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 Prototype is a game about an ultra-powered jerkhole who runs around Manhattan while the military slaughters plague-ridden citizens in the streets. It's a lot of fun. The Powers Your character, Alex Mercer, is infected with the virus codenamed "Blacklight". It enables him to break science in many entertaining ways. He can manifest offensive and defensive items, like claws and shields. He can absorb humans into his body, stealing their memory and appearance. Super strength and super agility are part of the package. He can also parkour on anything, run up sheer vertical surfaces, and fly. There are more complicated moves available, most of which involve the application of devastating force on a single human target which could easily be killed by the most basic punching attack. Some these advanced moves require you to mash several buttons in sequence, so people tend to complain about the controls. Whatever. I've played worse. The Plot This game uses a storytelling method that is very complicated, but also very simple. Cutscenes are mostly shown out of order, letting you see the past or the future of the plotline. Most of the backstory is told through the Web of Intrigue, a collection of 131 short movies. It's a complete mess, and the game makes no effort to clean it up for you. Many players, upon finishing the game, had no idea who the final boss was. We'll just try to explain things as we play through the game. The HD Videos We're putting these videos on Youtube to use the HD feature. This allows us to give you videos in 720P, which is an unprecedented amount of P. Enjoy the P. If you have trouble watching the HD videos: A. Wait for the video to load before watching it B. Use KeepVid.com to download the video C. Don't watch the video in HD If your processor can't quite handle the video, you can get better performance by downloading it and watching it in a real video playing program instead of a web browser. VLC, Media Player Classic Home Cinema, MPUI-hcb, and KMPlayer are all fine choices for playing back the videos you get from KeepVid.com. If you have a netbook with an Intel Atom processor, you can play back 720P video if you have the right program. First, download MPUI-hcb and install it. Then, download these files and unzip them into c:\program files\MPUI, overwriting mplayer.exe and the config file. The result is a nice video player that manages smooth playback of 720P video on my Acer Aspire One. The Fanart  Pro Tot Ype by Spamantha Maxwell Adams fucked around with this message at Sep 28, 2009 around 02:09 |
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Prototype - 01 The prelude which is actually the middlelude    Also, this. Powerstone Two - 01 
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 01:50 |
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Pro[tot]ype? I have to hunt down a cheap copy of Prototype based off of watching you guys streaming this. If it weren't for my perpetual broke-ness, I'd have this already...
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Yay, a thread without 200 pages!
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The quality on the Youtube is pretty astounding, and with the quick load times are you going to keep using Viddler at all?
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 02:10 |
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They may have to if they want a video to go longer than 10 minutes.
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That Which Squeaks posted:The quality on the Youtube is pretty astounding, and with the quick load times are you going to keep using Viddler at all? I'm pretty sick of Viddler at this point. They have annoying commercials, the batch uploader has been broken for months, and the playback page is fundamentally bad.
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 02:16 |
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Maxwell Lord posted:They may have to if they want a video to go longer than 10 minutes. Weren't there plans for some account type or another being able to post videos longer than 10 minutes back?
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 02:16 |
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Fuzzy Pipe Wrench posted:Weren't there plans for some account type or another being able to post videos longer than 10 minutes back? They had the special account available as an option ("Director" I think) a long while back, but at some point they decided to stop giving that functionality. Those who got it when it was available still have it, but being a Director now just does nothing but give you that tag. There's no way to get that ability now if you didn't get it back then.
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 02:23 |
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Maxwell, can you please reupload your videos to Viddler. Especially the Overlord and Majora Mask. I know you said that you are growing tired of Viddler, but the "Download Source" option is a must.
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 02:25 |
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How does the PC version of Prototype compare to some other console port PC titles? I've noticed a lot other console to PC titles tend to really get badly done like Ghostbusters, Assassin's Creed, Grand Theft Auto IV and somewhat BioShock (though maybe it's the Unreal engine that fucks that game up).
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 02:30 |
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MY FANTASYS.zip posted:Maxwell, can you please reupload your videos to Viddler. Especially the Overlord and Majora Mask. I know you said that you are growing tired of Viddler, but the "Download Source" option is a must. It would probably be easier for him to upload the files themselves somewhere for filesharing for your downloading pleasure. Also, you can always find other means of downloading those videos, if one was so inclined.
