History VideoGame / Prototype2

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: When you are trying to figure out which of the five scientist is Roland, you can see that there are four usual scientist model characters with one that is different. Guess which one is Roland?
** Also if you run into them, that scientist is the only one you can't push out of the way.

On July 14th, 2015, Activision and Fun Labs released an UpdatedReRelease for both ''[PROTOTYPE]'' and ''[PROTOTYPE 2]'', the latter of which included all DLC with it, in the form of the ''Biohazard Bundle'' for the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 Playstation 4]] and the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/XboxONE Xbox One]].

* DropTheHammer: Monsters like Juggernauts and Goliaths slam the ground with their heavy limbs. Also, Heller can DropTheHammer by diving from heights with Hammerfists out.
-->'''Heller commenting on a Juggernaut with Hammerfist DNA''': This guy's a walking earthquake.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Even after beating the game and [[spoiler: killing Mercer]], side quests will still treat him as though he's alive.

* RatedMForManly: James Heller really doesn't take lightly to others giving him shit, and it will show. With you at the controls.

** Once Heller's meddling becomes more trouble than it's worth, [[spoiler:Mercer tries to consume him, only for Heller to instead consume Mercer's hand in the attempt because he can do that now for some reason.]]

* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: Apart from someone alleging himself to be Mercer, [[spoiler:Dana Mercer (who's characterisation is more consistent with her first appearance) also serves as Heller's MissionControl midway through the plot.]]

* MaleGaze: In the scene where Heller first meets Sabrina Galloway, she bends over to show Heller something on a computer, and we are treated to a tiresomely gratuitous shot of her "bony ass".

* SexIsEvil: Anything related to sex of any kind in the game as well as the series is strictly associated with bad guys. Sabrina Halloway tries to sexually seduce Heller to her side, but he rebuffs her immediately out of complete disgust. The Blackwatch soldiers confirmed the existence of a brothel established to serve the Blackwatch troopers and treat saving females from being raped as the equivalent of saving a cow or lab rat. Mercer himself gets in on this when he plans to make Heller's daughter the [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Queen of the New World]] by forcibly combining his genetic material with hers.

* [[CombatTentacles Combat Tendrils]]: Now with more emphasis on the term "tendrils". The [[WhipItGood Whip Fist power]] and all of its [[GrapplingHookPistol grappling]] capabilites also make it as much a combat tentacle as the Tendril power are... well, combat tendrils.

** The best and [[AwesomeButImpractical worst]] abilities are all gained through normal progression, with the unlockables being useful but not strictly necessary. This is one of the better-received changes from the first game, where virtually everything, from completely useless stuff like [[YouHaveResearchedBreathing curb stomping]] to completely necessary stuff like Devastators, was unlocked with "Evolution Points," with the difficulty ranging from "incredibly easy" to "excruciatingly hard" depending on which ones you got.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Most humans die in one hit from any of Heller's powers, but people you might want to consume have this amazing ability to survive with a [[LastChanceHitPoint tiny sliver of health left]], which reduces them to only being able to crawl on the ground where they're much less likely to get hit. Unfortunately this doesn't apply to randomly spawning Brawlers which you need to consume to upgrade your powers, making it possible that a stray missile kills them off and nullifies the last 5 minutes of random wandering to make one to spawn.

* AbortedArc: The foreshadowing from the original game that implies a confrontation between Alex Mercer and PARIAH [[{{Fauxshadow}} has no payoff]], as PARIAH is completely irrelevant to the plot of the sequel, and is never mentioned outside of a single FreezeFrameBonus on a Blackwatch document. Similarly, everyone just sort of forgets that [[spoiler:"Alex Mercer" is not actually the sociopathic Dr. Mercer but BLACKLIGHT in his body -- Dana, Heller, the Evolved and Alex himself all talk/act like he's just a human with unusual abilities who unleashed a horrible virus on New York, saved it from said virus, then unleashed the virus again for no particular reason.]]