Prototype 2 was the first game I ever 100%'d. I really miss coming home from a day of chilling with my friends at collage, and ripping some blackwatch soldiers into pieces whilst banging out to my playlist.
Nice one mate! I know exactly what you mean there because I used to do the same thing, I never 100% the original release unfortunately so it felt great to come back and do it now
I literally have on more trophy left "Master Prototype" and I just finished it but I'm not getting my platinum. Must I do all the side missions and collectibles again?
Thanks for covering it, hope you enjoyed it as much as I have. A pity after a decade there would probably never be a Prototype 3, but hey, hopefully some producer makes it happen, so long as it retains the same core features and no micro-transactions.
I just recently got this platinum last month. It was a lot of fun. The gameplay felt smooth and improved upon, Heller had some funny dialogues here and there, and the platinum was much easier to obtain. Great job with this one, man.
Nice job mate! Any plans on doing the first if you haven’t already? Gameplay was definitely improved upon. There was a couple of times like with the targeting where it was a bit janky and wouldn’t actually switch to who I wanted it to switch to but apart from that it was great. Thank you as well man!
I feel like the first game was really more of a chore to platinum but the second was definitely a lot more fun with the second one platinuming that felt like platinuming spiderman (2018) and miles morales
@@jordanvr1716 Yeah, the first game is definitely a grind. Out of all the attempts for platinum trophies that I've done, this definitely ranks as one of the hardest.
Honestly always enjoyed Prototype 2 over 1 mainly all the like small details in that game & how fights actually would leave an area actually looking like a Warzone. I think my favorite detail was just watching the infected in the green zone since if they aren't accosted by the military or you they have some awesome idle ai things like if they kill a civilian they will fight over that person's corpse & rip them apart & drag the parts away. The devs really enjoyed making this game & it's a shame it was their last game.
Activision fucked radical entertainment sideways and then killed their company, but that aside I really love both of these games and if by the grace of God they come back with a third sequel I hope to God radical entertainment is behind it without Activision breathing over their shoulders with a sniper.
A couple of years ago I got hold of a fully unlocked version of this game which allowed me to not only play through the game like everyone else but also to engage with all the RADNET content (for free) as well. A player's access to that was terminated when the servers were shut down. OMG what an awesome array of wonderful abilities available in that part of the game. The crazy and extremely entertaining shit you can do, on top of what you already could, is so much fun. Probably the worst thing to ever happen to this game was refusing players permanent access to the RADNET section.
This game and even the 1st were low key fantastic games. The 2nd one I found just pushed it even further. It really is a shame that we likely aren’t going to see a 3rd. Man if we did I’d take time off work to play it at launch!
This is one of the few games I've gotten Plat on several times. This one is probably the one I've Plat the most. I've been thinking about doing a "speed-run" of it, though I know I'm not gonna get any type of record bc I'll be on ng+ and easy mode 😅
Im reminded that it was indeed the only game I decided to play om the hardest difficulty I think it was Insane and it was easy when you found out that you can cheese most fights with The Hammerfist and the Whipfist. Still I played it on PC on Steam and for anyone wanting to play it, dont buy it from Steam if you come from Germany, because that cut version we got actually fucks up the game and you would have to skip the cutscenes to play it and pray it doesnt freeze when you go to another zone, there is a fix, but randomly it freezes and you dont see anything to then just go back to normal. But still. A blast from the past
I think i absolutely agree with the sentiment that PT2's gameplay is superior to PT, but the story is *significantly* downgraded - especially since fans like me spent the entire time during pre-release news complaining about it and how we hoped it would get fixed during development. Also feel annoyed that what feels like a big part of how you are supposed to grind out upgrades is locked behind online only functionality. Curious to see how you accomplish it, when I did it i basically had to purposely fail one mission over and over again because its the only one to guarantee spawns of certain enemies.
I agree with everything you said about Prototype 2 is great to look at and the powers and graphics and just everything technical in the game is a vast improvement but I feel like the writing changes were a little jarring, this feels a lot like Resident evil 5 and a little bit lke Sunset Overdrive like the intrgue and mystery is lacking, feels comic bookish, I kinda miss the secrets and government espionage, dont get me wrong Heller is hilarious, I love his character but I would've liked more mystery. Also did you think Alex Mercer ended up a little weak as a villain? Felt like he was all build up with nothing at the end.
