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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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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Prototype special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Prototype 2

100 %Match

2012PEGI 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable76 % positive29.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Prototype: a post-apocalyptic setting, an open world and melee combat with weapons or fists.

As mutated soldier James Heller, you tear through a virus-ravaged New York with blade arms, whip tendrils and breakneck parkour up skyscrapers. Consuming enemies, stealing their forms and infiltrating military bases delivers an over-the-top power fantasy.

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Infamous

Post-apocalyptic setting

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.

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

Melee combat with weapons or fists

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

Action-packed real-time combat

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.

Assassin's Creed II

Melee combat with weapons or fists

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.

Bionic Commando

Post-apocalyptic setting

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.

Ghost Song

Melee combat with weapons or fists

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.

Sunset Overdrive

Post-apocalyptic setting

A loud, colorful open-world action shooter where you grind across rooftops, wall-run and blast mutants with absurd weapons. The fluid traversal and irreverent humor set it apart.

Laika: Aged Through Blood

Post-apocalyptic setting

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.

Black Mesa

Sci-fi setting

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.

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