The enemy chatter is massively cut down - vehicle operators are almost silent, and while the Red Crown lady's stoic drone makes her a good straight man to scenery-chewing Blackwatch officers she doesn't have the personality to carry on her own. The WoI scenes are a lot more bland (though some of them are pretty funny)(brah). Prototype 2 is a noticeable step down in this regard. Often I'd visit a hive and just watch a battle between the military and infected devolve into a chaotic clusterfuck, tanks and helicopters tearing around corners shooting everything while foot soldiers run around panicking. Prototype 1 had this fantastic atmosphere - the Web of Intrigue scenes are genuinely creepy and surreal, there's loads of chatter that gives even the faceless grunts and unseen radio coordinators loads of personality, and there's a constant feeling of desperation. This is really my only big gripe with this game. At least Clint has the decency to let you punch his face in, but Galloway goes off and gets herself killed :/ Sabrina and Clint are neither, they're just grating and obnoxious. Most characters here are funny (Heller, everyone in Blackwatch) or likable (Diane Mercer, Luis Gierra).

This game looks dope when you're at low health. THE NOT SO GOOD Not sure why there's no color filter to make it so I can play the whole game in the black and white you get when at low health. No more having the upgrade tree filled with useless shit like 'curb stomp dead corpses.'

No more having to do cheesy exploits to get enough EXP to unlock necessary moves. You get upgrades at set points during the game, and by mid-game you already have pretty much the entire power set from the first game. Related to cutting out a lot of the ability fat, the upgrade system is much more intuitive. And on that note, letting you equip two powers at a time is great and means you no longer have to break out the weapon wheel whenever you want to switch. The abilities are more balanced and are all useful, there's reason to switch between them instead of just using the blade the whole game. Heller starts off with his full set of unarmed powers at the start and most of the excess has been removed, so you no longer have 800 ways of comboing people who die in one punch.

The gameplay is much more streamlined and fluid. James Heller is the most relateable protagonist.

Prototype 1 or 2