Prototype 2
Prototype 2 is an open-world action game published by Activision and developed by Radical Entertainment. It's a direct sequel to Prototype and was announced at the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards. The events of…
Prototype 2 is an adventure developed by Radical Entertainment, released 24 April 2012 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
What Prototype 2 is
Prototype 2 is an adventure game developed by Radical Entertainment and released in 2012. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Titanium.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Two years after the events of the original game, Sergeant James Heller, after returning from touring in Iraq, discovers his wife and daughter to be declared dead, causing him to rejoin the military in the fight for NYZ against the Blacklight virus. Heller is briefed on the previous outbreaks in Idaho in the '60s and in NYZ in the events of the first game. He later finds Mercer and begins chasing him. Pursuing Mercer for vengeance, Heller is infected by Mercer with a strain that imbues him with similar superhuman abilities. After blacking out, Heller awakens in a Yellow Zone lab where Gentek scientist Dr. Anton Koenig and Blackwatch Col. Douglas Rooks are experimenting on him. Heller escapes…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 43 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Prototype 2 holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 268 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 15 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6GHz, AMD Phenom X3 8750, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT with 512 MB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 4850 with 512 MB RAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Prototype 2 launched on 24 April 2012, within three weeks of The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead and Max Payne 3. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead, Max Payne 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Prototype 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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