I've been playing Prototype for quite some time in preparation for our official Destructoid review, and I've been having quite a bit of fun (amidst frustration) so far. It's a crazy game, and antihero Alex Mercer is a blast to play with. Now we can play with him just a little bit more, with the very first Prototype action figure from NECA.
The figure portrays Mercer with his shape-shifting blade arm that he acquires a few hours into the main story. The most striking thing about this toy is just how authentic he looks. They really captured the look of Mercer quite well, and I really dig the detail on his jacket.
Definitely a good little action figure, and one I'm tempted to pick up myself. How about you?
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3:40 PM on 06.11.2009
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My money is on alex
Alex Mercer makes Cole look like a pussy, mostly because Cole IS a pussy.
All Alex would have to do is stand behind a chainlink fence and then do the underground spike thing while Cole's rendered useless.
The figure is cool, I'll prolly break it out of its package when we do our review of the game.
Im with Jim in the sense that im having a bit of fun despite some frustration. I had two friends over while starting the game out and they were unimpressed, even making fun of the game and its similarities to HULK. As soon as they left though the game started to pick up.
Wow I got 2 replies from some of my favorite people on the interent
I'm so happy.
Okay, the Cole vs Alex thing is stupid. Cole's game is all about him getting his base powers (an origin) while Alex seemingly knows how to use all of his powers from the get go (which sounds more lame, i'll ask you).
SPOILER ALERT
Plus, if you base Cole off of Kessler (future Cole after he learns the full extent of his powers) then Alex would get owned. Cole would be able to teleport and clone himself along with his lightning powers, plus he would be able to go back in time and just kill Alex before he gets his powers.
END SPOILER
Back on topic, the figure looks hella cool. I'd definitely put that up along my others at my desk.
Alex vs Cole, Alex just needs to body surfs Coles face and kickflip it into the ocean, battle over.
Worth paying for? I don't think so.
That is all.
Having a frustrating experience with the game thus far? Are you playing on the most difficult skill level? The most frustration I've experienced thus far is deciding which power to kill everyone with *rubs his Butcher Trophy*. Alex Mercer is some kind of evil character-consuming god of hell when he's under my control.
Not that anybody in this comment section cares. Really I'm only writing this so Jim can get paid a bit more and buy snacks with the money.
@Jim Sterling: If you want one of the gamestop pre-order action figures I could send you one.
Going back in time and killing him before he gets his powers isn't beating him. It's just being too much of a coward to fight Alex.
After just 3 weeks of having his powers, Alex was powerful enough to survive a nuke 5 times the size of the Hiroshima Bomb.
If Cole could defeat Kessler, then Alex would whoop his ass.
I've seen Kessler, he's not nearly as powerful as Alex. He was barely stronger than Cole, and Alex could easily tear Cole in half, he tears people in half all the time.
Look at it this way, Alex takes on a city full of infected mutants, the military, a special forces group at the same time, and Cole is hardly able to defend himself against wannabe's that call themselves the "Reapers", who are just retards wearing stupid costumes carrying guns. Alex can survive nuclear bombs, and Cole can be killed by drug dealers.
Kessler would get owned by Alex, but we are in the present, so we have to judge Cole vs Alex. If Alex kills Cole, which you know he would, then there would be no Kessler.
So Cole literally has no chance.