In terms of video game release, summer is not the best for the gamers, few games are released, and of those, few are quality titles. Luckily, one of those few is Prototype, the 3rd person action game recently released on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC (this review is based on the Xbox 360 version).
The game is set in an open world (many games are these days), this time, it’s a rendered version of Manhattan, which the player has the option of fully exploring. The story goes as follows: the military has blocked off Manhattan and is trying to contain an outbreak of a virus that turns people into mutants. Players assume the role of Alex Mercer, a character with not much background, as he wakes up and suffers from amnesia, and his initial reluctance to help or care means he almost serves as an anti-hero in the game. Not that it’s a bad thing. You soon discover that you have been infected with the same virus as many others, however, yours is a lot more serious case. For instance, you have a sort of mutated arm, which you can not only use to climb buildings, but to kill people across a distance, as it extends quite a lot.