Prototype's multiplayer gets cut and we bleed

Posted Mar 30th 2008 11:00AM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News

Chatting with Radical Entertainment's Executive Producer Tim Bennison, Team Xbox learned some semi-depressing news about a once promised feature that was supposed to be included in Prototype, but has since been cut from the game. That feature being any and all multiplayer component. Talking about Prototype's multiplayer, Bennison told Team Xbox that "while it's a great concept and gameplay bonus, our conclusion is that we won't be able to pull it off with the same level of quality and polish that we're aiming for with the original single player story. " Simply put, they didn't want to tack on multiplayer knowing that it would end up feeling gimped. And really, we can't hate them for that. Just give us a solid single player game, impress us and we'll call it even. There's always a sequel.

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Tags: prototype, radical, radical-entertianment, sierra

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

3-30-2008 @ 11:54AM

EDW said...

well the promised co-op play was one of the major selling points of Prototype to me, but i'm still planning on getting it.

3-30-2008 @ 11:56AM

webster1990 said...

damn, i was hoping for crackdown style co-op.
well, i suppose i will have to wait for APB for that one.

3-30-2008 @ 12:05PM

Sujay said...

Aw! That was the part I was looking forward to the most about this game! Oh well.

3-30-2008 @ 12:37PM

T Munster said...

Lame...As previously stated it was one of their major selling points. Now its just lost its "pazazz". Ill just stick with all the millions of other sandbox games coming out that still have co-op. Mercs2 better live up to its hype.

3-30-2008 @ 12:40PM

Anticrawl said...

Yeah with the dozens of other must buys this year Prototype really won't be missed, already erased it from my list. Singleplayer only games just don't cut it for the 60 dollar price point anymore. I will certainly consider renting it.

3-30-2008 @ 12:45PM

Chris said...

I think I just heard the sound of a million preorders being canceled.

3-30-2008 @ 12:52PM

Charles Nickerson said...

Well I just cancelled mine =) save me money in the long run thank you developers!!! And to say they cant give you the 'polish' of the single player game is a joke, many games have done it, they're just going to rush a POS game out the door and multiplayer is one corner they are cutting.

3-30-2008 @ 1:01PM

JUICED said...

Loser's

3-30-2008 @ 1:38PM

Drunkenshaolin said...

all this hype talk in their diarys!!

then the real lazyness kicks in.
again sound like they wanna rush to get this done, for the quick dolla.

3-30-2008 @ 2:26PM

MrMuggs said...

Multiplayer is why I buy games versus rent. If I can play through it and then I'm finished with it there's no need to own it. I'll maybe rent this, play through it and then return it...

3-30-2008 @ 2:44PM

dylan said...

I agree w/MrMuggs, this just became a rental at best, I was really hoping for co-op

3-30-2008 @ 3:02PM

Stephen said...

This better be a bad April Fools joke.

3-30-2008 @ 3:07PM

lastgiantrobot said...

Why were people excited in the first place about this game? To me it looked like another Front Lines, big open sandbox with bland textures and copy and pasted gameplay mechanics.

3-30-2008 @ 3:31PM

David said...

And now I will never be buying this game.

3-30-2008 @ 4:26PM

fatt said...

wait they actually still make single-player-ONLY games these days? ..but ..why?

3-30-2008 @ 4:52PM

Neuromancer said...

Dustin I don't have a problem with good single player games, but when they promise co-op and change their minds because it's too hard, that's pretty shitty. This went from must buy to maybe rent on my list.

3-30-2008 @ 5:11PM

LoyalistRevolt said...

Once again another game that should have multiplayer
doesn't.....Why are game developers so lazy.....

3-30-2008 @ 5:15PM

bugatti23007 said...

Its better that its only single player otherwise I would have to spend money playing on live to unlock achievements and then people would leave whenever they want during the game and besides I usually play video games by myself.

3-30-2008 @ 5:31PM

ccc said...

@Dustin

Or theres always a downloadable expansion down the road.

3-30-2008 @ 5:32PM

todd said...

Didnt buy Kayne and Lynch after the dumped the co-op... glad I didn't buy it anyhow... prob be the same for this title. Think I'll wait for a price drop/used before I bother... just wondering why it can't be done well, crackdown did it so well and even there where a few slowdowns it ran well and looked very good.

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