Alex Mercer explained 

The game also questioned whether the Alex that woke up with no memory, was the same Alex from before, or the virus which took his form/body.

finally someone talks about this game :) it was one of my first games ever played

Alex isn't even Alex anymore. The OG Mercer died and the virus took over his entire body

“Welcome to the top of the food chain”

This game was by far the best "do you wanna be a cool fucking monster" typa fucking game to ever come out by far. Just the way the environment evolves with you as you turn more from human into well that. I've prolly played this series x8 over

He didnt turned evil actually alex mercer was no more when virus got him it was actually the virus thinking it was alex and it was a just a biovirus mass but james heller the character of the second game was diffrent because of his resilient dna the virus didnt take control over him but he jost got the powers and kept his humanityr.this game is actually from a comic

Man it's a shame everyone sleeping on one of the best monster apocalypse game series ever. The way the environment evolved with the infection was ahead of any game of its time. I still have yet to see another game implement this tpe of environmental evolution on this scale in an open world game.

I love how he's such an anti-hero in the second one, like on one hand he trains you how to do shit but on the other hand he's just like"I'm going to fuck with you now"

I literally go to school with a guy named Alex Mercer the fuck

I swear if anyone don't make a new prototype game someone will get killed and i would be proudly guilty of this.

We need a remaster/remake of these games

Man I remember when I was like 8, I would disguise myself as a Grandpa, and just run around likr sonic, and climbing buildings, good times, and might download it again.

Two things happen to heroes, either they die heroically, or they live long enough to become the villain

A Prototype remake with a fixes story would be so cool now. I can't even remember the last big power trip type game. Oh also in the comics leading up to Prototype 2 it builds Alex as someone who lost faith in humanity. He saw the absolute worst of it around the world and that's why in Prototype 2 he wants to infect and control everyone.

So hero to villan

Mercer didn’t turn evil until a trip around the world ending in betrayal, deciding humanity was unfit for the world, he wanted to evolve them into something greater

I played the first Prototype a couple years ago and fucking loved it, and I thought Mercer was awesome. But immediately after starting 2 I was disappointed with what they did and felt like they ruined him. :/

For some reason this series and the inFAMOUS series feel so similar and I love them both. I would love to see cole and alex battle

What I found interesting that I didn’t even know until recently is the fact that Alex Mercer isn’t even the real Alex Mercer. When he released the virus at penn station he died, but Blacklight, the virus, consumed his corpse as it was the closest living thing and made it his base form. The “protagonist” is actually Blacklight, it is a living virus. That’s why I’m the beginning it seemed like he had amnesia it’s because at that point the only thing it’d consumed was Alex and the only thing it could remember were the fragmented memories that it took from Alex. The same thing would eventually happen to Heller, and also happens to Elizabeth Greene and her child Pariah

Thank you for letting me remember this masterpiece

Best example of a good guy turned villain that actually makes sense . So glad more people are talking bout this game

tbh i wasn’t paying attention to what he was saying, i was just vibing to new magic wand the background music

Replayed this one fairly recently, and it still holds up remarkably well. It goes without saying that a new entry in the series with today's technology would be absolutely amazing. They're doing a sequel to Space Marine 13 years after the first game, what's stopping them from bringing this series back even so long after the original Dev team shut down?

Wait his codename was zues? Damn that's way cooler than prototype lmao

Also, Alex is actually a hero who was turned into an antagonist because all of the humans he worked with in the game eventually turned their back on him. His last straw was when his "girlfriend" in the comics betrayed him despite ganing his full loyalty like the man or the VIRUS (cuz alex died in the beginning of the prototype game you only play as the virus thinking itself as Alex mercer) just wanted to help people but instead of atleast showing a bit of gratitude, they treat him like shit. He assumed that the humanity is evil because of those behaviours until he met james. He knew he couldnt change the world because he himself created the whole thing so he infected james without killing him so that james actually keeps his humanity instead of being just a walking virus like alex. At the end alex wasnt even trying to kill james, he always wanted james to win because he saw the humanities best qualities in him. You can see it by the fact that alex actually tells you to equip a different weapon and not to copy his like he was mentoring you. at the end alex accepted his defeat and welcomed james for him being ontop of the predators he knew that james can save the world so he let him consume him, cannonically james actually killed all the walkers on alex's city so there's that. and dont worry alex wont die because he's a virus, and during the events of prototype 1 the virus have evolved to the point where even a single droplet of blood would be enough for alex to regenerate on.

