Real crappy, real quick sketch fanart of two upcoming, video games. Only real reason I drew this is because I really want to talk about these two games, but not mess with my journal, as you all know is the current home of the Cryptid Files. Anyways on to the games.

I am going to weigh these games against each other. Comparing the two on many different aspects. Lets begin.
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Developer:
Prototype - Radical, the people responsible for Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, which I heard was good and plan on playing soon. Also developed such games as The Simpsons Hit and Run.
inFamous - Sucker Punch, developers of the Sly Cooper series. haven't played any of them yet either....... Want to though.
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Gameplay:
Prototype - Open world aka free roaming. Radical has a few open world games under it's belt so they are expierenced with this type of gameplay.
inFamous - Open world
Opinion: This is the first similarity of the two games. I for one am a sucker for free roaming games, as evidenced by my Hunter Project. So no problems here lol. Sucker Punch, unlike Radical has never done a sandbox style game.
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Setting:
Prototype - New York City, many sections are controlled by different factions, will go more into this when we get to the "Plot" section.
inFamous - Empire City, not the most creative of names, so it makes me wonder as the the creativeness of the city itself. But it has 3 islands to explore along with it.

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Hero:
Prototype - Alex Mercer, is an amnesiac. Not much is known about him thus far. This allows for alot of gameplay as I go on later.
inFamous - Dylan, I haven't heard of a last name yet. Apperently this guy has friends within the game. He doesn't have to be a hero within the game as you can accumulate karma by doing different things. Such as if you see a citizen being attacked, you can kill the attacker and gain good karma, bad by killing the citizen, or ignore it all together and it is unkown as to what happens when you do this. Karma affects how the populace reacts to you, they like you if you have good karma, and bad may make them attack you randomly. In the end the choice is up to you..... Hero or anti-hero?

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Powers:
Prototype - Alex Mercer is a shape shifter....... It does not get any tighter than that lol. Among these powers are the ability to turn your hands into claws, swords, and shields. I have also heard the possibility of a "Bio-gun". The shape shifting powers do not stop there by a long shot. Alex can absorb his enemies into him, thus gaining thier memories and appearance and giving him thier bio-mass. This absorbance of memories allows Alex to fly helipcopters after absorbing a pilot, or tank by one of it's drivers. Alex can store a few of the appearances of people he has absorbed to change into at any given time. As a soldier, Alex can blend into a squad and accuse others of being the Prototype to create paranoia and turn his troop against him! As a commander Alex can call in air strikes on buildings and such. Other super human abilities include the power to lift and throw cars, run faster than cars or straight up buildings, and most recently added is the ability to fly which looks like some sort of demonic flying squirrel.....You heard me.... A demonic flying squirrel. Alex also can send a portion of his biomass into the ground to create giant spikes in front of him or spikes on his back to stop that dogpile on the Prototype. If all this wasn't enough, you can combine powers in anyway you so choose. Such as the ability to combine armored skin with claws.

inFamous - Dylan has extreme strength, great speed and and the power of electricity always coursing through him....... Alex clearly wins in this catagory. I'm a more tooth and nail and less zap em dead kinda guy you know?

As a side note..... Alex can use the weapons he finds, while Dylan can not becuase of the electricity coursing through him.

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Plot:
Prototype: A bizzare infection of a virus within New York begins mutating people....... Into something.... Planned.. The miltary has began to quarantine many sections of the city. A vaccine is dispensed by the way of dusting with helicopters. Alex is hunted by the miltary and the infected. There are many people that know who and what he is and Alex is determined to find them all. This all forms into a "web of intrigue" with 270 story related points to visit in any order so wished (It is not known yet if it will be required to do all of them). Eventually a special force known as Black Ops is called in who know exactly how to deal with a problem such as you. They don't care if they have to kill men, women, children. They know what they have to do. The Specialist is a highly trained operative that gives even Alex a run for his money. Alex has the choice to help turn control of parts of the city to any of the factions such as the military or the infected. The choice is yours. All he cares about is getting his questions answered.... One way.... Or another.

inFamous - A mysterious explosion gives Dylan his powers..... Thats all that is known so far.

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Platform:
Prototype - PS3, X360, and PC

inFamous - PS3 exclusive
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Release Date:
Prototype - 2009, possibly April. I hope that since they postponed it to next year that they add in the cut multiplayer option (which I had no idea they had until they cut it..... That makes me sad lol. Free roaming co-op is always awesome!).

inFamous - 2008, probably 2009 as well.

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Other:
Prototype - A comic book is planned to go along with the game to be published by DC Comics. [link] And if they should run into each other, the infected and the military will automatically engage each other, making you less of a priority to either.

inFamous - The cutscenes of inFamous are portrayed through comic book panels much like the game Ultimate Spiderman.
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Trailers:
Prototype - [link]

inFamous - [link]
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If it isn't obvious, I am looking much more forward to Prototype than inFamous. But hey, at the end of the day they are both free roaming, super powered games that will have me plugging in some rock music and roaming the city destroying stuff. I like them both so far still. But still Prototype is in for the win!