You know what, that’s actually a pretty spot on comparison! Sunset Overdrive I absolutely adored. Exactly that mate, GENTEK were originally just a company that studied the virus with the plan of eventually being able to weaponise it. But all of this was done in secret, that’s why so few people in Prototype 1 actually knew what happened there. And in terms of blackwatch, they we’re just a private military organisation brought in to stop the virus by any means necessary. They did a lot of bad things and obviously planned on completely wiping out manhattan, but even then, that was only to stop the virus and save the rest of humanity. Both completely different in this game. Blackwatch release infected on civilians just to see what happens and even lock them up in cages and GENTEK actually take people off of the streets and then run their ‘tests’ on them. And yeah I do agree, considering he is supposed to be the strongest infected that there is and technically the host of the virus seeing as he began the outbreak, I expected his boss fight to be Elizebeth green levels of hard
I'm almost at the end of my second playthrough, but I am still missing two upgrades. They are in the Helicopter skill, which means I cannot get them from brawlers or juggernauts, only from Blackwatch soldiers. That skill was also blocked ("classified") until I reached the red zone in the story. I got one yesterday from a story mission guy, but resetting that mission did not work, he only had it one time. I spent 30 minutes flying round the red and green zone, but nothing popped up. I'm a bit desperate here, not going to do a third playthrough. Edit: I finally got them by replaying Blacknet missions that were inside a base. Platinum is waiting for me now :-).
@@frado9194Prototype movement was top tier the only thing they remove from movement was that you can hold onto the wall if scaling up a building other than that it feel and look fluid
Except for, the story, including all the characters. Except for the defensive options being a Shield button that tries to act like a parry system and an invincible QTE dodge that only gets interrupted by what, 2 characters? The super soldiers show up once or twice in the story and then never again. You know, the thing they perfected in the first game. You have very limited devastators. You have a devastator meter which is separate from your Health Bar thus removing the risk/reward from critical mass or final hurrah from the adrenaline surge ability. The military is a complete joke. You become bulletproof. Can one shot helicopters and tanks. Where does it improve? Visuals. Sound design (especially audio mixing). The hives being an actual hive and not a just a building you destroy. Bio bomb is good fun.
Even the story? That was my biggest complaint. It got to the point that I just lowered the game audio and listened to my playlist. This game's biggest selling point is definitely the gameplay. The story is on par with Black Ops 3's Campaign. Train Go Boom!!!
I did it to 99%, i couldn't remember which team i was missing. It was one in the red zone tho. So i just gived up cause i couldn't figure out which zone the final team was in.
i adore the prototype games and spent so many hours in them. They have plenty of flaws and shortcomings, but you can tell that these games were a real labor of love and have a ton of heart and soul in them with the amount of detail and finesse they show. Its a damn shame they were released in between Black Ops and BO3, Activision poured so much of their resources into COD zombies that the Prototype devs were shut down and sent to Treyarch for "not meeting expectations" when said expectations were to outsell CoD 4/5 and compare to BO1. Somehow the first game performed well enough to get a sequel to Activision's dismay, but the third title would be permanently canned after Proto2 because of its "lack of multiplayer and possibility of post-launch content" Screw the idea of Publishers. let dev teams make what they want.
I one thing I couldn't stand about this game was how it made Alex Mercer a completely unlikable character. You spend the entire 1st game rooting for him and now he is a complete piece of shit with no redeeming qualities.
Protype 2 was my first 1000g and platnuim its pretty easy, I started playing p1 then saw your video and gave up on the platnuim p2 hardest thing is hardest difficulty alex boss fight
I liked the 'level up' animation Heller did, but on my latest playthrough, I went after all available collectables the second they were unlocked by the zone. So, it was a little weird seeing Heller going around collecting people's audio diaries, then going "hrrrAAAARRRRRGH!" like my dude, how is your body adapting to this?
Seriously with all the upgrades you have to play new game plus on insanity just to get a decent challenge, and even then the only real challenge is mercer himself
Even though prototype 2 is a pretty hot mess I played this more then the first because the powers were a blast and it was like a condensed experience...every time I play prototype 2 I 100% it its just fun 😊
The comics explain why but just to save u some time I'll explain for you since having to read a very obscure comic to understand a games plot is dumb AF anyways mercer basically travelled around the world to see if humanity has any hope and no matter what persona he took on the only thing he discovered was that people were terrible and then forth deemed human kind as unredeemable and so decides to infect new York with his version of the virus both giving him new powers and is the specific version of the virus Heller got his powers from all for the sake of a new world "without hunger or sickness or violence" it's a serious case of does the ends justify the means
This is the game that taught me not to give into hype. I followed this game a ton when it was in development. I loved the first one. The premise on paper seemed really cool. Then I played the story, and my first reaction to Heller was awful. I did not enjoy his choice of words. Mercer was evil for no reason (unless you found out about the comics....). Heller is treated as being dumb. He rarely changes. He has two qualities. Anger and he loves his daughter. I played the game on mute the second time. I played the game again on Intense difficulty with a minimum upgrade run. I only got stuck at the final boss because the game just refused to let him take damage. Long story short. Gameplay is varied. Some of it is a great improvement. Some of it is a step backwards. The story is just....there. Even the side stuff, I found bland.
