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[@The-Game-Merchant]

It's a freaking crime that both of these franchises aren't supported anymore. They are some of the most fun and unique sandbox games ever and they were just left to die for no reason

[@NARUTO-lz1kq]

I mean what could they have with Second Son?? I agree though, Prototype was a cool series and I enjoyed playing it through somewhat,

[@LONEWOLFM4]

No it's good they didn't support them no more and not run them into the ground and corrupted by microtransaction and just burned out.

[@garethhughes7430]

At the very least - Use the idea behind Prototype to make a Venom game.

[@shadowgear7032]

​@@NARUTO-lz1kqI did like second son so I would like a sequel to it lol

[@Exceed492]

​@@shadowgear7032 Same here.

[@starringtoy935]

This fight feels like an edgy 2000s superhero flick complete with the villain goading the hero to join them.

[@h0m3st4r]

I think that's the idea.

[@Drocksas]

And it's all the better for it!

[@toob_noob4381]

Is 2009 close enough? Though development for both games probably started around 2005

[@sharavy6851]

​​@@toob_noob4381Well, 2009 is still the 2000s

[@toob_noob4381]

@@sharavy6851 sorry thought you said early 2000's. It says edgy. My bad

[@mongooseunleashed]

"No, see powers don't kill people. Oh no, its the person behind the powers that kills people." - Cole MacGrath

[@KingShalamar]

I just beat infamous 2 again recently with the evil ending, plus having the reaper skin on Cole, it made that line hit with a much darker meaning

[@GlobalOutcast]

​@@KingShalamarhow do you change skins on infamous 2, I remember it as a kid but I totally forgot how to do it

[@Seikyuu]

@@GlobalOutcast Somewhere in settings after you've bought it

[@Seikyuu]

Casually ignores all the times I stepped in a puddle and stopped random civilian's hearts on complete accident. >.>

[@maxsotomayor3674]

TRUTH! I agree.

[@wisdomcube3.019]

Alex: "You can't beat me, Cole. I am a god!" Cole: "You're not a god, you're a parasite!"

[@peterstoric6560]

Is that a Dr who reference?

[@wisdomcube3.019]

@@peterstoric6560 Is it? I don't think so.

[@peterstoric6560]

@@wisdomcube3.019 it’s a hell of a coincidence then. The line, “You’re not a god, your just a parasite” is right out of an episode of Dr who

[@Sean-Johnson]

Is it a Venom reference?

[@wisdomcube3.019]

@@Sean-Johnson it's a Doctor Who reference.

[@zinoxechill]

Alex and Cole are literally the definition of "Either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become a villain"

[@gamerheart8148]

Mostly Alex.

[@robrockstar9648]

Honestly if Cole were a comic book hero Alex would probably be one of his best villains. They thematically similar they both have potential ways to win a fight against one another and if we use good cole we have get an interesting philosophic contrast as well. Plus Alex’s powers give him a good excuse to come back repeatedly which is great for mainstay villain

[@Rage_Blocks]

​@@robrockstar9648I'd read that.

[@triple-d2640]

You just gave a good idea for an Infamous 3@@robrockstar9648

[@taraungoogle8482]

Anti-Hero vs Anti-Villain

[@briankao6833]

"The world isn't perfect, but it's a lot better without you in it". God that line is badass

[@Lee-Tea]

Indeed it was, narratively too!

[@TComms05]

It suits Cole perfectly tbh. Badass line and superhero.

[@kin4386]

It genuinely feels like it's something Cole would say, as well. It's very in character.

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

The proper response to any politician

[@nightmare5510]

@@kin4386 my favorite is “the only vermin I see here is you”

[@joeblogg2957]

Ok ngl it took me 2 rewatches to appreciate the “script-wrote-in-2013” joke, all the outdated videogame references, Boomstick ex-wife jokes and hearing Wiz say “Lets end this debate once and for all” brought back so many memories 😭🥺 I love Death Battle

[@idkibk7]

Wiz also brought back the “That’s right boomstick” line

[@misteraskman3668]

OMG I just noticed the "Lets wnd this debate". I wonder why they didn't do this battle back then.

[@imthetube44]

@@misteraskman3668 I guess Technology wasn’t there to re-create it the way they did in this animation.

[@DLxxx]

I didn't even realize Wiz stopped using that "let's end this debate" line. Wonder why? 🤔

[@Evasiv]

@@DLxxx yeah its weird, i thought it was always there

[@jw-py9nw]

This is a pretty sick battle honestly, it felt like a classic superhero movie battle

[@tandemzero3274]

It is it’s basically Electro against Carnage if their on steroids

[@rodrickheffley4830]

That’s a perfect way of phrasing it.

[@dragonman2168]

​@tandemzero3274 Speaking of which, how do you think Cole would fare agsinst Electro in a fight?

[@rinvalentine7108]

​​@@dragonman2168he would smoke standard electro im ngl

[@dragonman2168]

@@rinvalentine7108 And why do you say that? Just out of curiosity.

[@FranklinTurtz]

I really miss this era of gaming. The era of full, complete, badass and fun games with no microtransactions 😢

[@nerdofgames1608]

So do I!

[@KorgCrimson]

When gamers werent satisfied with just waiting for the update 🙄

[@garybrown2039]

Well, unfortunately, consumers need to learn to stop shoveling money into it. Otherwise, companies like EA will keep on doing it. They are literally getting rewarded for doing something that we hate.

[@LumpKingDLO]

I’m confused by your comment? These are both single player games, do of course they have no micro transactions. There is still single player games like that today such as god of war or Spider-Man you can play start to finish no micro transactions needed. I think you’ve just been playing the wrong games bruh

[@oldcowbb]

@@LumpKingDLOit's just another generic "good ol day" comment

[@rolingk267]

I waited 9 years for this Death Battle. Totally worth it.

[@tizzianopenaloza3003]

Same

[@SeiyaTempest]

I'm glad you think so.

[@manny251000]

WE waited 9 years for this Deathbattle

[@DavisCentis]

Wake me up when they do Warhammer 40k one day :P

[@thedraftingax5963]

Me too

[@SirGrimly]

"If you won't give me your power, then I'll just take it." "Good idea." *It was at this moment that Alex realized... he fucked up*

[@GreatpowercomesGreatResponsibi]

That line was bad@ss but not technically accurate. Since Cole can't take powers from bio leech. Just bio electricity from the person. Then again bio electricity does power the body so technically it is taking his "power". So maybe it does work.

[@SirGrimly]

@@GreatpowercomesGreatResponsibi You are looking way too much into that line mate.

[@leonardorolingstella8554]

If only Alex kept his mouth shut he might’ve not given Cole any ideas

[@NostalgicOccultist]

@@leonardorolingstella8554 If he hasn't given him the idea Cole probably just would have vaporized him with a nuke level lightning bolt while simultaneously fully healing himself, it's honestly almost a mismatch

[@thedrifter5531]

i mean wouldn't that technically mean cole kinda infected himself? meaning over time alex could just come back

[@Razzrazz90]

If they had a TV show, Alex would be a perfect main villain for Cole. He comes off crazy overpowered and evil, but he can die repeatedly and come back for another episode whenever Cole beats him. All the while, he's trying to get Cole to join the evil side, which is actually possible considering Evil Cole is a potential future

[@motherfuckingenterprises7436]

Hold up! Let him cook!

[@Broomer52]

The fact Alex is a literal parasite who can survive if even a scrap of him survives does so much. Because a small chunk of flesh that gets eaten by a bug or a desperate animal will start it all over again.

[@sirkeven100]

DON'T GET ME HYPED UP FOR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN GOD DAMMIT!!!

[@yuriboobz]

Idk why since its such a minor thing, but Wiz saying "Lets end this debate once and for all" instead of "We've run the data through all possibilities" made me feel really nostalgic

[@devenacomet]

Same here

[@samster101229]

Like Boomstick said, 2013 script

[@Hateful_Rex]

it still a debate lol

[@TheSuperSmashBros01]

Yeah me too. Haven’t heard Wiz say that since Thanos VS Darkseid. That put a smile on my face.

[@nathanblevins9870]

It nice to see death battle going back to their old roots

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

Alex: Fought an opponent with similar abilities and lost Cole: Fought the superior version of himself and won

[@suntheimmortal7984]

Well, neither characters really have a continuation to their stories, but there IS reason to believe Alex let himself be consumed.

