Comments on: More Protohype

By: Shanucore

Shanucore — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:01:01 +0000

Excellent, thanks Phil & Terry – when I get my good kit up and running again I’ll look into it. :)

By: Dorian Cornelius Jasper

Dorian Cornelius Jasper — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:45:21 +0000

Still feel a little squicky thinking about this game. It looks interesting in a Hulk-But-More-AWESOME way, but I can’t help but remember sicking up hearing one description of the bystander-killing action. This is like fighting my instincts, following the hype for this game.

By: terry

terry — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:59:03 +0000

Shanucore: Runs great in Dosbox – with sound, which is at least half the reason I run it at all (pixelated kitties aside).

I think Prototype looks great but I wish it had more emphasis on garden maintenance or lawnmowing.

By: Dagda

Dagda — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:19:12 +0000

Damn it, I want to see video! More than any other game except Mirror’s Edge, this is a game where I want to see the action playing out for myself, rather than looking at a handful of screenshots and reading oh-so-cool-sounding explanations from lucky journalists.

By: Kommissar Nicko

Kommissar Nicko — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:34:02 +0000

I noticed a lot of game developers comment on this site, so they can feel free to rip off this idea. Here goes:

Final-Fantasy style battle system, but instead of attacks and magic, you have conversational tactics and body language. A poorly-conducted conversation would end with your whole party getting knifed, and the “Game Over.”

Then again, I liked Republic: The Revolution.

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:43:08 +0000

Bad Flash promo sites? You say that as if there were another kind of Flash promo site.

By: Wolfman

Wolfman — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:31:31 +0000

I am Jacks entire lack of excitement for Prototype.

-wolfman

By: Chris R

Chris R — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:25:24 +0000

I hope this game is as awesome as it sounds… I’d love to be able to run around with super-powers in a GTA-like way…. but the more I read about GTA IV, the more I fear for Prototype. Time will tell I suppose.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:08:15 +0000

@Shanucore, Not sure if it’ll run on XP etc. though if it doesn’t Dos Box normally comes in handy in these situations – try http://www.dosbox.com/

By: Shanucore

Shanucore — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:53:07 +0000

@Phil – I bought a copy of Dreamweb as a teen but couldn’t get the bugger working properly. The enclosed “diary” was tremendously atmospheric, though. Do you know if it’s possible to get the game running on a contemporary system / OS?

By: Jachap

Jachap — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:01:56 +0000

I want an open city game where all the other characters are living out GTA and I’m the only normal guy.

And I have to get to work.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:21:52 +0000

Dreamweb almost showed how weakness fantasy could work.

You were essentially a painful failure of a main character with no combat skills and eventual access to a bog standard handgun that would get you blown away if you used it in the wrong places. With several personalities disorders came a belief you ought to kill a collection of evil people to prevent the end of the world.

Which of course it does, and surprise, you were some form of kick ass demon slaying chosen one, but in some ways the game would have worked better if they didn’t and you were simply a nutter, revealed at the end to be suffering from a crazed delusion.

Depressing but memorable, it works in films, why not games?