ino the story isn’t great neither is the characters but it’s was just so much fun, and I personally think playing as the ‘villain’ is slept on too much
I disliked Prototype 2 for how it messed with Alex Mercer, including all the other messy parts of the story. But the gameplay and combat is very fun, there's that at least.
There were some parts of Prototype 2 I absolutely LOVED and some things I couldn't stand. Heller was so cringe and him cussing every 3 seconds was so forced and edgy
I never really cared about Prototype 2, as a game anyway. Don't get me wrong, the gameplay in and of itself was fun but at the end of the day it was like baby's first monster protagonist story. Everything was dumbed down to a ridiculous degree and I mean EVERYTHING. The combat was reduced to a two button system with one button used for one power and another button was used for a second power without strategic need or consideration leaving no value to switching up powers for different situations nor any practical need to. The world was simplified and restrictive giving literal stoplight color coded level progression with Green being safe, yellow being not so safe, and red being the fun zone where all the action really heats up and had no way to influence the world like you could in the original that actually changed as the game progressed... almost as if your actions as a player were actually influencing the progression of the game. And the story... I F*CKING HATED THE STUPID STORY WITH AN ABSOLUTE PASSION!!! All the secrets, intrigue, tragedy, and complexity created from the first game was thrown into the garbage compactor in favor of a simple child friendly revenge story against the PROTAGONIST FROM THE FIRST GAME! They don't even explain WHY Mercer is the bad guy in this game save for a comic practically published in secret that I never knew existed and from what I heard was a stupid explanation on that front too! All in all it's a game that you need to turn off your brain and leave the plot at the door to die in the street to enjoy... and to me, while makes a tasty treat, a good and balanced meal it does not make.
![The Entire [Prototype] Story EXPLAINED!](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/b2U7q_8VURw/mqdefault.jpg)
Prototype 2 was the first game I ever 100%'d. I really miss coming home from a day of chilling with my friends at collage, and ripping some blackwatch soldiers into pieces whilst banging out to my playlist.
Nice one mate! I know exactly what you mean there because I used to do the same thing, I never 100% the original release unfortunately so it felt great to come back and do it now
Same bro it's my first platinum and one of my all time favorites
me too lol
It's such a fun game to just go on a sort of doom frenzy
I literally have on more trophy left "Master Prototype" and I just finished it but I'm not getting my platinum. Must I do all the side missions and collectibles again?
James Heller was a fucking beast even without powers. Dude took on a hunter with just a knife? Holy shit.
Both Prototype games were so much fun
Thanks for covering it, hope you enjoyed it as much as I have. A pity after a decade there would probably never be a Prototype 3, but hey, hopefully some producer makes it happen, so long as it retains the same core features and no micro-transactions.
I just recently got this platinum last month. It was a lot of fun. The gameplay felt smooth and improved upon, Heller had some funny dialogues here and there, and the platinum was much easier to obtain. Great job with this one, man.
Nice job mate! Any plans on doing the first if you haven’t already? Gameplay was definitely improved upon. There was a couple of times like with the targeting where it was a bit janky and wouldn’t actually switch to who I wanted it to switch to but apart from that it was great. Thank you as well man!
I feel like the first game was really more of a chore to platinum but the second was definitely a lot more fun with the second one platinuming that felt like platinuming spiderman (2018) and miles morales
@@jordanvr1716 Yeah, the first game is definitely a grind. Out of all the attempts for platinum trophies that I've done, this definitely ranks as one of the hardest.
Honestly always enjoyed Prototype 2 over 1 mainly all the like small details in that game & how fights actually would leave an area actually looking like a Warzone. I think my favorite detail was just watching the infected in the green zone since if they aren't accosted by the military or you they have some awesome idle ai things like if they kill a civilian they will fight over that person's corpse & rip them apart & drag the parts away. The devs really enjoyed making this game & it's a shame it was their last game.
