Prototype [360/PS3/PC]

[Haribo]

Other people will probably be looking forward to this more than me, but the latest video has me intrigued.

The gameplay in Prototype is centered around Alex Mercer's superhuman abilities. Alex has superhuman strength, speed, agility, durability and healing as well as the abilities of consuming his fallen enemies, shapeshifting his body and easily moving in the New York City environment. Radical claims that there will be 750 "unique combinations" of powers. The game is set in 3rd person. Alex Mercer's family history is kept secret, aside from his relation to Brian Mercer, a less successful brother.

Alex is strong enough to throw cars with little effort, run at high speeds and jump great distances. He can climb, run up the sides of buildings and fall from great heights without damaging himself by way of gliding. His signature ability is to absorb the biomass of his fallen enemies. When he does this he gains the victim's memories, knowledge, and can change into their image whenever he chooses. He can also change his own biomass to emulate offensive, defensive or sensory tools.

When Alex consumes an enemy, he gains their memories, their biomass, and the ability to mimic their appearance. Consuming memories will help him unlock nodes of the Web of Intrigue and advance the story. He also consumes useful skills, eventually giving him the proficiency to pilot military vehicles and use various kinds of weaponry (so he can absorb 100 or even 1,000 years worth of information within the timespan of one week). Consuming dead foes and bystanders augments Alex's biomass, providing him with health and energy to perform devastating moves.

Seems like Spidey/Crackdown. Not sure which is more appealing out of this and Infamous. I don't really know where the challenge of the game is though, as it looks like you have the upper hand on everything. I hope there's no super-strength people who take a million boring combos to kill.

[Dale C.]

This sounds like the easiest game ever.

[Dragonfly]

Total and utter carnage!

It does seem like a dead easy game, but also looks extremely fun. The stealth part of the video looked awesome, where he points the blame on the soldier.