Let's Make a Game: PROTOTYPE 3 

*Segment Timecodes:* Power Ideas: 1:02 Traversal Ideas: 21:33 Environment Ideas: 25:23 Story Ideas: 34:59 Finally got this shit done. SO, did you dig the video? Would you want to see more like it (Let's Make a Game)? Like the ideas in it? Got ideas of your own? From Activision, and want to hire me as lead designer of a new Prototype game? _I have a degree you know._ Whatever you're feelin', drop a comment in that like bar section and subscribe to that bell!

This video really pisses me off. Oh, not because I disagree with anything you said, but because I know we'll never get to play this masterpiece.

This video is making me angry because i'm getting excited for a game that isn't actually happening. Curse you Activision!

"Come on Alex! We gotta defeat Alex!" "Okay Alex."

Now in the future with the PS5 unveiled, I think this non-existant game could be made in it's full glory. I would be excited for that.

RU-vid: Puts prototype 3 concept ideas in my notifications Me: Dont do that. Dont give me hope

It's even more painful when you realize that a third prototype would make bank because the fan base is still alive and healthy, and newcomers would definitely be interested. Super power games clearly do well and batman showed that they could be dark and gritty. This video has hundreds of thousands of views and other Prototype videos have millions. Let's just hope someone competent gets the rights and makes this masterpiece.

I am very late on this, but the webswinging mechanic, I think shouldn’t be for swinging around. I think it should be more like a snap to building type of thing where Alex extends a tendril out of his right arm and pulls himself towards a building, the slams into the surface you used it on

I think the “fungus” looking devastator should be like a big ass red cloud like what Prototype 2 Alex did to spread the virus and infect everyone

"I don't want loading screens." "I want all the destruction I cause to be saved and then reloaded into the environment so I can see it hours latter." Okay buddy, let's slow it down there with your quantum computing ass game. lol

Its inspiring how you're so passionate about a game that doesn't even exist.

Every now and then I come back to this video and hope for a new Prototype game.

Another cool thing could be that you get different reactions from people depending on your disguise, for example dialogue from npc may change to softer words if disguised as a granny, and soldiers could tell you to be careful cause a killer is on the loose as a civilian

You missed a very big opportunity to name this video PROTOTYP3

I would be locked in my room for weeks playing this not gonna lie.

I like the three Alex Mercers idea in the story, but I think the second Alex should be separate from Heller. Honestly, it’s because I’m curious to see how Heller would react if he realized that the player Alex and the first game’s Alex were different entities than the Alex he spent all of his game trying to kill. Would Heller be forced to trust us? Would he try to kill us and first game Alex because he thinks we’ll end up like Alex 2.0? Maybe this game could also take some inspiration from inFAMOUS in the sense that we could ultimately choose if Alex 3 is a heroic Alex… an Alex who surpasses Alex 1 in terms of his humanity, or an evil Alex… an Alex who is just as bad as Alex 2.0. Not to mention the interesting character moments that could come from Dana learning of the existence of THREE Alex Mercers. Having 3 Alex Mercers is probably the most intriguing part of this plot simply due to how it fundamentally changes our perspective of the previous 2 Prototype games.

Hot damn... Your take of Alex is not just one person after the first game is genius. That gives the game a chance to move forward with Alex still in the picture.

Jesus, dude, 40 minutes of another person geeking out about Prototype is just... Perfect! I loved every second of this; great job, man!

I'd love to see more of this "I designed a hypothetical game" kinda video, I fucking loved this

This man has me excited for a game that isn’t even coming out

"The mele powers" *Shatters a being into oblivion*

Thats it, I‘m subbing. A man that loves prototype as much as me and has also spend hours thinking about a sequel deserves it

Why not incorporate the firearms into the biomass. Think minigun being held over the shoulder ala war machine.

On the "swinging": Why not have a doc ock style movement scheme? Where arms/tendrils carry the character along by latching onto nearby buildings. You could just creepily hang in the air, even use ranged abilities while you're carried along.

