Agreed. I loved messing around then doing missions.
It was a blast! I limited myself to 2-3 missions per sitting so the game doesnt get repeatitive soo much that i cant play on.

Good game

That's what I do not understand . . .games are repetative by their very nature. They are designed so you have a task, do that task, gain a reward, move to next section, rinse - repeat . .

That's true of just about every game ever made, so saying a game is repeatitve is sort of odd really. Sure, there has to be things repeated, as it simply can''t be entirely different from one end to the other. That is impossible.

SO you will find games like that, the trick is to take some side trips, expand your visions and investigate other alternatives. Then you'll find stuff the developers have actually hidden for those type of ppl.

God, I found heaps of stuff in the second Far Cry (not the current one) simply by going way from the normal paths, and even doing things not in the logical order.

Try doing that and it throws the whole experience in a flip. Give it a go, see if it does it for you. You've got nothing to lose, and plenty to gain.

Yeah I know...how many shows, movies, and games show us New york! Dulllllll. Open worlds should give us somewhere different and new to explore

Yeah I actually think Infamous is its own game entirely no need to compare the two. Instead...

Infamous is like GTAIV, Prototype is like Saints Row 2.

i think its a good game and worth playing.

i actually quite like the story and the way its told, but i can totally understand why some would not like it.

my biggest issue with the game is indeed the graphics. I am not a graphics whore or anything and up until now i had reserved my opinion on the matter till i had first hand experience.

I have always believed that gameplay is more important then graphics, but.. i do think you get to a point were a basic standard is set and something falling short of that can affect the game play.

its the single biggest thing that lets the game down in my eyes. they really are not good( or what i would even call acceptable for a tittle this gen.)

in my opinion, they should not have used new york, they should have created a fictional city that they can put some personality too. thats not to say NY does not have personality, but not done right it really can look like a block of ... well you know.

simply put, if Prototype had taken place in liberty city from GTA 4 it would have been awesome. you can see where the Devs have used the power of the system to render 100's of characters on screen in the streets for all the action, but its a sacrifice i don't think is worth it.

rather then having 100's on screen, if they had just gone for having 50 or so at a time, trust me with all the frantic action you prob would not notice anyway and maybe it would have given them more power they can put towards rendering the actual city.

the problem with Alic is such a cool character to use with his abilities it makes you want to love the game, but after running up a building and flying from roof top to roof top, it leaves you feeling really disappointed when you look out from the roof top down at a load of grey blurry blocks with no textures.

its great fun, really great fun and the whole stealth aspect of it as well makes the game interested and it gives you a lot more options in terms of how you want to deal with a mission.

sure the missions can be repetitive, but really what open world game this gen has not been accused of that... remember GTA 4 when it came out.

whats funny is people saying GTA 4 looked graphically bad ( i wonder want they think of it now ) the more i play games like prototype the more it makes me appreciate the real art and time that has gone into making GTA4 and the more it makes me think actually GTA4 was a dam good looking game.

so anyway those are my thoughts on the game. its worth playing, but not buying at full price.

and for the record i also owned Infamous.

what i will say about both games is this... there is a big difference in my book between a " sandbox" game and a action game in a " sandbox stage". thats the difference between them and GTA4.

Bubbles for an epic but readable post!

@ Dark Witness

Some very good points there.

I personally am an Assassin's Creed vista fan over GTA's city, but either you have a stylised open city or you do the hard work to make it look as good as possible. I think open world games are difficult to make because they really need to take their time and get the gameplay missions as well as the look right.

Yeah a few guys in my Games Dev class purchased Prototype on Steam and loved it.

It's just fun and enjoyable they said. They loved the game and didn't care for the storyline and thought the ending was average but that didn't bother them because they had fun playing the game and liked how their money spent towards it was repayed with having fun!

You are becoming a Game Developer? Cool, where do you do that?

I'd like to believe Joel's situation is more about turning into a calloused survivor in a cold-hard world who may have made selfish decisions. Not inherently ruthless.

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.

Ikr