Activision fucked radical entertainment sideways and then killed their company, but that aside I really love both of these games and if by the grace of God they come back with a third sequel I hope to God radical entertainment is behind it without Activision breathing over their shoulders with a sniper.
^ This game never gets old, love replaying it👏🏼
10:05 the funniest part of the game 😆
Liking the video 30 seconds in because I know it'll be amazing
Appreciate the support my man! Hopefully you enjoyed!
Why it took you so long?
Did it before the video even loaded.
Hell yeah! Loved your Prototype video and so glad you played the (much less stressful) sequel!
A couple of years ago I got hold of a fully unlocked version of this game which allowed me to not only play through the game like everyone else but also to engage with all the RADNET content (for free) as well. A player's access to that was terminated when the servers were shut down. OMG what an awesome array of wonderful abilities available in that part of the game. The crazy and extremely entertaining shit you can do, on top of what you already could, is so much fun. Probably the worst thing to ever happen to this game was refusing players permanent access to the RADNET section.
This game and even the 1st were low key fantastic games. The 2nd one I found just pushed it even further. It really is a shame that we likely aren’t going to see a 3rd. Man if we did I’d take time off work to play it at launch!
I agree. The story wasn't good but it made up for that with very fun gameplay and traversal.
3:20 it's almost as if he described Greek Kratos in a way
Underrated gem and one of my fav childhood games
Just platinumed this game which took me 15 hours of in game time. Recommend getting this platinum, super fun
Hell yeah I already got the platinum trophy of this one. It's weird that the first one was a pain in the ass but the second one was easy
Nice job mate! It’s definitely one id recommend to get and Tell me about it, I’m not complaining but I did want a little bit more of a challenge
13:56 the music here is one of the best soundtracks in the game
This is one of the few games I've gotten Plat on several times. This one is probably the one I've Plat the most. I've been thinking about doing a "speed-run" of it, though I know I'm not gonna get any type of record bc I'll be on ng+ and easy mode 😅
It’s a great game so I can see why you’ve got it a few times! Nice job on that btw! Definitely go for the speedrun!
@@WatsonKHD I started tonight on a de-rusting run. I remember a lot but also forgot a lot 😂
@WatsonKHD Oh, are you interested in doing the Darksiders series? They're longer games but so awesome, their in my top 3 game series of all time!
Im reminded that it was indeed the only game I decided to play om the hardest difficulty I think it was Insane and it was easy when you found out that you can cheese most fights with The Hammerfist and the Whipfist. Still I played it on PC on Steam and for anyone wanting to play it, dont buy it from Steam if you come from Germany, because that cut version we got actually fucks up the game and you would have to skip the cutscenes to play it and pray it doesnt freeze when you go to another zone, there is a fix, but randomly it freezes and you dont see anything to then just go back to normal. But still. A blast from the past
This brings back memories man. The first game i ever platinumed on my first ever console
I think i absolutely agree with the sentiment that PT2's gameplay is superior to PT, but the story is *significantly* downgraded - especially since fans like me spent the entire time during pre-release news complaining about it and how we hoped it would get fixed during development.
Also feel annoyed that what feels like a big part of how you are supposed to grind out upgrades is locked behind online only functionality. Curious to see how you accomplish it, when I did it i basically had to purposely fail one mission over and over again because its the only one to guarantee spawns of certain enemies.
I agree with everything you said about Prototype 2 is great to look at and the powers and graphics and just everything technical in the game is a vast improvement but I feel like the writing changes were a little jarring, this feels a lot like Resident evil 5 and a little bit lke Sunset Overdrive
like the intrgue and mystery is lacking, feels comic bookish, I kinda miss the secrets and government espionage, dont get me wrong Heller is hilarious, I love his character but I would've liked more mystery.
Also did you think Alex Mercer ended up a little weak as a villain? Felt like he was all build up with nothing at the end.
You know what, that’s actually a pretty spot on comparison! Sunset Overdrive I absolutely adored.
Exactly that mate, GENTEK were originally just a company that studied the virus with the plan of eventually being able to weaponise it. But all of this was done in secret, that’s why so few people in Prototype 1 actually knew what happened there. And in terms of blackwatch, they we’re just a private military organisation brought in to stop the virus by any means necessary. They did a lot of bad things and obviously planned on completely wiping out manhattan, but even then, that was only to stop the virus and save the rest of humanity.
Both completely different in this game. Blackwatch release infected on civilians just to see what happens and even lock them up in cages and GENTEK actually take people off of the streets and then run their ‘tests’ on them.
