Designing PROTOTYPE 3 - Gameplay 

A 3rd prototype game taken seriously by a established company would easily be a top 10 game of the year. I hope one day it’ll be revived properly

I'm glad you're so passionate about Prototype, its reassuring to know there were others that felt a deep appreciation for these games other than them just being a regular hack n slash with some gore.

I have watched this video so many times. The hole is still left unfilled, and my thirst for Prototype 3 is still unquench.

* kills citizen by throwing him at wall after punching him 30 times * Heller : *grabs citizen again* Citizen : *let me go man*

Alex Mercer:*glides in the air* Citizens:"Thats normal"

“Is it okay to have an infected child as an enemy type?” Dying Light: “hold my beer.”

There was an idea To gather some remarkable gaming youtubers And build a prototype Activision never could

I can hear the IGN review now: "This game makes you FEEL like Pariah!!!"

One mechanic I would add is a disguise selection mechanic since in prototype 2 there were some unique disguises you couldn’t get all the time like the Riley disguise, you could select disguises you acquired from a menu selection similar to selecting player skins like in Radnet

Activision, hire this guy and bring us Prototype 3. Thank you.

Whitelight: Prototype 3 design ideas Me: Don't do that. Don't give me hope.

Speaking from personal experience as a Game Dev: 7 powers is over-scoped. That's too much to balance dev-side and too many options to utilize player-side. Based on the options you laid out, I think it's best to cut Sword entirely in favor of the new Spear as the crowd-control/risk-reward option, and roll what Muscle Mass can do into your normal no-active-power form. It leaves all the Muscle Mass perks intact while simultaneously solving the issue of "If you could have a power active at no cost, why wouldn't you?" You jump higher, run faster and throw things farther while you don't have an active power, in addition to being able to use military weapons, and certain moves and Devastators are ONLY accessible with no active powers. Love the idea of incorporating movement options into the powers, that's genius, you'll just have to set up more missions to make use and spectacle of how much you can move while fighting. That might lead to more chase/race/hide-and-seek/time-attack style missions, but if you can come up with compelling reasons and challenges for them that's fine. I think wanting to open the doors to more theaters of combat is a neat idea but implementing that in open-world scenarios instead of instanced events is gonna be a massive headache. I think the way it would have to work is 2 powers provide option for particular theaters to provide a tradeoff for player engagement; just like how intuitively the Sickle-Whip and Tendrils make the most sense to fight an aerial enemy, Knives and Spear provide options for fighting sticking to the side of a building and fighting, and Tendrils/Hammerfist let you propel yourself on water and keep chasing/fighting. It restricts you without providing one answer, with the understanding that very few enemies will dynamically respond to it because making separate movesets/animations/AI for every enemy in the game to respond to those player choices will kill the project. And finally, I think if you're gonna go for the angle of the large-scale war in the city as a backdrop to the game, you're gonna need one hell of a narrative and design team to make the player both invested in and able to interact with that war in meaningful ways. "Eat your way to the truth" and "Murder Your Maker" aren't gonna cut it here; Who is Pariah, what stake do they have in the outbreak, and why would they help BOTH sides to direct it where they want?

*running along walls and gliding* Blackwatch: ... *grabs trash can* Blackwatch: *it's bean time*

I randomly got a prototype feeling in 2019...finding this guy was the best thing that happened. Hire this guy lets make prototype better again

I'd change a "god armor" a bit to make you basically this universe equivalent of Venom. You still can do all the things you described but your moveset is more beastial, closer to hunters/brawlers, you starting to run on legs jut to get on 4 while gaining speed, you no longer run on walls you go all 4 limbs on it while wall crumbles beneath your body. You basically turn into armored up tentacly brawler.

When high-jacking a vehicle he should spread bio-mass across the entirety of it which could give them unique abilities that would make them far different in comparison to previous games

It's a shame that Radical entertainment can't develop their own games anymore, and has to work on Activision's other projects. A Prototype 3 would've been awesome!

This actually sounds great. The only thing I'm not gone on is the change on how the weapons are formed, there's just something so badass about turning your arms into giant claws or a sword and everything else. Other than that however, this would be a dream come true

23:52 Giant. Infected. Sharks. Also piranhas, octopuses, sea urchins, squids ... I would definetly play "Infecting Nemo".

