Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

It was in this weekends circular I got in my paper. Both Prototype and Legends of Wrestling are fetching $20 GC's this week.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

HA! I got through the first tutorial stage and can hardly bring myself to go on. This doesn't help. :lol:

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

I can't believe that there is absolutely no reviews out there on Prototype. I heard there is a media freeze on the game. Usually this means it is going to suck really bad. I wanted to get it tonight at Target, but guess I'll have to wait.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

For me, no reviews and no demo = no sale...no exceptions.

It's hard not to get excited based on videos, but 99.9% of the time, a media freeze translates to "we want to sell a bunch before anybody finds out it's terrible".

My advice: Play something else for a week and wait for some news.

Plus it will be $30 by the holidays.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

i agree 100%. you would think the game companies know this opinion is prevalent as well.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

I have to question the intelligence of these game companies. There is only one high profile release for the entire month of July. In contrast, 5-6 big titles coming out all on 9-1 including Batman which was SUPPOSED to come out this summer. What morons. No one is going to be able to drop that much coin at once.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

"Apparently there's a great anticipation for Prototype. A lot of people that have written to our mailbox have waited with buying inFamous to see if Prototype is the better game. Activision forbids us to talk about grades before Thursday, but I figured I'd hint about my impressions today. I completely understand why Activision didn't want any grades of Prototype to be published before the release date. Prototype reeks of a mushy swamp."

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Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

Ouch. Anybody find this today? I didnt see it at BestBuy, and Amazon is showing a release of next week.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

Ouch.

Mushy swamp :lol:

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

Gamestop shows it is now shipping. Guess this blows my Target deal. I was going to get Red Faction, Infamous, and Prototype for their B2G1F sale.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

I'd recommend rentals on Infamous and Red Faction, both are very short with limited depth.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

Tarantino liked it... going so far as to call it "fucking awesome". I mean, to each his own but that's gotta say something. I think I'll pick it up with the Toys R Us deal and leave it sealed until some reviews come out... this is just too odd to not see something official.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

I was reading CAG and they said some site (i dont recall which) gave it a 9, and there were a few posters giving reviews in the 360 thread.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

Yeah, Metacritic has a handful of user reviews and one "official" review from PSW Magazine UK that had a 9.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

Wow that video looks awesome, but still waiting it out. REviews reviews, where art tough?

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

Amazon says I should have this game on Friday.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

:up: At $60 a pop, I don't blind-buy video games without some evidence that it doesn't suck. Gameplay videos aren't enough. Whatever, at least this will give me a chance to finally finish Resistance 2 and check out Big Surf Island for Burnout Paradise.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

bestbuy.com shows availability as 6/10 (at least it did last night).

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

I own both of these games and they are much better than a "mushy swamp". I'm still picking up Prototype as I have a placeholder for it and a few other titles in the B2G1F Target sale that I pricematched elsewhere.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

Yep. I'll probably join you for some Big Surf Island, and I have Bioshock to finish...not to mention Dead Space, Assassin's Creed, and Valkyria Chronicles on the back burner.

I'm happy to let this Prototype/Infamous thing sort itself out...maybe pick up both at $20 each down the road.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

I didn't say mushy swamp, I said very short and limited in depth, which is true. Infamous took less than a week to get the Platinum trophy on, and I am 600/1000 on Red Faction after a slow week of playing. These are rental style games.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

Unless you like multiplayer. If you do, there's really nothing limited about Red Faction at all.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

I love multi-player, but Red Faction can't hold a candle to Halo, UT3, Left4Dead, or Gears. So a super short campaign and mediocre multi-player, a rental, like I said.

Re: Prototype (Activision, Radical Entertainment) - June 9th
 

To each his own. I love the RF multiplayer and hate Halo and UT3, so thus the difference of opinion.