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2009USK 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox80 % positive

As shapeshifting mutant Alex Mercer, you rampage through a virus-ravaged Manhattan, running up skyscrapers and tearing apart soldiers and monsters with grotesque bio-weapons. Consuming victims lets you steal their forms and memories, slowly piecing together the conspiracy behind your own existence.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Open world
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Dense, handcrafted world

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Infamous

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2009USK 18PlayStation

Fits your focus: Together like Prototype.

As electrified superhero Cole McGrath you parkour across a quarantined, ruined city, hurling lightning and choosing through a karma system whether to become a hero or a villain. Your choices reshape your powers and how the city treats you.

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Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

  • Together like Prototype

A fast-paced Spider-Man action game set in an open New York overrun by a symbiote invasion. You swap between red and black suit styles, swing through the streets, and make choices that shape allies and the story's outcome.

Infamous: Second Son

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As Delsin Rowe you tear through an occupied Seattle with swappable superpowers like smoke, neon and video. A karma system lets you choose between becoming a hero or a villain.

Laika: Aged Through Blood

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A grim metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic desert where you play a vengeful coyote warrior. It mixes motorbike platforming, flips and gunplay in fast combat, wrapped in a striking hand-drawn comic style.

Bionic Commando

  • Together like Prototype

As the bionically enhanced Nathan Spencer you swing with a grapple arm through ruined cityscapes and fight through a conspiracy in third-person action. The traversal is the core hook, while the story is secondary.

Assassin's Creed II

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As Ezio Auditore, you climb, sneak and fight across Renaissance Florence and Venice on a quest for revenge. Vibrant historical cities, tomb-climbing challenges and a gripping conspiracy plot make it a high point of the early series.

Haak

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Haak is a pixel-art Metroidvania platformer set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where you unlock new abilities to explore hidden corners of the world, fight enemies and uncover its secrets.

Black Mesa

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A loving fan-made remake of the original Half-Life: as Gordon Freeman you fight through the disaster at the Black Mesa research facility, with rebuilt levels, new voice acting and music. Classic first-person shooter action with alien fights, physics puzzles and the extended Xen finale.

Ghost Song

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An atmospheric 2D Metroidvania set on the lonely moon Lorian V, where you awaken as a Deadsuit, explore eerie caverns, gain new abilities and uncover cosmic secrets. Fluid combat and a moody sci-fi setting define the adventure.

Jak 3

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Jak 3 blends platforming, third-person shooting and vehicle driving across a sprawling desert wasteland and a hub city. With Jak's light and dark powers and Daxter's quips, it is a funny, energetic finale to the trilogy.

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