00:10I'm Tim Benison, and I'm the executive producer of Prototype.
00:14Today we'll be talking about the story of the game.
00:17What drives the narrative? What are the motivations of the characters?
00:21And really, what is underpinning the over-the-top action that is the essence of this game?
00:29So the basic premise behind the story is that Alex Mercer, the main character,
00:34wakes up on a slab in a morgue with some scientists hovering above him,
00:39about to cut him open in an autopsy.
00:41Now, obviously, his first goal is to get the heck out of there
00:45and get out of that incredibly traumatic situation.
00:48But the character and the player quickly discover that Alex has no memories.
00:52So the rest of the game is about why he ended up on that morgue slab.
00:56How he got his shape-shifting powers.
00:59Who did this to him?
01:00And basically, getting his revenge.
01:07He can consume anyone he meets in New York City.
01:11One of the things he gets from consuming people is memories.
01:15They may have some knowledge of some piece of the puzzle,
01:17some knowledge of your past life.
01:19The player is literally piecing these together
01:21into something we call the web of intrigue interface.
01:23It's a really unique way of telling a story,
01:26and I think it's one that plays really well into the interactivity of a game.
01:37Dana Mercer, who is Alex's sister,
01:39is one of the other major characters in the game.
01:41She's a journalist,
01:43and she helps Alex find answers.
01:46She's got access to certain sources of information,
01:49but she doesn't have all of the answers.
01:59Another major ally of Alex's is Dr. Ragland.
02:02Now, he's a pathologist at a local hospital,
02:04and he has specialized knowledge of the infection
02:06that's sweeping through New York City.
02:08Alex needs his help in fighting the military,
02:11and even in combating some of the specialized weapons
02:13that the military deploy against him.
02:21One of the main enemy characters in the game
02:23that Alex squares off against is the specialist.
02:26Now, he's a leader in the Black Watch,
02:28which is a special branch of the U.S. military
02:30whose main purpose is to contain and stamp out infections,
02:33especially in large urban environments
02:35like the one that's happening in New York City.
02:37Nothing phases him.
02:39Nothing surprises him
02:40when it comes to the effects of biological warfare.
02:44And he's probably one of the toughest enemies
02:46Alex will face in the game.
02:49One of the most important characters in Prototype
02:51is, in fact, the city itself.
02:54New York evolves over time,
02:56before your eyes, as the story unfolds.
03:00The buildings themselves become infected.
03:02In fact, some of them we call hives,
03:04and these things are the core of the infection,
03:06and they actually can spew out hordes of infected.
03:08It's really cool to see them come out of these giant pustules.
03:11Not only do you see infected zones,
03:13you also see heavily militarized zones
03:15with bases being set up
03:16and lots more military hardware being transported in.
03:20The main thing we want the player to feel
03:21is the feeling that they're the ultimate badass.
03:26Alex Mercer is one of the most powerful
03:27video game characters ever created.
03:29It's a revenge quest,
03:31so we want players to feel like
03:32they're getting to the heart of the conspiracy
03:35that made them the way they are,
03:37and making those responsible pay.
03:47if you get into it,
03:51let's say goodbye.
03:51If you're a victim,
03:51you're gonna be in the middle of the world.
03:51The end of it is a tough one.
03:51in the middle of the world doesn't even have to do it?
03:52you will have to do it?
03:52It's a heavy fury.
03:52It's perfect for you.
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