway? Works like a charm on little shits. Clears out military bases nice too. And I couldn't have beat either of the 2 larger bosses without armor, even on Easy. I personally find Knuckle Shockwave pointless.

Nah. If I'm low on health, I break out the hammerfists (fastest consume time), go into Parkour, and grab and eat people on the run until I'm high again.

[CheesePlease]

The Elizabeth Greene boss fight is such bullshit. I've got it's health half down and fighting it now is just getting boring and repetitive.

Also Trashcat, you're definitely going to need the armor for this fight.

[Trashcat]

Haha. I'm gonna try it with the shield instead and tell you how it goes. I hate hate hate HATE the armor because I love gliding and rolling around bosses. So unless she does nothing but unavoidable attacks, I'm better off with shield.

[Trashcat]

Ugh. I found my first beef with this game's story.

I'm having trouble connecting to Alex as a protagonist, or at all. It became super-obvious that the story lacks impact when it's revealed that Alex is a living virus, and not a person. I was just like "Okay, whatever." The game makes no attempt to humanize him in the first place, detracting from the ability to give plot twists any significant meaning.

I understand that they were trying to go for an anti-hero thing, but that doesn't work when the main character's as thin as paper.

[Tempest]

I um.. acquired this game and started playing it, and it's pretty fucking awesome. It's not what I thought it was gonna be when I first made this thread, but I don't see why everyone is giving it a bad rap either. It's nothing like inFAMOUS, so everyone comparing the two and saying inFAMOUS is better is a moron. It's a free-roamer with super powers, and that's where the similarities stop.

I'm only a little bit through the story so far, just absorbed the Agent and now I have to go find Elizabeth Greene, but I'm having fun. Running up a building, leaping off it, and delivering a massive elbow drop to a taxi 50 stories below is fucking epic.

[Matterialize]

Haha. I'm gonna try it with the shield instead and tell you how it goes. I hate hate hate HATE the armor because I love gliding and rolling around bosses. So unless she does nothing but unavoidable attacks, I'm better off with shield.

I did that fight with the shield. I actually like it better than armor, since it completely absorbs damage while the armor just reduces damage.

The end of that fight was kind of funny. I was expecting something dramatic, but then he just grabbed the little girl and beat the shit out of her. It looked like he was raping her.

Anyway, just finished the game. I guessed that the Specialist was the deep throat guy you were talking to on the phone, but I never figured that he had powers like you. That was pretty crazy.

[Trashcat]

I just beat Elizabeth Greene, never once used the armor. I used the shield, claws, and Groundspike Devastator. Also did it on the first try (Normal difficulty.) I didn't see the big deal, the fight was a cakewalk.

Groundspike the hunters, consume, run to Elizabeth, drop the Spike Devastator, repeat until one is left, steal a tank, finish it, drop half her health by bombing with rockets while she's prone.

[WoeStorm]

I just jumped to the top of a building and fucked her from above with the blade special, and led the hunters to the top of the building when I needed health.

One thing I have to say about the game is it's difficulty curve is very steep.

[Trashcat]

Yeah, it does escalate from crazy-easy to stupid-hard very quickly. I'm on the mission where you're trying to prevent the helicopters from escaping the city, now.

[WoeStorm]

Towards the end it was impossible to go anywhere because the military was everywhere, I just rushed through the story at that point so I could play New Game+

[Matterialize]

Yeah, it does escalate from crazy-easy to stupid-hard very quickly. I'm on the mission where you're trying to prevent the helicopters from escaping the city, now.

If you skyjack one, it's pretty easy to take out the rest. The only tough part of that was catching up to the first one on foot.

[Trashcat]

The skyjack mission was easy, yeah. I did it no problem.

The one where he's in the thermo-tank is being a bitch, though. Once he stops, I'm having trouble killing the tanks. I'll likely just jump down and use a devastator this time.

[WoeStorm]

What I did was I rode on top of it when it was moving while wearing armor, and I didn't take much damage when I did that.

When it stopped, I used the air special for the blade. A charged one is an instant kill for anything but the bosses.

[Trashcat]

I don't have that move yet, I should get it. I only use the Claws.

[Matterialize]

I'll likely just jump down and use a devastator this time.

Be careful you don't destroy Taggart's tank, though.

[WoeStorm]

Well, the groundspikes are pretty powerful against tanks too.

I find musclemass really fun to use, I think it's the most versatile. When you max it out the throws can kill almost anything, I beat the Supreme Hunter just by throwing everything.

[Trashcat]

Speaking of bosses, what did you guys feel was the toughest mission in the game? I haven't finished yet so I obviously can't speak for whoever the final few are, but so far, I had the most trouble against the one where you have to infiltrate the Airtox base and destroy the filters. Took me, like, twelve tries.

[Spastic]

For the filters I just went into the base with a tank, blew up as many as I could, and ran away when my tank blew up. Rinse and repeat.

The hardest mission for me was protecting that stupid thing to get Elizabeth Greene out of hiding, I didn't use blade arm at all and it made the fight near impossible for me. Matt gave me a heads up with the blade arm, then it was not so bad, but still try doing that fight with claws.

