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Prototype (video game) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Prototype is a very intense game. I'm not sure what genre it properly fits into - it uses an outside view, so it is not a really a FPS - which I usually dislike, but makes sense in this case. I've had this game for a while - purchased on a Steam sale, as usual - and I finally decided to try it out. The game is about Alex Mercer - who (apparently at this point of the story) was mutated by a virus that gives him super powers (in a very Neal Asher's Polity sort of way - it can consume enemies, adapt in seconds to new situations with a thought, etc). There are plenty of attacks and special moves, including just grabbing a car or large AC unit and throwing it. You can do enormous jumps and run up the walls of building - apparently by doing enough damage on contact that you just penetrate the wall (not sure how that would work on glass). You can also grab guns your enemies drop, but that feels just wrong and the aiming fee...