The graphics are pretty good and was far far better than Wolfenstine. While wolfenstine was plasticky and rather plain, prototype has a definite solid look with great texture. So eye candy wise, its a solid 8.5/10 …

You play as Alex Mercer who has been infected with some strange virus and remembers nothing much from the past. You are given multiple missions throughout the game. Each mission brings you closer to understand what happened to Alex Mercer. MNU is the company behind this all, that’s all you understand initially. Then as you go, you consume people and absorb their memory to understand the plot better. The storyline is very solid; I liked how he gets cornered at every turn but emerges victorious after each level.

Combat:

The most interesting part of the game is the combat and the upgrades related to it. Claws, hammerfist, Sword, chain, super Muscle strength are all great. The ability to buy these upgrades as you go along is great. The upgrades give you really great advantage over your enemies.

My tactics:

Sword or Claw against humans or hunters

Sword against the Super hunter

Hammerfist against the armor, though I prefer t hijack a tank and blast others to oblivion.

My most loved ability is the chain fist and the upgrade which allows you to bring your enemies closer. I use it to grab on to helicopters and then hijack them. Helicopters have good mobility as well as great firepower, but remember they have low armor and are easily shot down. Tanks on the other hand have a high degree of survivability and firepower but very low mobility.

Must have upgrades:

Glide (VERY VERY important)
Claw and the devastator attack
Adrenalin surge
Chain with grab upgrade
Ground shatter, very useful to kill groups of smaller enemies.
Armor, it is given automatically after one of th major levels.
get as many sprint abilities and health boost as you can because both of them help you to improve your combat effectiveness.

There are a few more but I leave it to personal preferences.

Gameplay:

Its very difficult to control what Alex does in a tight battle as it is pretty tough to target specific people in a big crowd of baddies. Gameplay is an average 6/10 … even though the gameplay and controls are not that great because of the bad targeting and the multitude of options, it is really fun to play the game as this game is supposed to be chaotic and not really a linear organized game.

Really loved the consume feature where you consume and absorb someone to take their knowledge, strength and shape. This is especially good inside military bases.

Well its been a long time since I have posted here. Been very busy with college and IMing. Anyway I got a day off due to ONAM. For those of you who have no idea what Onam is, it’s a harvest festival of Kerala.

I had a copy of Wolfenstein, the new PC game and I popped it in and installed it today. I finished the game in 6 hours or less. Took a couple of breaks in between. Anyway this is what I felt:

The story plays pretty smoothly and not a bad storyline either. The players are given an unfair advantage with respect to the medallion and the crystals. The bad guys rarely stand a chance. I played the game in the normal mode and had no problems picking off the targets. I pretty much sailed through. A caution here, the game is extremely linear. The compass points, you go, enemies in between, you shoot. As simple as that. There is no food for your mind.

The weapons are great. Especially some of the more native ones like the cannon and such. I especially liked the upgrades that you can buy from the black-market. Gold is pretty easy to come by and hence the add-ons are almost a given.

Enemies are VERY stupid. AI is bad; I mean they run straight at you. The dialogs used by the soldiers are very limited, gets annoying after a while. But people who like to gun down things and blow things up are going to love this. Pure and simple mindless fun.

In spite of all this, the game was pretty fun to play. Enjoyed my day off. I would rate the game as 8/10 .

PS: I haven’t played the multiplayer yet.