Radical Entertainment is taking the knowledge they gained developing the excellent Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, and applying it to a new superhuman sandbox game set in New York City.  The game is Prototype, and before today, the most we’ve seen of it is a quick fifteen second teaser showing off some of the protagonist’s acrobatic moves, as well as his apparent ability to transform into some sort of demon wolf thingy.  Today’s video, however, gives us a good, long look at the city they’ve built for the game, as well as some very early (pre-alpha) action.  It’s certainly a long way from complete, to be sure, but so far, the game looks to be impressive.  Check out the video, courtesy of Gametrailers.com:



Okay, so the devs come off a bit self-important and melodramatic, but the footage looks nice enough that my interest is piqued.  Gotta love the sheer volume of traffic and pedestrians.  Let’s just hope they can actually keep it at that level in the final version.  My only complaint; the lead character looks a bit derivative of a couple of existing characters. You tell me if this math adds up: