Zero Punctuation: Prototype
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I had this one nailed to the wall. The moment I rented prototype and then infamous, I thought to myself Yahtzee will compare the two games because they are almost exactly the same, but I have to give points to activision because if they know how to do one thing right its make a carbon copy of New York and then give you the ability to dick around for several hours (i.e.spiderman). I dunno I was honestly expecting a this style of review but I wish that there could have been a full prototype review then the hilarious comparison. My 2 cents...
ROFL, spot on yahtzee .. I've not played InFamous yet but i have to say that despite it's shortcomings i enjoyed Prototype.. Although at times i couldn't help feel i was playing a game that was a cross between Spider Man, Devil May Cry and Kirby..
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''but i have to give points to activision because if they know how to do one thing right its make a carbon copy of New York and then give you the ability to dick around for several hours (i.e.spiderman)''
lol i totally agree.. when i 1st saw this i had doubts because it was an activision project. but they proved they know what they're doing when it comes to this sort of game...
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''but i have to give points to activision because if they know how to do one thing right its make a carbon copy of New York and then give you the ability to dick around for several hours (i.e.spiderman)''
lol i totally agree.. when i 1st saw this i had doubts because it was an activision project. but they proved they know what they're doing when it comes to this sort of game...
I thought this was a good review as opposed to good game bashing satire we all love. No way near as funny as most videos but excellent comparison review. Weird.
I liked inFamous more than Prototype but of course its nots a major difference. If you HAD to go by critics than inFamous is currently winning.
BTW why does everyone keep referring to both as PS3 games? Its just one people, just one...
(Please devs, make the bra picture lol!)
I liked inFamous more than Prototype but of course its nots a major difference. If you HAD to go by critics than inFamous is currently winning.
BTW why does everyone keep referring to both as PS3 games? Its just one people, just one...
(Please devs, make the bra picture lol!)
It seems like all of inFamous's points were rewarded based on sensemaking and chronolgoy and whatnot, and since games nowadays are all about the most entertaining way to propel an innocent bystander's intestines and lungs to a distance of half a football field away from one another, I think Prototype should have won. That, and the part about the old man jumping off a building was hilarious.
I enjoyed this review, but I think it would have made more sense to either just do this one (and not inFamous last week) or to do two individual reviews and then do a head-to-head. Regardless, it was pretty funny.
I hope that we get to see The Conduit reviewed by Yahtzee soon!
I hope that we get to see The Conduit reviewed by Yahtzee soon!
Since when?Not Carl said:
I mean, Prototype is all about the epic beat-the-crap-outta-everything-and-then-a-little-bit-more splooge-blasting off-the-rocks fun than anything else, but that doesn't essentially make it a great game. Sure, it's fun, but only until you've grown tired of exploring the numerous alternative ways you can make people wear their asses. The plot ain't great, and I can't help but feel that they're somehow afraid this were to get pointed out so they "concealed" it by breaking it up into a million pieces and scattering them to make it 'confusing yet deep'.
So yeah, Prototype is a fun game, but it's quite limited beyond it's fighting element, which you eventually grow tired of.
All this has taught me is that when the time comes I won't be getting a nintendo product for the next generation I'll just get sony and microsoft.
I already got prototype and my xbox is broken right now so I honestly wanted to know if I made the right choice
I already got prototype and my xbox is broken right now so I honestly wanted to know if I made the right choice
Emo Peter Pan? Mr. Bean if he was a mass murderer?
Oh, man. I am LOLing all over the floor right now... which would make it ROFLing, now that I think about it.
But yeah. Excellent review Yahtzee.
Oh, man. I am LOLing all over the floor right now... which would make it ROFLing, now that I think about it.
But yeah. Excellent review Yahtzee.
Prototype is abbasalutely incredibubble<.<.
Better animation, more upgrades and cool shockwave effects o.o...
+, you are so fucking overpowered!
I need games like Prototybe to satisfy my god complex.
Better animation, more upgrades and cool shockwave effects o.o...
+, you are so fucking overpowered!
I need games like Prototybe to satisfy my god complex.
Except it's one person so it isn't a debate, and he spent a whole week doing it, so it isn't half assed.PS2MAN said:
Yahtzee was wrong about the whipfist. I hardly used it at all because it sucked except for hijacking.
Well, I must be some kind of thicky because I actually enjoyed the story of Prototype. It was one of the few to use the cliche' of Amnesia (Fun Fact: Accidentally getting powers is cliche' too) well as in you had to actually deal with it as opposed to it being some side salad dressing to add depth.
The amnesia actually makes a lot of sense when you get through the game and discover what actually happened to Alex Mercer. I had a hard time taking his annoyance at the conspiracy part being something to figure out... Well, it's a conspiracy. You have to find the puzzle pieces or it isn't really a conspiracy, just exposition wanked in your face like a bad porno. I actually enjoyed finding out what all went down by finding all the Web of Intrigue targets.