[P0K3M0N_MA5T3R]

For the filters I just went into the base with a tank, blew up as many as I could, and ran away when my tank blew up. Rinse and repeat.

The hardest mission for me was protecting that stupid thing to get Elizabeth Greene out of hiding, I didn't use blade arm at all and it made the fight near impossible for me. Matt gave me a heads up with the blade arm, then it was not so bad, but still try doing that fight with claws.
Yeah I'd say that was the hardest one as well, really annoying, I hate hunters so fucking much, especially the supreme ones.
Completed this yesterday, it's pretty freaking awesome, think I'm gonna get most, if not all the moves by getting EP from messing around, and then do a new game+ on easy to try and get most of the achievements.

[zeveron]

Played through it and completed almost all mini-games.. still fun to run around and slice people..

Cool game and theres quite a lot to do.. but I still want more :x

[SODA]

I really really REALLY dislike this game, the story sucks and it seems like this game and INfamous are the same game with different skins. The combat was neat but not all that entertaining.

[Tempest]

This game has two things in common with infamous, it's a free roam and your character has some sort of super powers. :ahe:

[SODA]

This game has two things in common with infamous, it's a free roam and your character has some sort of super powers. :ahe:

Exactly.

Run around this city with your super powers. Except instead of electricity your hands turn into knives or giant mallets or claws!

[Lag]

Exactly.

Run around this city with your super powers. Except instead of electricity your hands turn into knives or giant mallets or claws!

It also has a male protagonist. I mean come on, this is basically halo without the space marines. Just regular marines.

[SODA]

It also has a mail protagonist. I mean come on, this is basically halo without the space marines. Just regular marines.

Except both take place in cities destroyed because of you.

I'm not saying infamous is that much better either, both games are pretty much bad.

[Lag]

I just realized Activision essentially copy-pasted almost all of Venom from Ultimate Spider-Man onto Alex, specifically when using the whip-fist. If anyone's played both they'll notice it in a heart beat.

[Oberlin]

Good Lord I lol'd when i found Helen Parker later on in the game.

[Trashcat]

Finally beat the game. Whew, tough fucking stuff. I can't imagine how it is on hard.

[cptlol]

The hardest mission for me was protecting that stupid thing to get Elizabeth Greene out of hiding, I didn't use blade arm at all and it made the fight near impossible for me. Matt gave me a heads up with the blade arm, then it was not so bad, but still try doing that fight with claws.

FUCK, I'm stuck on this mission. Tried it like 5 times and I can't get fucking past the part where the Hydra's and Hunters get to you to fuck your shit up.
I've tried with weapons(weapons skills are max) with claws, with blade.
I play on normal, any tips?

[CheesePlease]

I just went into disguise and stole tanks all the time.

Everything can be killed with a tank.

[Adamski]

I fucking LOVE this game. My brother rented it and I've been playing non-stop. The stealth, the choice of mutations, the story, it's all just fucking briliant!

I could list all the shit I love, but like the popular media I'd rather just list the shit I didn't.

1) The city is infected, there are red zones FILLED with infected humans and those beastly Hungers running around, the military are blowing the shit out of anything that moves. So why, why, WHY, are people still walking and driving around the city in their droves???? I mean if this terrifying virus had broken out and people were being massacred left right and centre would you go for a walk in the city? I'd be too busy hiding in my closet shitting myself.

2) Those fucking sensors, I keep dashing up to them and because I know its a tight time limit before they go off, I hit Y too early and end up slamming my knee into them instead of hacking them. This does not end well.

3) A certain someone gets kidnapped, and I don't give two shits. They didn't really make me care.

4) Sometimes on my mini-map I'll see a target W.O.I person and before I get to them they dissappear? I dunno why. I've also accidentally killed a couple of them, does anyone know if they respawn or is that that them dead.


Overall though I like the game, the enemies are so well paced. You've got your infected who you can just slaughter in droves, the military who are a fucking pain with their weapons but die easy enough. And then you have the tougher stuff like the vehicles and the hunters. I'd say more but I dont know how to do that blacking out thing and I'd hate to spoil anything for anyone D:

Also: fucking epic cutscenes.

[Teflon]

3) A certain someone gets kidnapped, and I don't give two shits. They didn't really make me care.

4) Sometimes on my mini-map I'll see a target W.O.I person and before I get to them they dissappear? I dunno why. I've also accidentally killed a couple of them, does anyone know if they respawn or is that that them dead.

3) Yeah it was really a pointless part of the game. You don't even see her again.

4) I'm fairly sure they respawn. It especially annoyed me one time when i was disguise and discreetly walking up to the guy and a car came out of nowhere and cleaned them up. Of course I went on a killing spree for it.

[cptlol]

1) The city is infected, there are red zones FILLED with infected humans and those beastly Hungers running around, the military are blowing the shit out of anything that moves. So why, why, WHY, are people still walking and driving around the city in their droves???? I mean if this terrifying virus had broken out and people were being massacred left right and centre would you go for a walk in the city? I'd be too busy hiding in my closet shitting myself.

