As my GameSpy newsletter got delivered (I’ve been subscribed for a couple of years now, actually), I glazed over it just the slightest bit. Scrolling past the GTA IV hype, something piqued my interest. Was that the guy from Assassin’s Creed, or was it just me? I clicked the hyperlink which led me here. I found myself instantly wishing:

• I had an Xbox 360.
• I had a Playstation 3.
• I had a more powerful PC.

From what I’ve made out of the videos so far, Prototype is centered around a single protagonist who has had experiments performed on him by the military, which ended up mutating him and transforming him. He can grow spikes from pretty much anywhere on his body, can generate armour, and is pretty bulletproof. I haven’t even got started about the best parts of the game yet.

The environments: from what I’ve seen, Prototype is something like a modern-day Assassin’s Creed. It’s got the guy in the hood (tip of the tongue, forgot his name), it’s got the melee attacks, and it’s got the really next-generation city interaction where you can kill/absorb pretty much anyone in order to get those goals accomplished. The city is basically a replication of New York City with 110 of their most significant buildings – definitely more than enough for me.

Of course, just watching it won’t sell it. A few more things need to happen:

• It needs to break through with a better storyline and less repetitive gameplay than what I’ll now refer to as its ancestor, Assassin’s Creed.
• It has better marketing than Assassin’s creed, which was already pretty hyped.
• It gets ported to the Wii. For me, if not for the other people who will buy it.

Words can’t describe as well as a video, so watch it. Anyway, that’s enough out of me for one day. I’m going to sit back, relax, and see how this folds out. Hopefully it does get ported, but I’m going to doubt that. Since when does a little blogger like me get listened to?

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