Zero Punctuation: Prototype

[blipblop]

this "war" between infamous and prototype is ridiculous
it´s just 2 sandbox games whit hero like caracters that sounds like they have only been drinking whiskey, smoking cigars and doing crack cocain for the last 10 years!!!
but hey i still belive they are both good games,
I have only played prototype ( only own xbx360) but I´m sure infamous is a great game, no doubt

 

[DeathWyrmNexus]

*Snip*

It appears I was beaten to it. Although instead of a lack of a targeting system in inFAMOUS, I was ticked off by how much the characters all whine, and the frequency at which they do so. Moya whined that I wasn't doing my job correctly, Zeke whining about wanting to get a girl,

Spoiler

John whining about having his stupid chopper shot at (spoiler to be safe, in case someone doesn't know about his appearance, I guess...)

, and Trish whined about everything (this becomes especially irritating for me and my friend when playing through as an evil character). Even Cole - the superpowered man of the hour - mopes and cries constantly about the dumbest things, from Zeke bugging him, to Trish hurting his feelings, to not wanting to get dirty in some of the earlier missions.

Ya, I didn't get to play it but I sure watched more than my share of it. I was thinking more gameplay than dialogue, apologies. You are correct, the whining did get on my tits, so to speak.

 

[Acehole]

This is not really a Review of Prototype rather than a half assed debate. I real dissapionted this week. Say's ps2man lol, ok i see whats going on here, Prototype isn't allowed to be as good as infamous, Hm I see.

 

[lonercs]

What the fuck? Why is everyone getting punished for saying that a video was good, or that they got first post.

I love Yathzee!

(BANNED)

FIRST POST!

(PROBATION)

Game Review?

(SUSPENSION)

WTF? Escapist went craze with punishing people for the most retard things. You can't even comment on the reviews without getting in trouble! Chill out mods, let the people have their fun! Also I'm talking about the strictness on ALL the video treads, not just this one!

(BANNED, SUSPENSION, PROBATION, MAIN CHARATER FROM PROTOTYPE SENT TO YOUR HOUSE)



Anyway, the pics that Yahtzee gets are both equily good and it's still a tie.

 

[Techni]

Cole can do the gliding thing too...

 

[Techni]

The mods are 1) Punishing people for posting before time video was posted + length of video 2) posting garbage commented with no content

 

[NeedForWeed]

What the fuck? Why is everyone getting punished for saying that a video was good, or that they got first post.

I love Yathzee!

(BANNED)

FIRST POST!

(PROBATION)

Game Review?

(SUSPENSION)

WTF? Escapist went craze with punishing people for the most retard things. You can't even comment on the reviews without getting in trouble! Chill out mods, let the people have their fun! Also I'm talking about the strictness on ALL the video treads, not just this one!

(BANNED, SUSPENSION, PROBATION, MAIN CHARATER FROM PROTOTYPE SENT TO YOUR HOUSE)



Anyway, the pics that Yahtzee gets are both equily good and it's still a tie.

lol it does seem like overkill to ban someone for that.... especially when they only seem to 'admin' the first few posts of each thread..

 

[DeathWyrmNexus]

Cole can do the gliding thing too...

Yep after tediously climbing to a point high enough for it to be worth anything but you are right, he can certainly glide. Oh wait, he can use stairs too, I suppose.

 

[That WoW Player]

if you have 360 get prototype if you have a ps3 get infamous. i have both and therefore have both. i am made of win.

 

[Koos]

I've played both and they are easily the two best games I've played this year. I honestly can't pick between the two because both are unique to me.
inFamous was great to me because it was one of the first open world games in awhile that drew me in. The combat was simple but addictive and transport was fun and never got old. The only downside for me was that after playing through the game once, I didn't really want to do it again on the other side, it didn't seem to have much lasting appeal. In a couple months I will definitely play through it again.
Prototype was something I've been hyped for ever since Gameinformer did their first preview in an issue of their magazine. I ignored most of the negative reviews because my mentality going into this game was that I was going to have a blast, and I did. The story was interestingly played out but was honestly not important because the game play dominated. Prototype is a game that I can play almost any day for a little bit to just go on a rampage.
Both games were great and I wish more games would be like these two, focus on the gameplay!

 

[HotShooter]

I just had a thought. Could you compare these games to Spiderman: Web of Shadows too? According to the wikipedia page of Prototype both it and inFamous are similar in that "both games feature a main character with amnesia and superpowers, as well as platforming and beat 'em up gameplay and are set in a virus-infected city where the player has to fight both the military and infected inhabitants." Spiderman sorta had amnesia and you had to fight the military a little as well but everything else is the same. Spiderman also had tendrils and was in Manhattan like Prototype. In all of them you can also be evil as well. So why is no one comparing all 3?

 

[DeathWyrmNexus]

I've played both and they are easily the two best games I've played this year. I honestly can't pick between the two because both are unique to me.
inFamous was great to me because it was one of the first open world games in awhile that drew me in. The combat was simple but addictive and transport was fun and never got old. The only downside for me was that after playing through the game once, I didn't really want to do it again on the other side, it didn't seem to have much lasting appeal. In a couple months I will definitely play through it again.
Prototype was something I've been hyped for ever since Gameinformer did their first preview in an issue of their magazine. I ignored most of the negative reviews because my mentality going into this game was that I was going to have a blast, and I did. The story was interestingly played out but was honestly not important because the game play dominated. Prototype is a game that I can play almost any day for a little bit to just go on a rampage.
Both games were great and I wish more games would be like these two, focus on the gameplay!

You win the award for most diplomatic post. *gives award* Now give a nice speech so we can go get our after awards party food...

 

[Koos]

You win the award for most diplomatic post. *gives award* Now give a nice speech so we can go get our after awards party food...

I'd like to thank Sucker Punch and Free Radical for making these fantastic games. Anyone who can get their hands on these games should do themselves a favor and play them. NOW!
Food time.

 

[DeathWyrmNexus]

Random tangent that HotShooter made me remember when I was describing how playing Alex Mercer felt.

Anybody else get the odd sense that Alex is the spiritual bastard love child of The Incredible Hulk, Spiderman, Kratos, and Altair?

 

[jafroboy]

Its the OTHER GUY'S main character in a bra, not their own that wins, a lot of people seem 2 b making that mistake.

 

[DeathWyrmNexus]

You win the award for most diplomatic post. *gives award* Now give a nice speech so we can go get our after awards party food...

I'd like to thank Sucker Punch and Free Radical for making these fantastic games. Anyone who can get their hands on these games should do themselves a favor and play them. NOW!
Food time.

I believe I speak for everybody on the committee when I say... OMNOMNOMNOM...

 

[twistedshadows]

I kind of wish he'd done an actual review of Prototype rather than comparing it to inFamous like everyone else seems to be doing. Oh well.

 

[DeathWyrmNexus]

I kind of wish he'd done an actual review of Prototype rather than comparing it to inFamous like everyone else seems to be doing. Oh well.

Ya, that was my biggest niggling thought that killed most of the humor for me... :/

 

[The King of Dread]

that was great and he said he liked infamous and the score was 3 to 3 so he probably likes Prototype

 

[wolf_isthebest]

Wait ! What ? Last week inFamous gets flamed for not giving you a "gray" choice and this week inFamous gets a point because Cole McGrath is "coherent". At least in Prototype the game doesn't give a sh*t about moral choise and it just lets you have fun.