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 02:36 |
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Looking forward to more Prototype. I hope you can get new videos up at a reasonable rate, since these six have been sitting around for a while now.
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MY FANTASYS.zip posted:Maxwell, can you please reupload your videos to Viddler. Especially the Overlord and Majora Mask. I know you said that you are growing tired of Viddler, but the "Download Source" option is a must. Google video already has an option for MP4 downloads built in. I'm not about to upload 100+ videos so you can watch them at slightly higher quality than that.
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 02:42 |
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Actually, come to think of it, is there a way to get the Oblivion videos from Dailymotion? All the methods I'm trying aren't working out for me..
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 02:52 |
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Maxwell Adams posted:Google video already has an option for MP4 downloads built in. I'm not about to upload 100+ videos so you can watch them at slightly higher quality than that. baldurk stated the mp4 downloads are lower quality then the original, and can't be used for archiving the files. It's your LP, I just ask this since you reuploaded the Vice City stuff, and the fact Google Video been deleting LPs lately.
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 03:02 |
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AllenR posted:How does the PC version of Prototype compare to some other console port PC titles? I've noticed a lot other console to PC titles tend to really get badly done like Ghostbusters, Assassin's Creed, Grand Theft Auto IV and somewhat BioShock (though maybe it's the Unreal engine that fucks that game up). Its not bad. It really needs a higher end machine in the more hectic areas of the game, but I was able to run it competantly on a new machine with a slightly out of date graphics card. Just a couple times it has crashed on me. It also has good support for the 360 controller which is the prefered controller for this type of game, though I haven't been arsed to buy one yet. There is also no bullshit mandatory signup of GFWL to be able to save a singleplayer game, which is my one gripe with Batman:Arkham Asylum(PC).
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 03:04 |
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Alex Mercer: Flesh Toilet
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Astro Ambulance posted:Yay, a thread without 200 pages! I wonder how long that'll last.
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What's the view on the challenges? I thought they were fun up to a point where it could get frustrating but it's a good way to get some exp.AllenR posted:How does the PC version of Prototype compare to some other console port PC titles? I've noticed a lot other console to PC titles tend to really get badly done like Ghostbusters, Assassin's Creed, Grand Theft Auto IV and somewhat BioShock (though maybe it's the Unreal engine that fucks that game up). I thought it ran pretty well on my computer, it blown me away the first time I played it. The graphics arn't top nouch like most games today but the gameplay is fantastic. I've been playing it with my 360 controller so I haven't seen what it's like playing with mouse and keyboard but maybe someone else can give their expeience on it. Evek posted:There is also no bullshit mandatory signup of GFWL to be able to save a singleplayer game, which is my one gripe with Batman:Arkham Asylum(PC). It's the same with Resident Evil 5 for PC and for some reason GFWL slows down the loading up of games when you open. At least there was a mod to remove it in Fallout 3.
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 03:12 |
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The fact you pre-posted with five vids is really awesome.
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AllenR posted:How does the PC version of Prototype compare to some other console port PC titles? I've noticed a lot other console to PC titles tend to really get badly done like Ghostbusters, Assassin's Creed, Grand Theft Auto IV and somewhat BioShock (though maybe it's the Unreal engine that fucks that game up). I thought it was a very well done port. It's definitely a better port than Assassin's Creed or gta4 (gently caress rgsc/gwl). The only issues I noticed were a lack of proper tank controls (which aren't a big deal since you only have to use a tank like twice), an excessive number of prompts (are you really sure you want to start/save/load/quit), and a minimal number of settings/options. It seemed to run very well too. I was using an AMDX2 4400+, 2gb ram, and an ati x1900xtx with most of the settings at medium-high at a good resolution and I never noticed the frame rate being lovely. Mouse/keyboard works fine and I don't know why anyone would use a controller but the option is there. My pinky got a bit tired holding shift down all the time but I probably could have bound that to a different key and it wouldn't have been so bad. Maybe it didn't let me bind sprint to mouse 5 but it's easy to get around that so whatever.
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Justice Grieves posted:The fact you pre-posted with five vids is really awesome. Six, actually. But they've been sitting there for a little while now, though. Edit: I do expect this to take the same sort of schedule that other Astronaut LPs have; weekly to biweekly, with 2-4 videos going up at a time.
