Prototype

Story

The game follows Alexander J. Mercer (voiced by Barry Pepper), who wakes up in a morgue in the basement of Gentek, a genetic engineering company in Manhattan, and beats off a pair of scientists who were about to perform an autopsy. Alex flees and witnesses the scientists being gunned down by military personnel. Alex is discovered and attacked. He survives the bullets shot into his chest and jumps over a wall to safety. He soon realizes that he now has powerful shapeshifting abilities, superhuman strength, speed, agility, durability, senses, stamina, weapons and the ability to "consume" people to take over their memories, abilities and appearance. Unable to remember his past life, Alex decides to find and consume the people connected to the conspiracy to find out the truth. During his search, Alex encounters two factions: the United States Marine Corps and Blackwatch, a special unit at Fort Detrick dedicated to fighting biological warfare, and the Infected, monsters created by a virus called BLACKLIGHT that is overrunning Manhattan. Captain Robert Cross (voiced by Jeffrey Pierce), a Blackwatch officer, is tasked with finding Alex and keeping him in check. Alex makes contact with his sister Dana (voiced by Lake Bell), who helps him track down targets, leading to the infiltration of Gentek headquarters. He finds a young woman named Elizabeth Greene in the building. Greene is a host for BLACKLIGHT and unleashes it on Manhattan after her escape. Dana refers Alex to Karen Parker, his ex-girlfriend. She agrees to help him stop the virus, but demands that Alex bring samples of the virus. Karen later leads Alex into a trap where he is confronted by Cross. During their fight, Alex nearly defeats Cross when he mentions "Penn Station," triggering a flashback that leaves Alex dazed. Alex is injected with a parasite that threatens to kill him. Alex seeks help from Dr. Ragland, a pathologist with ties to Gentek. Ragland helps Alex remove the parasite and turn it into a weapon against Greene. However, this has no effect on Greene as her body immediately rejects the parasite and the rejected biomass forms a monstrous creature, the Supreme Hunter, which Alex kills. The origins of the virus and Elizabeth Greene are revealed through a contact: in 1969, the government tested the predecessor of the virus in Hope, Idaho, which targeted certain ethnicities. The virus mutated into something much more deadly and the entire population was infected. Elizabeth Greene was the only survivor; a biological anomaly in her body picked up the virus and rewrote her genetic code and that of her unborn son, code-named PARIAH. The rest of the population of Hope, Idaho, was wiped out by Blackwatch. Greene and PARIAH were kept in captivity for further research. Alex discovers his own past: Blackwatch shut down the Gentek project due to leaks and ordered that all project staff be eliminated. Alex Mercer took a sample of BLACKLIGHT with him as "insurance". He is eventually arrested by Blackwatch at Penn Station. In a final act of desperation and revenge, Alex Mercer smashes the vial of BLACKLIGHT and releases the virus before being shot. The virus entered Mercer's bloodstream through the bullet holes and repaired his body on a cellular level. The contact and Alex pump a new biological agent "BLOODTOX" into the underground to drive the virus to the surface where it can be fought directly, whereupon Greene emerges in a giant monstrosity. After being defeated, Greene falls off the monster in human form and is devoured by Alex. Through her memories, she learns that General Randall, the head of Blackwatch, wants to destroy Manhattan with a nuclear weapon. The contact man, who turns out to be Cross. Alex, with the help of the captain, infiltrates the USS Ronald Reagan to stop Randall. After Alex consumes Randall, Cross reveals himself to be the Supreme Hunter, who assumed Cross' identity after consuming him. He attacks Alex, claiming that they will no longer search for infected once Blackwatch leaves NYZ, and that after consuming Alex, he will be strong enough to survive the nuclear detonation. Alex defeats the Supreme Hunter and takes the weapon by helicopter into the Atlantic, where it detonates, sweeping him away in the blast. His remains drift back to the city and regenerate after eating a crow. During the credits, it is revealed that the public believes the military is the one who stopped the infection. A US senator tells the media that the events in Manhattan are a case of nuclear and biological terrorism and promises retribution to those responsible. Alex, reflecting on the events and the truth he has discovered about himself, claims he has become "less than human, but also something more". After the credits, Manhattan is seen slowly recovering, the virus almost completely eradicated. Alex stands on the roof of the