Prototype
Prototype is the first of two games, and lets the user take control of Alex Mercer as he fights to stop the viral outbreak known as BLACKLIGHT throughout Manhattan. Alex is himself infected by the virus, which…
Prototype is an adventure developed by Radical Entertainment, released 9 June 2009 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The main story takes about 17.5 hrs to finish.
What Prototype is
Prototype is an adventure game developed by Radical Entertainment and released in 2009. 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
The game follows Alexander J. Mercer (voiced by Barry Pepper) who wakes up in a morgue in the basement of Gentek, a genetic engineering company based in Manhattan, sending a pair of scientists that were just about to perform an autopsy running. Alex escapes, and witnesses the scientists being gunned down by military operatives. Alex is discovered and attacked. He survives bullets being fired into his chest, and leaps over a wall to safety. He soon discovers he now possesses powerful shapeshifting abilities, superhuman strength, speed, agility, durability, senses, endurance, weaponry and the ability to "consume" people to gain their memories, skills and appearance. With no memory of his…
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.
How it was received
Prototype holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 425 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 17.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 31.9 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4000+ or better, Vista 2 GB RAM / XP 1 GB RAM and All NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800 GT 256 MB and better chipsets. All ATI Radeon™ X1800 256 MB and better chipsets. 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 8GB.
What it launched against
Prototype launched on 9 June 2009, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Infamous, The Sims 3 and Red Faction: Guerrilla. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Infamous, The Sims 3, Red Faction: Guerrilla.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Prototype yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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