And yeah I do agree, considering he is supposed to be the strongest infected that there is and technically the host of the virus seeing as he began the outbreak, I expected his boss fight to be Elizebeth green levels of hard
I got this platinum two days ago I love your content cuz you are exceptionally an impressive platinum trophy player.
I'm almost at the end of my second playthrough, but I am still missing two upgrades. They are in the Helicopter skill, which means I cannot get them from brawlers or juggernauts, only from Blackwatch soldiers. That skill was also blocked ("classified") until I reached the red zone in the story. I got one yesterday from a story mission guy, but resetting that mission did not work, he only had it one time. I spent 30 minutes flying round the red and green zone, but nothing popped up. I'm a bit desperate here, not going to do a third playthrough. Edit: I finally got them by replaying Blacknet missions that were inside a base. Platinum is waiting for me now :-).
Prototype is amazing, i WISH there was a third game like how inFAMOUS got Second Son and First light. Hope one day PROTOTYPE 3 becomes a reality
Very good video bro, watching from Brazil
I got all the achievements on my Xbox Series S, it was pretty cool.
Story may not be the best but playing this whilst listening to the playlist is always a blast.
The legend has blessed us
prototype 2 was my first platinum and kind of a butterfly effect for me lol, if I didn't platinum this game I wouldn't have platinumed 35 other games
W I bought these while on sale and one day I’ll get around to it, o even own the first on both ps3 and 4 so maybe I’ll do it twice 💀
This game was a massive improvement in pretty much every way from the first.
Except for the movement.
@@frado9194Prototype movement was top tier the only thing they remove from movement was that you can hold onto the wall if scaling up a building other than that it feel and look fluid
@@NOZZ_007 prototype 2 basically completely removed the parkour look to everything. Kinda ruined movement and the flow of it.
Except for, the story, including all the characters. Except for the defensive options being a Shield button that tries to act like a parry system and an invincible QTE dodge that only gets interrupted by what, 2 characters?
The super soldiers show up once or twice in the story and then never again. You know, the thing they perfected in the first game.
You have very limited devastators. You have a devastator meter which is separate from your Health Bar thus removing the risk/reward from critical mass or final hurrah from the adrenaline surge ability. The military is a complete joke. You become bulletproof. Can one shot helicopters and tanks.
Where does it improve? Visuals. Sound design (especially audio mixing). The hives being an actual hive and not a just a building you destroy. Bio bomb is good fun.
Except it wasn't. I actually prefer the gameplay of the first.
First game i ever platinumed one of my proudest moments growing up
I was the jumping that annoyed me. Everything else was fine.
Even the story? That was my biggest complaint. It got to the point that I just lowered the game audio and listened to my playlist. This game's biggest selling point is definitely the gameplay. The story is on par with Black Ops 3's Campaign. Train Go Boom!!!
"ENOUGH! Of your weird...fucking rambling... SHIT!" Absolutely the best line in all of videogames
Heller has some amazing dialogue 😂
I did it to 99%, i couldn't remember which team i was missing. It was one in the red zone tho. So i just gived up cause i couldn't figure out which zone the final team was in.
i adore the prototype games and spent so many hours in them. They have plenty of flaws and shortcomings, but you can tell that these games were a real labor of love and have a ton of heart and soul in them with the amount of detail and finesse they show.
Its a damn shame they were released in between Black Ops and BO3, Activision poured so much of their resources into COD zombies that the Prototype devs were shut down and sent to Treyarch for "not meeting expectations" when said expectations were to outsell CoD 4/5 and compare to BO1.
Somehow the first game performed well enough to get a sequel to Activision's dismay, but the third title would be permanently canned after Proto2 because of its "lack of multiplayer and possibility of post-launch content"
Screw the idea of Publishers. let dev teams make what they want.
I one thing I couldn't stand about this game was how it made Alex Mercer a completely unlikable character. You spend the entire 1st game rooting for him and now he is a complete piece of shit with no redeeming qualities.
Heller and keyboard looks like my grandfather and any device irl
they even kind enough to give you Alex skin after completing some challenges
The zombie skins as well for both Heller and Mercer look phenomenal
Dis is high quality content m8
Black watch kinda look like the characters from Resident evil operation racoon city
I completed all lair, black boxes, and field ops and I didn’t get a single one of the trophies but all my other trophies work any help?
Protype 2 was my first 1000g and platnuim its pretty easy, I started playing p1 then saw your video and gave up on the platnuim p2 hardest thing is hardest difficulty alex boss fight
I found the easiest way to get the Icarus trophy is to take a helicopter all the way up and bail out.