Regarding weapon wheel, I think it's fine to have for clarity, but what I liked about it most was how in Prototype 1 time wouldn't stop, it would slow down (P2s weapon wheel just stops the game completely), and you can still move around and attack/dash/anything in this slowed down time, that was fun and cool to see the animations that usually play out way too fast to notice, like the P1's bullet dive has a flip, whereas P2's just skips from dive to being on the ground, and how the P1 air dash looks in slow motion

Wait So I'm not the only one still fantasizing about prototype 3 and imagining all ways to reboot the franchise?!?! I love you brother

Alex:*climbing building* Citizens: OMG spider man with hoodie cool!

This game will need about 10 full years of development. So... #1 that's a long ass time... #2 could be a super great game bruh!

What if you could disguise as infected? You take the disguise by consuming an infected and while disguised infected wont attack you unless attacked, adding to that consuming brawlers and being able to play as one or have a timer on how long you could be a brawler after consuming one could be a cool feature

With the sword, spear, shield, and armour, you're making Pariah sound like a knight. I'm on board with the image of a Flesh Knightmare of Carnage.

I'm still bitter with the ending of Prototype 2. Dana: "So what happens next?" *End Credits* At least give the game a conclusion it deserves.

Gamers:- will we ever get a new Prototype game Activision:- a new Cod game is on the way Gamers:- 😭

Sickle Whip.... I think this is my new favorite idea for Prototype 3.

Alex Mercer: I'm unstoppable! Pariah: *inhales* Alex Mercer: *explodes*

“It can be a little bit hard to convince someone to watch a long form video on a video game that doesn't even exist" Proceeds to accumulate EIGHTH HUNDRED THOUSAND views! I saw it the day it was published, and I still think it's an outstanding video. Love your job, Whitelight; stay safe during the quarantine!

Oooh new video. Greatly enjoyed your other videos on PROTOTYPE learned quite a bit of a series I've never played. Thanks for the insight and genuine critique.

Somebody, please, PLEASE make it happen during my lifetime.

I remember picking up a helicopter missile launcher and the guy said ”wow you've really been working out” while James Heller said ”I eat a lot of protein” like wtf lol

The ppl who made the 1st 2 games NEED to hire u

5:46 I peeped that. Love the ideas, I hope they work on another Prototype as well.

Coming back to this vid after 2 years. If Alex ever gets brought back, I'd like for his likeness and voice actor to be Sam Witwer. He's awesome on so many levels.

Holy crap man, if u told me u actually designed videogames 4 a living I would believe u 100%

this video felt like it was 5 minutes long you make me hopeful for an amazing sequel to the franchise can’t wait to see you at part two:)

I actually love the prototype two version of jumping. My reasoning is because you get a very responsive jump button. Instead of having to charge it and wait till it's maxed out to jump. Just press the button your character jumps and depending on how long you hold it you get to the max jump height. Also I would love to have a sprinting animation while holding down RT and if you press the bumper you bring out your shield like in prototype one and use it as a ram. Then they should make a combo system like Spider-Man Web of shadows were different orders and timings of pressing the attack buttons Plus holding down for different power attacks can make different cool combos. That plus interchanging between your x and y weapon combinations. On top of that using a directional control Plus attack will do something different. For example with a hammer fist if you do a power attack while holding the movement stick forward you'll do a hammer throw. If you do up power attack while holding the movement stick down you'll do a ground slam. Just think of the combo possibilities. And I would love to bring back the other armor abilities from prototype one. Also bringing in some kind of ranged Spike attack that you shoot from your hands would be amazing. And another idea I had was some kind of ability that allows you to turn people into infected so you can make your own little undead army. Also making a gameplay feature that's a morality system kind of like Web of shadows. It's amazing how much these two games complement each other. But I think a morality system like bubble shadows and prototype would be amazing. Where the main character would be facing a moral dilemma to either become more one with the biomass and virus and becoming power crazy and leading an army of infected. Versus working with humanity to destroy the virus and protect people

Or atleast a prototype 1 remake Because imo, prototype 1 did it better Climbing animations, more devastators The backflip while jumping, and many Details about the gameplay

I would love being able to choose infecting the city and being “evil” or saving the city and working with civvies being good and doing so would change how each Faction see you and affecting appearance! Wether being more infected with arms changing or more human like holding the weapon! know thats not likely but it would be cool to be a more monstrous and have allies.

Good ideas except for the god-awful concept of holding a weapon instead of becoming the weapon. That's the entire point

Hey man! Thanks for shoutout it means a lot! It was also a great video! When I thought it was quite interesting on your thoughts of how they could do a third game! I can't wait till your next video!

