11-24-2017, 02:52 AM
Nononono, I don't mean to create an apocalypse HERE. I'm talking about writing an AU sequel to Prototype to fix what Prototype 2 royally screwed up. To put it in perspective, the main reason Mercer turned from "Save Manhattan, leave to let it heal" to "Eradicate all humans" is explained in bulk as "seeing the downfalls of humans" and then more detail revolves around one chick breaking his heart... I mean seriously... he's ending the world... because of a bad hookup.
He goes back to infecting people with the same virus, which usually just kills people. There's zero explination as to how he can create the perfectly stable "Evolved" and its used sparingly as a plot device... He had the means to SAVE humanity, but because that story wouldn't make a great game, he instead decided to ruin it... It just turns Mercer into the Big Bad so you had the perfect final boss. Perfect... if you weren't a Lore Junky like me.
My intention is, if I decide to even put it on Omniverse, that eventually Mercer will remember bits. Thoughts and memories between the time of "Nuke to the Face" and "Omni in his face" slowly trickle back to help sort of "guide" Mercer back into the role of Anti (Anti villain or Anti Hero depends on perspective, of course.) It really depends on if this is considered "Ret-Con" which is... so damn arguable... Mercer's original death (shot down as he smashed the vial) lead to a complete amnesia. It could be said that Omni plucked the Prototype at the moment of his death, so that he remembers only the "Climax" that began his new life; consuming the crow that was attempting to consume him.
I'm compiling information and references, and adding a few details that were never important enough in the original or sequel to become established lore. I'm going to try and do this as close to the books as possible. Mercer won't be Mr. Perfect by any means, he's not going to turn into an upstanding guy. He's going to be more like a Necessary Evil.
He goes back to infecting people with the same virus, which usually just kills people. There's zero explination as to how he can create the perfectly stable "Evolved" and its used sparingly as a plot device... He had the means to SAVE humanity, but because that story wouldn't make a great game, he instead decided to ruin it... It just turns Mercer into the Big Bad so you had the perfect final boss. Perfect... if you weren't a Lore Junky like me.
My intention is, if I decide to even put it on Omniverse, that eventually Mercer will remember bits. Thoughts and memories between the time of "Nuke to the Face" and "Omni in his face" slowly trickle back to help sort of "guide" Mercer back into the role of Anti (Anti villain or Anti Hero depends on perspective, of course.) It really depends on if this is considered "Ret-Con" which is... so damn arguable... Mercer's original death (shot down as he smashed the vial) lead to a complete amnesia. It could be said that Omni plucked the Prototype at the moment of his death, so that he remembers only the "Climax" that began his new life; consuming the crow that was attempting to consume him.
I'm compiling information and references, and adding a few details that were never important enough in the original or sequel to become established lore. I'm going to try and do this as close to the books as possible. Mercer won't be Mr. Perfect by any means, he's not going to turn into an upstanding guy. He's going to be more like a Necessary Evil.
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