The Entire [Prototype] Story EXPLAINED!

[@alexsheperd2060]

I think it’s funny the scientists didn’t even take of Alex’s jacket let alone his clothes to try and do an autopsy. Just like a “eh whatever” moment from then

[@shadangel47]

Well.... they can't as those weren't clothes. If they were thinking of removing his "clothes", they'd attempt cutting them off with the scalpel but Mercer woke up.

[@cayben7253]

The drip was too strong

[@thientuongnguyen2564]

So that means had the autopsy team removed Mercer's clothes, we'd instead have a naked Alex Mercer rampaging through New York since he forgot what clothes are? But seriously, even with the whole "virus replicated every particle of his body" why did it also replicated his clothes too? Seems that they either have to make it like Mystique's power or have players hunt for clothes every 5 minutes.

[@flakzuludeusex2365]

@@thientuongnguyen2564 Maybe since the clothes have Mercer's sweat and blood on them they become technically a part of him or the virus used his memory to replicate his form, his clothes included as a body for it to move like a human being and blend in to one as well.

[@jonintrovertednerd9988]

The jacket was never removed, as he lives in it 24h/day every day for so many years. So it is most likely grown into his skin.

[@genitalwarthunder8784]

I really want there to be a Prototype 3 where Alex is alive inside Heller. The whole game is about which character you want to see on top. In the end you get to decide the dominant personality.

[@jasonr.c.390]

That would have been great, they had so many oppourtunities they could have just said he WAS the infection and just have them reconstruct his body from any organics🤷🏻‍♂️ (that being the laziest, off of the top of my head solution to the problem of heller absorbing him) although i always thought piriah would turn out to be mercer.

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

@@jasonr.c.390 both Alex and Heller are the infection, difference is Heller was human and hold on to his humanity, while Alex, after his spiritual journey which was, for whatever reason, restricted to a comic book saw humans as something far worse than a virus and wanted to make a world where everyone is equal, as in everyone is a virus

[@thientuongnguyen2564]

@@NiCoNiCoNiCola To be fair, Alex Mercer is the virus, whatever left of Alex Mercer died when his original self unleashed it at Central station.

[@M1dnightChoclate]

Actually a good concept

[@Flesh_Wizard]

"where Alex is alive inside Heller" _🤨_

[@MeOrgansAreABoilin]

Overusedbruh: "Advanced Combat skills" Heller: *Runs and stabs with a combat knife*

[@alvisyahrin2276]

Essence of Birmingham

[@Founder6087]

​@@alvisyahrin2276 L O N D O N

[@Cooky_McGee]

i agree, he channels the Birmingham spirit within him

[@Lucy_Mercer]

RIP Alex Mercer and Cole MacGrath.. Both of you will be missed.

[@fuckinhateryan]

ion know if anyones gonna miss alex bro 💀

[@chimpo961]

Well good news, they're going to battle each other in death battle on the 25th of September

[@Maskedmenace8267]

​@chimpo961 and im glad it was cole

[@Hunnybun_Band1t]

alex mercer literally tried to commit world domination ion think they gon hold a funeral for him😭😭

[@fuckinhateryan]

@@Hunnybun_Band1t on god bro 😭

[@LoneWolf-kw3ol]

my theory is that Alex Mercer, or the one that we knew, DID in fact die at the end of the first game. What comes back is a mere fragment of him. Remember, Mercer is long gone after Penn Station; what we have is a mutated Blacklight that thinks its Mercer. After being exposed to the memories of dozens of people and the various corruptive influences of consuming the mutated creatures like Hunters, and then Greene herself, the small pool of blood Alex regenerates from is not Mercer anymore; its a culmination of all of his horrific actions, experiences and memories. Its a fragment of the virus that just happened to pick Mercer's form. The story really drives home how corrupted Mercer has become, how much the virus has consumed of his mind and humanity. He completely forgot about Dana, he now kills for pleasure. This isnt Mercer, its a shadow of what he became.

[@kamuromat]

it was explained in the comics that after he lost his humanity he went soul searching around the world to find a purpose again. but each location he visited he just causes him to hate humanity more and more. which leads to him just going "fuck it. im gonna kill humanity again."

