By: Jon Christensen on March 30th, 2009 pm31 10:11 pm
When I had the distinct pleasure of seeing [PROTOTYPE] in action at last year’s GDC, I really thought it was the best video game I saw at the show. What was really impressive at the time, was the fact the game was running in the early alpha stages of development. It was incredible to how Radical Entertainment (The Incredible Hulk : Ultimate Destruction) was able to get so much destruction on the screen at once, but yet so young in process of being created.
It was hard to describe why the game looked to have so much potential, besides the obvious on-screen action. Sure, many of the elements have already been done in the industry. But never have I seen one game include so many features in one title that Prototype does. Up top is a video counting down why Prototype is worth the purchase and highlights each one.
Although, because time has passed, I’m not as impressed with the game as I once was. However, I do believe it looks solid and definitely one to watch out for. Radical expects [PROTOTYPE] to be released sometime in June for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
Thanks to jamesbuckingham
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By: Jon Christensen on January 8th, 2009 am31 3:06 am
About a year ago at GDC 2007 in San Francisco, I had the pleasure of seeing Radical’s (Hulk) sandbox game Prototype for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. If you are unfamiliar with the title; the story revolves around the character Alex Mercer; a “genetically mutated shape-shifter with no memory of his past.” In a sense, Mercer falls somewhere between a super hero and a villain. If you were to compare the Prototype to other sandboxes, we would say it feels more like Crackdown than Grand Theft Auto.
As you can tell from the video above, the game is about the character using his abilities to jump, run and mutate into other people. Unlike GTA, you can’t drive around inside a vehicle, but instead you run though the city using Mercer’s own two legs, which isn’t a problem considering he is incredibly fast.
When I first saw the game at GDC, I was impressed than; in fact, I had a hard time believing the game was only in the alpha stage at the time. But after seeing the video above, now I can. Graphically speaking the game looks a lot more impressive now — especially with more textures. They also seemed to up the amount of action being displayed at once — yet the frame-rate looks like it doesn’t drop, which looked to be an issue last year.
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