[@coreyclark20]

This is cap it is common knowledge that prototype writers for the second game drop the ball on Alex Murphy's character just to get a cash grab for a black guy as the main character they bitched Alex out in this match Alex can summon hordes of zombie infected giant kiju why he chose not to me even though he chose to use them on James Heller is ridiculous cuz if they were in a death battle I would use the last fight with James where Alex Mercer through everything I was the super intelligent virus and had already absorbed countless other intelligent people I would have worn down this individual with the growing army of my infected avenue and then when his defenses were at his lowest send one or two of my evolve generals to try and absorbed him then if that successful worked absorbed his power from them or if that failed keep sending down zombie and then go in my self 😭 it's like you writers don't know how to consciously use this character powers if you were to say that col could absorb bio electric energy from his hords of zombie I would go to say when u killed any character in game you could not absorb them but when there alive or on the verge of death hoe about in stead of picking a script out the trash we scale these characters right 👍👍👍😅

[@KingMasq]

@@coreyclark20you lost me at "cash grab for a black guy" it is NOT that deep 💀

[@gourley_85]

​@@KingMasqyeah same

[@headshotmaster138]

​@@KingMasq cry about it.

[@swaglevi4315]

I wonder what the movie that cole had after he defeated alex was like: Probably something like: "I don't know what i expected, this "mercer" guy wasn't like any conduit i've ever faced before. The guy was nuts. But the thing about any of these crazed bastards is this: I will always do what it takes to protect my loved ones."

[@sonokawaray]

Or to imagine the evil Cole version: "Thought after the First Sons, after Bertrand, after the Beast, that I'd seen the worst Conduits this world had to offer. But this Mercer guy was on a whole other level. How many freaks as powerful as him are still kicking around? Doesn't matter. Whatever hole they're spawning from, I'll teach them to stay there. This world is mine."

[@swaglevi4315]

I love your version alot my guy@@sonokawaray

[@xxprototypexx5056]

Alex should have won here though, DB lazing as always.

[@swaglevi4315]

I don't think that this comment was a "Who should have won comment", However I respect you opinion anyways. and I hope you have a nice day. @@xxprototypexx5056

[@xxprototypexx5056]

@@swaglevi4315 have a nice day

[@Mike-vz6xg]

InFamous and Prototype are now truly unforgettable

[@Diainvcgtslover]

Hopefully they return 🙏😔

[@x-rex7236]

Mercer for Mortal Kombat?

[@craigharvey-gurr337]

Now I’m hoping Infamous and Prototype get remakes someday.

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

now that wold be a real winner. Prototype with AAA graphics and smoother gameplay would be insane. Especially in this age of oversaturated goodguy superhero games

[@Gigas0101]

Infamous and Prototype remakes, released as a bundle, with a team-up sequel.

[@JBReaperZ123]

been hoping since the ps4

[@Scc2463]

Throw the darkness onto that pile another gem from that era that deserves another game

[@weatherboy0149]

I still want a legitimate inFamous 3. Second son was a letdown

[@BobThePenguin.]

Always love when they're able to make a situation where the characters would actually fight

[@BlaxkSun]

I mean this one is pretty simple seeing one is a hero and the others a villain.

[@kevindolan9]

This is definitely top 5 I’d say number 1 goes to dovahkin vs chosen undead given the reasons both of them fought was to complete their quest and save the day for everyone they’re sworn to protect.

[@AuraBoiii]

To be fair, I’d also have the urge to fight against an edgy hedgehog that cut me off with his motorcycle or if the King of the seven seas splashed me by accident

[@umbralowl]

@@kevindolan9 What are the other top 5's?

[@xephenatsu5009]

​​@@BlaxkSunI'll just let you know that recently it's usually been the guy preventing the villain from causing damage or killing everyone that loses from the past few death battles (chosen undead failed to protect the first flame, making dragonborn end all existing life including itself/black adam had to watch apocalypse destroy his kingdom before dying, discord died but at least saved ponyville from bill's wrath, etc.) So yeah seeing cole successfully protecting the city from alex is clearly a bit new for me

[@8cutstrings]

Just love how this fight was like 2000's boss fight for Cole with Alex going through his different stages. And when Alex tried infecting Cole, I could just hear the sound of mashing the X button to resist (or whatever it was for your gaming experience)

[@tigergamer998]

Great. now I want to see a death battle edit with Quick time Event prompts throughout the fight

[@heinrichze-france4089]

​@tigergamer998 If Kratos vs Asura gets made, this totally should be in it!

[@you1027]

Completing the absurd arc for regaining your powers in Prototype 1 was hands down one of the most satisfying experiences in all of gaming.

[@brandonwashington604]

You never regained your powers

[@xxprototypexx5056]

@@brandonwashington604 umm, yes he did, lol

[@brandonwashington604]

@@xxprototypexx5056 no he didn’t if you mean at the beginning that was in the future and then they went to to past up till that point

[@darthkaliath4014]

@@brandonwashington604 i think he means the parasite part where alex got injected with another virus digging through his body and losing his powers, and then injecting a hunter with a serum and consuming him, as a result killing the parasite and getting that sween blade and armor

[@brandonwashington604]

@@darthkaliath4014 oh well bro needs to specify

[@kmdgaming6039]

I love how Cole's finishing move was one of his simplest, most lethal moves he can have. A Bioelectric Drain/ Thunder Drop combo.

[@saragenren6139]

I honestly thought it was Ionic Drain from (i wanna say) the second game, where its an ultimate, though maybe not since he had ice powers, so he was good karma

[@trankia1224]

​@@saragenren6139 the power you choose isn't tied to begin good or evil, it helps in those areas, but you can be evil with ice powers and vice versa.

[@yureiotakughost9464]

​@@trankia1224I remember you could only be a certain amount of evil before you cant use ice though. Like max either locks the other route. Because I had an all fire set but when I beat the game it locked me out of fire because I went pure good. And beating either game caps out your karma. Also Nightmare grenade is op.

[@trankia1224]

@@yureiotakughost9464 I think you were playing a different game than me, infamous 1&2 didn't have fire powers.

[@josephtaylor-kennedy1420]

I don't recall fire powers...but if you beat the game twice (good once, evil once) you will actually unlock the use of all powers. Cole is simply OP.

[@TrustyGun2]

when cole said "i may be infamous but you are just a prototype compared to me" 🔥🔥🔥

[@cantthinkofausername5848]

Peak fiction

[@gachagamer536]

✍️ 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@11thDC]

Then he said "It's Coleing time" and that was just so hype

[@bronsolo6941]

Ok I just watched it twice and I didn't hear anything resembling that

[@septimusheap925]

Bars

[@Silverwind87]

I just realized this this matchup is essentially an edgier version of Spider-Man vs Venom.

[@jonathanjuarez5544]

More akin to edgier Spiderman with electric powers vs less homicidally insane Carnage.

[@ICTON123]

@@jonathanjuarez5544 ᴱˡᵉᶜᵗʳᵒ ᵛˢ ᶜᵃʳⁿᵃᵍᵉ

[@christopherearth9714]

So... Miles vs Venom?

[@revlismorningstar825]

​@@christopherearth9714more like electro vs carnage

[@spinozilla2421]

Or cell vs gohan, Alex has crazy regen and abilities, and Cole got that raw power to vaporize him

[@daltonthornton5546]

Now I’m imagining an alternate plot line of infamous 2 where instead of the beast tearing through the United States it’s alex Mercer instead

[@daltonthornton5546]

Which could imply James heller failed to stop Alex leading to a black light virus infested apocalyptic earth where Kessler leads a resistance to try and fail to stop Alex leaving Kessler who having no clue as to Alex’s origins resorted to the next best thing and that is using his conduit powers to go back in time and both strengthening his younger self cole and warning him of the beast that would bring the end of world known as alex mercer

[@animefan77]

While both ultimately died- Cole let himself die for the greater good while Alex was put down for the greater good.

[@ChrisHillASMR]

turning everyone back into wage slaves is a sociopathic k ! ke mentality

[@jaredfrancis5062]

"Put Down" something people tend to forget but by the start of Prtotype Alex is dead. The player character is the blacklight virus. Not only that but the viruses ability to regenerate from the smallest amount of material means it very well could have survived the final fight of prototype 2. The ending of the first and second game are contradictory which has led to theories that James didn't actually kill "Alex Mercer" . Not only that the lore insinuates the only real match for him would be Pariah, the child of Elizabeth Green and a naturally occurring Black Light Virus

[@socialaccount0000]

What I find interesting about Alex is that in the end, he welcomed his death. He was alone at the top of the food chain, the only of his kind. He tried to make others like him, but they were pale imitations, better than humans, but worse than him. Yet, when Heller had Alex at his mercy, he realized he *did* succeed in making someone like him. Better yet, someone *better* than him. Unlike Alex, who had no reason to maintain his humanity, Heller still did. "Welcome to top of the food chain" isn't meant to be rude, or even a compliment, it's a warning. Heller is going to be alone, like Alex was. He can try to fill that void with family and friends like Alex tried to, but even if Heller's family accepts him, he will likely outlive his own children and likely even grandchildren. He is at the top, and Alex could not be de-throned until something stronger came along. The same will likely happen to Heller. (Or would've if Prototype wasn't cancelled...)