[@Nevergonnagiveyouupnevergonna3]

​@@kamuromat Hold up.... There's comics of the game? Might as well look for them to read.

[@kamuromat]

yeah, they kind of never advertised it, theres comics showing what alex did around the world after he left new york and right before he dropped the virus again in penn station.@@Nevergonnagiveyouupnevergonna3

[@majesteiitt8086]

but if he isnt alex, why didnt he kill Dana then in PT2?

[@Nevergonnagiveyouupnevergonna3]

@@majesteiitt8086 because the virus was still thinking it was Alex. When in reality Alex had already died and the virus just made a clone of it

[@Mad77max77]

I had only 1 cosplay: I bought his jacket on a website I had a grey jean and hoodie with a white shirt. I was so proud when someone recognized Alex Mercer back then... Years later, people just thought I had a cool jacket and didn't remember him.

[@nikolasferreira3247]

Did the same with Cole's design from the first game. Few people reconized.

[@rikudakumiho3590]

46:55 "Heller wastes no time to getting to Gentek" **proceeds to do a backflip**

[@Ur_sociopath]

Yes

[@TF2Fan101]

You forgot to mention that he then snapped the bad guy’s neck and saved the day!

[@abbcc5996]

i loved shapeshifting into a soldier and going to infected places and not use my abilities, just the gun for a survival horror feeling

[@erhenblack629]

Considering the fact that Alex Mercer came back from just a cell I think there's plenty of reason to believe that the 2 or 3 sets of arms that Keller ripped off of Mercer are more than enough for him to return for a 3rd game. Or perhaps the 3rd game could involve Keller having to suppress Mercer and it could have 2 possible endings, good ending is Keller finds a way to completely suppress him or get rid of the virus completely. And the bad ending could be Mercer takes full control of Keller's body making it his own allowing him to continue his plans. Either way they need to make a 3rd Prototype

[@thistextismeaningless8238]

Greene hasn't regenerated from tons of her blood tho

[@jasonr.c.390]

​@@thistextismeaningless8238*whispering* they can also use that as an excuse to bring her back! Allowing for more varied "infection hosts"

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

@@thistextismeaningless8238 in all fairness, she was actually stung with an "antivirus"

[@TuriGamer]

He was absorbed so hes gone

[@nicholas-dv1mg]

@@TuriGamer you could say that everyone consumed lives on in the virus, even more so if they were the virus.

[@beavers1978]

Technically speaking, Mercer in Protoype isn't really Mercer. Alex died at Penn Station, and the Blacklight Virus managed to get inside his wounds. The virus simply revived the body and gained sentience through the fractured memories of a dead man.

[@Thatliluglydude]

Which is why it has no previous knowledge of anything when it wakes up in the morgue

[@sweetdickwilly6565]

Congrats, you watched the video. Thanks for letting everyone know!

[@markpula91]

It’s fun that prototype is just a more Devil May Cry, Resident Evil with a Venom protagonist.😅

[@ForeverBlessed777]

So basically brand new concept ;)

[@RazorTrap]

​@@ForeverBlessed777A Prototype. I would say RE7 copied the concept from this to make Ethan essentially a Mold.

[@twinzzlers]

​@RazorTrap "Resident Evil has a vaguely similar premise to a 10 year old game therefore it's copying said 10 year old game"

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Wish Alex didn't become the Villain in Prototype 2.

[@RazorTrap]

Same

[@nostalgiaholic4874]

​@RazorTrap we all do

[@muhammadamru7212]

No.....he is the villain

[@WallNutBreaker524]

@@muhammadamru7212 What are you yapping about? He's the villain in Prototype 2, BUT I WISH HE WASN'T. Did you not understand me?

[@mackroscopik]

I wanted to conquer the world together. Do you know how badass that would look while playing!?