Alex didn't just consume and decided to be evil, in the comics they tried to nuke him and a woman he loves betrays him

"either die as a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villian"

They need to make a new prototype game.

It's so awesome to see Prototype content in 2022 :)

bro had that dawg in him

Underrated game franchise of all time

Prototype anime is needed.

Played the original game about 7 years ago, very good game, never got the motivation to play p2 though. Also reminds me of the time i used to have a shirt similar to Mercer's and pretended i was him lol

Prototype was always my favorite game series to play when i was younger and i always loved the idea that the character you played as wasn't in the right. Which was what i was used to at the time.

Nostalgia hits hard when this game gets mentioned.

Yoooo. I remember playing prototype so nostalgic.

Tbh when i learned that he would be antagonist in prototype 2 i almost lost my shit. I was a teen back then, and it was hard to accept that he is antagonist rather than anti hero like in first chapter. But when i played prototype 2 i liked him as a character even more, even if he was an antagonist, his motivation lined up and he is cool af

Holy shit I remember playing this I honestly did not care for the lore cuz consuming people seemed fun but now I know u play the “villain”

I'm a fan of you for 2 reasons now. 1 prototype content. 2 new magic wand in the background. Good shit

Fun fact we never see his hair the entire game

Omg I remember this game

Ngl I feel like this would really work as an anime Mappa would fit for animating it too

This game is soo awesome. Playing this masterpiece once again

I miss playing these games Im glad someone makes it a content about this game

What an amazing background music choices

Song is New Magic Wand if you're wondering

This looks like an Adult Version of Generator Rex

Its been a long time since I have heard the name prototype old times

Wow! I didn't know there was a comic!!! Gotta check it out

The 2nd game was my childhood!

So basically like a ghoul from Tokyo ghoul?

I want an anime adaptation

Damn why you made me hoping for Prototype 3

Played this game and after knowing about the original Alex's past, I would see this is one of the reason of he becoming a bad guys or anti hero like thisal and his past somehow relatable to me

The Fact that heller only wins because of plot armor and because its the character that u will play to fight alex mercer🤣

One of the best games ever for gameplay. Just felt like a badass and progression never felt slow.

Now i know why the 2nd prototype was a failure. Because they killed Alex who's the Main Character of the 1st Game

Alex Mercer in P1 stopped Gentek's Nuke from destroying the city because there were still non infected people left. He only turned evil during the events of the comics where he lost all hope and believed humanity cannot be redeemed.

Some old games had great story and nowadays games sometimes lack that

Dr Alexander J Mercer had a rough childhood being in foster care untill he was 9 and given back to his mother when he was 10. However He liked his foster care more. His father was dead shortly after he was born. It is also evident that his mother and father separated ways as was seen in a web of intrigue. Alex was however gifted with high intellect in science which helped him get in gentek. He was a really paranoid and was borderline sociopath might be because of his rough childhood. He was also the only parental figure to his sister Dana Mercer. They both used to play games and watch scary movies. Alex also had an interest in martial arts and fighting evident from his prototype self. After getting in gentek, he quickly rose up the ranks and soon became the head researcher of the facility. He was then given a sample to make a "possible cure" of the Hope,Idaho virus. Mercer soon was endulged into his research work and successfully was able to create a sub-genetic trait of the virus codenamed "blacklight". Even after he was informed that gemtek is a bioweapon research facility , he still continued his research stating "morality is not my job, modifying chimering genes are". However when Alex heard that gentek scientist were silenced one anfter another by blackwatch. He attempted to flee with a sample of the virus as a "insurance". However he was cornered at Penn Station. In a fit of rage Alex smashed the vial to the ground and the blackwatch soldiers shot down Alex immediately. As Alex fell on the virus. The virus started reconstructing his body cell by cell. However as the living host was already dead and his DNA not being resilient enough like James Heller. The virus thought itself to be the original Alex Mercer which was not the case.

