Prototype 2: Meet the Murderers
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Heller and Mercer have bad attitudes for you to enjoy.
In just a few months, Prototype 2 will be upon us and we'll all be running through New York City tearing pedestrians apart with arm blades and disgusting tendril moves. When that happens, you're not going to have time to sit down and ponder how the cast of this title let their world get into this sickening state. So, Activision and Radical Entertainment are sharing bios, screenshots and concept art with IGN now.
Let's meet the murders...
Alex Mercer
Alex Mercer was a brilliant scientist who worked for Gentek prior to the initial Blacklight viral outbreak in NYC. He worked directly on the Blacklight virus, increasing its deadliness by 1000%. When news-leaks threatened the security of their work, Blackwatch closed the Blacklight project and ordered the entire staff killed. Mercer stole a sample of the virus and escaped but was later cornered at Penn Station in NYC. Rather than surrender, Mercer smashed the vial. The Blackwatch soldiers gunned him down and he was pronounced dead.
Mercer's body was infected with the stolen virus and was soon reanimated, albeit with complete amnesia. The Blacklight virus granted him super human abilities. He worked to discover his past and later saved the city by defeating Elizabeth Green and foiling Blackwatch's attempt to nuke the city and its citizens. Afterwards, he left NYC and observed humanity, pondering his own status amongst them.
Alex Mercer is an anti-hero both in deed and personality. Mercer's motivations and plans are utterly personal, and rarely take any human cost into account. Even throughout the initial outbreak event, Mercer killed and consumed innocent people without remorse. His attitude is grim and impatient. He's never shown any significant affection for anyone except: his sister, Dana; and his one-time girlfriend, Karen Parker (whom he later killed for betraying him to Blackwatch).
In short, Alex Mercer does not make friends easily and his goals for both Sgt james Heller and the human race remain shrouded in mystery.
-Activision
James Heller
Sgt. James Heller was a US military soldier who lived in NYZ during the first Blacklight viral outbreak and was stationed in the Middle East during the second outbreak. His wife, Colette, and daughter, Maya, were caught in the initial outbreak and killed. Since Blackwatch was claiming that Alex Mercer caused the outbreak, Heller signed up for a patrol in the infected Red Zone, hoping for a chance to murder Mercer and avenge his beloved family.
Heller has military training. Before he lost his family, Heller had a joyful life. His relationships with Colette and Amaya were close and loving. When they were killed, Heller was a man transformed: he grew grim, rude, and impatient — a dark mirror of his earlier personality. Even so, he is kinder and more sympathetic than Alex Mercer: . Even so, Heller's goals rarely or even convincingly exceed his own personal desires.
At the beginning of Prototype 2, Heller eventually confronts Mercer in the plagued Red Zone and tries to ? him, naturally without success. Mercer, impressed with Heller's bravery and fortitude, infects Heller with the virus for reasons yet to be understood. The ultimate fate of humanity is now desperately hanging in the balance…
-Activision
In just a few months, Prototype 2 will be upon us and we'll all be running through New York City tearing pedestrians apart with arm blades and disgusting tendril moves. When that happens, you're not going to have time to sit down and ponder how the cast of this title let their world get into this sickening state. So, Activision and Radical Entertainment are sharing bios, screenshots and concept art with IGN now.
Let's meet the murders...
Alex Mercer
Alex Mercer was a brilliant scientist who worked for Gentek prior to the initial Blacklight viral outbreak in NYC. He worked directly on the Blacklight virus, increasing its deadliness by 1000%. When news-leaks threatened the security of their work, Blackwatch closed the Blacklight project and ordered the entire staff killed. Mercer stole a sample of the virus and escaped but was later cornered at Penn Station in NYC. Rather than surrender, Mercer smashed the vial. The Blackwatch soldiers gunned him down and he was pronounced dead.
Mercer's body was infected with the stolen virus and was soon reanimated, albeit with complete amnesia. The Blacklight virus granted him super human abilities. He worked to discover his past and later saved the city by defeating Elizabeth Green and foiling Blackwatch's attempt to nuke the city and its citizens. Afterwards, he left NYC and observed humanity, pondering his own status amongst them.
In short, Alex Mercer does not make friends easily and his goals for both Sgt james Heller and the human race remain shrouded in mystery.
-Activision
James Heller
Sgt. James Heller was a US military soldier who lived in NYZ during the first Blacklight viral outbreak and was stationed in the Middle East during the second outbreak. His wife, Colette, and daughter, Maya, were caught in the initial outbreak and killed. Since Blackwatch was claiming that Alex Mercer caused the outbreak, Heller signed up for a patrol in the infected Red Zone, hoping for a chance to murder Mercer and avenge his beloved family.
Heller has military training. Before he lost his family, Heller had a joyful life. His relationships with Colette and Amaya were close and loving. When they were killed, Heller was a man transformed: he grew grim, rude, and impatient — a dark mirror of his earlier personality. Even so, he is kinder and more sympathetic than Alex Mercer: . Even so, Heller's goals rarely or even convincingly exceed his own personal desires.
At the beginning of Prototype 2, Heller eventually confronts Mercer in the plagued Red Zone and tries to ? him, naturally without success. Mercer, impressed with Heller's bravery and fortitude, infects Heller with the virus for reasons yet to be understood. The ultimate fate of humanity is now desperately hanging in the balance…
-Activision
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and they have been getting ? on for it too...
I can't wait, it's one of the few games where you actually feel like a bad ass... unlike infamous...
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GoodSiqMoney wrote: »articles or user comments?
lol probably both
i say if you can get an open homosexual to be Master Chief, you can get a black guy to star in your game.
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