Prototype Reviews

Not many games let you turn your arm into a long steel blade and cut people in half-top half going this-a-way, bottom half going that-a-way. Even fewer let you turn your hands into giant claws to cut off your victims' legs, too. And as far as we know, ...

Alex's Blade Arm is one of the most effective--and gruesome--weapons in Mercer's repertoire. No word, though, on whether or not you can take it on the plane

Hit, miss or maybe?

With so much hype behind it, Prototype finally arrives as a huge missed opportunity. With more mission variety, an improved camera, and a tweaked fighting system, we could have had a hit on our hands. Instead its merely just another generic third ...

Shred, mutate and run your way (vertically) through New York

Fast gameplay / Huge game area

Repetitive at times / Last-gen graphics

If you're thinking at this point that being able to cleave people in half with a forearm sounds neat, you're right: Prototype is spectacularly good fun an awful lot of the time