I found this game, while deeply enjoyable, to be not quite as good as the original, and I'm having trouble figuring out why. The characters are more interesting, the gameplay is more intuitive, the visual asthetic delivers the feel of a city truly experiencing a disaster of this level where the first game failed in that regard. I suppose that my real problem is that Heller feels invincible, while Mercer felt very vulnerable in the first - and he survived a nuclear warhead from a few meters away. The sandbox is smaller, the new enemies feel a little tacked on, and none of the bosses really inspire that gut wrenching terror that you got in the original Prototype (none of them made me want to toss my computer out the window either, and the first game definately brought me to that precipice).

All in all, it really delivers a long, fulfilling and well rounded experience. Oh yeah, and you can rip a tank in half with your bare hands if you level your character right.

I found this game, while deeply enjoyable, to be not quite as good as the original, and I'm having trouble figuring out why. The characters are more interesting, the gameplay is more intuitive, the visual asthetic delivers the feel of a city truly experiencing a disaster of this level where the first game failed in that regard. I suppose that my real problem is that Heller feels invincible, while Mercer felt very vulnerable in the first - and he survived a nuclear warhead from a few meters away. The sandbox is smaller, the new enemies feel a little tacked on, and none of the bosses really inspire that gut wrenching terror that you got in the original Prototype (none of them made me want to toss my computer out the window either, and the first game definately brought me to that precipice). All in all, it really delivers a long, fulfilling and well rounded experience. Oh yeah, and you can rip a tank in half with your bare hands if you level your character right.