[@alonsonestebanam5558]

I've only played the Infamous saga, I've always heard comparisons with the prototype saga, I'm glad I saw this video, I liked it a lot

[@nicomanecho]

ive played prototype as a really young kid and recently remembered playing these games so much, these games along with infamous and just cause are so nostalgic for me, thank you for making this content i love it so much❤

[@mertyuip06]

I’ve watched your videos for like 2-4 months and the lack of views is crazy the content you make Is great and hopefully more people get to see this

[@overusedbruh]

Thanks homie 🥲

[@mertyuip06]

@@overusedbruh no problem you deserve it

[@FOXY_SPHYNX]

16:00 actually. It works as like your average spiderman symbiote. It will take over your body if youve passed away during the merging process with blacklight or if you've or youll become one with blacklight if you live through the merging process and its ever evolving attitudes are bestowed to you. For whatever reason, Zeus still stuck by Alex's old identity or rather the alias after P1 dispite knowing he wasnt really Alex. Though he still gets called Zeus in certain instances. Youll hear it on the coms of Blackwatch/gentek

[@aurumvale9908]

what i especially enjoyed was the reveal that this aint even really Mercer but the virus puppeteering his body and having absorbed his memories

[@9001Shadowwolf]

I personally don't see the difference. If it's your brain and memories that's all you are.

[@xxprototypexx5056]

Alex wasn't gaining a slightly resistance to bloodtox, he developed an outright immunity to it. The both red and black light mutate to become resistant if not immune to attacks. Like doomsday from DC. It's why they never used it again.

[@Mjjrex100]

I loved playing Prototype 2 so seeing a video on it warms my heart. Thank you Algorithm

[@Yurinarytracked]

Honestly as far a Blackwatch was, Rooks was the nicest person within the corporation. I wouldnt even see him as a villain, he was just trying to help people with the knowledge he had and instantly switched his perspective once he learned more information

[@Worm.In.Waiting]

Can we get a 3rd game already? Heck, I'll be happy with a full remake at this point. Just give me more prototype.

[@GlobalOutcast]

For real just give me a remake of the first game with the graphics of spiders man 2 ps5.

[@NeroCM]

I honestly don't get Mercer's change from unlikely anti-hero to mastermind villain. it felt so absurd.

[@sponge9553]

You forgot a very important part of the second game's lore after Mercer walks Heller through consuming he tells him to put some fucking clothes on, leading to Heller realizing he can use his powers to gain straight up drip

[@ordohereticus3427]

Amazing, if not brief, franchise. Excellent plot coverage.

[@sugashak329]

This is one of my favorite series! I wish prototype 3 would've been released... RIP Radical

[@TopG20073]

There is a huge possibility that Alex is still alive after being killed by heller. He could only be contained by each of his body part and blood being locked up away forever and not even a worm gets in to it

[@aidreinhorn1534]

There are a lot of things that are never explained in the first game. Like what the hell are runners, why are they always female, what makes Alex so special, what happened to Elizabeth green’s child, what the hell is alex, because he’s something new.

[@AkashSingh-d5h]

One of the things i don't understand about second game is why was mercer staying at a single isolated city instead of trying to infect as many countries as possible. It would be impossible to contain or nuke the virus if he was constantly traveling and spreading the virus. Also what's the point of giving powers to an enemy like heller? Trying to manipulate him will not work since he can always find the truth by consuming the allies of mercer. Dana was also working against alex and he was doing nothing about it.

[@abbcc5996]

well he said that he wanted to have infected insiders on all layers of the corporate ladder of his enemies and that includes the bottom of the ladder

[@sp1du350]

46:55 "wastes no time" meanwhile bro doing a backflip for fun XD

[@Guywhohasntslept]

Fun fact. The prototype for Spiderman 4 was built off of prototype, before ultimately being cancelled.

[@ghostavinci104]

44:22 That is so good. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 You literally hit the nail with that moment.👏👏👏👏

[@christianthrasher8677]

I recommend checking out the comics to find out why Alex is the villain of the second game

[@Officerbagel]

THERES COMICS?

[@Electricity809]

I kind of wish Alex stayed the main character I would’ve loved to be evil

[@madman9040]

Prototype 3 with James Heller being the main character and Alex Mercer coming back

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

Elizabeth greene has beter adaptive powers then alan does. She rejected a parasite whereas alan needed help to do so. If alan comes back then elizabeth greene would too.