[@filipvadas7602]

To be fair, its been a long standing fan theory that either Alex isn't really dead or he wanted Heller to kill him (basically suicide the long way around).

[@FOXCYBORGNINJA]

Cole might not even be dead too. His corpse got struck by lightning at the end hinting his corpse was brought back to life.

[@jayb234]

Cole can also recharge directly from a thunder storm. He’s done it before in the mission “The Storm” where he was literally calling down lightning from the sky to recharge himself.

[@jonathanjoestarwithpluck4930]

God that mission was so sick. Hearing that one iceman calling out “he’s drawing energy from the storm!” and then them bringing everything they have in to desperately stop you was so cool. It really felt like you were top dog among the conduits bringing down a reckoning. Damn I miss Cole : (

[@jayb234]

@@jonathanjoestarwithpluck4930 Yes!! That’s was one of the best parts of it. Out of all 3 games that one mission is my favorite of all time. Same here man. I liked Cole a bit more than Delsin. It would be nice if we got another game featuring Cole but we can only hope.

[@dizzyheads]

@@jayb234 Yeah but sadly they followed the player's first choices for making sequels and people chose Hero rather than Infamous

[@Shadow-479]

I always did both the hero and infamous playthroughs in infamous

[@jayb234]

@@Shadow-479 same here. I always played good first and then wreaked havoc after on another save.

[@ShaughanMcClintock1]

This is legit one of the best death battles I've personally ever seen!

[@KrizG]

Love the infamous 2 references, the finishing animation, the model of the helicopter that shoots at you, the tornado, the ice blast and the storm, it's very well done, I love this battle.

[@A-literal-insect]

"this world may not be perfect, but it sure as hell better without you" - Cole MacGrath I may have misheard it a little but it is still the same

[@TComms05]

No, you got it, and honestly, that line suits him well. He would still commit to being a hero after so much crap he's been through. Unless, of course, he's the evil version lol.

[@hammerite6418]

@@TComms05even evil Cole had good intentions no one was sure that the rfi would work and he was saving as many people as he could

[@TComms05]

@@hammerite6418 That is true. John White even convinced Cole that they could save many conduits with his method, which opened the door to another alternative. So it really came down to what was the best option for Cole to take. This makes Infamous 2 an awesome game!

[@Kira22558]

​@@TComms05mercer=Cole without morals.

[@pedrocampos691]

Scene 1.

[@karvenman]

No matter who wins, I think we can all agree that Alex Mercer got that drip

[@DuffyDevil]

Yeah, i honestly want that jacket he wears in real life

[@dragomegaman3711]

​@@DuffyDevilSaaaame

[@taaappp]

Facts

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Emo vs Grunge be like

[@jamespage9399]

There are some TRULY sick cosplays of Mercer and Heller out there. As in, at a convention they would get high-fives and picture requests, outside they would get screams and police called.

[@wackywinston1777]

Think Cole deals with villains with more varied powers while Alex really only dealt with people with similar powers to himself so Cole has more Improv skills. Also would assume the Ice powers would slow down Alex's regen powers since he'd be suffering from a bit of Frostbite on top of the electrical burns. Played both franchises and definitely think Cole takes the win.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

Lol, no he doesn't. He's fought giants and beings with energy manipulation such as Elizabeth.

[@blackpaisley5156]

​@@xxprototypexx5056 Bro out here lying

[@xxprototypexx5056]

@@blackpaisley5156 no Greene really does have energy manipulation. The orbs and shockwave she sends out is stated in the prima guide to be energy.

[@NepalAversion]

@@blackpaisley5156he got you there

[@saotheaxu6914]

As a Prototype fan. I accept the defeat. I was in intense who will win. I love cole too but love alex more than him but yet this defeat was honourable. Fights between 2 legendaries was magnificent. I hope and wish prototype and infamous revive again in future ❤

[@Access.Denied]

Same. 👌

[@frenchfriedbagel7035]

Alex should’ve won. They BS logiced their way into Cole winning.

[@saotheaxu6914]

@@frenchfriedbagel7035 Kinda true. The way possibilities Alex have , Cole dont have that much. Alex could gain new stuff from infamous world street enemies after consuming 💪. Alex is an evolve type the more unique species and entities he consume the more he will gain new powers , abilities, skills and mind .

[@frenchfriedbagel7035]

@@saotheaxu6914 literally the second Alex stabbed Cole it should’ve been over. I was expecting that final shot to be Cole collapsing in pain as the Blacklighr virus overtook him and transformed him into Alex. Because Alex literally only needs to infect 1 of Coles cells in order to win.

[@saotheaxu6914]

@@frenchfriedbagel7035 Indeed and they didn't let Alex use his full potential. Like where is the minions. Also some abilities he didn't used.

[@socialaccount0000]

What I find interesting about Alex is that in the end, he welcomed his death. He was alone at the top of the food chain, the only of his kind. He tried to make others like him, but they were pale imitations, better than humans, but worse than him. Yet, when Heller had Alex at his mercy, he realized he *did* succeed in making someone like him. Better yet, someone *better* than him. Unlike Alex, who had no reason to maintain his humanity, Heller still did. If Alex was the Prototype, Heller was the finished product. "Welcome to top of the food chain" isn't meant to be rude, or even a compliment, it's a warning. Heller is going to be alone, like Alex was. He can try to fill that void with family and friends like Alex tried to, but even if Heller's family accepts him, he will likely outlive his own children and likely even grandchildren. He is at the top, and Alex could not be de-throned until something stronger came along. The same will likely happen to Heller. (Or would've if Prototype wasn't cancelled...)

[@kinjorex101]

Mate, you may be cooking. If a hypothetical Prototype 3 were ever made, I think an interesting premise could involve an older but overtly un-aged James Heller having outlived everyone he ever loved and falling into despair, ultimately becoming a villain he initially despised. And the new protagonist viewing him as Heller did Mercer, but this time attempting to reinstate his lost humanity, desperately attempting to break the cycle of the Blacklight virus' influence. Heck, maybe even have a projection of Mercer haunting James, telling him the life of anguish inevitable and convincing him to fall into further depravity. Of course, Activision probably isn't gonna touch the franchise ever again, but I'd still love to imagine.

[@real_reZmi]

I'm partial to the theory that, since Alex is the blacklight virus, he actually makes all the other infected to create a genetic algorithm scenario. A genetic algorithm in AI is where the ai makes a bunch of slightly different copies, makes them compete at a task, and then chooses the best one. Alex makes a bunch of infected, and since whoever wins will have to absorb the others, he will ultimately still win. His consciousness and memories exist within Heller and they merge into one being. The blacklight virus still wins.

[@e.j5813]

Is just game bro chill

[@idolfr]

@@kinjorex101 you motherfuckers are cookin uppppppp

[@lootrat6988]

@@e.j5813is just idea bro chill

[@voltage6338]

15:18 The delivery of that badass line, straight-up roasting his edgy foe while rejecting his offer, followed up by the siphon of electricity, the camera moving down from the tower, the brief violin note followed by the vocals, then the two preparing for an up close fight. This moment, this fight, is so epic.

[@nathanblevins9870]

Plus the music and the animation make this even more epic!

[@jasonrock4428]

So true does anyone know the song playing in the fight it was sick I want it in my play list

[@TheRedMage01]

@@jasonrock4428 [inHuman] by Brandon Yates

[@jasonrock4428]

@@innonimate- thanks man that is some awesome music

[@aquakirbo]

​whats the music?

[@364dragonrider]

Another advantage that Cole has Over Alex: Alex’s healing factor needs fuel too, he has to absorb biomass to reconstitute himself. Since death battle is 1-on-1 fights, this means that for Alex to properly heal himself when his biomass reserves got low, he would only be able to try and absorb cole, which is not a good idea since it requires him to touch the dude who’s a walking taser. By contrast cole just needs to absorb electricity to heal, something that can be found in abundance in a modern city even with death battle’s 1-on-1 rule.

[@iancomtois9832]

To be fair, they let Raiden eat cyborg cores to heal when he fought Wolverine. But in the situation given, where the two are mostly throwing each other over and through buildings without spending much time in any given place, it doesn't matter how many people are down in the streets

[@davidjohnson4171]

Not true, one of the upgrades in P2 allows Heller to regen his health up to 100% without need to consume, and I'm pretty sure the health regen upgrades in P1 allow Mercer to do the same, or at least, are supposed to but are improperly coded.

[@_Tzer]

A bird lets him survive a nuke. Enough ants or cockroaches could bring him back.

[@364dragonrider]

@@_Tzer and a bit of an electric charge lets cole heal from the beast, basically armageddon on legs that destroyed an entire city in an explosion far larger.

