Rosbjerg Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Anyone played it yet? (linky) It suffers from some rather annoying issues (irrelevant and atmosphere-breaking minigames), but overall it's actually a pretty cool game.. It's the first time I've actually felt like an unstoppable supervillian/anti-hero in a game - and it's absolutely amazing to cause utter and complete chaos and destruction to military and infected foes alike - which you do all the time.. Imagine a playground city like in the GTA series, with a dash of Assassins Creed (with all it's great and annoying parts) and a character which is kinda like a mix of Hulk and Venom. Without getting into a lengthy review I'll say that they've done a few interesting things - if you consume certain people (they will be marked by an icon), who know pieces of what is happening to you and the city, a short movie will play - much like in Mass Effect when you get subjected to the Prothean beacon - which adds small pieces to the bigger puzzle.. You also get points, from destroying, consuming and completing missions, which you need to spend on new powers, but there are so many tools of destruction and combinations of moves that even if you only had half of them you would still feel like a total bad-ass killing machine. The powers are balanced well enough and you need to use different strategies for different situations and having such a big arsenal at your disposal makes you feel well-equipeed for any situation. And this plays well into the overall feeling of unstoppable monster mayhem. The background is clich Fortune favors the bald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I want teh kotor 3 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 (edited) I'm about halfway through, I think the good makes up for the bad. Yeah, I thought so too, until it became too over-the-top. And by that I really mean the boss battles, specifically the one with Elizabeth Greene (??), wherein she appears as a freakin'... thing? What does one call that? A wierd zombie-flower-spinal column- hole? . Running around and jumping on people up buildings, and then dropping down with one of those falling attacks and making craters probably ranks as the best part of the game. That and hijacking helicopters and killing crap. Its a fun exercise in senseless violence, but is one of those games that should be rented rather than purchased. It has lots of potential though. On a side note, have you noticed that every third-ish mission is much more difficult than the others? Edited June 18, 2009 by I want teh kotor 3 In 7th grade, I teach the students how Chuck Norris took down the Roman Empire, so it is good that you are starting early on this curriculum. R.I.P. KOTOR 2003-2008 KILLED BY THOSE GREEDY MONEY-HOARDING ************* AND THEIR *****-*** MMOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshape Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 It looks like poo, but it plays pretty well. I came up with Crate 3.0 technology. Crate 4.0 - we shall just have to wait and see.Down and out on the Solomani RimNow the Spinward Marches don't look so GRIM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowtrain Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Sounds pretty cool. Might check it out. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 It looks like poo, but it plays pretty well. I noticed that too. Its not badly done, it just all looks like red-ish poo. "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I was wondering if it was better than Infamous. They seemed fairly similar in scope and theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bos_hybrid Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I personally enjoyed it more then GTA 4, while the graphics are poor, the gameplay is awesome fun. The ending left some unanswered questions though. I was wondering if it was better than Infamous. They seemed fairly similar in scope and theme. If I had a PS3 I would get both, Infamous sounds sweet too. However Prototype powers are better, Alex is basically Carnage, while in Infamous you shoot lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I was wondering if it was better than Infamous. They seemed fairly similar in scope and theme. Infamous does the city and it's environs a LOT better. Personally I'd take infamous over prototype anyday. As it stands right now Prototype is fun for a few hours then just gets boring. The biggest problems I had were the lack of a weapon that did range, and the seeming tunnel vision of your enemies (you can literally absorb one while he's blowing in his buddies ear and the other guy won't notice). Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I heard it's pretty bad. Lots of xplosions, but no real gripping gameplay or content. It's one of these $30 million games that get hype like there's no tomorrow, but in the end fall short on many sides. Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaftan Barlast Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Its an acceptable game, but definently not a good one. The gameplay is ok and it works, but its not fun enough so that you'll actually enjoy slaughtering the hordes of enemies they throw at you. And the story and setting is just plain rubbish, it tries to be really cool but its really just stupid to the core and full of plotholes. In fact, it's what I dislike the most about the game. Its like they didnt even try to give us a plausible reason to why the main character runs around murdering people. -Ok, so these doctor types did some experiment on you so you got these wicked superpowers with absolutely no drawbacks. -They did WHAT?!!! I'll kill them all!! -Why would you..oh, nevermind. Hey, there's the national guard doing their best to contain the infection and stop the zombies. -They're doing WHAAT?!! ILL KILL THEM ALL, RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!! -Why do you want to kill everybody? Couldnt you just use awesome your powers to stop the zombies? -Stop the zombies??!! Why the f*ck would I want to do that when I can just run around killing EVERYONE?!! And if you're going to have cutscenes with lots of closeups, you need hires versions that look good close up. In prototype they just use the regular ones and thus the faces look really stiff and you can see compression artifacts in the lowres textures. The eyes also look horrible DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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