Good for a while

User Rating: 8.5 | Prototype X360
By Alan1224 | Review Date:
Prototype is an open-world action adventure game. You play as Alex Mercer, a conspiracy driven character seeking for revenge. The idea of the story is pretty intriguing at first, but unfortunately as you play through the game you'll find that the story in-game is very hit and miss. There is no real character development except for Alex Mercer himself, everyone else is just sort of there. Basically, Prototype's story is a good idea, told very badly. I can't help but think of what could have been.

Scaling walls, tearing people limb-from-limb, commandeering helicopters and tanks and destroying everything in sight sounds like fun, right? Well, on a positive note, Prototype's gameplay is very frantic, fun and addictive. You will find out just how powerful Alex Mercer really is once you start to unlock the major powers and abilities he has to offer. In these terms, the game has a rich, rewarding experience just waiting to be had.

Graphically, Prototype looks very last-generation, no doubt. Personally, I do find that it breaks the immersion in the cut scenes a bit, but during gameplay it doesn't really break much of the immersion because of how much is going on on-screen at once. The frame rate will occasionally drop a little, but it's nothing too game-breaking. In my opinion, the visuals obviously aren't anything to brag about, but it's still at least passable to me.

In the end, I have very mixed reactions of the game. I feel it's definitely worth a rent because of how rewarding the gameplay can be, but I wouldn't quite justify a purchase unless you feel you will play through the story more then once.

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