Prototype 2 features new, very angry protagonist

December 13, 2010 By Ryan Fleming

The open world game debuts a new trailer, a new set of moves, and a new main character.

Take an open world, insert a guy with fantastic powers, then begin to break stuff. Such was the premise of the original Prototype game, and its predecessor seems to be following the same strategy. Sure, there is a huge plot about conspiracies and revenge, but at its heart, the Prototype games are there for you to become more powerful and then be set loose on the streets of New York to break stuff.

While the game is not due out until sometime in 2012, the trailer, which debuted at the VGAs over the weekend, shows off one major feature of the sequel—namely that the protagonist is no longer Alex Mercer, but is instead Sgt. James Heller, a man that blames Mercer for his powers and the problems they caused.

The original game followed Mercer as he attempted to piece together his life after waking up in a morgue with no memories and a strange set of shape shifting abilities that allowed him to consume people to gain their memories. How exactly Mercer fits into the new game, and why Heller blames him for his condition, are both unclear.

Prototype 2 will be released for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 sometime in 2012.

[Warning: Trailer may not be appropriate for all ages]

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Evoy at 6:46pm 6th June 2011 But..... If alex wasn't a hunter then we have to play as him .. He was dopeee .. But maybe change his clothes up a bit?
Evoy at 6:43pm 6th June 2011 Alex rules and that's all. He CANNOT be replaced my some random pshyco. I think that the next game should go on where during alex's attempt to kill the infection , he (by chance) was turned into a hunter? On the preview sgt butthole new guy was attacking a big hunter .. Alex maybe?
Heller at 1:58pm 8th March 2011 By the way, Heller wants to kill Mercer because Mercer STOPPED the infection. Heller wanted to go and die in the chaos of the red zone, but there was no chaos, because Mercer had finished the fight. Heller wants to kill Mercer for not letting him die when he wanted.... Or something. That's what I gather at least. Well anyway. This game is gunna be sick; that's all that matters.
Jay Jay Allen at 5:11pm 7th March 2011 I Also Think Xbox Live Should Make An Appearence A New Game Plus Where You Can Choose Any Diffuculty To Play With Breathtaking New Abilities And A Very Soon Release Date Because Oh My God I Seriously Can't Wait !!!! xD
Jay Jay Allen at 4:11pm 7th March 2011 They Both Exchange Memorable Conversation As To Why Alex Did What He Did And Why James Was Doing What He Was Doing And An Awesome Ending Comes To It And Both Alex And James Are Playable Characters And Multiplayerble Characters With Friends Leaving Room For An Even More Epicly Pure Quality Magic Sequel To Prototype 2
Jay Jay Allen at 5:10pm 7th March 2011 And Then You Wake Up As James Heller, An All New Bad Ass Virus Busting Gravity Defying Psychotic Killer With The Essential Components Of A Death Machine That Wants To Destroy The Very Man That Took Away His Wanted Death, Alex Mercer, And Through What Should Be A Mind Blowing Unbeleithable Storyline That Could Be Compared To Red Dead Redemption And The Outstanding Gameplay That Has Not Yet Been Achieved You Should Come To The End Where You And Mercer Has Battled It Out Until Both Are Too Weak To Fight And Can Barely Stand,
Jay Jay Allen at 4:09pm 7th March 2011 And Then At That Point You Play As Alex Mercer On Your Way To The Same Area As The Marine And Start Slashin And Impaling Infected Bastards Until Your Left Overlooking A Heavily Wounded Soldier Who's Life You Just Saved, And Then Alex Has Some Sort Of Sympathy That Has Overcome Him And Decides To Save The Mans Life From Death And Inject Him With The Original Blacklight Virus Unaware That The Marine Came Here With Anger And Depression Hoping To Kill And Be Killed.
Jay Jay Allen at 5:09pm 7th March 2011 This Game Looks Like It Won't Be As Bad As It Seems, I Think They Should Make You Play As The Human Marine First With A Squad With You, And You Battle Through New York Into The Center Of The Red Zone Guns Blazing, And What Happens Is Your Squad Get Killed One By One Untill Your Left Battle Scarred And Near Defeat With The Infected Surrounding You,
Andysk at 12:57pm 18th February 2011 this is stupid!!! why the hell do they have to change alex? he's awesome! and it came from using him on the first game,to trying to kill him w/ another dude in the second game?!?!? besides, it was genteks fault for using him as a lab-rat! they deserve to be punished! there is no reason to kill alex mercer. i dunno u guys but if u play as this guy, this game is gonna loose A LOT of ratings! D:<
1. Indz Jon Kargiotis Anscombe at 5:37am 23rd February 2011 Did any one play Transformers? where you get to play as both bad guys and good guys, they should do that, play the story as Mercer, and then play as the new guy, or the otherway round. I'm a huge fan of Prototype and I hope the designers are reading these comments coz we all, clearly know what we're talking about and use the ideas to they're advantages. Like you said, they're gona have to make this new game unbelievebly awsome otherwise they're likely to loose sales. Prototype 1 set the bar very high !!
Indz Jon Kargiotis Anscombe at 10:06am 11th February 2011 I really hate the idea of a new character, there is so much that we havn't seen from Alex, I just don't see how he can be replaced by some mercanery ! Also if the story line is as it seems, then the game designers have seriously run out of ideas. As far as I can see, the plot is, "My family is one of the thousands dead from the infection, so I'll take my revenge out on Alex Mercer and try to 'destroy him' !" Yeah that's a deep story line !
1. EverGreenT at 5:40pm 17th February 2011 maybe you should read up on the new characters background. its like if I create a virus that kills everyone in your family but I only save you...wouldn't you want to kill me? i do think that alex should have a playable portion of the game though
  1. Indz Jon Kargiotis Anscombe at 5:26am 23rd February 2011 Yeah, good point. I don't mind if you can play as Alex as a bonus character or something and there might be more to the story line than first appears, but they're gona have to give this new guy a huge arsonal of weapons and powers to beat Mercer. Like give him the ability to combine powers like Mercer does in the begining cinematic on Prototype 1(the Claw and the blade). Also being able to use powers in the consumed form would be so cool.
ProtoDeth at 8:52am 2nd February 2011 I agree, I don't want some new dude, mercer is the only prototype.
tyshaun at 4:58pm 16th January 2011 i dont like that they have a new guy i liked mercer better i had a connection with him they should make it were u can play the story mode fwith mercer or the other dude
1. Classified at 5:28pm 26th January 2011 Post that on the site maybe they will do that
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ore masta at 11:58am 15th December 2010 BOUT FRICKIN TIME! ./drool on key board