Fuck, I know right and it's fucking annoying when in an Apc/tank you drive over those shits and they explode and "WARNING STRIKE TEAM INCOMING"

2) Those fucking sensors, I keep dashing up to them and because I know its a tight time limit before they go off, I hit Y too early and end up slamming my knee into them instead of hacking them. This does not end well.

This, oh this is so bad! Especially with the bases getting 3/4 sensors later on and it takes a good 10mins before you can retry to hack.

4) Sometimes on my mini-map I'll see a target W.O.I person and before I get to them they dissappear? I dunno why. I've also accidentally killed a couple of them, does anyone know if they respawn or is that that them dead.

I hope respawn, because I've killed a few accidently and I want my achievement. Also sometimes those people get killed, there was one in a Red zone getting swarmed bij zombies/wtf it ares and he died.

fuuuuccckkkk Elizabeth Green is fucking annoying she keeps swarming me with infected and throwing bricks and green semen at me.
Is she the last boss by the way?

[DuboobiousCow]

It was fun for the senseless mayhem but it was shit on everything else.

[Blueblobb]

I fucking LOVE this game. My brother rented it and I've been playing non-stop. The stealth, the choice of mutations, the story, it's all just fucking briliant!

I could list all the shit I love, but like the popular media I'd rather just list the shit I didn't.

1) The city is infected, there are red zones FILLED with infected humans and those beastly Hungers running around, the military are blowing the shit out of anything that moves. So why, why, WHY, are people still walking and driving around the city in their droves???? I mean if this terrifying virus had broken out and people were being massacred left right and centre would you go for a walk in the city? I'd be too busy hiding in my closet shitting myself.

2) Those fucking sensors, I keep dashing up to them and because I know its a tight time limit before they go off, I hit Y too early and end up slamming my knee into them instead of hacking them. This does not end well.

3) A certain someone gets kidnapped, and I don't give two shits. They didn't really make me care.

4) Sometimes on my mini-map I'll see a target W.O.I person and before I get to them they dissappear? I dunno why. I've also accidentally killed a couple of them, does anyone know if they respawn or is that that them dead.


Overall though I like the game, the enemies are so well paced. You've got your infected who you can just slaughter in droves, the military who are a fucking pain with their weapons but die easy enough. And then you have the tougher stuff like the vehicles and the hunters. I'd say more but I dont know how to do that blacking out thing and I'd hate to spoil anything for anyone D:

Also: fucking epic cutscenes.

Just wanted to mention that the W.O.I. targets do respawn, you just have to roam around the area again later on.

I too enjoyed the game, but I played the crap out of it, got all of my upgrades and consumed all of the W.O.I. targets and got all of that precious storyline I love. The game had quite a bit lacking though, and I guess it makes sense for what you are: pretty much a Demigod roaming the streets with absolutely no care in the world. I did like what the game had, but there were two things that really bothered me.

1) The random difficulty jump. I don't know about you guys, but I was happily playing this game blowing shit out of the way and making blood rain throughout the town, but then half way through the game the difficulty just shot up and I died or was so close to death that it took me quite a long time to do missions because I had to escape and consume so much to keep my health up.

2) The story. The W.O.I. was a beautiful creation, the major reason I played the game other than watching all of the blood rain from the sky as tanks blew up in the background and helicopters crashed on hives and blew up everything. The story telling of the infection and what was going on was awesome, but the actual story that the game forced you to watch wasn't too great at all. The story just let me advance from point to point with no real connection to anything, and the game just didn't have any feeling. I mean, there's the problem where SPOILER:Dana gets taken by the hunter thing or whatever that's a pain in the balls, and then you rescue her, take her to Dr. Something and you never see or about either of them. You've been with them for the majority of the game, and they just go away, no telling of anything.

Also, I have to agree that the cut scenes were awesome. In the beginning cut scene that most people have seen I enjoyed watching that one soldier get sliced open and actually being able to see his stomach and intestines ripped in half down his body. Sadly, seeing something like that gave me false hopes, and now I wish I could disembowel everything.

[cptlol]

Yeah and no replay possibility for bosses,
and those fucking stupid parkour-events.

Hard had me screaming "FUCK" for atleast two hours, so far.

[WoeStorm]

It has the steepest difficulty curve I've seen, I'll give it that. It's still a fun game.

[dudesta69]

OMG I HAVE THIS GAME!!! BEST GAME!!!
The movement is so fluid, and the fighting is awesome.
Everything about it is awesome.
Can get pretty tricky, and i haven't even played that much, but awesome game!

[WoeStorm]

If anyone bothered to get Bulletdive Drop then you'll know it's the coolest ability ever.

[FESTERING CORPSE ANUS]

I played it, and got bored of it quickly. The missions are less than exciting, and all I was doing was killing the same people over and over again. I don't see what is so great about it.

[WoeStorm]

It may seem boring but when you're late in the game the military goes all out and there's more infection, and the upgrades make things cool.