As for craftsmanship, I've seen InFamous. I wasn't exactly impressed though to Cole's credit he is a two trick pony. He can pistol shoot lightning from his hands and toss electrical grenades. The morality kick wasn't that impressive, if anything, it seems like a lackluster way to force you to play the game twice as opposed to inviting you to do so.
To be fair, I am not knocking InFamous, the only real criticism I can find is that I didn't see a targeting system and that just annoys me.
InFamous is based on a guy who gets power through an accident and then has to be Good or Evil. That isn't a set personality, that is a case of schizophrenia. Again, not bad but I wouldn't call it set as the player can dick about so Cole never knows who is or wants. That is the beauty of faffing about with morality. The missions have a great variety because he has to make moral choices, which is to its credit but morality shouldn't be a main course here and never should be.
For those seeing my Prototype bias, I apologize. I am a hands on kind of psychopath so Prototype had me anxiously waiting with school girl-esgue preprom jitters since I caught the Game Informer article teasing me about it.
Prototype follows a man who discovers that he was dead and now a monster. Sure he is confused and questioning his actions as he does them. He doesn't know who or what he is, just that somebody needs to pay. I have to agree with a number of other people here, Whipfist was great but it wasn't the end all for me. You trace the lines along the Web of Intrigue to find out what is going on and who you are. Your body is agile and upgradable with health only a squishy human sippy box away. You can run around in tanks or helicopters and as Croshaw pointed out, there are a ton of ways to be a dick in a most cathartic way.
Sure the events and missions weren't excessively varied but I honestly am glad for that. You're a walking biohazard with the powers to maim and destroy life on a scale that makes me squee, which is not something I do often. Not much else to expect. You aren't there to faff about your morals, you are there to kick ass, kick some more ass, take a breather by being a jerk, then kick some more ass in creative fashions. The story had me interested and I found myself scouring the city for those Web of Intrigue targets in the post game and actually delighted that somebody used Amnesia as a game mechanic that helps the story instead of a BS flavor crystal on a wad of nasty gum.
/rabbling
The amnesia actually makes a lot of sense when you get through the game and discover what actually happened to Alex Mercer. I had a hard time taking his annoyance at the conspiracy part being something to figure out... Well, it's a conspiracy. You have to find the puzzle pieces or it isn't really a conspiracy, just exposition wanked in your face like a bad porno. I actually enjoyed finding out what all went down by finding all the Web of Intrigue targets.
As for craftsmanship, I've seen InFamous. I wasn't exactly impressed though to Cole's credit he is a two trick pony. He can pistol shoot lightning from his hands and toss electrical grenades. The morality kick wasn't that impressive, if anything, it seems like a lackluster way to force you to play the game twice as opposed to inviting you to do so.
To be fair, I am not knocking InFamous, the only real criticism I can find is that I didn't see a targeting system and that just annoys me.
InFamous is based on a guy who gets power through an accident and then has to be Good or Evil. That isn't a set personality, that is a case of schizophrenia. Again, not bad but I wouldn't call it set as the player can dick about so Cole never knows who is or wants. That is the beauty of faffing about with morality. The missions have a great variety because he has to make moral choices, which is to its credit but morality shouldn't be a main course here and never should be.
For those seeing my Prototype bias, I apologize. I am a hands on kind of psychopath so Prototype had me anxiously waiting with school girl-esgue preprom jitters since I caught the Game Informer article teasing me about it.
Prototype follows a man who discovers that he was dead and now a monster. Sure he is confused and questioning his actions as he does them. He doesn't know who or what he is, just that somebody needs to pay. I have to agree with a number of other people here, Whipfist was great but it wasn't the end all for me. You trace the lines along the Web of Intrigue to find out what is going on and who you are. Your body is agile and upgradable with health only a squishy human sippy box away. You can run around in tanks or helicopters and as Croshaw pointed out, there are a ton of ways to be a dick in a most cathartic way.
Sure the events and missions weren't excessively varied but I honestly am glad for that. You're a walking biohazard with the powers to maim and destroy life on a scale that makes me squee, which is not something I do often. Not much else to expect. You aren't there to faff about your morals, you are there to kick ass, kick some more ass, take a breather by being a jerk, then kick some more ass in creative fashions. The story had me interested and I found myself scouring the city for those Web of Intrigue targets in the post game and actually delighted that somebody used Amnesia as a game mechanic that helps the story instead of a BS flavor crystal on a wad of nasty gum.
/rabbling
Funny as usual but one thing that bothers me...
Did you mention the idea of a supervillian game on 10th day of the 29th month of the year 2008 or has Australia (and yerself) given up on common sense and started to use the bizarre mixed up method of writing dates?
Did you mention the idea of a supervillian game on 10th day of the 29th month of the year 2008 or has Australia (and yerself) given up on common sense and started to use the bizarre mixed up method of writing dates?