Talk:Prototype (video game)

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Its a videogame page without a "Development" section
It focuses far too much on the actual content of the game, and completely ignores any other info, like the fact that Radical took 21,000 photos of New York as part of production or the fact that the game is undergoing censorship in Australia

People, write some of this down instead of wanking off about how awesome this game is gonna be! --Ginsengaddict (talk) 02:08, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah - wikipedia is about more than that —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.168.106.52 (talk) 03:39, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Giant clock

On the main website of Prototype http://www.prototypegame.com/ after you enter your birth date, there is a giant clock, perhaps till release date? its not till new year, because it is 7th of january. Anyone know what it is? perhaps release date or demo? please check it out Wckdneer (talk) 18:08, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is on the 8th of January and it is expected to have a big showing there due to some leaked videos mentioning the show. I would hope we come away with at least a release date Amber996 (talk) 11:46, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

you should probably move the clock statement from the second sentence to a new paragraph.it seems misplaced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.8.242.112 (talk) 03:41, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Formatting

I fixed up the formatting of the page a bit and added a tag for more sources (it has a decent amount already, but it still needs in-text sources and I'm too busy/lazy to do it myself). More detailed and technical sections on gameplay, development, and release should be added too. -Fearfulsymmetry 16:58, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"(Here is the refeerence; http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/871/871582p1.html)" This needs to be put as a source formatted like the others. I do not know how to or else I would do it. 67.142.235.68 (talk) 14:06, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Game Setting

The events of the game takes place in fictional city named "Hope". You can check this on game official site 83.8.41.1 (talk) 15:02, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On game official page you can find an screen of postcard stating "HOPE - Idaho - The nicest people on earth!". In addition, title of image states that its population is '79'. Another image constains map of whole USA, with market Hope 83.8.39.57 (talk) 14:23, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Official interview with the guys making it says it takes place in New York. In one of Mercer's Web of Intregue video's there's a flashback of a place called "Hope", so I'm thinking that may be Mercer's hometown, as he says in one of the videos he's seen a whole towns vanish. Of course, this is all just speculation on my part, but the majority of the game takes place in NYC. 75.157.75.19 (talk) 04:03, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The town of Hope, Idaho is featured in the comic Prototype Issue #1. When you are introduced to it, a black ops team is sent there to deal with an infection. Apparently, there's a secret lab located in the town. Since the first issue is the only one out now, we could went until the series finishes before guessing what the town has to do with Alex. The second issue is coming this May.

Also, the person you heard talking about seeing a town full of people disappear was not Alex, but whoever he consumed. It's in a video of the first Web of Intrigue target we see. -- (Mrja84 (talk) 19:36, 11 April 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Abilities

From what I've seen and heard on various websites, these are Alex's powers:

Shapeshifting: Alex can take on the form of any person he kills and absorbs

Gliding: Alex can glide through the air, leaving a trail of biomass behind him

Whipfist: Alex's arm projects into a tentacle that lashes atound. Possibly upgraded to the 360 tentacle devastator

Ground Spikes: Alex runs biomass through the ground and projects it up as spikes. Upgraded to 360 spike devastator

Hammerfist: Alex's hand turns into a bony club

Armoured skin: Alex grows an exoskeleton

Claws: Alex's hands morph into talons

Blade arm: Alex's arm morphs into an enormous blade

Shield arm: Alex's arm morphs into a shield

Infrared/Infected Vision

Night Vision

Unnamed vision mode for hunting individual enemies

If you see any more add them. 142.26.133.248 (talk) 21:50, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He doesn't have night vision, he has thermal vision. All his powers (at least the knows released) are listed on the website prototypegame.com - (Mrja84 (talk) 19:38, 11 April 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Mercer's outfit(s)

In some screenshots Alex is seen wearing a white hoody and a black vest, and in others he's wearing a white shirt, a grey hoody, and a black jacket. In an interview one of the developers says there wouldn't be any clothes swapping, so what's up with the different outfits? 75.157.75.19 (talk) 04:03, 14 September 2008 (UTC) its when the game was in development(anonymous person)[reply]

Alex's Sister

Shouldn't we add that Alex's sister is trying to help him recover his memories and that their mother is hinted to be a major antagonist? 75.157.92.48 (talk) 05:34, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No cause it isn't confirmed what the story is about and who the enemy really is. I see no problem adding the sister. -- (Mrja84 (talk) 01:12, 3 February 2009 (UTC))[reply]

The Specialist

Supposedly the Specialist is an elite Blackwatch soldier sent to kill Alex, but there's one thing I noticed. In various videos it shows a seemingly naked person standing behind a fogged up window, with only their face visible. Judging from the shape of the person's face and body, I'd say that person is a woman. Looking at the Specialist's hairstyle, it's identical to that person's. But that would make the specialist a woman, whereas the Specialist is both referred to and has the body proportions of a man.

