By Jim Rossignol on December 10th, 2007 at 5:42 pm.
Another game to keep an eye on in 2008 is Prototype from Radical Entertainment. While their development history is a bit patchy, they did make the awesome The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, which gives me great hope for prototype. Where Hulk was all about going mad in an urban environment, so Prototype is a kind of hyper-accelerated free-running, with the superhuman protagonist fighting and leaping his way through a futuristic New York city. Think Assassin’s Creed starring a superhuman shape-shifter. If they can avoid draping the action in knuckle-gnawing exposition it might actually be good fun too…
Thanks, Game Trailers. You’re our favourite superhuman amnesiac.
We’re hoping to bring you some more news on Prototype after Christmas.
10/12/2007 at 18:00 Gulag says:
If it flings itself around cities like the Hulk, keeps the speed of the first (movie-tie in) Spider-Man, and the visual polish of Assassins Creed, then that could be a pretty awesome game. Throw in a Cyberpunk aesthetic and some observations on the Trans-Humanist movement and I’m sold.
And some explosions, but I’m pretty sure they come with everything these days.
10/12/2007 at 18:14 Solario says:
I’m definitely more interested in it now, than what I last heard of it.
10/12/2007 at 18:16 Schadenfreude says:
If it’s more Crackdown than Assassin’s Creed then I’m very interested indeed.
10/12/2007 at 18:38 Ryan says:
Oh wow, the guy doing rating voice at the end! PRODUHCT NOT YET RAYTUHD.
Oh, and the game looks interesting too.
10/12/2007 at 18:57 ryan in exile says:
who are you?
10/12/2007 at 19:48 Ryan says:
Just a fellow trucker on life’s big ol’ highway. Who accidentally left the definite article out of his last post, argh. “The rating voice” etc.
10/12/2007 at 20:02 Pete says:
Yes, watching this one closely purely because Hulk: UD was balls to the wall fun from start to finish. Definitely an under-rated game, presume the sales figures weren’t spectacular either so hopefully this pleases both the critics AND the punters.
10/12/2007 at 21:16 Ben says:
I loved Hulk:UD to bits, right up until the last boss fight. Then I shut off my console.
10/12/2007 at 21:19 malkav11 says:
Hulk: Ultimate Destruction was by far the most fun I have ever had in an action game. I mean, sure, other games have been smarter, more moving, more thrillingly scripted, etc. But none have ever been as purely, unadulteratedly *FUN*.
Even if I did kind of hate getting pitched through the air by homing missiles. Oh well.
10/12/2007 at 21:55 Pod says:
Even though some of it looked ingame, I reckon it was all a lie.
Also: how many people do you think Game trailiers believes to be born on 1/1/1900? Do you think they believe me?
10/12/2007 at 22:23 m^3 says:
I’m super-picky about my action games, and I’m watching this one closely. I think what appeals to me is the art direction (realistic and grim without being “gritty”) and the fact that it feels a hell of a lot like a small-press comic book that Warren Ellis would write. It’s an interesting superhero story without the spandex, told from the perspective of the monster himself.
I also like the horror angle of “absorbing” people; if the writers are smart they can get a lot of character mileage out of the protagonist’s personal reactions to it.
Here’s hoping they don’t screw it up. :)
10/12/2007 at 23:44 Matthew Craig says:
“I also like the horror angle of “absorbing” people”
Oh. So it really IS the Venom segment of Ultimate Spider-Man writ large?
Thought it looked familiar.
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11/12/2007 at 00:07 JakethePirate says:
“Think Assassin’s Creed starring a superhuman shape-shifter.”
More like: think Assassin’s Creed starring the exact same guy except now he wears a jacket. Also he’s a superhuman shape-shifter.
11/12/2007 at 00:16 kwyjibo says:
Looks Crackdownesque from what I see. But the protagonist really has to get out of his fucking hoody and into some civilized clothes.
11/12/2007 at 00:50 Phil H says:
Been a while since I’d heard anything on this(Game Informer cover article), but its definitely looking nice, and yeah, Hulk:UD gives them some pretty good credentials in my book, that game was sooo much fun. In particular, I really, really want to start commandeering those helicopters.
11/12/2007 at 08:36 Mouj says:
This looks pretty neat, me wants to play it !
11/12/2007 at 10:26 Willem says:
Amnesialol
11/12/2007 at 12:43 Jonathan Burroughs says:
Someone make a game called “Product”.
26/02/2009 at 05:06 Buy Perfect World Gold says:
Buy Perfect World Gold is my habit now.