Comments on: Radical Redesign: Tim Bennison on Prototype

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:56:11 +0000

Interesting to look back at all the stuff that didn’t make it into Prototype as it actually launched. Foremost among them, that whole online co-op thing.

I knew they’d done Hulk, which is why I was most originally excited about Prototype (and it proves to capture the great bits about that game without question), but I’d somehow missed that they’d also done Scarface. Which is another surprisingly brilliant open-world game that I wouldn’t have expected to be.

By: alex mercs

alex mercs — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:45:16 +0000

this game will be amazing no matter what anyone says it will be the future of gaming

By: Chris R

Chris R — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:46:51 +0000

Oh man…. sounds so amazing. Prototype, PLEASE do not suck! My heart wouldn’t be able to take it.

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:46:58 +0000

Yep.

By: Winterborn

Winterborn — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:42:25 +0000

So is this confirmed for PC?

By: Destroyer of fish

Destroyer of fish — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:39:57 +0000

@Alec Meer: I was not aware of that article (since I haven’t read much here until recently). But I was merely commenting on the hype of the game in particular, it was not aim just at you.

By: Alec Meer

Alec Meer — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:31:29 +0000

Also worth noting we’ve already expressed a healthy amount of cynicism about Prototype.

RPS: Some Kind of Perfect Balance.

By: Ging

Ging — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:15:03 +0000

If the co-op is anything like the fun that could be had in Crackdown, than I’m all for it. There’s just something amusing about throwing cars at a mate.

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:12:06 +0000

It’s true that games journalism routinely reiterates hype, and that it can be utterly noxious and useless as a result, but there are also times when we have to give people the benefit of the doubt.

What if you’ve not a played a game and it looks good? Should you be sceptical just for the sake of it? I haven’t had a chance to play Prototype yet, and from what I’ve seen it looks good. I loved Hulk, and love what has been said about Prototype so far. Should I *still* be sceptical? Should I have assumed Radical’s failure so that we’re all pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be a fun time?

The jaded, pissed-off preview helps no one.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:16:53 +0000

I’m glad to hear Hulk: Ultimate Destruction getting some love. A great action game which managed to rope in one the source’s best writers though it was overshadowed by not being Spider Man.

It’s kind of what I hoped Crysis would be like with your suited guy snatching helicopters out of the air and then using it to smash down a hut before punting a jeep into the sea. Stupid realism, I want to supplex robots into oil tankers and punch rockets away damnit.

By: Awesome-O

Awesome-O — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:12:33 +0000

EGM is a skeptical and fair publication, Dan Hsu tries to ensure a look at the other angle instead of just reiterating press release hype. Although, I don’t agree with their reviews it just show there is some skepticism out there. Is it enough? Perhaps not. I would like to see more previews that if the release is only a month away to come down harsher on major problems or robust flaws. Everyone knows it’s not going to get a major overhaul so close to gold. Dish out that detail. Otherwise you’re setting us all back, like when you play the Turok demo and “feel” how the guy moves compared to Halo 3 or Call of Duty 4, its clunky for lack of a better word. Tell us. ‘Nough said.

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:22:45 +0000

Yeah, the internet needs some more scepticism. Games are rubbish.