I mean...someone probably already said this and it's been years but New Alex could probably come from one of mercer's arms which James heller ripped off when he consumed him

I like this kind of video. I’m hyped for a game that doesn’t exist.

Came for Prototype fan fic, subscribed for more caveman concept art.

Mercer comes back from the dead From his puddles of blood Mercer: Heller failed to kill me....but.....i don't have the strength for Payback. Mercer then jumps off the building and runs to the buring parts of the city Searching for any infected to consume

Venom wings would be actually awesome. Your vision of the game is basically ultimate Prototype for me lmao

“activision doesn’t make prototype 3” *Activision is Valve confirmed*

Call the heavy armour set "Chronos " as Alex's alias is Zeus. So he transforms into a bigger version of himself I.e chronos. Call the lightest set "Hermes"

I genuinely love this idea. I’ve had this same idea forever now and you’ve finally put it into words. I just love how you went along with this whole thing and as you were going through how you would make a protagonist I was hoping you would mention making a protag like Dante. It fits the revised environment and tone so well. That old early 2000’s emo vibe, though nostalgic and I still love it, wouldn’t jive well with a newer audience. A badass, lively, and stylish protagonist would open a lot more options for character moments and the over all narrative. We need to put you as lead director for this because god damn I want this game and the gaming community deserves this carnage filled, self aware, balls to stratosphere action game you envisioned.

sometimes i just really want to drive one of those trucks while being disguised, then just go to the highest speed possible with a boimass bomb when i would badassly leave the vehicle; which in then turn explode said vehicle into a horrific scene of blood, guts and gore everywhere, just to add more to that stealth mechanic

Grillfriend: 'He is probably thinking about some other women' Me: You wouldn't get it *[cries in there's no Prototyp3]*

SO MUCH CREATIVITY IN THIS COMMENT SECTION, I LOVE IT

As I was watching this, i thought some of ideas were amazing, terrible or just not adjusted to the theme of the game and then I started to think about how I thought it could be better. then I realised that if I could have a conversation about this with someone, I would spend hours going back and fourth. i realised I've never been this engaged with a RU-vid video. Your ideas and depth of thought that went into them make an amazing video. thanks

13:27 poor guy was running from something but got in front of Alex at the wrong time just to get clobbered.

While the gobs sounds like a wonderful name and I kinda want it to stay like that, the hydras work for a more serious name. As serious as prototype can be anyway.

I feel like the swinging aspect may be a little extra, but the targeted grapple part may be a great addition.

I would love a power where you could absorb all nearby firearms and then they attach to tendrils coming from your back and you let out a complete hell barrage of bullets and rockets.Probably a devastator ability

The thing about permenant enviornmental interaction is the fact that you will eventually start to de-spawn assets or just crash your game

Dude...all your ideas are just...PURE FREAKIN GENIUS.

Dude like, I wont lie. Like I will not tell fibs. I'm not yanking your chain when I say... These are some pretty high quality videos.

Excellent. I'm actually replaying the games right now, currently on pt. 2 and there isn't a moment where Mercer pops up where I don't think in my head, "evil Mercer."

Phenomenal video dude! Thank you so much for all the effort you put into this

Man its been so long since I've heard anyone talk about this game

"Prototyp3s" Starring: Alex Mercer, Alex Mercer, and Alex Mercer. 10/10 best game

I’ve just recently come back to playing these games on PS5, so I am very late watching this video. But I always thought all those years ago when P2 came out, “what would the next game be like?”. Obviously at the time we didn’t know that we would never see that game. But I LOVE this game idea. Bringing the franchise back over 10 years later to bring it back to its roots of Alex Mercer being the main protagonist is great. And having 3 versions of him? Imagine the boss fight possibilities! Or even implementing co-op? Having your friends run around New York and killing absolutely everything around you. Could even include the skins from P2 plus new ones. I absolutely love this game concept and I think it would be perfect as the third game we unfortunately never got. Amazing video!

