By Jim Rossignol on October 8th, 2011 at 10:00 am.
There was no doubt, of course, that Prototype 2 would be violent to the point of grotesque silliness, and the “Art Of Combat” trailer below, in which a number of the devs talk through their choices for the design of Prototype 2′s various super-powered combat moves, proves that. I’ve posted it below, and in it you can see a range of ways in which people are turned into red dust by a cross between a pro-wrestler, an alien, and a flying spaghetti monster.
08/10/2011 at 10:05 Walter Heisenberg says:
That’s a whole lotta bloom!
08/10/2011 at 10:23 nubbuka says:
Dracula would have been so happy in this game.
08/10/2011 at 10:34 Fede says:
The alt-text is made of win :)
08/10/2011 at 11:33 Dr I am a Doctor says:
Holy shit, there are alt-texts
08/10/2011 at 16:32 Tams80 says:
Sometimes.
08/10/2011 at 23:08 max pain says:
Missing too many times.
08/10/2011 at 11:19 Pemptus says:
Sooo… He said you can either take advantage of the tactical options or just mash buttanz, and win either way. Doesn’t that basically mean “anyone can play it, it’s super easy”?
08/10/2011 at 11:24 Dominic White says:
I really hope they took some of the cooler elements from Hulk: Ultimate Destuction (the studios game before Prototype) this time round. Prototypes enemies came in two flavours, really – humanoids that died in one hit, and damage-sponges that weren’t particularly fun to fight.
Hulk had damage-sponge enemies, but they were amazingly fun to fight, as the fighting engine went into full superhero wrestling mode against them. Tackling a Hulkbuster mech off the roof of a skyscraper, punching it in the face on the way down, only for it to twist round in mid fall and get in a couple of punches at you and then throwing you into a distant building was fun.
Very few games with superpowers give you the feeling that you’re really trading punches with an enemy. I hope they have more of that this time round.
08/10/2011 at 11:44 JustOneWay says:
They set dressed their interview space.
What is the world coming to?
08/10/2011 at 13:24 BreadBitten says:
Obviously you haven’t been watching any of the developer diaries of any recent AAA games?
08/10/2011 at 13:44 Drazilek says:
I only played the first game in part, mostly due to not being able to afford it back then and having to play it on a friends PC.
I will however, be getting the new one simply because what I did play of the first, was pretty damn fun. Can’t wait.
08/10/2011 at 16:25 Brumisator says:
a game so badass they have to show footage in slo-mo for our puny brains to take it in.
08/10/2011 at 19:20 BeamSplashX says:
I like how that guy motioned to the quiet fellow when he said “dismemberment system”. I know he was probably responsible for it, but I hope Dismemberment System is also his nickname/official position at the company.