[@_Tzer]

@@364dragonrider infinite fight. Unless long game in which caser mercer has advantage due to him potentially being able to absorb conduits. And know how their powers work straight away due to memory absorbption.

[@TigerMan-og5bs]

Even if we assume that Cole’s force field doesn’t literally convert matter into energy, since that has never been proven to actually be possible, at the very least it can be reasonably assumed that it disassembles matter to the atomic level since the Ray Field and the Beast can do the same thing. This would involve breaking both intermolecular and intramolecular chemical bonds, allowing Cole to absorb the chemical energy released as a result of the bond breakage and become even stronger. Meanwhile, since Alex can only regenerate from molecular DNA, he would be completely unable to regenerate from the disassembled atoms. I find it funny that one of Cole’s defensive abilities alone could instantly nullify Alex’s healing factor and kill him.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

Expect it couldn't, since he no longer has that ability, needing to replace it with an ice version that doesn't convert anything into energy at all.

[@skeety7883]

⁠​⁠@@xxprototypexx5056 Which doesn’t matter because he’s still powerful enough to do it and nothing suggests he doesn’t know how to do it as he literally relearned his powers and more.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

@skeety7883 no he isn't, if he was then he wouldn't have had to replace it with an ice version to begin with. He lost many of his powers after the first fight with the beast, powers such as karmic overload, grind drain and gigawatt blades never came back.

[@skeety7883]

@@xxprototypexx5056 🤦‍♂️ He literally relearned all of his powers, it’s not that hard to understand. I guess Alex just doesn’t get a vast majority of his abilities then since he never uses them in the second game and Heller never gets any of them after absorbing Alex 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

@@skeety7883 Cole did not relearn all of his powers, he permanently lost grind draining, gigawatt blades and karmic overload. And had to replace some with ice variants to get it back. Your being disingenuous.

[@Xerapher]

As an inFAMOUS fan this made me so happy, waiting 10 years was totally worth it. Cole and Alex were legends in the PS3/360 era of gaming and seeing the result just made me even more happy. God I wish inFAMOUS and Prototype got another chance to be relevant again they just brought a different vibe compared to other open-world sandbox games.

[@Mister_Oddity]

As a fan of the Sony franchise, it's just great to see a Sony character have a strong comeback and win.

[@raymanandeze]

I feel the same 😂

[@garf7298]

I literally just redownloaded these games a few days ago and then this uploaded the next day. I type in “prototype vs infamous” and had to do a double take when it said “uploaded yesterday”

[@guiller977vulcano6]

I wholeheartedly agree with everything you said

[@thegameboy450]

I’d love to see a what if game of second son but cole became the beast. Me and a friend have planned out the plot and some choices but when we took it to sucker punch via their website they said “we’re too busy with our current projects and have no room for more ideas” but as far as I know he(my friend) still has the paper we drew together and if we could we love to give it to them.

[@jonathanpeterson1444]

Honestly kinda glad this one was delayed so long, the animation was top tier. Fantastic as always. Big thanks to all the folks at screw attack!

[@christopherfiore6820]

Uummm... cause of the "old script"??

[@dragomegaman3711]

​@@christopherfiore6820better animations now than what could have been possible a decade back

[@motodog242]

@@dragomegaman3711 The graphics were close to Deadpool vs. Deathstroke, and that was quite a while ago.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

Better animation, shittier fight choreography. Cole literally got stabbed though the chest and survived which was stupid.

[@morten8823]

I love Cole MacGrath. Definitely my favorite character of all time.

[@Cordeeeeee]

Same man same

[@thatanus4423]

Hopefully if this DB is super successful we'll get a Delsin Rowe vs James Heller. That'd be fun to see

[@joed2431]

I'd put up a second mortgage on my house if it meant I had to pay to see that

[@marvelfantasy472]

Both of them have better opponents.

[@megamagner618]

Delsin can just blitz Heller, Delsin has some FTL feats meanwhile Heller is at best massively hypersonic

[@FrostLord-mh3vm]

@@megamagner618 yes but hellers durability and adaptability are leagues better than mercer, Ontop of that hellers body is a hybrid of the virus and heller meaning that his body is less likely to be overtaxed like Mercers was Not saying it would be a one sided fight but speed isn’t everything and heller has ways to restrain faster opponents

[@Kep1er011]

Delsin should be fought Korra From Avatar series

[@eevv2229]

I have how Wiz said "Let's end this debate once and for all" like he used to say before the fight would start. I love how they wanted to make this feel like an old script they had just slept on doing for over a decade.

[@MidnightPhantom]

That was a nice detail

[@roonkolos]

That's right Boomstick being said as well which is especially old of a line. We got it once somewhat recently so it here is just even more fitting

[@NiaInSilas]

I think we need the "FIGHT" announcement too imo

[@NYGiantsfan1029]

I wonder why they never went with it. These games were popular back in the day. I’d love to see a new infamous. Second son was actually pretty good

[@MountainMemelord]

It would have been cool if they said "I'm Wizard and he's Boomstick" instead of "He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick".

[@JasonGuitarHand]

This is a love letter to the Summer of 2009... being a teenager at that time was just awesome. And i can't express my love for these two franchises. Prototype is such a unique and fun experience where you feel like a god. But inFAMOUS will always be one of my favourite games ever. Well done to the DB Crew for what's one of the best Death Battles ever.

[@lockpickrogue-yc5wc]

Prototype makes you feel like an evil demigod. Infamous makes you truly feel like a super hero.

[@aryarinaldo5293]

omg, truly a love letter to summer 2009

[@johnny_the_man]

Yes.

[@johnny_the_man]

I feel the same way. I th

[@aeso3555]

@@lockpickrogue-yc5wc Or an absolute bastard if you chose to play evil Cole

[@PongPogPonderan]

I wont lie the presentation of this deathbattle definitely paints Cole as a Hero, and thus protagonist energy. Its no wonder he won while it also feels... correct. Ive never played either game series but this sort of thing did keep me engaged. Especially at the end where it seemed like Cole was going to get absorbed, only for his own power to surge and just defy the darkness.

[@RedLSBtheTitaniumStorm]

15:54 *(YYYEEEAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)*

[@Ashtor1337]

Technically it's the official story. They made a part 3 that confirms that's the path he took.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

It's not correct though, DB got so many details wrong and even gave him evil abilities such as arc lightning when they said they were only using good Cole. Don't believe them for even a second

[@skeety7883]

@@xxprototypexx5056 Lol just say you’re coping hard 😂

[@xxprototypexx5056]

@@skeety7883 yeah, cuz I'm coping over a fake video created by incompetent people proven to be wrong over and over right? Your talking like a child. Treating conversations like they are competitions.

[@thetalltitan2235]

Cole’s victory is all the more satisfying seeing how he literally saved humanity from a total parasite…

[@xxprototypexx5056]

He should have lost though

[@NostalgicOccultist]

@@xxprototypexx5056 Ehhh, not really. Cole has better feats and a more versatile power, plus biolectric drain is practically a hard counter to Mercer. Not to mention the main villain of the Infamous series wiped entire cities in single attacks and Cole just tanked his attacks and eventually overpowered him.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

@@NostalgicOccultist no he doesn't, not even close. Cole's greatest speed feat was dodging a single radiowave from David, which isn't enough to say he's light speed since it's not consistently done. Mercer dodged the tendrils of the Supreme hunter, which created a sonic boom and even outpaced it. Mercer consistently dodged this over and over again, making him massively hypersonic. Cole had his bones crushed by the beast holding him tightly in their first fight(a being who's only strength feat was throwing a chunk of a building sized statue, Mercer and Heller could tank hits from Elizabeth and Goliath, beings who could oneshot tanks and destroy buildings. Cole doesn't even really have any proper strength feats outside of his kinetic pulse. even with kinetic pulse he could only lift cars. Mercer could throw tanks and apcs around with one hand like it were a beach ball. They claimed Cole Cole tank a raysphere blast, which isn't even a feat since conduits are guaranteed to survive a raysphere blast, and it did no where near as much damage as the 75 kiloton nuke in P1. Near the very end of P2, Alex was at the lvl where he could tank that nuke direct hit. Even the beast doesn't have as much durability since it was obliterated by a 51 kiloton nuke. "Bioleech is a hard counter to mercer" No, no it isn't. DBs argument on that stems on regular human biology and not virology. Mercer is the blacklight virus itself, virus don't have metabolic processes to produce energy to be drained. It's the reason why viruses aren't even considered alive IRL. don't believe DB just because they said so, they've been proven wrong over and over by their own logic. Wonder Woman vs Thor is a great example of that.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

@@NostalgicOccultist also, no, Cole's power isn't more versatile. Not even close. At ranged yes, but everywhere else, hell no. Cole's main specializes in loud ranged combat and sometimes sneaking out of enemy sight. Mercers power is still great in ranged combat, his shapeshifting abilities allow him to sneak around even in plain sight, and his assimilation abilities allow him to better his own skills and intellect as well as strength and speed. It even allows him to detect sleeper personnel and other targets he's after, which is how he knows exactly who the web of intrigue targets are and what they look like.