I love all of this! I'd like to add another avenue to this story line approach, and solve where the third Alex comes from. So it is established that he reads memories of those he consumes. Why not have him develop full on psychic abilities stemming from the gas and contagion barb abilities. You mentioned that the evil Alex took over Heller after P2, what if as a last gasp hell fostered the creation of the third Alex in your game, via this new power set. After all tendrils were introduced by P2 Alex. I'd love to play this game, make it happen!

seriously PROTOTYPE 3 is the most anticipated game that i wanted in my whole life, if someone can make a petition to people sign it and make PROTOTYPE 3 happen, plz do it...

"Three new powers for ALEX to use." *When discussing a Prototype 3 game* My man.

I picture the light armor looking like carnage but with his color scheme inverted (the black and red switch places) The heavy armor I picture looking like Venom but with red in place of the white

i love listening your ideas cas its hype me up about prototype 3

prototype with 2019-2024 graphics, my god, TAKE MY MONEY!!!!

I think 13 powers is too many - players wouldn't end up using the majority of them (not to mention they'd clutter the weapon wheel). Bodyblades are a great idea, one which I think should take the role of the Glaive. Contaminators seem like an alternate attack for the tendrils, another great idea. Ranged powers also seem like a goof, when Musclemass exists and should be useful for yeeting things. Ooze seems too slow for Prototype's vicious, fast, close-range combat, and Toxin seems like it would get ignored in favor of Contaminators or the Gobs. These are all fucking awesome ideas and would be sick, but I think 10 melee powers is too much and ranged powers should start with Musclemass and end with Whipfist and guns. Your comment that each power should be individualistic and different was on point. Personally I'd be fine with 5 melee powers; Bodyblades (with the slight range increase from Glaive, as our jack-of-all-trades power), Claws (for pouncing and close range attacking), Whipfist (anti-helicopter, mid-range and crowd control, though with a damage decrease to not make them the perfect weapon), Musclemass (with a hefty damage increase, ala Hammerhands, for anti-armor and turbo-yeet), and Tendrils (with Contaminators rolled in as their heavy attack, as an alternate jack of all trades, trading some damage for more area of effect for each attack and possibly area-denial from the contaminator attacks). Also no to web-swinging, just to keep our hypothetical Prototype 3 more distinct from Spiderman.

Everyone talks about Mercer's return But everyone forgot one important thing at P1 Pharoh, the child of elizabeth greene who perfectly infused with virus. (Unlikely mercer and heller) At database says "at age of child,Pharoh has chance to defeat Mercer" Now imagine he is as main character at P3 who fights "ORIGINAL VILLAIN"

Really love this video. The illustrations actually add a lot too it good work on them dude 👍🏾

Alex 2:Foolishness alex, foolishness... power ruled all. Without strength, you can not protect anything. Alex 3: screw you. I've got all the power i need.