Ranged weapon solution: the ammo is your health pool

other ideas: -roller skates,transforming arms,why not the legs? -titan,you get giant with cool armor -wings/fins for flight and swimming

Ok I'm sold. I want this game. Let me buy it!

I will gladly watch a half an hour video for a game that doesn't exist because your voice is incredibly relaxing.

Now with Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard there was never a better time to be hopeful, this would also be great competition to the Spider Man and Infamous series of Sony if they do it right

Considering that Ghostbusters: The Video Game is getting a remaster, hopefully one day someone will pick up the [PROTOTYPE] series.

I was thinking about a traversal ability Wings, this would be an endgame ability so it doesn't make parkour useless, with the wings active you can not use any of your organic weapons so you'd have the pick up black watch weaponry,

Lets spread the word for prototype as Microsoft bought activision, we could see a [whitelight] for this franchise (yes pun intended lmao)

Im imagining he pulls the spear out of quills in his back. makes more sense biologically.

This ain't protoype....... Its "CARNAGE" the game :v

My idea for prototype 3 is james heller imitating mercer in certain moments where he does crazy over the top moves Theory behind this would be that it will be a feature where mercers and hellers dna or genes combine temporarily like a power meter feature and allow you to be beyond unstoppable

With all of those mechanics i think it would be a good idea to release it on PS5, PC and whatever the new xBox will be

I had an idea, storywise, for how you could feasibly get Alex Mercer into the story while seeing 2 as canon. Semi-based off the other guys video idea wise. The answer? Heller killed Alex Mercer, but that wasn't the guy you played as in the first game. it's literally Alex Mercer, the person. Who went off the deep end. You in the first game meanwhile are just a physical manifestation of the virus itself, using Mercer's body as a base form. So Heller gets to off the megalomaniac who kidnapped his daughter, but OG slightly depressed Mercer is still palling around, probably in hiding during the events of 2. In this concept though you wouldn't be playing as Mercer, you'd be a third guy. Working alongside Heller and Mercer (They'd probably call the guy Heller consumed Zeus to reduce confusion) to some goal i haven't worked out yet. Perhaps there'd be an element of choice in there, a balancing act of pleasing the very human Heller and the uncaring virus incarnate Mercer at the same time, while making sure they don't kill each other either.

I think armor could be a buff dependent on biomass For example: with enough bio mass you can use devastators or armor (high enough level and maybe both) For armor, you have the base armor that slows you down but increases defense You could also have an armor that increases base running speed by a large margin, parkour, glide speed, and jumping range, but your attack is heavily nerfed (I want cheetah legs for this armor) And you can have a third armor that increases attack power in all facets by far by deceases defense by a huge amount, but you get a no stun buff (On a visual level the muscle pariah has is increased) It takes bio mass to switch between the armors This would create an insensitive for versatile gameplay by forcing the player to choose buffs or aoe devastators It will make the player move around, draw the enemy into a populated area for maximum chaos and bio mass

big ups for using terraria for a gore example😂

I would like a spin off about blackwatch that have to face the infection. Killing mutants sequiring zones and taking the decision of killing potentially infected civilians and witness. No special powers, only tech. Something that more mature audience would enjoy. Pheraps also an investigative element, something in the style of condemned.

I'd so love a third game. With the tech we have now, if someone put some proper money, time, and talent into a 3rd game. I can imagine world war z levels of infected swarming, incredibly smooth and quick traversal, and absolutely bonkers combat. There were really great ideas in the original games that could be explored more. Like the infection spreading, in the second game you could throw the infectious barrels into ubinfected areas and then watch it spread, although breifly and non permanently. I can imagine simply crafted bio grenades or something you could have a ton of fun with considering modern ai tech. The memory space available today could lead to dozens of potential powers, combinations of them, more nuanced disguise system. Hell, even a co op mode. Get a pair of siblings that get infected togethet and each have their own twist on the abilities. Just an IP so full of potential, its such a shame to see it go to waste.

Whenever you say “mass bars” I always hear “mars bars” I’m hungry

With all this effort. I hope our ideas see the light.

everyone: prototype 3 pls literally everyone: plssss prototype 3 i need Whitelight: here is prototype 3 design Universe: OMG just make this game from this design pls

It's makes sense that repeatedly targeting Blackwater bases would incentivize their being stocked with better weapons and more troops. (1) Blackwater would be desperate to hold onto what bases they have (2) They would have less bases among which to distribute resource. And so it makes sense that the difficulty of destroying a Blackwater base would increase the more bases you destroy. It's not clear to me why the same would be true of the hives and infected, which is what you suggest in the video. It's not as though the hive have the capacity to coordinate their resources in the same way that a military/protection outfit would.