[@unknownidiot4001]

​​@@xxprototypexx5056dude, did you even watch the fight

[@admiralonkwok]

I remember requesting this fight years ago and said they were "the kings of collateral damage." I figured the easiest way Cole could win was by using bio leech.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

Bioleeching wouldn't work though, mercer is a virus. Not a living thing.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

Even though that actually wouldn't work at all.

[@me.ianlohan]

When Cole said "Get ready to feel my MacGrath!" and Alex replied "Then I won't have any Mercer on you!", I knew this was 'bout to be peak fiction.

[@SirsasthNigam.]

good puns

[@galaxyrider1704]

Why hello fellow pun enthusiast 😁

[@roonkolos]

Okay that was actually not too bad

[@valydendor4472]

Honestly? Those lines were actually pretty good.

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

Truly two of the protagonists of all time.

[@shawnmcclain2012]

This battle so f****** cool. It made my 11 year old self actually cry at how beautiful this was

[@sethstewart9704]

Glad to see my boy Cole pull through this one. Honestly wasn't sure if he would get absorbed by Mercer.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

He should have died though, DB messed up as usual

[@thereviewer3862]

Why should he have died?

[@jonathantreleven1823]

Not going to lie, but Cole shutting down Alex's speech of a 'better world' bull crap is oddly satisfying. Goes to show how well written the character arc is for Cole, while Alex still stuck in the same place he always did because he let the choices of the few taint his world view on humanity. While Cole is always changing, Alex never seems to change. Ironic knowing Alex has power over evolution.

[@Broomer52]

Alex had his mind molded by the diagnosed narcissistic psychopath that was Dr. Mercer. He was an almost exact clone of the man so he might have been doomed from the start. Dr. Mercer was a bad man and Alex was molded after him with even less real world experience. He was probably never going to grow

[@nicholascaldwell1187]

True

[@dastvan8002]

This comment needs to be higher up

[@themeanestturtle]

There's also the fact that Cole has crossed paths with quite a few megalomaniacal types who are convinced they know best for everyone and try to impose their worldview through violent means. Makes sense that when he heard the same spiel coming out of Alex's mouth, he was having none of it.

[@TheBowTizzle]

I love how this fight turned into a classic Good VS Evil fight between a hero and a villain. Sorry, I just love cheesey tropes like that 😅

[@Tuturial464]

Ironically cole could be good or evil while mercer is a hero turned villian

[@ZLunas]

So heroes fighting villains is cheesy now?

[@TheBowTizzle]

@@ZLunas I don’t think so, but you never know with comments sections these days

[@ZLunas]

@@TheBowTizzle True, that CinemaSins style of criticism where seemingly every commonly used storytelling tool is automatically a writing flaw, regardless of how it's used in context, seems to be quite popular in KZbin comment sections

[@pillarmenn1936]

@@ZLunas Been a long time since I've heard of that channel. That still alive? I remember a lot of people getting annoyed at them for becoming nitpicky just to find something to consider a sin in movies.

[@mikerainbow11]

I thought this would end differently, but I loved it none-the-less. Alex has more immediately lethal attacks, like blades and such, so I was curious to see how Cole would get over his regeneration and lethality.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

He shouldn't have, the results here are wrong.

[@terratrox7180]

@@xxprototypexx5056 Having played both, you're wrong. Though DB DID get a few things wrong, ultimately Cole is more versatile, faster, and stronger. And unlike Mercer, Cole DOES have an instant kill on contact through just absorbing all the electricity in his body. He doesn't have to use it on humans either, so Mercer's potentially nonhuman biomass doesn't change anything. Note that Mercer uses his own biomass to attack people. So he CONSTANTLY touches people when he attacks them. Mercer could stab Cole and Cole could just instakill him through the blade. Cole is also literally a living taser. He can't use guns or ride in cars because the electricity that constantly courses through his body makes them explode just from being in contact with him. Even without instakilling Mercer, Mercer would get severe electrical burns whenever he touches Cole. It's also notable that Cole can redirect electricity that isn't part of his body or in contact with him, like when he drained a storm in Infamous 2. Electromagnetism Manipulation is just crazy OP. EM is 1 of 4 fundamental forces of the universe, and 2 of those forces are explicitly atomic level and the other is Gravity. Being able to control it is a huge deal.

[@tropicturtle9021]

@@xxprototypexx5056 my guy Coles force field ALONE would atomize Alex, and I’m not exaggerating with my word play there, it literally atomizes matter. Alex can’t regenerate from being atomized because the virus is only at the molecular level, meaning it’s 100% true that Cole has the fire power needed to kill Alex in a way that he can’t come back from.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

@terratrox7180 he is not stronger or faster, and bioleech isn't even a kill to mercer because he is a virus. Viruses don't have metabolic processes and therefore don't produce any energy 1. Even with kinetic pulse Cole could only lift basic cars, mercer could lift tanks and choppers. 2. Cole at his fastest was faster than a train and even then, he needed outside factors such as electrical railing to reach that speed, mercer can run faster than sports cars and can reach this speed without any outside factors. 3. Him being a human taser doesn't mean jack when he's only slightly more durable than a human. He got crippled in infamous 2 by a semi truck to the point he couldn't even walk, having to crawl. All mercer would have to do is slam a tank onto Cole and the fight is over. 4. A storm had to occur naturally for that to happen, he couldn't do that to storms he himself created. 5. How does gravity manipulation help against mercer? Being able to manipulate a force on the atomic lvl and being able to destroy on the atomic lvl are completely different. Cole can't destroy at that lvl.

[@yelrahkcorb]

@@terratrox7180The first time Mercer punched Cole he should have died Mercer destroys literal tanks with his punches and also theres no way Cole could have survived when Mercer stabbed him all the way through his body from his shoulders that dude is not that strong. They didn’t even use all of Mercers abilities from the game either.

[@Alex_FRD]

Thank you for reviving these franchises, if only for 20 minutes.

[@misterrandom3544]

This would have been a crazy death battle 10 years ago

[@feathero3]

It's a crazy one now too though!

[@idkibk7]

Tbh kinda glad it didnt come out back then, because the fight wouldn’t have been as beautiful

[@farenhaid13421]

@@idkibk7 True It would have been all 2d sprite animation, not against it of course, but a full 3d with debries and destruction? yes please!

[@split2961]

@@farenhaid13421their sprite fights have definitely improved however, just look at Rogue vs Wonder Woman compared to Goku Black vs Reverse Flash (my personal favorite DB)

[@jaylenjames364]

microsoft just got activision, so people are talking about prototype again.

[@thebigboss2233]

Activated conduits are immune to diseases, which is why the plaque never affected Cole, so the blacklight virus would most likely have no effect on him.

[@WeaponXSigma]

Also true. This fight was bound to end badly for Mercer

[@kaimagnus5760]

Not immune to disease, immune to The Rayfield Plague. The Plague was caused by the same energy that empowered The Conduits so any awakened Conduit was immune to it. That was the whole point of The Beast's rampage in InFamous 2. To force human evolution by empowering all Conduits on earth at the expense of the other 99% of the world's population.

[@thedaethbringer]

@@WeaponXSigma Think it would have been different if we saw mercer abusing his ability consume normal people to regenerate though. That was a really big thing to take into account for the fighting was him eating enemies as the battle went on. If Mercer had kept running off to regenerate and charge by eating humans in the area I think he'd have stood a better chance all things considered. It's hard to think about who would win in this fight since it would come down to who ran out of energy sources first. Mercer is no fool either. If he saw cole charging off the power grid he'd pull back and just start breaking the grid left, right, and center. TL:DR I feel like due to the intelligence of both sides and their separate regeneration capabilities a change in arena and resources would greatly shift how this fight would go. This type of fight would potentially go on for WEEKS if not months.

[@TheUnseenPath]

It doesn't need to in order to absorb him.

[@Become-Eggplant]

Alex's virus is like trying to infect a fire to become poisonous. As long as Cole's abilities were still active, it'll burn off anything Mercer threw at him.

[@MaxGaming-gp6ij]

I like this battle. I also like how united the community is on this one. Initially, I thought that Alex would win, simply because he is a literal nightmare of a bioweapon that had to be killed by a better version of the virus than himself to be taken out in the end. But in the end, seeing just how many powers Cole actually had, and exactly what he could do with them.... yeah, i can see why the battle concluded like this. I don't think I mind this ending. thank you for finally making it.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

Alex should have won though, DB made facts up and based things on pure theories such as Coles shield turning bullets into energy when the strategy guide states it's only converting the kinetic energy of the round into energy and not the round itself.