You shouldn't jump to conclusions from videos that do not give much info. -- (Mrja84 (talk) 01:13, 3 February 2009 (UTC))[reply]

A recent video has showcased the Specialist, and he is most definitely not female. It only shown him commanding troops, the video he not showcase his combat skills, if any. -- (Mrja84 (talk) 19:39, 11 April 2009 (UTC))[reply]

You don't get to be the commanding officer of a top-secret military organization if you don't have any combat skills. 142.26.133.248 (talk) 18:11, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He's got a cattle prod - that much can be gleaned from the videos --202.168.106.52 (talk) 03:35, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Release Date 2009?

The developers stated that the game would come out late 2008.--Kondrayus (talk) 20:16, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, obviously no one knows the exact date Prototype comes out, but according to GameStop, the pre-order doesn't even ship until the first of April... Has anyone else seen this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.55.190.72 (talk) 21:31, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Wiki page for PROTOTYPE states that the game will come out Dec.30 of 08 is this true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Naruto Namikaze (talk • contribs) 22:37, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if this is something that should be looked at, but I found this on the Activision site, and they state Late/Fall 2008 on the prototype website. Link to the Activision page, with 28-12-2008 as release date: http://www.activision.com/index.html#gamepage%7Cen_GB%7CgameId:prototype&brandId:prototype If this is in fact correct please someone update it on the wiki, because I am rather new, and rather not touch that :D Wckdneer (talk) 01:35, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Release date was delayed to April 2009 http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/871/871582p1.html 67.142.235.68 (talk) 14:15, 25 May 2008 (UTC) EDIT: heh, turns out the link for the multiplayer is a better source for the delay then what I found 67.142.235.68 (talk) 14:47, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No official period of time has been given besides, Summer 2009. -- (Mrja84 (talk) 01:14, 3 February 2009 (UTC))[reply]

I've merged the two discussions about the release date. The release is still set for Summer 2009, but it's been dated as June 9th 2009 for the US. -- (Mrja84 (talk) 19:44, 11 April 2009 (UTC))[reply]

I think the release date is June 9th, 2009 as it is stated on the official site :http://www.prototypegame.com/us/preorder.html, not december

Remove Advert Tag

I rewrote the Plot section. Does anyone have a problem removing the Advert tag? Mjworthey (talk) 21:53, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's short and simple. I'd say it's fine.--Kondrayus (talk) 22:27, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Censorship

It's been reported on various sites that Prototype will go under censorship for its Australian (and probably New Zealand) release.--Vylen (talk) 08:58, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Appropriate Language

I noticed that there were a lot of mentions of "penis" and the term "faggot" was used once in the article; are these the actual terms used by the designers to refer to the game, or was it just vandalism? HaikenEdge (talk) 15:23, 15 October 2008 (UTC) Vandalism 142.26.133.248 (talk) 18:44, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Probably Vandalism. I've watched the interviews and none of the designers used those words. 142.26.133.248 (talk) 20:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Multiplayer?

When and who edited the multiplayer section? And shouldn't such a statement require a source? Oruko (talk) 12:22, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not the one who edited it, but I do recall seeing a video where one of the designers talks about online multiplayer, but I don't remember how I found it. I do know that I typed in prototype game interview on youtube and somehow came across it.--Kondrayus (talk) 23:00, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, since Summer 2008 multiplayer in Prototype has been removed. -- (Mrja84 (talk) 19:46, 11 April 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Too bad. It would've been epic if you could control Elizabeth Greene as the second player. 142.26.133.248 (talk) 19:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

IP: explain the abbreviation

From the first paragraph:

...based on an original IP developed in-house...

what's that?

89.102.3.223 (talk) 21:42, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See the IP article. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 11:16, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]