Prototype™

The game does not work out of the box, but one copy-paste mod will get it running at 1080p with no further issues. Terrible stand-alone product on Steam. As for the game, people should be shouting from the rooftops for a remake. The mechanics are all phenomenal concepts and they do keep you engaged and are fun for a while before the jank and the lack of polish start getting in the way of more precise maneuvering. Combined with the good-ish existential story (if a bit heavy on the US military jargon garbage side) it's definitely worth a weekend on sale (20 bucks is steep for the state of the stand-alone sell). Everything here has been done better since in other games but no other game has combined all these mechanics this tightly. A properly made remake by a competent and passionate developer would make history, unfortunately we're probably stuck with "Ubisoft Connect" and "Iron Galaxy Studios" ... eh.

- It should've been free - Game is not meant to be played on anything that has more than 8 core CPU or a GPU that has more than 2GB of VRAM. I've wasted some time to make it work through DXVK, since available mod fixes were crashing the game on startup (probably because they're outdated or some game version mismatch). Buying this is screwing yourself over, don't recommend.

I skimmed the red reviews this game has, and they’re mostly about the technical difficulties. It worked like a charm for me on Steam Deck, it was just utterly miserable to play. It’s a shame because the core mechanics are mostly great. Tearing some army guys apart is fun, traversal is some of the most enjoyable I’ve seen, and all of it doesn’t really matter because the mission design is absolutely atrocious. All main missions are about three times longer than they should be, and most of them are about doing something mind-numbing. Why are we protecting tanks for freaking eternity in a game about being a biomass murder machine? Whose bright idea was making us endure an hour-long stretch when we lose all powers in the middle of the game? Why is 70% of the encounters against the lamest and most annoying mutants ever made by human beings? Why is EVERYTHING in this game staggers our super duper leathal edgy protagonist? It’s not even all that challenging most of the time - it just becomes a chore really fast. I’ll be honest, I gave up when I saw the stagger-o-throne Elizabeth Greene fight. I’m convinced that this never made it into testing, I’ve got no other explanation. Saints Row 4 is a better Prototype game, and I’m not sorry in the slightest.

Completed the game on my PS4 a few years back now. Honestly I really enjoyed this game. I loved playing as Alex and feeling like a tank that moves super fast. Tearing through all my enemies like they were made of butter. Solid story overall but the main selling point is being a one man army and destroying everything in your path.

типичный русский парень Алексей, из села, покоряющий Москву. Прекрасная игра! Обожаю резать людей! А еще прекрасная идея и дизайн, как же я люблю тему вирусов и ассимиляции, это прекрасно и всё красно-чёрное)) Шедевр своего времени. Умели же делать игры раньше.

The game still stands strong even today, if you download the fix from nexus the game will run just fine, the gameplay is still good, combat it's unique, one of the best older action game.

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