G4: "After finishing work on the supercharged, open-world, action-fest Prototype, the developers at Radical Entertainment took a good hard look at what fans and critics alike had to say about the game. Taking the good with the bad, the team used the game’s somewhat mixed reception as a launching pad to begin work on Prototype 2. And launch they did.
The game is set in New York City, only thanks the devastation that has befallen it, it is now known as New York Zero (no calories, but a lot more death), and it’s been divided into three islands in varying states of decay. Manhattan has been classified as the Red Zone, and has become overrun and overgrown by viral organisms, essentially making a disease-ridden urban jungle."
In an industry that grows increasingly reliant on remasters, few were worth complaining about, making the original versions preferable in most respects.
Not sure what happened with FFCC. They really bungled it big time. It's a shame too.
I really wanted to play that one too, but after the demo I was disinterested in buying it.
Glad Square really likes putting out demos. It can help you dodge a bullet. Lol
To this day, the Crystal Chronicles remaster still left me with a sour taste. I really wondered how Square reacted to the feedback.
I thought the Prototype games had terrible graphics even when they first came out. Pretty crazy that the remasters essentially got nothing in the way of visual upgrades. A resolution bump. Yay.
Let alone Activision kept those prices at release price for a year before they even thought to reduce them in a sale.
To me, this topic is pretty easy to answer as I recall laughing at loud when Bethesda announced that PPL on consoles (Xbox1 and Ps4) would need to buy Skyrim Special edition and it would be free for existing pc Owner because it was basically the same game at max setting.
I often gave this answers to numerous ppl who where happy about paying 40$ for cheap remaster that would have been free on PC by saying everybody wins PC players gets the upgrade for free because they never paid in the past for quick fix that a mod of graphics card could do and Consoles players get to pay because they love paying and defend the practice of paying (like the numerous I have a VHS tape of the movie why don't they give me a free DVD version).
So for me, any crappy Remasters that deserve to be on this list are the ones that only give a frame boost and resolution boost for a full-price experience from the previous generation. Now ill exclude compilations like Batman, Uncharted Trilogy, Bioshock Trilogy, etc. because they were actually giving you more than 1 game so I'll count them as a collection instead of remasters Nor should I included games that have complete remade graphics or add new playable elements (Metro 2033 Redux, Quake, Gears of War Ultimate)
Since there are too many games ill give some example that comes to mind: Heavy Rain Remaster, The Last of US remaster, God of War 3 remasters, Burnout Paradise city Remaster, Tomb Raider Definitive Edition. Baja: Edge of Control HD, etc.
Again my main complaint here (has it was last gen) is that these kinds of remastering are now free (called performance patches now) but were sold at a premium price despite having almost no work to put in.
Andrea Gennaro has released a HD Texture Pack for Prototype 2 that improves the textures of all the three zones (Red, Green and Yellow) of the game.
I can’t get it to work, I got the two HD packs and when I tried to run that Tex.exe nothing happens.
It's not rare for the hero to become the villain in video games. Luke Lube looks at five of the best good guys gone bad from Big Boss to Jill Valentine.
Personally, I don't think I could be less excited for this game. The first one was uber boring for me.
This is one of the few games I truely thought had so much potential. It was rushed to market. The premise was great, the open world was awesome and the ability to wreak havok was what kept me playing. But, I had to make excuses for the graphics, I had to fill in the story gaps w my imagination, and it became far too repetitive even for an open world game. But, if they are serious, I will buy it...after reviews of course. There's too many good games coming out to ever give my money to a company blindly again.
Really looking forward to this. It looks like it's a step up from Prototype in EVERY way, and the story is intriguing too (not enough games with Black protagonists ...)
Definitely got my eyes on this one!
prototype 2 has the potential to be something great. hopefully the execution doesn't fall through as im looking forward to this one.