My idea for a sword-based running movement option would be a charged iaijutsu (katana quickdraw) move that when released turns you into a controllable slashing projectile.

As much i like purposeless rabbitholes critical and satirical commentary yet also being fair for outside judgement videos, i can't just for the love of expect the game design he laid out in his own take on this matter possible, it being extremely hopeful for it's own good! now this? This is doable! this can happen... if lady luck smiles on us that is

On movement with the sword, perhaps the ability to change direction on the ground on a dime? Drive a sword into the ground to cut a corner on your own biological axis. Or perhaps brakes for your run to break into long drifts on turns for a more cinematic turn and possible windows for targeting pursuers? To me that would be such a badass utilization of the blade and give the best presentation of a prototype that has full mastery of its power.

I always liked the idea of being able to make or turn normal humans into your "subordinates" or "minions", just like Mercer turned Heller into someone like him or others into a lesser version of him. This alone would be kind of overpowered so I think it would be a good idea if turning someone would require finding specific humans with perhaps specific blood type or something like that. On top of that, there could be a small chance that your subordinates could turn against you. Either because their memories wouldn't be wiped after turning or they just wouldn't agree with the protagonists ideals or simply trying to overthrow you to become at the top of the food chain. I think this would be a great idea because I personally really liked the final mission of Prototype 2 where you fight someone equal to you, someone who is actually just as dangerous as you and fights you in more of variety in styles using different weapons depending on situation. For this alone I probably played the final mission at least 100 over.

Stuff to add towards movement - have a deeper parlour system: like assassins creed towards free run obstacles (can destroy an obstacle if u go full jump while jumping towards the obstacles) - the drop free run mechanics from creed (if you use the claws, you can claw your way down like venom instead of dropping down from ledge to ledge) -combining powers as it's your ultimate/rage ability -combining your powers to weapons (black hole rpg) -allow more dismemberment from basic attack combos (sort of like God of war executions towards regular enemies)

Finally! I've been waiting so long for another prototype. One of the best games ever

For the swords movement option I'd say a momentum cancel would be a fun and cool looking option. To have the ability to steer and turn on a dime would greatly increase the feeling of control and power for the player plus the animation of the pariah stabbing into the ground and tearing it up as you slide into a sharp turn or undeneath a car or combo it with another weapon to create a gorgeous looking flow of movement. I also feel as if prototype needs more focus on sound prototype 2 was a step in the right direction with it's music and sound for example hitting someone with the hammer fist and slicing someone in half with the sword should sound different. I'd love more music and battle themes to accompany the game while you're sprinting around the city causing chaos.

Yeah totally agree with being careful to not introduce crazy ranged options. It didn’t even occur to me how op just picking up a rifle was in prototype one since you can essentially lock on and switch like aim bot gunning them down in slow mo John Wick style.

This game would be amazing if pulled off correctly God I miss this series so much...

Are you interested on collabing with purpusless rabbitholes? I think you could do like a big video of prototype 3 with him :D. Also, great video!

Personally, I like D-pad selection. In the first game, the D-pad was already used for quick-select, so this would simply be an extension of that. For instance... Up: Sword / x2: Spear Left: Tendrils / x2: Sickle Whip Right: Knives / x2: Shield Down: Musclemass / x2: Sledgehammer With the D-pad occupied by your primary power set, shapeshift is now performed using the left bumper. Tap it to toggle between Pariah and the currently selected form. Hold+face button to select and shapeshift into a specific form. For instance... Top Face Button (Triangle/Y): Armor Form Left Face Button (Square/X): Military Disguise Right Face Button (Circle/B): Civilian Disguise Bottom Face Button (Cross/A): Beast Form

Everytime I played Prototype, or the sequel I liked to pretend I was Carnage.

