Review of Prototype

Prototype (2009 Video Game)
2/10
Only for the mindless
18 June 2009
Warning: Spoilers
If you enjoy mindless violence with no substance then you might enjoy this game, but from my point of view this game blows.

The narrative is the worst part. The plot has the same quality as the plot of your average porn film, meaning that it's just there to set up the next sex scene (or in this case the next orgy of violence) so no real effort is made to make it any good, or even to make any sense of it. The characters motivation especially makes no sense, supposedly it's revenge, but revenge for what? you wake up with awesome powers and no memory of who you were. What is the loss you seek to remedy by seeking revenge exactly? This point is further amplified by the fact that very early in the game the main character finds both his sister and his girlfriend, and in his interactions with them he shows no curiosity as to who he was or who they are, nor do they show any curiosity or concern for him or for what has happened to him they simply lay out the next mission and send him on his way.

This game could have been so much better with a half decent writer, but alas this was not to be.
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