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Prototype™

by Radical Entertainment

Released Jun 9, 2009
$19.99
12 h to beat
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
Xbox 360
Xbox One

80%positive reviews

11,575 positive2,804 negative

What players say

Pros

Brutal, creative absorption powers
Fun, over-the-top open-world action

Cons

Updates broke the PC version
Requires mods to be playable

Mixed

Some call it a legend, others find the port frustrating

Media

Cinematic Trailer (YouTube)

VGA 2007 Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

OS *: Windows® XP (with Service Pack 3) or Windows Vista®

Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4000+ or better

Memory: Vista 2 GB RAM / XP 1 GB RAM

Graphics: All NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800 GT 256 MB and better chipsets. All ATI Radeon™ X1800 256 MB and better chipsets

DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX 9.0c

Hard Drive: 8GB of free hard drive space

Sound: DirectX® 9.0c compliant sound card

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Prototype is the first of two games, and lets the user take control of Alex Mercer as he fights to stop the viral outbreak known as BLACKLIGHT throughout Manhattan. Alex is himself infected by the virus, which has given him special, mutant, abilities that will evolve with time and aid him in…

Ratings

74IGDB players419 ratings
78Critics8 reviews
76Overall427 scores

Time to beat

11.6 hStory onlyto the credits
17.5 hStory and extraswith side content
31.9 hCompletionist100%

Details

Publisher

Activision

Series

Prototype

Languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English
French
Italian
Spanish (Spain)

Links

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