I love it all and I HAVE A LOT to say. So much I cant write it all in a comment, mostly just building up what you suggested such as the swinging... instead... or in addition, have two tendrils whip out and attach to two anchor points and he pulls back and launches himself taking the player to the highest point striaght away. (This also works in the air) I have alot more, i'll be back... need to make notes. EDIT: my additions So personally I would change the designs for some of the weapons, just building up on what you said but This comment is long enough so I will keep it to a minimum. *Weapons* 1:02 The weapon body blades, (6:35) has so much potential. Including like a ranged attacks, like throwing the scythe out like a boomerang and cannon balls of bone (they would be like attached to a whip like a the mace drawing at 7:05 but it can detach and be thrown after upgrades and go ham on people. Similar physics to the tank but… faster.) Contaminators 7:25 would have a cool down of about maybe 3 seconds, they would still hit and stun things but the contamination wouldn’t work, upgrades can reduce this and once all upgrades are procured there is no cool down. (other nerfs could be limiting the amount to contaminate) Also the stealth options are endless, with poisoning someone and that gives a brief mind control ability and then making them walk into a base to then turn… be awesome. The ooze 8:53 I agree with all the way, it is cool. Drowning people in ooze of blood and goo would be dark and satisfying. In addition with Toxin 10:18 I would only add an ability to one of these or both being rain, send a cloud or ball of liquid into the sky for it to burst, rain down and melt everything around, (imagine the detail of it rusting cars away) and it provides chip damage to everything in the area. (I will talk about enemy types later involving armor this helps with.) 14:15 you talk about 2 buttons for attacking, light and heavy… in addition… Press both at once for a combination attack such as the Rain ability I mentioned earlier. 14:25, with these you should be able to surf on them like Frozone… Just because that would be cool as fuck, maybe when you run with them? (Upgrade for the trail left behind to explode) 15:50 again in addition, charge or the double press, to also make one big spear. Take a helicopter down in 1 or 2 hits. 17:08 Armor. Light armor I totally agree, this is sort of a combination of what you say later (23:15) with the swinging. But more like web zipping, Mercer can pull himself along in the air to gain speed and distance. 18:31 the run animation should be he just rolls into a ball… one big flesh and bone wrecking ball. 20:06, My choice would be gross ass fleshy lily flower looking things, the beauty in gore and all that, and releasing the gas would look cool too. 20:34 Letting gobs off the chain I like… although, the Venus human trap in destroy all humans would be a better example to this shit… 1 or 2 big fuckers with tentacles just start grabbing people and eating them, things lasts a while and when it dies, all the mass it ate goes to the player. To end weapons, have a leveling system for each weapon, but it is all how much you use it, so still have the upgrade system but if let’s say I like the contaminators and whip fists the most, those will get slightly faster the more I use them. This applies to all weapons the player uses. Wanna go the whole game using only the claws for some reason, well they gonna be OP as fuck by the end. *Traversal* 22:23 I agree with everything here, web zipping or grapple hooking, either works. (the light armor is more traversal, design could be like a Olympic cycle helmet design because aerodynamic, like Xenomorph alien head but not too close to that because we ‘get sued. *Environmental Ideas* 25:23 27:17 not New York. Maybe Washington DC? White house, Washington monument? Be cool? My other idea was Tokyo because I’m a weeb and big neon lights in a big city in a country with plenty of different environments with forests and cities alike. Also London because it would look cool and be different. (Tokyo & London don’t make much sense if we go with this mentioned story at 34:59) 31:40, Not 100% permanent… maybe it only despawns if you far as fuck. I’m thinking this map is huge, like Just Cause 3 or 4 big. Or even after time, like 1 or 2 hrs real time things repair and that or 24 hrs in game (Day and night cycle just sayin’) Just from a technical standpoint this seems more feasible. 34:31 Agree 100% in addition… Some buildings can fully collapse, like in battlefield, very specific ones. I wanna spend 30 mins real time destroying a sky scraper to nothing but ash with shape shift powers. Even a mission to do that in. (also mission select please, even after I’m done with the game so I can fight bosses and shit over and over) and New game+ because bruh. *Story* 34:59 39:39 Yes, 3rd game makes sense (ignore the plot holes it creates) 40:36 The 3 Mercers is something I like, along with the Mercer from 2 being the villain again (with some other additional villains) My beginning to the game set’s up most things needed for this to sort of work. Game begins with Mercer strapped to a chair or chained up, some shit. He has been tortured for years at this point because he was patient zero so they did painful experiments, the scientist (Alex is still a scientist) that did this to the world basically. But a break in happens by either a radicalist group that don't particularly like Black Watch or some infected. This broken Mercer manages to get out and consume someone and that heals his wounds. Player then goes through facility killing shit, (Insert tutorial) some hunters that were experimented on break out and the player kills them consuming one. BOOM get the claws, we got a lot of powers in this game, might as well not hold back. Go through the facility maybe fight evil Mercer, get saved and or separated by someone or something, leave facility and the next thing you see up high in the distance is the white house and Washington monument. TITLE CARD. The 3 Alex’s make sense. 1 is virus constructed form Alex’s DNA therefore it believes it is him, No. 2 is the Virus it’self using Alex as he was patient zero so before it consumed anyone it already had his DNA so it defaults to him (however is fucked up because of Heller) and 3 is the original that was infected, they took samples from him to accidentally grow Alex 1. Only some tiny plot holes here and there but we can retcon a couple things. If people want I will reply to this comment with my ideas on enemies.

