Prototype 2

Your weapons become your tools of trade, and the city itself is your playground. Whether you obliterate all those who stand before you or hide in plain sight amongst the ignorant, Prototype 2 is an undeniably good time with loads of open world content and challenges to entertain you during and after the game’s completion.

Where the original was intriguing for its gratuitously unhinged take on sandbox-enabled chaos, Prototype 2 feels like it’s just going through the motions. The series badly needs an injection of creativity if it’s to merit another installment. If you’re satisfied with the status quo, you’ll have a decent time running amok in this hazard-filled sandbox, but in spite of all the noise it makes, it’s quite unlikely to surprise you.

Despite being a game about a guy who takes the shape of other people, Prototype 2 isn't pretending to be something that it's not. It won't lie to you and act like it's intelligent. Aside from a few brief dramatic moments, this is a pure, machismo-infused, swear-word-flooded, big, dumb action game, and it fills that role much better than its predecessor.