My number 1 childhood game, i finished both 1 and 2 where alex infects james heller with the mercer virus and becoming prototype

Gotta love how this was basically an unofficial Venom/Symbiote game

In the comics the virus went through an edgy phase trying to be a human, found out that humans might be worse than him,didnt take it well and snapped! As dumb as it sounded it was the only explanation on why he went evil, hell theories say that mercer let heller win because heller was the only one from his evolved army who wasnt an egomaniac or a suck up!

The best childhood game I played since 2009 to 2014 on prototype 2

Actually he just gained shape shifting only on start the claws and blade was he's making

Never knew that was based on comics

Still waiting on prototype 3

we need prototype 3

Unironically the biggest plot twist when I finished the first game.

Saw the gameplay, I cant stop thinking it is not being a symbiote game

Alex Mercer's original full name was Alexander J. Mercer, but his second given name or middle name "J." was unknown. it is somehow referred as any names that starts with "J.".

Forget "this game makes you feel like Spiderman", Prototype made you feel like you were playing as Venom.

As a kid, I was addicted to watching gameplays of prototype and prototype 2 but finally, after years I got the privilege to play both of the games, but yeah this game is criminally underrated and we should definitely get a Prototype 3.

This guy is so badass he created an enemy with the same powers just because he was bored.

Damn taking the saying "Either u die as a hero Or live long enough to become the villain" Literally

For me Alex is reborn and tells Heller that they are now "something more"

Alex is one of the best villains in gaming.

I would love to have a prototype anime/movie/series.it would look really cool

Every 9 y.o imagined themselves to be him

What is the name of the song in the background?

I love prototype games there amazing thank you for talking to them

Alex Mercer walked so Eren Yeager can run... To get decapitated just like him lol

(major spoiler alert) Alex and Dr. Mercer are two different people, though? The Alex Mercer you play in the game was never the _original_ Dr. Mercer, he's just piloting the guy's corpse. They had _several_ cutscenes in the third act explaining how "our" Alex is a literal virus that accidentally gained sentience. "Our" Alex's life started in a vial that would end up getting smashed on the ground while it's creator (the original Alex Mercer) was gunned down. The virus infected Dr. Mercer's dying body, used it as a template for a "default form", and eventually gained conciseness while still in the guy's corpse. Our Alex only assumed that he was the Original Alex because he was "born" wearing the man's face.

Don’t forget the hammer fists 😮‍💨tank busters

It's cool how some of the moves in prototype (the game) were used in another earlier game by the same company (the incredible hulk ultimate destruction)

Also it's blatantly obvious in prototype 2 that he was very willing to die he wanted to die so he made someone to kill him.

Me:eats everything and kills everyone Also me:jumps in water and watches him jump out

W background music 🔥

My child hood

Played both of them and wished we could have gotten a 3rd

Man woke up thought he was the hero realized he was the villain and gave in all the way man's the violation itself

The Artowrk of Garry Frank is just Fantastic.

So the power system is essentially the anime “parasyte”?

This game was truly a masterpeace. I hope sameday it will continue.

In Prototype, the enemies hear the boss music

Alex mercer also said "If I'm human, where do I fit in? How can I rejoin humanity?" which questioned me a lot.

While it kinda sucked to see the 1st protagonist go villain after realizing what he was and him losing faith in humanity. It was an awsome to fight him in prototype 2

prototype and prototype 2 were such good games. I wish I still had them

Must be the strongest assassin after Altair and Ezio

Oh my god other people played this game!! I loved prototype 2 so much! I still play it now!!