I'm a simple man ... i see whitelight uploads i click

Having prototype come back with modern hardware and optimization would be awesome, but what would be even more awesome would be to bring back Alex Mercer. I always imagined it making more sense to Alex Mercer having James Heller absorb him on purpose so he could later consume Heller from the inside and grow stronger to fight Pariah. This would make sense too, Alex Mercer is an intellectual psychopath, and he could have caught airs of stronger opponent around the corner so he created a small army and Heller in order to find a suitable host from which he could further grow. That would further establish the prototype series in its unique brutal anti-hero ambiance that I personally loved, and would make sense out of the plot holes in the second entry... If anything these are just the ramblings of a hopeful fan, I really just miss Mercer...

why not make the weaponwheel be like dark souls? A skill tree or being able to choose your progression could be a good idea while also creating a sense of evolution and mutation(that i thing it's important since your playing as a virus) and strategy.Maybe even deleting all the weapons and make the playres create his own be synergising his mutations/skills to create his own=>outthinking the enemy=>playes feels a stage above everthing/godlike

This comment is late but there is something’s that I would like to see 1. You can have 2 weapons at the same time 1 in the right hand the other in the left 2. Be able to use the weapons while you are disguised like in Prototype 1 trailer

Activision was bought by Microsoft. Our hope of seeing Prototype 3 has never been more alive!

Tbh, and this is a pretty personal one, I would like to keep the aspect of your arms turning into your weapons like the claws. It’s the main reason why I play Prototype, its aesthetic of being able to basically turn into a monster, whereas I’m not as keen on the idea of basically being a super powered GTA of sorts. Otherwise, really solid ideas; wish Prototype could have a sequel too

You see,one of the biggest reasons I loved prototype was 'cause it made me feel like an absolute monster so evolved which is easily stronger than any and all the alive creatures power combined,but I loved to fight with some strong opponents who are similar to me. I don't want the character I'm playing with to become weaker and more "balanced",hell I want it even stronger,and I'd rather have the special enemies become more intelligent and strong to have some epic fights.

God man. I love these two games so much. Played them for HOURS AND HOURS. I pray we get a Prototype 3 one day.

It's been 4 years since this video. Waiting for prototype 3 i hope it will be good then part 1, 2. I'm expecting Prototype 3 to be with different awesome powers and really a big map and something different then part 1, 2 maybe a prototype bike with special power , maybe a web shooter (infected veins, shooter) so we can also go from one building to another... whatever it maybe i just hoping this game to be a game changer and destroy the entire game industry and prototype 1 was my favourite childhood game prototype 2 i played when i turned 21, i didn't enjoyed that much just hoping for prototype 3 to be something different

These are all amazing ideas but I think your hands should become the weapons to stick with the whole theme of prototype

ever since prototype 2, I always thought it would be cool if the blackwatch had dogs that you can consume and imitate. Why stop at humans after all? it would even be cool to be able to transform into a flock of birds for fast travel.

Only 30 minutes? I just sat through 3 hours of you reviewing a game I didnt even play. Where's the rest of THIS video?

I would love for this to come together and become a great game it truly has unlimited potential.

I’d love to see like a jet pack enemy that can be basically be pinballed off of

I stand corrected, I would also have the knives still be claws but still throwable.

Prototype was unique game really I love it's surprises when you play a dark survivor at prototype 1 only to be a villan at the next I loved it let there be a third sequel

I just wish that they would have made a part 3

My own ideas? Make Whitelight a dev for Prototype 3

The separate weapons idea idk bout that. Kinda takes away from the feeling of power, the weapon is you typa vibes.

For the sword! You could combine it with the top running speed thing you mentioned previously (not sure if Muscle Mass extra speed would be necessary or workable but still) so that you use it like the shield, putting it straight in front of you. Hit top speed with the sword and hold a button, and you can slice right through armour not breaking stride. A max velocity line of carnage and death. Get hit by something, or make a turn that's too sharp, you lose that momentum and damage output and have to build it up again.

OMG YESSSSS I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ESPECIALLY THE ONES ON PROTOTYPE

9:54 Can I add that to make a double weapon better is to be able to put the light attack [square] and heavy attack [triangle] on the weapons you want to use. Like Prototype 2, the attacks for every weapon is the same regardless you put it in [square] or [triangle]. How about changing [square] for ONLY light attacks and [triangle] for ONLY heavy attacks. This expands the combos and varieties for you to use depending on your situations. You can chooses whether to use fast swiping claws [square] with a charged blade [triangle] or a slicing blade [square] with a claws spike [triangle].

I would love realistic dismemberment and injury mechanics. Have their intestines spill out when you slash their stomach, have their lower half keep walking for a second or two when you cut them in half. Be able to rip someones heart out and watch them panic as they accept their doom.

I loved Prototype 2! I'm waiting anxiously for 3.😁