Zero Punctuation: Prototype

[DeathWyrmNexus]

This is pretty similar to the feeling I was left with after playing this game.
At first I was intrigued by the concept of the web of... intrigue. but after about 1.5 of its videos I realized it was just a lazy way to attempt to add meaning and depth to an otherwise pointless game. (that's not to say its not fun to run around and kill stuff for a while)
Also, something you didn't touch on that I think really brings the game down a notch is the really dated textures and lazy animations on the exploding hives/military bases. you see the same poor looking building explosion about 500 times by the time you're through the game, and the textures really looked rushed (to compete with infamous I presume). not that graphics make or break a game, but they definitely take away from the depth if they're extremely repetitive

Well, think of this. They could have laid it all out and fed it to you or you could actually have to hunt down the story. After all, the character is an amnesiac who gets the memories of whom he consumes so... Why not let the players hunt the plot down and and eat it. I actually went back through last night and watched a lot of the videos as it was interesting to see different perspectives.

My only complaint is that the nature of a web is that there isn't a real starting point so you basically have to remember where you are when you are reviewing the memories.

 

[DeathWyrmNexus]

Prototype.

I don't agree with points being taken away from prototype because he doesn't remember anything, its interesting to pieces the web of intriuge together.

yeah, he took points of because tis really unoriginal as a plot device.

well hell, 99% of everything that comes out now is unoriginal, just different spins on something already done

which is why yahtzee pounces on shit. still, it probably wasn't that much of an effect on how good the story was, yahtzee was just pointing out that it had a lazy story

:/
For a lazy story, I sure as hell had to spend a few hours on the side hunting it down... and eating it.

 

[The Clown]

that was a good review on the whole and I'd like to see who won the pic competition itd be awesome, and i think prototype should have won

 

[MasterKeelay18]

prototype is my favorite game ever and is perfect in every way to me

 

[Skeleon]

So... did you ever get those pics you asked for at the ending?

 

[Yoda isOnline]

I've never played InFamous but i knew that i prefered the look of Prototype from the trailers, even before i played it.

 

[Sviests]

Gosh. That was funny! If inFamous is good in... well i don` t know story, characters and graphics then Prototype is at it`s best in fighting and gameplay. So I would want to the both developers of the games to join up and make "electricity using jerk-face who can molest and kill every one with his transforming hands". Now that would be a 10. Step aside GTA IV. Here comes inProtoFamous!

 

[likalaruku]

Zero Punctuation is apparently so popular that if you type Z in google, it's one of the top 10 suggestions. Not everyone can say that about their web series.

 

[Alpha Pat]

the two best one liners ever
emo peter pan
mr bean mass murder lol

 

[DennoCoil]

ALEX MERCER IN INFAMOUS WINS!

http://kotaku.com/5307391/infamous-defeats-prototype-in-cross+dressing-playoff

 

[Darkwolf22]

No one Reviews games with this much honesty. and i hope no one ever tries to cause they would botch it. I swere to Fuck all, You are fucking brilliant Yahtzee. Now stop fucking reading this and go review more games!

 

[OnionMaster]

Brilliant game, but consider renting it rather than buying. Personally, I feel this game lacks in replay value, because, no matter what you do, the story and key gameplay will always be the same... now stop reading forums and start nagging developers to bring out an inFamous PC version! Single-console-exclusive-title-games are the result of years of perfecting the art of extreme IGNORANCE!

 

[stabnex]

My choice is Prototype, and I will purchase it first. I will probably get inFAMOUS when I finally get that ps3 I've been harping about through two suspensions. They're both decent games, and deserve equal praise. Well, Prototype probably more so because it's available on both platforms so it can be enjoyed by twice as many people.

 

[NeonAnderson]

that was a great comparison, i really loved it, though honestly i personally have played both infamous and prototype and on the whole i liked infamous quite a bit more.

The mindless mayhem and limited skill variation (thus how few different attack skills there are) in Prototype just didnt cut it for me, whereas in Infamous the great story hilariously silly animations during the short cutscenes (you know the stop go hand movements...) and the overall gameplay variation really made InFamous a better gaming experience for me than prototype

 

[MikePhilbin]

"check out my parsley hat [http://mikephilbin.blogspot.com/2009/07/gi-joe-sarcos-soldier.html]" sir, that's a capital idea.

 

[ThatGhillieGuy]

as opposed to a man's bra?

 

[LostSwedishDildo]

I really loved this one.
Emo peter pan and mass murderer mr bean made me very happy. The 200 story building elbow drop on the frightened old lady made me rent the game

 

[LostSwedishDildo]

very nice work indeed, mr Croshaw.
Can't stop appeciating your work

 

[GM Reviews]

What a review, this was the first one i watched

 

[GreasedUpDeafGuy]

Only someone who's never played inFamous would say Prototype is the better game. They're both really good, but once you start shooting lighting grenades out your hands you don't want to do anything else.