I liked the 'level up' animation Heller did, but on my latest playthrough, I went after all available collectables the second they were unlocked by the zone. So, it was a little weird seeing Heller going around collecting people's audio diaries, then going "hrrrAAAARRRRRGH!" like my dude, how is your body adapting to this?
Seriously with all the upgrades you have to play new game plus on insanity just to get a decent challenge, and even then the only real challenge is mercer himself
Can you do a Darksiders platinum too?
You should try to get the plat in XCOM 2 I feel that would be a fun challenge
This one is so much easier than the first game which I am currently working on
Good luck on the first one man, I feel your struggles with that game
Soooo now that you're done with Prototype maybe inFamous next?
To be fair I would love to go back and play some Infamous
One day my potato computer will probably be able to play prototype 1
Love this game we need a 3rd game
100% need a third, I’d even be happy with a prequel that takes place in Hope, Idaho
@@WatsonKHD a prequel oh that would be great
Can we see infamous next
next vid : Platinum all yakuza series
Even though prototype 2 is a pretty hot mess I played this more then the first because the powers were a blast and it was like a condensed experience...every time I play prototype 2 I 100% it its just fun 😊
Prototype 2 is more fun than the first one. Play it without hesitation.
Does it ever explain why mercer when from anti-hero to full on villian?
The virus probably got tired of pretending to be mercer. So just followed its natural instincts, albeit alot smarter then the normal infected.
The comics explain why but just to save u some time I'll explain for you since having to read a very obscure comic to understand a games plot is dumb AF anyways mercer basically travelled around the world to see if humanity has any hope and no matter what persona he took on the only thing he discovered was that people were terrible and then forth deemed human kind as unredeemable and so decides to infect new York with his version of the virus both giving him new powers and is the specific version of the virus Heller got his powers from all for the sake of a new world "without hunger or sickness or violence" it's a serious case of does the ends justify the means
This is the game that taught me not to give into hype. I followed this game a ton when it was in development. I loved the first one. The premise on paper seemed really cool.
Then I played the story, and my first reaction to Heller was awful. I did not enjoy his choice of words. Mercer was evil for no reason (unless you found out about the comics....). Heller is treated as being dumb. He rarely changes. He has two qualities. Anger and he loves his daughter.
I played the game on mute the second time. I played the game again on Intense difficulty with a minimum upgrade run. I only got stuck at the final boss because the game just refused to let him take damage.
Long story short. Gameplay is varied. Some of it is a great improvement. Some of it is a step backwards. The story is just....there. Even the side stuff, I found bland.
ino the story isn’t great neither is the characters but it’s was just so much fun, and I personally think playing as the ‘villain’ is slept on too much
I disliked Prototype 2 for how it messed with Alex Mercer, including all the other messy parts of the story.
But the gameplay and combat is very fun, there's that at least.
All achievements expect. 2
There were some parts of Prototype 2 I absolutely LOVED and some things I couldn't stand. Heller was so cringe and him cussing every 3 seconds was so forced and edgy
too bad there is no trophy for beating the game on insane
cap
I never really cared about Prototype 2, as a game anyway. Don't get me wrong, the gameplay in and of itself was fun but at the end of the day it was like baby's first monster protagonist story. Everything was dumbed down to a ridiculous degree and I mean EVERYTHING. The combat was reduced to a two button system with one button used for one power and another button was used for a second power without strategic need or consideration leaving no value to switching up powers for different situations nor any practical need to. The world was simplified and restrictive giving literal stoplight color coded level progression with Green being safe, yellow being not so safe, and red being the fun zone where all the action really heats up and had no way to influence the world like you could in the original that actually changed as the game progressed... almost as if your actions as a player were actually influencing the progression of the game.
And the story... I F*CKING HATED THE STUPID STORY WITH AN ABSOLUTE PASSION!!! All the secrets, intrigue, tragedy, and complexity created from the first game was thrown into the garbage compactor in favor of a simple child friendly revenge story against the PROTAGONIST FROM THE FIRST GAME! They don't even explain WHY Mercer is the bad guy in this game save for a comic practically published in secret that I never knew existed and from what I heard was a stupid explanation on that front too!
All in all it's a game that you need to turn off your brain and leave the plot at the door to die in the street to enjoy... and to me, while makes a tasty treat, a good and balanced meal it does not make.
Heavily disagree their mate the alex mercer boss fight sucks