Armchair Diplomat

Not to give the contest away, but at least be pre-warned

Anyone who has played both inFamous and Prototype is inexplicably drawn to compare the two and which one is better.  Yahtzee from The Escapist was no exception.  When reviewing the two games, he found it difficult to choose one as being superior, so he jokingly proposed a challenge to the games’ prospective developers to decide the winner.  Given the site’s popularity, he probably shouldn’t have been surprised when both developers agreed to participate.

And the results just came in.

Oh dear.

Oh me, oh my.

Let’s just say that it’s an art contest.  I’ll leave you to discover the rest yourselves.

He's out to ask some POINTED questions

Mix together Spiderman, Assassin’s Creed, Incredible Hulk, Grand Theft Auto and Destroy All Humans and you’re probably getting a bit close to the game Prototype (and an awful plastic mess in your blender, too). It’s a third person sandbox title which puts you in a beautifully detailed New York that just happens to be in the grips of an ever spreading mutating super-virus. It sounds like pretty entertaining stuff, right? Unfortunately, unlike the game’s main character, this game has a few limits that might not seem immediately obvious.

Players take the role of dead-man-walking Alex Mercer. You wake up in a morgue about to be autopsied with no memory of how you ended up there, and upon discovering that you’re in posession of super strength and speed you do what any normal thinking person would do: you crush a few people’s heads and haul arse.

This may be the first flaw in this game. Alex is completely a-moral. Feel free to blow up, rip apart or consume as many innocent bystanders as you like. Feel free to pick them up and hurl them at your enemies if you like, they’re sort of like fleeing ammunition in this regard. Read more

*Virus-created super soldier not pictured

I’m currently playing through Saints Row 2 (at Mark’s expense) and looking forward to playing Prototype soon.  Both of which will have forthcoming reviews soon.  Probably Prototype first, so for once I can feel like I keep up with the rest of the gaming community.

So I’ve gone from being swamped with music games to an abundance of sandbox titles.  Good thing I don’t own a PS3 or I’d probably be forced to enjoy Infamous too.

Oh and after hearing everyone keep mentioning it as a fantastic game, I’m also looking to pick up a copy of Mass Effect, although that one can join the collection of “to-be-played” games.  Infinite Undiscovery slashed my tires last night in a desperate act to gain my attention, only to later find I don’t own a car.  Awkward.