[@spinozilla2421]

⁠@@xxprototypexx5056no he loses death battle did alright with analysis but end of the day Cole just vaporizes Alex with ease

[@xxprototypexx5056]

@@spinozilla2421 @spinozilla2421 no he doesn't, even by their own logic he doesn't lose. They claimed Cole was resistant to blacklight, but they never once said that he was immune. Immune means it won't effect him at all, whereas resistant means he's less effected by it but will still eventually succumb to it. By their own logic, the virus should still end up eventually killing or turning Cole. And no, Cole cannot vaporize anything. That was an entirely new myth made by DB. They claimed that cole disintegrated the beast at the atomic lvl when he used the RFI, which takes rayfield radiation away(aka what the beast was made of). Even if he could disintegrate, that's not a killing blow like you think it is. Alex is the blacklight virus itself. So long as the virus exists, he will always exist. He spread himself across New York as well as everywhere he's ever been. Which is why he states at the end of the 2nd game that he has moved beyond life and death. He's effectively unkillable.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

@@spinozilla2421 no they didn't, they are wrong even by their own logic. They claimed Cole was resistant to blacklight, but they never said he was immune. Immune means he wouldn't be affected at all whereas resistance means it's less effective, but will still succumb. By their own logic, the virus should still end up killing or turning Cole.

[@spinozilla2421]

@@xxprototypexx5056 nope that’s just mean Cole can fight off the virus silly

[@christianramirez4740]

I remember commenting for this exact video way back when, and now we finally got it. Thank you Death Battle for brining me back to my childhood and letting me live it out. You guys are awesome and this video was awesome.

[@scorpionfiresome3834]

In retrospect, maybe it’s not so bad it took them this long to make this episode, they had the time to develop and improve animations a ton.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Better late than never.

[@Kjf365]

Also back in 2013, they weren't all that great at researching like they are now. Some people would disagree that they are good now, but they do actual math while in the past they just went "eh, they could probably do this and win" most of the time.

[@assfucker6997]

And yet they still didn't bother using the Sonic booms, or when Alex Mercer does his speed that exceeds the tank rounds, which are projectiles moving at supersonic speeds, and death battle gave no Feats whatsoever to Cole in terms of speed. And they didn't bother making a tornado, as Alex Mercer runs circles around his opponent who is unable to perceive him. But that just takes all the fun out of the battle doesn't it Eddit: Cole didn't get a Speed-Feat, but that was for routing electricity hisun and routing electricity is not the same as moving from point A to point B in reaction to a weapon firing at you.

[@dubledolix0956]

@@Kjf365 Nowadays, the question fans ask isn't "Should this character have won?" and more "How faithfully would they portray the characters?"

[@chasecole6794]

Is it odd this battle felt very nostalgic? The way it was written and the match up subjects, it takes me back to when I was a pre-teen.

[@JThePervertedSummoner]

I was in my late teens when I finished both inFamous games, and yeah, I agree. The nostalgia hits. The early or mid 2010s wasn't that long ago, yet it feels like a completely different era

[@Aramasa-Ryu]

Same think, i could see my own self but with fifteen years

[@jdbamaze6149]

Bro SAME I WAS LITERALLY FRAKING OUT LIKE HOW I WOULD WHEN J WAS LITTLE it fr brought back so many memories i was just excited tbh that they finally covered cole mcgrath was def worth the wait

[@KalishKovacs]

I think this was intentional, Infamous and prototype came out around the same time and had similar protagonists in a sense, I actually originally confused them

[@jw-py9nw]

It really is, like a 2000s hero movie. It's super fun!

[@lightzang1303]

Miss you Infamous! I still would pay to see a comeback! Cole had a great story where it even got it's own small comic book!

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

This episode took 10 years to make. But it was all worth it.

[@mnw900g4]

💀 really

[@zoobatzjr371]

The first thing I thought when I saw this match up is how Cole has to constantly fight people with weird virus powers, but Alex has never dealt with anything like Cole before.

[@gbishop1774]

When did cole ever fight a virus powered villain? Also even if he had he has never fought someone even remotely similiar to alex. Alex can regenerate from almost anything, can make a wide variety of weapons from his own body, can absorb people and their memories and go on to become a perfect duplicate of said person. Cole has never fought someone like alex and vice versa

[@boyzaya15]

Cole can beat a guy that can nuke cities to dust. So if Alex gets beat bad enough, he'll have to absorb someone@@gbishop1774

[@Sparlis]

@@gbishop1774Cole fought Sasha in Infamous 1, who had mind controlling powers that were spread through a black goo liquid. In other words, her powers were pretty much a virus.

[@Mcmrw-kx2el]

​@@Sparlis sashas mind control and the blacklight virus are totally different. Cole could not heal a person Who was infected by a ray field plague which Is radiation poisoning from the ray field energy. Meanwhile the blacklight virus turns a normal human into An infected And it evolves into a building sized monster like how we saw in the beggining of prototype 2. Also, death battle literally did not mention anything about the beast getting hit by a 50 kiloton nuke which did far more damage than anything cole has ever done to him, cole even comfirmed himself that the beast Is dead. And they didn't even talk about alex's ability to adapt to almost any situation, like how he was First exposes ti bloodtox which was said to be a counter to the blacklight virus But alex was later immune to it. And death battle saying that alex had to beat his oponents to his level in order to consume them, coles bio leech literally works the exact same. Also they Got alex's consumption wrong because he consumes poeple by turning their body into biomass before he consumes them so even if cole Got alex off of him, a chunk of his body would still be consumed.

[@thw_pixie5074]

@@Mcmrw-kx2el you described perfectly the same thing that was the beast in the second game, and cole managed to deal with him on same level of power after he recovered all of it again

[@alexwoods8927]

It should also be noted the "good" Cole, grew his powers to restore and conserve his energy so it's not even guaranteed that Alex could outlast him entirely either. That's not even considering his ability to absorb electricity from nearly everything.

[@michellegibbs2401]

Alex doesn't get fatigued like cole does. I don' t even think i'v seen him sleep

[@FunnySansMan]

@@michellegibbs2401he doesn’t get fatigued, the only thing low biomass does is decrease his healing factor speeds but it’s still just as potent

[@robrockstar9648]

Losing biomass also cuts off some off Alex’s more outwardly destructive powers and he has to keep consuming to keep healing. So while doesn’t get tired in the normal sense he can be worn down.

[@FunnySansMan]

@@robrockstar9648 true although it’s mainly devastator attack which Death Battle only utilized Alex’s first normal devastator and no other ones like Graveyard spikes of Critical Mass Dev which would’ve seriously hurt Cole if hit and bypass his shields since his shields can only block bullets, not rockets or anything else of the sort, PLUS Alex has consumed people already GOING OVER his maximum biomass capacity so god knows how long it would take to wear him down since he can EASILY create infected like GOLIATHS which tower over anything and everything Alex has ever faced in Prototype 1 AND they can’t even be destroyed by conventional weaponry which is why only Heller could stop them, so a SINGLE Goliath could’ve easily wiped Manhattan off the map itself

[@frxxboii8297]

Cole only gets fatigued from lack of electricity if there's electricity around he can recharge instantly

[@Nverdis]

People sure find genius ways to deal with things other people think are cheat powers (Like Alex's regeneration vs Cole's bio-energy absorption). A couple months ago there was a wasp and I sprayed it with a can of hairspray... it was at that moment I found out that creating a "sticky mist" can counter all those "swarm" baddies you see in video games and movies

[@xxprototypexx5056]

It shouldn't have worked though, their explanation is BS.

[@GamingTopTen]

@@xxprototypexx5056 I've been disagreeing with DB on things since Peach vs. Zelda, but you have commented more on this one episode than I have in all of the disagreements I've had with them combined. I think you might be pushing the salt a little too far.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

@@GamingTopTen i ain't pushing any salt. They are wrong even by their own logic.

[@spartanwolf6439]

I'm glad they took as long as they did. The animation came out amazing!

[@cthulwho9125]

Honestly I was expecting Mercer to win based on Regeneration alone, I didn't even consider the neuro-electricity draining aspect. Great episode!

