Back in 2008 I first heard of this game because they said it was like a combination of God of War and Grand Theft Auto.  When you hear a phrase like that, any human being that knows shit about video games would become fully aroused.

What Ive learned is that in Prototype it will have the freeplaying “sandbox style” of Grand theft auto where you can run around and do whatever you want.  Kill people at random, run up buildings, accomplish side missions etc.  But unlike grand theft auto your going to have super abilities. (I did in fact just jizz in my pants)  When you play, the main character in Prototype is able to consume the bodies of those he has beaten and killed. Yes, consume them. When you eat em’ up it gives you access to their memories, their experiences, their biomass and their physical forms.  So basically if he consumes somebody he can assume their identity. This can be used to evade pursuit and deceive enemies. More than just running away or hiding he can use his ‘patsy’ power and say that an innocent bystander killed everybody or consume a soldier and freely enter a military base. Or if he consumes a higher ranking officer, he can commandeer military vehicles, call down airstrikes and order other soldiers.  This game is gonna fuck start your face…

Consuming people isnt meant to be just a cool ability in Prototype, it helps the game move along. When you consume memories it will help unlock more of the story and progress the game. On top of that, he also consumes useful skills, like the ability to pilot military vehicles and use different kinds of weapons.  Consuming dead enemies and bystanders also provides health and energy to perform bad ass moves, so you’ll have to eat somebody eventually. 

Not only can you morph into people you consumed, but you can also shapeshift your body into nonhuman, and more specialized forms for attack, defense or sensory enhancement.  You can morph yourself some clawed hands and bladed arms, or hammer-like appendages and you can even send claws underground to cause spikes to burst up and impale enemies and vehicles. When your energy meter is full you can do super moves  such as causing a large amount of spikes to shoot out of the ground or cause sharp tendrils to shoot from your body in all directions.  Youve also got defensive morphing to resist damage or ward off attackers. Defenses include sharp spines protruding from your back, a forearm shield, and more. You can even change skin into armor plating that lets you bash your way through traffic instead of jumping over it and also gives you more protection from attacks, but slows speed. You can also do combos. For example, you could give yourself an armored body while having claw arms and using night vision, and like in most games you can upgrade and earn new abilities as you play.

Along with that cool ability, your also given superhuman strength, speed, agility, durability and healing.  So your going to be able to do some pretty cool shit. Stuff like throwing cars, running at high speeds faster than most vehicles, jumping long distances, and gliding which helps avoid damage when you fall or jump from high places. You can also adjust senses to perceive things like infra-red, and night-vision,  and gain the ability to track individual enemies in a crowd.

All in all, I think for 2009 I am most anxious to play Prototype.  It sounds like a bad ass game Ill spend hours on.