[@effortless4588]

​@@youtubestudiosucks978 elizabethe green is dead alex consumed her, she aint coming back she was a normal human with a resistance to redlight virus and her biology changed it within herself

[@plshelpmeimingreatpain2840]

​@@youtubestudiosucks978 who the fuck is alan

[@wori_ishim]

@@youtubestudiosucks978he completely consumed her

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

@@wori_ishim and hames completely consumed alan

[@whiteemperor9194]

This needs to be rebooted bruh this game has soooo much potential

[@jhonma5122]

I loved playing this game 15 years ago.

[@Chrono-and-Co]

It would be cool if in prototype 3 you used diguises for stealth gameplay like a mix of hitman and arkham city

[@elliotsturtplus340]

After seeing death battle I wanna here people’s opinions would you all want to see a Prototype and Infamous crossover granted there’s probably lore reasons to stop that from happening, but if that’s the case, just have it not be Canon to any of the infamous or prototype games

[@innercircle9413]

You wont believe but i use to think infamous and prototype are in same world

[@nono-sg7zv]

this game was good but i havent completed it yet. still good so far.

[@gaming_bigfoot]

Absolutely miss this gem of a game series

[@NMbones98]

Bro they can do soo much with prototype 3. What if the Mercer James Heller kills isnt the real one. The virus could mutate and become sentient to the point where it can change into other life forms. In this case the virus took the form of Mercer and gets eaten. The game could pick up with Heller finding out the real Alex is alive they could team up and we could play with both characters.

[@jasonr.c.390]

Same thing i believe, i may like the mercer skin and loadout. But he is the virus, and there is no "mercer" character now without the virus. He should be able to regenerate from the virus itself.

[@NMbones98]

@@jasonr.c.390 true I'm just saying mercer could have some how evolved the virus to the point it becomes alive on it own kinda like carnage we literally have 2 of them now.

[@derpy_j]

Well, there's also Pariah, Greene's son, who is said to be the perfect version of the virus and is most likely stronger than Mercer and Heller.

[@jonintrovertednerd9988]

Real Alex is the virus. If virus is alive then Alex is alive.

[@jonintrovertednerd9988]

​@@jasonr.c.390 He did, after the first game. By falling into a crow.

[@tomasrojas9676]

woulda been interesting that father guerrera was alex all along, and based on your actions through the game alex decided to move on with his plan or going like nah bro i was mad asf humanity is always like this.

[@jeremiahfino7905]

This game inspired me to read and understand genetic engineering and biohacking😢

[@Kinglysalad30]

Follow your dreams brother✌️

[@2sadto]

Heler being a strong black man with will power made me buy the game.i love to escape from the real world so A game with a powerful black man is what i needed thanks for the review

[@mobarakjama5570]

A fantastic example of how the color of a character doesn't matter as long as the story rocks, we are all human Afterall, ironic in this case 😅 Heller isn't human anymore, I digress, PROTOTYPE 2 is a masterpiece in my opinion, now they're just pushing Agendas and making characters black just for the sake of it.

[@aceaj2620]

I still don’t understand how James was stronger than Alex but at least he removed the virus and saved everyone

[@Mad77max77]

It would make such a cool movie ! It was such a great open world game ! My favorite one, now just behind Spiderman. Much more enjoyable than Infamous.

[@Movieland33012]

Absorbing one’s memory can be a double edged sword you also absorb all there pain

[@effortless4588]

Doesnt seem that way for him

[@Overanalyse_This]

Oh my god! This was one of the games my then girlfriend got me with XBOX 360. I LOVED this game. But I also remember how stressful it was the first time you faced a strong enemy!

[@jembalts]

Did you marry her?

[@Overanalyse_This]

@jembalts bro I should have 😭

[@jembalts]

@@Overanalyse_This you fumbled😭

[@Overanalyse_This]

@jembalts big time!

[@Overanalyse_This]

At the time she had this low paying admin job so she had to have saved it for ages.

