Prototype (2009)

Fun in small bursts, snooze fest for a hardcore gamer

User Rating: 7 | Prototype (2009) PC

By bobbleheadrogue | Review Date: April 29, 2010

Pro: Cool abilities (such as turning arms into claws or clubs and walking on walls), run's smoothly most of the time, responsive controls, lots of gore and violence, a large range of abilities which the protagonist can purchase and try out and the protagonist's jacket (loving the blood red tattoo like design!)


Average: Cliche story (told in an okay way, but the average gamer can probably guess where the story is going to way before it gets there)


Con: Lame characters (especially the protagonist himself), bad voice acting (Alex mutters in cutscenes), recycled civilian character models (there is no fun pretending to be someone else when three replicas of that very person bumps into you as you are walking down the street), recycled environments (Manhattan in game looks like a city made out of standing matchboxes) and serious texture popping (takes at least a few seconds before the details come out)

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