[@reggielacey2235]

Mercer stomps, Alex is faster stronger had better regen etc

[@adrianstrider4960]

I can see it going either way, but I do feel Alex should of had a slight edge in a couple regards. One - pack hunters and biobombs. Heller is capable of it, and I do believe Alex is as well, can't quite recall. Second - Adaptability. Coles powers require electricity, and lots of it, but he doesn't generate as much as he can control and manipulate, I don't think. Been years since I beat the infamous games. Mercer has a vaguely similar limitation, potentially. But the issue is the speed of draining. They were in a city scape where Alex could find hundreds of victims to consume within seconds, whereas Cole would have to drain broken machines or downed power lines, which is shown in the games to take him longer. That's not, however, taking into account that Alex needs /biomass/, not human flesh. Plant life, rodents, insects all count, but so does one of Coles arms, which he could hypothetically heal, providing Alex a neverending source in the battle. Third - DNA. Coles DNA is changed, not human standard, but that gives Alex an edge. He duplicates someone on the genetic level... Meaning that he should be capable of the same feats as Cole's once he gets enough of his DNA. Tldr:Alex had access to more 'fuel', a few powers he didn't end up using, and can duplicate Cole's DNA based powers. Sidenote: I could be massively miss remembering things

[@butcanyoudothis3320]

​@@frozenpizza5242That's still just Cole dude. It wouldn't matter lol

[@justjoking5252]

​@@adrianstrider4960 I remember for the particularly brutal missions in the Infamous games, I would always shoot a telephone pole and reabsorb the electricity at a bonus. The conversion rate between usage and drainage were quite strange. I'll argue that the RFI chargers during the beast boss fight prove that he is capable of drawing quickly, the energy grid charging RFI would just arc the energy to Cole. Biomass would still be quite plentiful in comparison, but in a large city, energy isn't so far off kilter.

[@manncake6828]

Honestly im just mad they didn't give mercer the bio bomb, tendrils that heller has and summoning monster atleast they gave him that cool armor skin from prototype 2 though Edit:oh yeah and that move where he blast a kamekameha tendrils and ground spike

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

I can't say I ever say I grew up with these characters, but to those who did, I'm so happy for you now that this finally happened.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Oh believe me. It was nuts to see both gameplay trailers side by side as a 2009 teen. Especially on the same gaming magazine disc. Mind blowing stuff.

[@lucasbroome1048]

When I was a child and at the beginning of the second Infamous game, I was _petrified_ going against The Beast. The game started off in the deep end and had me fight the final boss from the beginning in one of the most intense and destructive opening sequences I ever played. Ever since I learned of Prototype and the extreme violence, chaos, and exceptional music, I wanted these two to fight ever since

[@Fishon999]

Hell, it was a good fight too. I didn’t even know they existed

[@Broomer52]

Back in the day I remember both fandoms just doing crossovers with Prototype and Infamous. It might have just been because they were both Original Superheroes with games released so close to each other or because they had such contrasting tones but we were all obsessed with Cole and Alex meeting each other

[@lucasbroome1048]

@@Broomer52 I did a quick youtube search and found at least 9 videos going from 1 year ago to 15 years ago making comparisons to the two franchises. That's not even getting into all the different forum discussions that popped up because of them

[@Vitor20XX]

Wow this battle got me, i never imagined a battle between them, but the idea is very good. One of the best Death Battles. A battle with Delsin would be cool too.

[@troodontalon5990]

Sadly, his best opponent was wasted on Storm two seasons ago. Granted, combatants have returned before with only three seasons between appearances, so it may still happen next year or after.

[@MatzushiiMorioka]

15:20 as someone who played infamous as a kid this part is so much hype for me probably my favorite death battle rn

[@FueledFromFiction]

THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING! I remember fans pitting these two super-powered beings against each other on a daily basis when their respective games were released. Some of my fondest memories in gaming to this day. Thank you guys for seeing this through after all these years❤

[@timebomb4562]

Even in a lingerie contest

[@chasegriffin5205]

Damn straight!💯

[@RealCFZ]

ELECTRO VS CARNAGE IS GONNA BE SICK!!!!

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

Spoiler Alert: The Spiderman Villain wins

[@Scar_Face232]

It's the evil one

[@BenjaminRegen]

I don't know anything about electroguy, but I'm pretty confident Mercer is nigh unbeatable.

[@fz_tge8865]

you're gonna be disappointed@@BenjaminRegen

[@utkarshraman7881]

Electro won

[@krush3r833]

man this death battle brought me back, even tho i wasnt there when infamous released, i played the living hell out of it, and still do on occasions today, i hope they bring back these two kickass games again!

[@houndddogsss]

I have been asking for this death battle since prototype 2 came out. Glad to FINALLY see it done

[@97Multiphantom]

10 years in the making, and somehow the wait was worth it. If you weren’t in one on these series’ fandoms, you cannot comprehend how badly we all wanted this fight. And I gotta say, I am very happy with the outcome (and winner).

[@wackywinston1777]

Microsoft could revive it since they bought activision, could even throw crackdown in the world with it or in a remake if they wanted to. If Xbox brought it back it could make Sony bring back Infamous which is a win-win situation for fans

[@char1363]

​@@wackywinston1777it kinda sucks to say but if these games were to come back it would probably be remakes but i really really want remasters for these games but companies choose remakes over remasters nowadays

[@samdouglas9759]

⁠@@char1363damn I would still play the hell out of an Infamous remake. Especially if they got the same tone as the original. It completely nailed that 2000’s comic book feel

[@giovanniegidio2527]

@@wackywinston1777infamous isn’t coming back super punch moved on …

[@Alpha-omega-beginning-and-end]

Just makes me mad that we were supposed to get this 10 YEARS AGO!

[@cassiushellsin6243]

Man I’m just happy to see Alex Mercer being a badass again after all these years 🥲

[@JohnAKASquib]

omfg thank you guys so much for making this me and my buddy have been arguing about this since these games came out and I always was of the opinion that Cole would be the one more likely to win. All the years of being called an idiot are finally behind me 😂

[@xxprototypexx5056]

Cole wouldn't win though, DB messed a bunch of things in this video up.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

Seriously. Alex should have won. He processed Elizabeths billion yo intellect in just 25 seconds, making him millions of times FTL. Cole shouldn't even be able to touch him

[@RagnarTheGrey]

I have held the position that Cole would beat Mercer since I was 14. I am now 25. God this is catharsis

[@xxprototypexx5056]

Cole should have lost though.

[@Danonino-yb5dh]

​@@xxprototypexx5056you are crying in all the comments little boy, go suck to Mercer somewhere else, only with your nametag you make it clear that you are impartial playing at being "fair"

[@xavierharris9169]

I WAS CONVINCED AFTER STATS THAT COLE WAS GONNA LOSE. This is a goated death battle and early 2000s kid’s dream battle.

[@ToneZoneTC]

Same bro I was rooting for Cole saw Alex’s stats and was like no way Cole can win. Let’s go!

[@roonkolos]

Longtime Infamous fangirl personally and even I was thinking the same Thought Alex's healing and arena control were gonna get him the win but I had never been so happy to have been wrong in a while with this show ♡

[@lordmonarch2995]

I thought these games were more of something 90s babies played but good to know the later generation was able to appreciate it.

[@roonkolos]

@lordmonarch2995 well they weren't even games in the 90s. More like what Teens played in '09

[@sancholoaded2388]

@@ToneZoneTCI was rooting for Cole until I seen it was the good version

[@kingvideogames]

Alex: YOU DON’T WANT TO GIVE ME YOUR POWER?!? FINE! I’LL JUST TAKE IT! Cole: Taking powers, huh? Thanks for the tip.

[@colliesis]

EWWW, I STEPPED IN LOSER

[@GigaLigma]

bro dont

[@quickman2663]

Tip, huh? Thanks for the time.

[@FadedFlash7]

Now that you mentioned it i'm wondering if delsin could take Alex's power? Since he's a conduit power sponge

[@_TravisTouchdown]

​@@FadedFlash7Doesn't work that way. Delsin needs to come in direct contact to a Prime Conduit to get new powers. Alex powers are a result of the Blacklight Virus, so Delsin wouldn't get them.

[@kerrj7285]

Def one of the best Death Battles! The CG, fight choreography, music...PERFECT!

[@calamorroiii250]

Two awesome but forgotten characters going back to life. G-old! Thank you very much!

[@CEWinick]

One of the most requested matches in Death Battle finally came. This was worth the wait no matter who wins.

[@imarock.7662]

Infamous needs to come back. Probably one of the most underrated game series ever.

[@farenhaid13421]

Hell I would have accepted a second son sequel for that matter.

[@Jermthatormentor]

@@farenhaid13421seriously. Imfamous has no weak entries.

[@frenchfriedbagel7035]

Give it like 15 years. Because development cycles are so mind bogglingly long now.

[@slashkamei]

hard agree, it was so cool back in the day

[@Saiko1516]

I heard that they are developing new infamous game? Suckerpunch kicked it off with their ghost of Tsushima game. Probably in loads of money right now 🤑 A chance for them to make another infamous game?

