Raz Review: "There have been comparisons to inFamous already, and
indeed Prototype is very similar. It's an open world superhuman
adventure, and your abilities can be upgraded and added to as the game
progresses. There's no shortage of these, either - you can fly helis,
pilot APCs, even pick up and use any weapon; though a grenade launcher
is sort of wimpy compared to the incredible weapons you can morph your
body into. If you prefer a bit of stealth, you can consume people along
with their abilities, memories, and appearances; using them as camo to
hide or infiltrate.
If Alex Mercer and Cole fought it out in a
duel...Alex would literally eat Cole for breakfast. This is not a karma
game, where you get to choose your moral path; you're a monster, plain
and simple. A nightmarishly powerful monster. The problem is that this makes the character and story far more one-dimensional, uninspired and uninteresting.
It's still fun - your abilities in this game are godlike, and throwing cars at helicopters in particular is a hoot. The writing is terrible, and there's no motivation or
character development beyond a desire to find out what happened and get
revenge. The Web of Intrigue is interesting - memories you absorb from
key targets that reveal bits and pieces.
But
it's not really about the story. It's about
dashing around New York, jumping off buildings, soaring over rooftops,
sprinting up walls, and trying to beat every challenge on Gold;
generally wreaking tons of mindless mayhem everywhere you go. Hey,
you're a walking biological weapon, what did you expect? If you liked
inFamous, you'll probably like Prototype. It's essentially the same thing, with more firepower and less plot. But you can probably find it at a discount."
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Rated: 7/10
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