I hope we get a sequel sometime in the future, and your ideas are really good.

I love the glob gob idea EVEN though i'm commenting a 2 year old video BUT SHIIIZ the glob gob idea i'm down for that power.

Thank you RU-vid gods for recommending me this masterpiece.

Alex Mercer 2 lost his arms 3 different times at the end of [PROTOTYPE 2]. Alex 3.0 could easily be born from those. Also I’d love to see more of these if you have it in you to make a series.

This whole video Is literally Just the adulti nerd version of what a kid would do doodling in class in 5th grade. Which Is what I Needed in my life

All ive got to say is I'd want more animations for movement and all that, or maybe a different character, but I absolutely love your take on this and the video.

I forgot how much i loved this game. Why didn't they reboot this series!?

The perfect Prototype game doesn't exi- Oh wait, it doesn't.

Great vid! One thing I think personally would be a great addition to the traversal is mixing in some Gravity Rush mechanics. Completely ripping off the gravity direction powers I think would kill the fun of the already existing traversal, but I think the ability to press a button while you're in the air that would basically halt your dude suspended in place, just floating there could add to some interesting gameplay. Imagine you're speeding through the city full speed, then you press the button and your guy freezes in place, maybe with some floating rubble bouncing around you as if you're in space. At this point you can use it to either strategically use your long range abilities or guns to fire upon enemies from unique vantage points, or maybe you can use it to pick a different direction, then you press the button again and you resume full speed that way (as if to make a sharp turn around a corner). Maybe you can even choose to resume your moment straight up to the sky too. idk, could be something there

If you want to make web swinging really look/feel unique, have the Gobs do it (they slither over Alex’s body and shoot out when used)

3 Alex Mercers......GENIUS!!!! And no I'm not being sarcastic that would be awesome. Holy shit!! Almost 200 likes thanks!!

Buddy,you just got blessed by the RU-vid algorithm,you're great series is about to recieve a lot of attention.

Coming back to this years later and just... still yes. Please, for the love of god, yes. I still want this game. Hell, i'm wanting to be a game designer, i'd *make* this game

Yours enthusiasm has convinced me to go play Prototype, thank you dude!

This man is my new hero. Not only did he make a 3rd installment to one of the best series ever, he went above an beyond with the game mechanics that people would actually like (apart from the web swinging in my opinion) I'm praying someone at Activision make this game like its described here. 10/10

The loading screens and the environmental damage will take a lot of computing power to make it run as smooth as possible. In order to make this work, I’ll suggest 3 ideas 1. Separated area loading chunks (Tony Hawk skating) will make the world seem almost seamless in the loading screen area, downsides are the restrictions such as world generation, npc generation and the environmental damage 2. Area around the player. Let me explain, the area around the player, let’s just say 2 miles, is always in a active state, where cars would be driving, people walking etc, downsides is the area outside of that zone, in order to correct this, maybe an algorithm which takes account of the players height in the game world which will extend the area of visible area which the player will be able to see 3. Open world sandbox-ish, all the major buildings, parks, etc are loaded the entire time, environmental damage will be permanent to any extent, downside is the huge startup time, little to no furniture in destroyed buildings, and the quality of resolution will drop I believe a mix between 1 and 2 are an ideal chose, with a focus on 2 as the main idea