[@localdude2979]

LONG LIVE PROTOTYPE AND INFAMOUS! BITCH ASS KZbin DIDNT TOLD ME YOU POSTED THIS BRO AND I AM SUBSCRIBED!! WTF! Regardless, GREAT video, your editing skills and story telling is great

[@jimnorris3276]

that noise is maddening it starts at 4:56

[@KhunShawn]

Can’t wait to see more of these

[@overusedbruh]

soon

[@SarangJogi]

15:53 This explains why everyone or rather most people that were va**inated for corona started behaving like Bird Box

[@gotem123]

W vid for a W series, I want a Prototype 3 man.

[@desisparta]

I feel like Prototype 3 should take inspiration from Shadow of Mordor and Cyberpunk 2077 where you play as one character with two personality working together to fight a greater evil.

[@john7704231139]

You have only added to my love and appreciation for this game. Thank you

[@Vicdabeatz1708]

Everyone including me loved Alex Mercer in the first prototype game and was heartbroken when he turned out to be the villain for prototype 2. But it's honestly how it should be Alex Mercer died when he got infected and him saving New York the first time was perhaps the last humanity of Alex left before the virus truly took over. And in prototype 2 we saw that his main intention was to spread the virus, hinting that indeed Alex had become the virus and a viruse's nature is to spread. Prototype is a masterpiece and easily has the potential to become game of the year if they do the third one right. I enjoyed both games and I'm happy to have played this once in a lifetime game.

[@obamacare9681]

We need a prototype 3. What games man

[@HighSentinel]

If they ever make a prototype 3 they should finally bring in pariah, he should be the final villain or main character to end the series, or if they won’t make prototype 3 then they could make a spin off game where you play as black watch

[@JewishCircumcision1155]

Alex’s drip was too hard.

[@johnathonbrewer3840]

The last fight in the first game always bugged me like this guys a hunter to them how’d he go undetected. I kinda thought that he was pariah .But I guess if the thing survived and killed cap cross off screen and turned into him that makes a little more sense.

[@Heavenly___9]

Prototype is still one of the greatest games of all time

[@JFall3n]

If they made a prototype 3 on the newer consoles they would look crazy good , especially with the art style used for the series , part of my childhood remastered would be great

[@HomTolland69]

A reboot of this series must happen

[@lostonegrey1555]

If you make a prototype 3 video or a video on a potential reboot of prototype. can i say that both options need to have compelling antihero stories? So in the prototype games you can essentially gone on gta style rampages and your not totally a morally good guy in either game. But there are people who claim its just edgy and bland characters. Alex is considered emo and heller as just angry. Id love a story where it keeps the gameplay elements of what makes prototype but improves on the stories and characters to make them compelling antiheros or even anti villains.

[@betuna9487]

Falaste muito e mesmo assim não disseste nada.

[@GlobalOutcast]

Lemme ask did you get the Achievement in p1 where you beat the game killing less than 10 civilians? Its borderline impossible.

[@lostonegrey1555]

@@GlobalOutcast I didnt even know there was such a achievement

[@sho4439]

yo bro i Cannot wait for your next video keep up the great content

[@collinsmwega3848]

after this video i just read the comic and this story just get interesting.

[@tomashoustek6755]

I Wish that in the second prototype There was the Periah the child of elisabeth green but He would be extremely OP i guees so they rather forget About him

[@residentnoodler9123]

Heller truly is a good father I mean he did all that just to save his daughter and even spared some a guys life and the dude sided with him so he could save his daughter truly shows that some characters become evil where as some choose to become good overall I want a new addition to the prototype series but I also think that they ended it wonderfully with this game

[@Nang-bubugbog-ng-PWD]

Wow im speechless all the details you mentioned danm

[@Tubb2581]

They've made 1000 remastered BUT WE haven't got this from Xbox X/S

[@PartOfTheGame]

And then we got nothing else because there will never be a [PROTOTYPE3].

[@hilmalumay]

Back in the day these was an amazing and disgusting at the same time.

[@shades1159]

Great franchise that deserved a 3rd game. Thanks again, Activision.

[@donmido431]

28:39 and to put some fuckin clothes on

[@Gabi-wn7vm]

nice .

