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Good. Playing as Mercer was as engaging as playing as a piece of dry-wall. This is a welcomed change
As long as I can rip mobs of people apart in ok. I'll believe they did decent writing when I see it. Also could we not have the whole army and monster hit squad be constantly chasing us after we progress into the game. A little breathing room to dick around more is always nice in these sandbox games. Saints row kind of did that with the shops letting you call off the dogs instantly.
Zeus gets a bad rap. Once you figure out that you're not actually Alex Mercer the things you do in the game make a lot more sense.
as long as i still do not have to think to be able to play this game and be awesome at it i will be salivating at the chance to play this game
"The very idea to turn the original protagonist into a villain is already a very interesting shift..."
"Turning"? Alex Mercer was an asshole.
The first game kept trying to paint him as this tragic anti-hero on a quest for righteous revenge against the evil shadow government, while having him nonchalantly engage in the most sociopathic acts ever in a videogame.
The guy was quiet literally the main villain of the story.
"Turning"? Alex Mercer was an asshole.
The first game kept trying to paint him as this tragic anti-hero on a quest for righteous revenge against the evil shadow government, while having him nonchalantly engage in the most sociopathic acts ever in a videogame.
The guy was quiet literally the main villain of the story.
Awww, i like Mercer as a character, he can be sometimes annoying but I still like him. Let's hope that Heller is better
Wasn't Alex Mercer already the villain of Prototype? I mean, I know he's technically an "anti-hero" since he's the protagonist character, but *SPOILER* he's the reason the virus even broke out. And then he goes on a murderous rampage that surely spread the virus even further.
That's kind of what I liked about Prototype: that you were playing the main villain with no real moral justification for anything you did, though I'm not so sure that Radical INTENDED that, more that they really couldn't figure out a personality that worked for Mercer.
That's kind of what I liked about Prototype: that you were playing the main villain with no real moral justification for anything you did, though I'm not so sure that Radical INTENDED that, more that they really couldn't figure out a personality that worked for Mercer.
@NickCull
But that's just it, you weren't Alex Mercer at all. You played as the Blacklight virus, codenamed Zeus. That's why you had no memories of your past, because you had no past! You are correct however in labeling Zeus as a heartless, evil killer. Even 'saving' NY from the nuke wasn't a good act as he did it only to have a populace to infect.
My point is, Zeus (Mercer) wasn't as 1 dimensional as everyone makes him out to be. That said, I do welcome the chance to play as someone else in the sequel.
But that's just it, you weren't Alex Mercer at all. You played as the Blacklight virus, codenamed Zeus. That's why you had no memories of your past, because you had no past! You are correct however in labeling Zeus as a heartless, evil killer. Even 'saving' NY from the nuke wasn't a good act as he did it only to have a populace to infect.
My point is, Zeus (Mercer) wasn't as 1 dimensional as everyone makes him out to be. That said, I do welcome the chance to play as someone else in the sequel.
@xenoslave42
"My point is, Zeus (Mercer) wasn't as 1 dimensional as everyone makes him out to be."
I think you are confusing multi-dimensional characterization with a complicated back story.
The background of the character known as Alex Mercer was complex and nuanced; the character of Alex Mercer was 1 dimensional.
"My point is, Zeus (Mercer) wasn't as 1 dimensional as everyone makes him out to be."
I think you are confusing multi-dimensional characterization with a complicated back story.
The background of the character known as Alex Mercer was complex and nuanced; the character of Alex Mercer was 1 dimensional.
Prototype had the potential to explore the character's motivations as to why he was doing what he was doing, but they really left it blank, and dropped the ball.
He might have thought he was an infected human that still had ambition, but he was actually driven by his instinctive nature to procreate and infect.
Obviously, the remnants of Alex disappeared and his monster makings have shown their true form. Its the new protagonist going to be a virus-with-human-thoughts again? If do, they could explore the psychological justifications of destructive actions and their duality between human revenge and viral perpetuation.
The game looks better than the first, and the first was a blast to play, so either way, I'm excited.
He might have thought he was an infected human that still had ambition, but he was actually driven by his instinctive nature to procreate and infect.
Obviously, the remnants of Alex disappeared and his monster makings have shown their true form. Its the new protagonist going to be a virus-with-human-thoughts again? If do, they could explore the psychological justifications of destructive actions and their duality between human revenge and viral perpetuation.
The game looks better than the first, and the first was a blast to play, so either way, I'm excited.
@xenoslave
I wouldn't necessarily say that Alex Mercer (or Zeus) is a one-dimensional character. I think that Radical may have been conflicted in constructing an appropriate identity for the character, but even if their efforts didn't completely come together, Mercer still remains an interesting character. Was Mercer really vengeful? Was the vengeance just a means for the virus to spread itself and it motivated him to kill? And I think the question comes to how much of Mercer is still left in the entity created by combining him and the virus? Hopefully its a question that the sequel will answer, which is likely why Mercer is literally made the antagonist of the story, at least from the outset.
I wouldn't necessarily say that Alex Mercer (or Zeus) is a one-dimensional character. I think that Radical may have been conflicted in constructing an appropriate identity for the character, but even if their efforts didn't completely come together, Mercer still remains an interesting character. Was Mercer really vengeful? Was the vengeance just a means for the virus to spread itself and it motivated him to kill? And I think the question comes to how much of Mercer is still left in the entity created by combining him and the virus? Hopefully its a question that the sequel will answer, which is likely why Mercer is literally made the antagonist of the story, at least from the outset.
God this article made me lol, you know you've done something wrong with character development when fresh ideas only occur once the old ones are dead.
Alex Mercer struck me as a villain to me in the original Prototype, so I don't think they've got a really hard job writing him in.
"Part of the appeal of the Prototype universe is the fact that it allows us to go anywhere in the world, release the virus onto a completely different person, have it express its effects in a completely new ways and experience how this new protagonist uses these abilities to achieve their own goals and desires."
Developer: "Set it in New York and make the guy american with a revenge story again!"
Developer: "Set it in New York and make the guy american with a revenge story again!"
I loved Prototype 1, mainly because I made up my own games. Human Shot Put was a thing... climb the tallest building while holding a dude by the skull... run jump off launch him and then chase him as he splats = stupid fun.
Did stuff like that all game and ended up getting 1000/1000 achievements because I liked it so much. I know it had plenty of problems but I loved it for what it was.
Did stuff like that all game and ended up getting 1000/1000 achievements because I liked it so much. I know it had plenty of problems but I loved it for what it was.
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