I love this video, especially in a game era where Im craving the resurgence of the overbrutal unironic edge prototype had My 2 additions Ive thought about a lot are: 1 - A faster linear speed, I love the smooth parkour and I think it should be a viable alternative to jumping building to building so that the latter is more geared towards movement around the area and the former is better for moving in a straight line 2 - More dynamic events. Kill events should be power based and allow you to fight both military and infected under their restrictions, one being more difficult than the other depending on the event. Same goes for warzones and which side you choose. And also I love the idea of an endless mode, where you just see how long you can last against an endless horde of infected or blackwatch

I've watched this Video a few times and it only makes me want a Third prototype game even more

Darksiders came back, chances are prototype can

I have an idea, also add a third faction: the military Hear me out, have a part of the story where blacklight and the military SEPARATE and the military is trying to take blacklight down, maybe even have the reason for Alex/main character being in a new city him trying to eliminate blacklight (along with the military, maybe even have ALEX/Main character do something to CAUSE the dispute between them, weakening both) And sections that are ‘all out warzones’ are blacklight vs military vs infected vs you

I've never knew I needed something so badly in my entire life until now P.S. your art looks great

I love all your ideas Charlie, but the new armours in particular are the coolest shit I’ve ever seen

Activision, put this man in charge of your games..pretty please?

Glad to see Im not the only one making concepts for prototype 3

i abso-damn-lutely love this video, thanks so much for making this

the idea of having three Alex Mercers due to the fact that three parts of he's body created their own versions of alex is awesome...i hope if someone ever decided to make a third game they will use this idea for the story

Alex 1: we need a plan of attack to take down the Rampager Alex 3: i have a Plan: attack.

I think your art actually looks really good.

You've got a solid eye for art, and you should draw more because your sketches are genuinely pretty interesting.

I saw 'Hammerhands' and read 'Hemorrhoids'. ...You got a like from me, chief.

Not calling this "Let's Make a Game: [PROTOTYP3]" was clearly a wasted opportunity! Jokes aside, this was a pretty fucking good video, and I'd love to see some of these ideas implemented into an actual game, be it an actual Prototype game or an independent game.

I think the perfect Prototype 3 would be a combo of your story idea and Whitelight's gameplay proposal but with the glob gobs for the humor and the bioblades combo attacks tor the flashiness

Love to see people I can relate to when it comes to going down purposeless creative rabbitholes.

Kinda want prototype 3 to give the ability to just forego your humanity altogether, and play as a hivemind subterranian kaiju. Sure Alex Mercer is cool and all but zombie godzilla. Alex Mercer, or the eater of worlds?

oh yeah prototype is a game that exists... *Reinstalls [PROTOTYPE]* Will be watching the video later, but I love the games and hope they get a third game done.

Get this kid a team of game developers to get this done im already sold on it

I think the swinging would be cool to have, but I would make it less like swinging and more like pulling. Instead of sticking to a building and swinging from it, you should shoot a tendril at a building in front of you and pull yourself to it. This would make it seem different from Spider-Man and would make it a more sloppy way of getting across the city, and not swinging nice and perfectly across the city. It makes it seem more monstrous. Edit: it also would make it so you can’t swing forever sense all your doing is pulling yourself in front of you. This means you still have to land on the ground sometimes and can just swing you while way their.

thank you sir. you made my Pc cry just thinking about trying to run that game. now i cant calm it down

Did you not think that "the maws" would be a better named for "the gobs"

Yeeees 💖 what a great concept, sir 👑

I'd LOVE this take on a new iteration of the prototype series. The only problem that if what all you have come up with was put in the game it would take forever to design and put into production. A type of environment that adapts to YOUR surroundings sounds f***ing AWESOME. But I wouldn't be surprised if the programming functioned like an AI. All things considered if this game was made I'd play it till the day I die, not getting off once. Great video man, you got some great ideas!