[@overusedbruh]

:)

[@animelover-pg2lx]

You know what they said. A hero fighting for good only to see his/her self become a villain in the end. What happened to mercer is not good but at least the new protagonist didn't choose to be evil. 🥲👍 Good story.

[@dennisthemenace4288]

Put this in a new playlist.

[@MrRonald327]

Alex was too good to last.

[@rexcyjones9416]

I wish I'm a billionaire and had the privilege to throw away money. I'd be so down to fund Radical to make more prototype game 😢

[@touchm3]

We still have no idea who, what, where, is Pariah the daughter of Elizabeth. This should be a plot point for the 3rd game

[@fracturedsolace145]

I wouldn't say Alex is SOLELY behind the outbreak. He did not create the virus and a protoype virus was released before. I give him 50/50 blame. Also I'd argue that this was the greatest disaster in human history.

[@effortless4588]

TY BRO!

[@TruthPeace]

I had to stop the video and go look up who Cross was at the end of the first game. I always thought he was Greene’s son, but it seems he was just the supreme hunter. 😮

[@tVt2000]

Hypothetical Prototype 3 video when?

[@WiiiildBoy]

Good job here👌

[@tron-a-con3700]

See if you can make prototype 3 Gameplay and story seperate videos to make it easier for you

[@trupangyagba8118]

Still waiting for prototype 3

[@VanguardJester]

I love that in the end, Mercer is simply gone. He's just the virus, doing what viruses do. Spread.

[@gamingwiththehawk4814]

Some times i wish we could have a 3rd installment

[@douradocraft1338]

i did 100 % of protype 2 today andthe lore is good but the possibilty of a thrid game is hard

[@AAAT10]

I don't care what it said or what he has done I will always be on Alex's side and I will never see him as the villain but as the repercussion of the government's action 🤷

[@IcyTorments]

Hey figured id let you know this isnt the full story, theres a total of 12 volumes of comics that tie into the series. Being titled prototype and prototype 2. With the second giving a look into what alex mercer was doing leading up to releasing the virus that second time and why he ended up as the bad guy. Pretty cool stuff

[@jam5778]

Why TF do I hear a ring bell every 10 seconds, ding fu**ing dong in the background, all video long, drives me insane.

[@ArtificalHistoryI]

Bro just narrates his gameplay

[@elijahvincent7622]

This whole time heller didn’t kill rooks because he had a daughter too I thought he didn’t kill rooks cause he mentioned heller daughter

[@chgaming5059]

Why can't Alex just consume mcmullen's corpse to get all the answers he needed?

[@overusedbruh]

plot

[@Genya007]

I think this where from where Sweet Home series was Inspired 🙆‍♂️

[@plshelpmeimingreatpain2840]

If you're talking about the kdrama, it is based on a webtoon of the same name. If you're talking about the webtoon, then it is way too far storywise because it's all about desire

[@McCbobbish]

You mentioned that redlight was intended as a racially selective bio weapon, I can't find any mention of that anywhere. Where did you get that detail from? Thanks!

[@overusedbruh]

It’s in the cutscene after you defeat Taggart

[@McCbobbish]

I watched that scene, and I’m afraid I can’t seem to find it. I’ll take your word for it however@@overusedbruh

[@overusedbruh]

@McCbobbish I was wrong about its location but the cutscene is at the end of the game. Go to 1:21:20 in Gamers Little Playground’s Prototype All Cutscenes Video.

[@McCbobbish]

Thanks!@@overusedbruh

[@Flesh_Wizard]

RIP Prototype Had the best edgy GMVs in 2010

[@giggitycore1982]

I really hated what they did to Alex in the second game. Idk where he came from trying to expose and help to a sadistic asshole with a god complex...

[@horvenlopez7539]

Hated it at first but now I realize it makes sense since the virus first took over mercer as its host along with his personality (generally a good person) then upon consuming so many people with different ideology would somehow change his outlook in life.

[@Jayo_businessmansavior01]

​@horvenlopez7539 that still doesn't make sense bc either way you see it there was no explanation for it being a real thing plus if that was the case Heller would become the same thing, the story for 2 was completely wasted 🤷🏽