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 03:37 |
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Just a head's up, Maxwell, you have Powerstone 2 in there for the title of Prototype.
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 03:42 |
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I am downright envious of the amount of fun you guys have just fooling around in games. Looking forward to this, only got to play maybe the first quarter of this game myself.
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Schwarzwald posted:I wonder how long that'll last. About another 199 pages.
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Thanks for all the quality vids Maxwell and co. I'll be following this thread early on instead. Oh god, what am I doing to myself?
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MY FANTASYS.zip posted:baldurk stated the mp4 downloads are lower quality then the original, and can't be used for archiving the files. It's your LP, I just ask this since you reuploaded the Vice City stuff, and the fact Google Video been deleting LPs lately. There's also a random handful of Google videos for which downloads don't work.
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Maxwell Adams posted:I'm pretty sick of Viddler at this point. They have annoying commercials, the batch uploader has been broken for months, and the playback page is fundamentally bad. I'm starting to notice that viddler is only putting the commercials at the very end of the videos now, instead of before them. Or maybe I just got lucky?
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 05:42 |
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That's some awesome quality for Prototype.
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Sprite141 posted:I'm starting to notice that viddler is only putting the commercials at the very end of the videos now, instead of before them. Or maybe I just got lucky? I've been seeing 'em before, but the site's weird about when you see them and when you don't. Sometimes, they'll be after or I just won't see 'em, sometimes I'll get one before each video. The problem being, when they get onto a jag of ads before videos, it's always the same drat ad for about two weeks. They don't mix it up at all.
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Incidentally, if you want to play Prototype, but you A: don't have a current-gen console, B: don't have enough money for such a recent game, or C: would rather play as a more likable and sympathetic character like, say, the Hulk, I'd suggest Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction Radical's previous foray into superhero sandbox games. There's a little bit less to do, but really, its pretty much just as fun to play as Prototype, plus cheaper. Also before we even get to that video, I am going to point out that George Lucas did NOT create Howard the Duck and you all deserve to be drawn and quartered for insinuating such a thing. Rhinoceraptor fucked around with this message at Sep 28, 2009 around 06:32 |
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Rhinoceraptor posted:hulk Oh hell yes, I remember playing the poo poo out of this way back when and it honestly beats out prototype in the number of ridiculous stuff you can do category. What other game lets you suplex helicopters into tanks and repeatedly power bomb gigantic mechs into the ground?
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Rhinoceraptor posted:Incidentally, if you want to play Prototype, but you Hulk: Ultimate Destruction is an amazingly fun game. I liked Prototype better overall, but UD set the groundwork for most of Prototype's features, and it did even did a few better. Unfortunately a lot of people confused it with the original Hulk PS2 game which was complete and utter garbage. Ultimate Destruction never got a fair chance.
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 07:19 |
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Holy poo poo, that Prototype vid was badass.  I now want that game. Funny commentary too, reminds me of MST3K so much. 
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Rhinoceraptor posted:Incidentally, if you want to play Prototype, but you I can't remember, was this the game with all the anti-hulk mechs? I remember really enjoying this game (or whatever game that was) until I came across those goddamn mechs that I couldn't quite figure out how to kill reliably, and I kind of gave up and quit. But still, the game was a lot of fun when it was just about the hulk smashing puny humans. Actually, I have the same attitude towards prototype but at least prototype was polite enough to give you a "win" button in the form of that charged jumping blade downslash to kill the more annoying enemies. Also I just watched the second prototype video and noticed that Ferr already noticed that Alex has a poo stain on his pants. I thought I was so clever for seeing it
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 07:31 |
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I heard a DOTA reference at some point in the video, but you made up for it with a Freakazoid reference. The best part about your all's videos is knowing that other people share my exact same knowledge of pop culture, no more and no less.
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Discospawn posted:I heard a DOTA reference at some point in the video, but you made up for it with a Freakazoid reference. The best part about your all's videos is knowing that other people share my exact same knowledge of pop culture, no more and no less. Well theyre on the other side of the internet so I guess youre going to have to high five yourself there
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| # ? Sep 28, 2009 10:41 |
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I wanted some laughter at some point in this game. Thanks for bringing that to me. Now I expect 30 minutes of game-breaking helicopter leap-frog when you get the whipfist and skyjacking . It is the Maxwell way!
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