"Leaning towards Prototype"?

In fun factor, definitely, but nothing else (not even replay value). This issue isn't the only sloppy thing wrong with Prototype.

Im going to try out the PC version, but Im a little bit worried about the Ghz it requires from the CPU...

I platinumed inFAMOUS last night. Wrapped up my Evil/Hard run. It's one of the top PS3 exclusives to come out IMHO. To be honest, I didn't know what to think after playing the demo, but I'm pretty impressed with the game as a whole. One of the few games I've taken the $60 chance on and was left satisfied. I still want to plan on playing Prototype, but I don't have a 360. I'll probably wait for the install bug to be fixed before I bump it up on my GameFly queue...

They said there working on a patch, happy I held off on buying it.

as for the game itself it seems to be getting mixed reviews, I saw get a 9 out of 10.......then a 2 from another site and a few 7s here and there so I'm guessing its a decent game but someone screwed up along the line. Considering the dev and publisher I'm not shocked.

i installed prototype fine on my PS3... i've been playing it all day, and the only glitches i've ran into were some minor glipping and some very weird looking fire effects.

This same shit happened happened with that Ratchet and Clank game. Ridiculous.

@pascuz
Definitely. Review-wise, which would take more than fun factor into account, inFamous should score at least 1-1.5 points higher than Prototype for all the reasons you just listed. IGNs review nailed it on the head: I think they're just getting a lot of flak from 360 fanboys who hate inFamous.

Also, sure, the moral system is "shallow" in inFamous, but the fact that it has one instantly warrants another playthrough, as opposed to Prototype's "one-shot story".

@ rigby

BUY inFamous. Much more polished and fleshed out.

[prototype] is the trendy teeny watered down 360 version.
Besides, if you own a PS3 you can have both.

Unfortunately, I went with the 360 when the time came around to go next gen, and then bought a wii to keep a virtual library of my favorite childhood games around. I thought Sony's PR disaster was funny back then, though in a sad kind of way since I own so many Sony products ( 2 PSP's- one with a messed up control nob that I haven't bothered fixing, my Sony H2 camera that I take all of my favorite photos with, my old still-kickin' slim PS2, etc) - and the price was way beyond my means then...and now, its been a couple of years and the price is still beyond my means. Unless I save for awhile, and I'm terrible at that.

I'm no console fanboy - I'd have all three if I could, but I'm still waiting for that fabled PS3 price drop before I make that commitment. So, in the meantime I'd be interested in Prototype if its a good game, and buy InFamous later when I have catch-up time with a new PS3 and an old, cheap back catalogue of games. Otherwise, I may just continue saving my money. If I can.

@ Rigby

If IGN is biased with "pretty much anything" as you say, then wouldn't that make them....oh, I don't know... UNBIASED??!?! What a concept! Look, I believe some sites can be a tad biased, Gamespot towards the Xbox for example, but now-a-days, people feel that every single site out there is biased to every single system... which makes NO DAMN SENSE. People are taking it waaaay to far with this whole 'biased' deal.

Not to potentially contribute "OMG DTOID BIAS STOP DOGPILING ON MAI GAEM" sentiment, but I find both Prototype and inFAMOUS to be about as different as you can get while remaining technically the same sort of game, each has its own appeal and succeeds superbly at catering to such. I love them both in almost equal measure, because I'm forgiving like that.

@Stoph - I never said they were biased towards any system, and like I said before, I'm open to the idea that Infamous is overall the 'better' game. I don't care, either way. However, IGN shows obvious biases towards publishers for business/political reasons. Interesting how an Activision published game got really unfairly slagged throughout the review, and Activision has been in the media a lot lately because of the whole lawsuit with Doublefine. Not to mention the fact that a lot of people are complaining that if anything, Prototype is too easy - and yet this reviewer is claiming because of the frenetic pace it becomes too hard.

An opinion is one thing, a videogame review from a respected games journalist is another beast entirely. These guys didn't just get their jobs because they have opinions, otherwise I'd have a viable job in the industry. They got their jobs because supposedly with years of experience in the industry you can discern what the average gamer will want out of a game and what will really affect their desire to purchase the game. IGN editors have been around for a long time, and yet at certain times they approach videogame reviews with this whole "I didn't like it because I don't like things that are fun and also I hate that publisher/developer anyhow" mentality.

From the sound of it on Podtoid every last one of those inFamous haters (think Samat was the only one with a clue) just completely suck at games because all they could do was complain about how hard it was, which it absolutely isn't. There are maybe one or two patches on Hard that will give you some trouble but if you're not an idiot and don't completely suck at dual stick shooters you should be fine.

Agree with The Prodigal Son 100%, the demo I found to be good but not mind blowing and it doesn't do the full game justice AT ALL. I'd probably go a bit further, too. inFamous is not only the best PS3 exclusive, it's the best game on PS3 and probably the best game of the generation. It's not as fun as Saints Row 2 and it's not as awesome as Metal Gear Solid 4, but it strikes a stunning balance between the two. The only real shortcomings it has is that the game is done and the trophies collected before you're ready to stop playing and we won't be seeing a sequel for at least a couple of years as Sucker Punch is off working on Sly 4.

I don't know that it's an anti-PS3 bias with those guys, but it's certainly a bias against fun. At least Anthony will come around eventually because that guy will pick up a game for five minutes with either no clue what it is or a huge misconception and then come back to it later, put in some real time, and then love it. But usually still have the wrong idea about it, as was the case with Eden, not a relaxing chill on the couch game but a hardcore time trial game in disguise.

I see fanboy friday material going on around here. I own both and I gota go with D-toid on this one prototype is just too much damn fun. Granted the game is a bit on the plain side this is forgiving just by the amount of shit you can pull off which is some of the craziest things out there. How many games let me throw an innocent bystander FOUR CITY BLOCKS into a helicopter?

@ accident prone

Not EVERYONE is affected by this bug...
They're working on a patch for the PS3 Version.

@brainderailment wins this arguement. Mmhm.

Now, I may not have a PS3, but am looking to buy one, but on appearance and word of mouth alone it seems this is another Saints Row VS GTA. SR being Prototype, GTA being Infamous.

Prototype = More Stupid Mindless Fun
Infamous = More Complex Oscar-Winning Fun

Prototype comes out here tomorrow, so...woo. After that, it'll be 30% less "from what I see".

So, uh...Are we talking about Prototype here, or inFAMOUS?

Thread hijack.

Three of my friends who I trust told me to stay away from prototype b/c it's too spazzy and nothing feels important or worthwhile, and given dtoid is usually harsh, I wasn't expecting to hear that you all liked it.

@ChaosTeaCup, why don't you just play the game and decide for yourself whether or not you made a mistake? You may *gasp* like the game. Hell, you may even enjoy it. If the game's on its way, there's nothing you can do but to bite the bullet, play the game, and form your own opinions about it. It's not the end of the world.

I think there's more to this story.The same glitch happened to me with the demo of Watchmen - I got a message telling me there wasn't enough space (my PS3 hard drive is 500 Gig). I looked around on the net for a fix and found reports of the same thing happening on several other downloads. The solution was always the same (and it worked for me too): move or delete some files and try the download again.

I think this is a problem with the PS3 itself and not the games, and the developers have probably been told they can't talk about it.