Game of the Year 2009 #3

3: Prototype

Darick Roberton, same guy who drew all the covers for Preacher...

IGN Score: 7.5
Did it live up to the hype: Nope. but it didn’t stop it being incredibly playable.

A lot of people were rather excited about this game, myself included. It looked like a Spidey game without the swinging but with awesome powers, super cool parkour and funky gliding all over the shop.

It was kinda like that. The first 20 minute of the game are frigging fantastic. Pegging it through the streets of NY blasting the shit out of everyone and everything. Then culminating in that big tedril thing shooting out of your body. Way cool.

The biggest problem was sticking with it as you progressed through the game. The missions are a bit samey with very little variation. Basically you steam in, every fucker and their dog shoots 10 shades of crap out of you. You do what you need to do then give it legs and hope you survive.

It’s a game I haven’t completed yet but I do keep eyeing it up, thinking should I continue it. But then I think sod it and play God of War 2 on the PS2 instead coz it still rules.

A lot of people hated this game, but a lot of people also loved it, myself included. Opinions?