Prototype 2

Prototype 2

Radical Entertainment · 2012 · Action, Open World, Gore, Superhero, Violent

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About Prototype 2

✦ AI summary

Play as an infected soldier with devastating shape-shifting powers hunting your maker through a virus-ravaged New York, consuming enemies to unlock new abilities and customize your genetic arsenal. Massive tendril attacks, disguise mechanics, and jaw-dropping destruction set this open-world action sequel apart with unmatched scale and carnage.

Welcome to New York Zero.

The sequel to Radical Entertainment’s best-selling open-world action game of 2009, Prototype® 2 takes the unsurpassed carnage of the original Prototype and continues the experience of becoming the ultimate shape-shifting weapon. You are Sgt James Heller, husband to a deceased wife and child and a soldier left simply to die.

As the game’s all-new infected protagonist, players will experience Sgt James Heller cutting a bloody swathe through the wastelands of post-viral New York Zero. Equipped with unparalleled new shapeshifting powers,players will gradually build a vast genetic arsenal of deadly new biological weapons and abilities as they hunt, kill and consume their way toward the ultimate goal – to kill…Alex…Mercer!

Are you ready to murder your maker?

Key Features:

  • The Power of Tendrils: Prepare to unleash the ultimate form of shape-shifting devastation. Sgt James Heller’s incredible new Tendril power lets you lift and tear apart cars and military vehicles, ensnare powerful infected beasts and even rip large groups of enemies to shreds. Get ready to unleash hell!
  • Customize Your Killer: Prototype 2 delivers the raw power of character customization back into your hands, allowing players to creatively mix-n-match a devastating range of new Mutation perks into their ultimate Prototype. Faster and bigger locomotion abilities, sharper claws or even enhanced disguise abilities – the choice is yours!
  • Hunt – Kill – Become: Imagine having the power to track down any enemy by unleashing a powerful sonar-pulse from your body! Sgt James Heller brings an all-new dimension to the Prototype experience by letting you Hunt, Kill and Become anyone standing in your way. Disguise yourself as a soldier, scientist or anyone at all whilst absorbing their memories and acquiring new abilities. It doesn’t get any better than this!
  • Bring Down the Devil: Gamers will experience the epic story of Sgt James Heller attempting to take down the devil himself… Alex Mercer. Unraveled against the explosive backdrop of New York Zero and it’s vicious factions warring for control over the infection, Prototype 2 sets the stage for the ultimate showdown “event” videogame of 2012.
  • Size Does Matter: Utilizing the unparalleled technology of Radical’s proprietary ‘Titanium 2.0’ engine, Prototype 2 will redefine gamer’s expectations of over-the-top open world action. Witness building-sized Infected behemoths bullrushing entire city streets, whilst gliding and parkouring across swarms of highly trained Blackwatch soldiers. Prototype 2 = Bigger, Badder, Better!
  • New York Zero: An All New Open-World Hunting Ground! The New York that humanity has come to know and love over the years no longer exists…it is now New York Zero, or more simply, NYZ.
PROTOTYPE 2’s NYZ open-world sandbox is broken up into three completely distinct zones. From the heavily militarized “Green Zone”, to the overcrowded refugee shanty town camps of the quarantined “Yellow Zone”, all the way to the war-ravaged nightmare known as the “Red Zone” – this is a city unlike anything gamer’s have experienced before. The home of Alex Mercer, the Red Zone portrays a nightmarish vision where the Blacklight virus has completely overrun the city’s shattered skyscrapers and population, with infection and the risk of death at every corner.

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Aug 12, 2026
I honestly don’t get why so many people prefer Prototype 2. Yeah, the gameplay is smoother and the game itself is more polished, but it feels like it completely loses what made Prototype special. Mercer was ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awesome in the first game. He was mysterious, cold, and you never really knew what the hell he was. And the best part was that we discovered his powers together with him. You start as basically some random guy who can barely understand what happened to him, and slowly turn into this insane biological monster, a walking weapon and basically a massive ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ problem for the whole city. It actually felt like we were watching Mercer become something terrifying. It was like I experienced this story as him, that random guy...like me, and in the second one I lost that vibe. Then Prototype 2 comes along and suddenly Mercer is just the bad guy. Heller already has all the cool ♥♥♥♥, everything is explained, and the whole thing feels much more like a generic revenge story. Turning Mercer into a villain after the first game is honestly one of the dumbest decisions they could have made. Prototype 2 is fun, but Mercer alone makes the first game way more memorable for me.
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Recommended Aug 11, 2026
Amazing game as well, story is a bit worse than first one but the gameplay compensates for this big time. MAKE PROTOTYPE 3 ASAP.
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Recommended Aug 13, 2026
Its always the prettiest gems that are buried the deepest and forgotten by most. Heres to wishful thinking and microsoft having worse problems with leaks than an 80yo porn actress, and that the rumors of a sequel and/or remake are on the way
Recommended Aug 9, 2026
fun, intuitive, exciting
Recommended Aug 8, 2026
About the same as the first game. I think my main problem is that the game feels repetitive. One example of this is the evolved enemies which i found fun to fight to begin with but then you fight about 30 of them throughout the game. Not a bad game 6/10
Recommended Aug 8, 2026
Hated for no reason I would kill for a game like this again

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