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Alex Mercer, he broods, he's frowny, and he certainly won't be on anyone's Christmas Card list, in New York at least. He's wanted by the police, by scientists, and by mysterious wriggly things which want to chew his face off.
Despite this, Alex Mercer must be - without a shadow of a doubt, the happiest man on the face of the planet.

Let me begin by explaining why Prototype is one of the most well thought out pieces of game design in history, and how it will visibly influence the market for years to come.



That's right, in the same way that Metal Gear Solid put a stealth section in every game, and Gears of War put knee high dynamic cover in everything else - Prototype's patented 'Tentacle to the Face' move will be in pretty much every game made from now on, including the next Mario Party.
Do I exaggerate? Not quite, but Activision realised something when making this game. The best games are about wish fulfillment.
Games like Halo and Final Fantasy work because we really wish we were gruff cyborgs/angst ridden antiheroes, armed only with a selection of big manly guns/big choppy sword - and on a mission to save the universe/electricity bill

Activision therefore set about making a game that is almost completely about wish fulfillment, all the things that you've always subconsciously wanted to do - but never had the superpowers to achieve. Here are a few examples,
You can:

• Flying kick a helicopter out of the sky.
• Drop Kick a tank through the pavement.
• Use people as surfboards as you grind their faces to pulp on the road, then subsequently kick their friction burned body into their comrades.
• Pick anybody you don't like the look of off the street, retire to the rooftops and devour them in a gruesome manner.