[@chaoseverchosen]

Both of these games series were some of my favorites back in the PS3 days, so I've been waiting for this battle for quite a while.

[@davidshiwlal9802]

Alternative title: shadow vs kirby

[@assassinspider2436]

I like how the outcome made sense scientifically as well. In a battle between someone who can control electricity and someone who could control biomass, the one who can control electricity will always win. Even excluding the nervous system, organic matter is mainly reliant on bioelectricity to determine shape. How would a baby in the womb know to have 4 limbs and a head in that specific fashion? Biological matter, including viruses like the Blacklight, use bioelectric signaling all the time to determine their shape and structure. Cole’s ability to both manipulate and straight-up steal that electricity from Alex almost completely negates his physical form entirely, making this matchup doomed from the start.

[@Blaze_Nights]

that and cole can turn mass into energy via his shield so id be a losing fight

[@Naka_-]

Fax

[@connerolson3320]

When you put it like that it makes way more sense, and while I’m sad that another character from my childhood died I can understand the reasoning by his victory

[@ziephel-6780]

14:42 Mercer shouldn't have thrown Cole out of the building, he had the environmental advantage in a darker and less open field.

[@parry3439]

@@ziephel-6780 that's an office building. full of machines and electrical sockets. cole has more attrition there fhan outside. besides, the dark doesnt matter to cole, his electricity already generates its own light, not to mention that he has radar sense to detect objects and creatures. it was actually smarter to place him out of that spot, and besides, the entire place would be destroyed anyways

[@BlueButterFlyXOXO]

15:11 to 15:24 is so damn perfect for me. Everything to Mercer trying to convince Cole that humans are just beneath them and they could rule over them ( Classic Villain right there ) and Cole just outright mocked him for saying so. Easy Top 10 favorite Death Battles for me from that moment alone.

[@preposteroussvideos]

Facts

[@l30ng62]

"The only vermin i see here is you" my guy Cole being a true hero no matter the situation

[@thepriorstone4064]

Almost as good as the Iron Man comeback for me

[@doctorwho3708]

Hero Cole isnt about that life.😎

[@thegreygoblin5165]

That scene feels very Star-Wars

[@chrisma1976]

There’s not many heroes/villains in any universe I wouldn’t put a fully charged Cole against. He’s the best original video game character of all time.

[@acid634]

Finally got around to watching this video and I’m so glad you guys did this. This a battle rip straight from childhood and I’m happy to see Cole win.

[@Branham67]

THE 3D TEAM HAS BEEN KILLING IT DUDE

[@dio2076]

Torian was the best animator they ever had....... the quality has not improved since........

[@justsomeguy6336]

@@dio2076What fights did Torian do?

[@Branham67]

Bro calm down your overacting@@dio2076

[@cosmic_martin6584]

​@@dio2076ok and? Torrian is an amazing animator but you can't just discredit the 3d team just because they're not torrian We've been getting really good 3d fights lately, like Sauron vs Lich King, Dragonborn vs Chosen Undead, Vader vs Obito and this fight

[@dio2076]

@@justsomeguy6336 all the good ones(the ones that are animated in Monty's style) The animations now are mostly outsourced garbage.

[@lucasbroome1048]

It's crazy that this video game rivalry goes back as far as *_15 WHOLE YEARS AGO_*

[@ericrobison9977]

I have actually wondered in the past who would be stronger. I was surprised actually by the ending. Thank you Death Battle

[@kaiseropium]

never thought alex would be finished off by a (im assuming) karmic overload 15:58 and a bio-leech/ thunderdrop combo 16:00, was expecting an ionic power to do it but cole did that previously, 14:25 ionic freeze, 15:00 ionic vortex and 15:20 ionic storm no ionic drain, thats evil cole exclusive ;P

[@tea-sus8722]

I think that was rfi cole at the end

[@keithleracc]

Good Cole can do that too. It just adds a bit of negative karma.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

Alex should have won though, DBs incompetent and are a bunch of liars.

[@squadblackout7633]

​@xxprototypexx5056 Dude Cole would stomp Alex. While either of them could defeat the other. Cole takes the dub more often.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

@@squadblackout7633 no he doesn't. The prototypes have been proven to be able to take the genetic code and memories of their targets just via touch. Heller did this to an evolved to gain its biobombs ability, and it was also how mercer knew where Guerra was after failing to consume Heller. The second Alex got a touch in, he should have gained Cole's abilities Also, he dodged Elizabeths energy wave, which is an FTL feat.

[@DevinDaemos-tl9pj]

I was surprised by the ending. Electro vs Carnage was sick

[@jackmendez3086]

Or Kevin levin Vs generator Rex

[@farenhaid13421]

@@jackmendez3086 Dude..... THAT WOULD BE AN AWESOME FIGHT.

[@justincummings8557]

@@farenhaid13421 totally one sided, but yeah

[@Gigas0101]

@@justincummings8557 Considering next episode, these guys don't mind one-sided stomps.

[@gabrielnader1099]

Electro smash

[@ramonvillalobos2005]

I was disappointed when they weren’t going to use Evil Cole but when they said determined Alex wouldn’t even be able to compete with Evil Cole I was like “alright that’s cool but I still wanna see it” 🤣

[@parry3439]

here's what's gonma happen with evil cole: alex shows up cole blows up the city alex is a puddle cole blows up again alex is a memory

[@waynetrain1871]

Same!!!! Still wanna see it! I was hoping they’d announce it at the end of this battle

[@theinsurance2450]

Alex tries to consume a person. Cole grabs person with lightning Hook. Then Bio leech the person. Alex: Yeah that was my snack. Cole: You snooze you lose. Alex: You going get it now buddy. Alex rushed towards Cole. Cole snaps his fingers. Alex is vaporized. Cole: I'm still hungry Near by citizens: OH thank god. You saved us from the evil Alex Mercer. Now we can finally live in peace. Cole: 😈

[@marallenrondez2606]

To be fair tho, one of the notes on the upper right did say they were going for Good Cole, but with considerations on abilities connected to Evil Cole. Personally tho, I do like the good vs evil angle for the episode since it actually played out like a final battle between hero and villain.

[@AranaraFan]

@@theinsurance2450 lmao

[@SpideyFan-onst]

Anyone else notice that before the fight started, Wiz said "Let's end this debate once and for all" instead of "we've run the data for all possibilities"? I know it's probably due to the joke that the script was made back in 2013, back when they still said "let's end this debate once and for all", but god it feels good to hear that again.

[@RedLSBtheTitaniumStorm]

*(YEAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)*

[@SpideyFan-onst]

@@RedLSBtheTitaniumStorm YEEAAAHHHH!!!!

[@totallytubular618]

This one makes me so happy! I loved these growing up.

[@melissabarnes1063]

One thing I really appreciate about most fights is how close it seems - Each character gets to show off and shine, making you realize what each person's advantages are as the fight goes on, and making you wonder how the other is going to get out of it, or at least try to, and even when it does simply come down to who can hit the hardest, run the fastest, take the most tons of TNT to the face or whatever, it still feels like a fairly even fight where they really have to push the limits of what they can do

[@hangry3102]

Right, they never discount any character's raw skills or abilities even if the odds are impossible. It's a lot more entertaining than simply saying "He stands no chance." It's the same logic that makes a lot of Superhero movies work, making the fight evenly fought just shows that they are real fans of both characters regardless of who ends up on top.

[@the_doug_digital]

Even the stomps are framed not to make one character look like a chump; the exception being Aquaman because that was the joke

[@xxprototypexx5056]

It wasn't fairly even, they literally highballed Cole and lowballed mercer

[@ThenewTchannel]

I had a feeling this was gonna go hard, but THIS hard? Like, seriously, this was so utterly awesome in every conceivable way. The writing, the action, the line deliveries. What is up with this season being so fire?

[@idkibk7]

Seasons 9&10 of DB have been mostly hits and (arguably) no misses

[@ThenewTchannel]

@@idkibk7 I'd argue that season 9 definitely had some lackluster episodes, but nothing quite as bad as the other seasons

[@Toximati0n]

@@ThenewTchannel fr, the one i'd call a miss is Jason vs Micheal and it isn't even bad, just average

[@ThenewTchannel]

@@Toximati0n I didn't care too much for Boba vs Predator, Deku vs Asta, or the finale either, but those are all at least mid, better than some of the actually bad episodes we had in season 8 for sure

[@MisogynyMan]

Makes me wonder why they complained about the script so much, and why they didn't make the episode in the first place

[@OmniEdge360]

Death battle really has come a long way , glad im here to see it

[@hunterzim9783]

As much as some thrilled at the outcome, while others wished for another. We can all agree that we have waited SO LONG!! For this fight to happen! And we’re glad it did.