This violent and explicit game allows you to play as a super villan and brutaly kill anyone you want including horribly disfigured zombies. the plot is interesting and the voice acting is great. Prototype is defintley one of my favorites and I recommend it to all adults.
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Very violent and profane action game with extreme gore.
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Prototype was written by Chad Sapieha
Parents need to know that this game is absolutely not intended for children. It is exceptionally gory, thanks to the protagonist's ability to grow claws and use them to slice through enemies. Streets often become painted in blood and littered with body parts. It's also extremely profane. Topping things off, our hero is morally vacuous. His only interest appears to be revenge, and he doesn't care who he has to hurt to get it -- including innocent bystanders. Even something as mundane as walking down the street often becomes an unavoidable exercise in aggression as our avatar automatically shoves everyone out of his way.
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What’s the Story?
PROTOTYPE is an open world action game designed for adult consumption. As Alex Mercer, a man who wakes up in a Manhattan morgue with super-human powers and a hunger for revenge, players lay waste to New York, killing scores of military personnel and pedestrians in horrific ways that often involve impalement or dismemberment. Civilians are often caught in the crossfire, sometimes dying in greater numbers than Mercer's legitimate enemies.
For adults able to stomach the gore and questionable morality, there's plenty to do. Players will spend much of their time leaping from rooftop to rooftop, "consuming" enemies to gain memories of Mercer's missing past. You can also search out side quests, such as checkpoint races, and learn new abilities, like how to glide and generate a shield. Completing everything in the game takes dozens of hours.
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Though not exactly original -- there are lots of adventure games that allow players to freely explore massive cities -- Prototype is nonetheless well constructed and surprisingly easy to play. Players can move through the streets unhindered, automatically leaping over obstacles such as cars and running up the sides of buildings in spectacular fashion. And while Mercer has enough different moves to make controlling him a bit more complex than the average action game, they are introduced slowly, giving players time to master his claws, kicks, dodges, and leaps.
Prototype does, however, begin to drag after a while. The missions tend to fall into a few different categories and eventually become repetitive and predictable. Plus, there's something distasteful in the fact that even careful players will accidentally kill hundreds of pedestrians along the way. The narrative could have been much more powerful had players been given the option to try to make Mercer a little less amoral; You ought to have greater control over whether or not you injure innocents. Still, its scope is remarkable, and its action leaves an impression. Worth a look for mature gamers with a taste for the genre.
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Released on 6/9/2009, price $49.99-$59.99, not online enabled
ESRB rating: M (for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language)
ESRB rating: M (for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language)
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- I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Negative role models
- Safety is an issue
Ok for adults, not for kids or teens.
- I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
perfect for teens!!
Its an ok game for kids to play the only problem is the extreme gore
- I rate this title on for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Negative role models
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
great game! But bloody and explict.
Great game, but the frequent, strong language and the extreme blood and gore make the game only for adults.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
- Safety isn't an issue
AMAZING
All Your Kids Will LOVE This GAme
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
good game very very very extremely violent swearing is used wit f@ck sh@t
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| 71% | of parents say kids find it easy to play |
| 59% | of parents feel the site is safe |
| 53% | of parents say there are good role models |
| 47% | of parents say it gives kids positive messages |
| 47% | of parents say it's educational |
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