06-22-2015, 03:34 PM
You all already know why I chose Jon for my main... but why Alex for my alt?
Well, honestly... I really do believe Alex is a character that blends in and fits really well with the general theme and setting of the Omniverse. Probably even more so than Jon did at first, but that's an argument for a different day, on a different thread
other than that though, I think the main thing that attracted me to Alex were his powers and abilities. Come on, being able to morph your limbs into weapons of destruction AND being able to consume other living matter and steal their memories and identities (those two are just his core "trademark' abilities)? That's cool. And when you're playing Prototype, you certainly do get the feeling of coolness and invincibility, that you can't be touched nor stopped. That feeling of being powerful and godlike and then losing touch with it because of the laws and physics of a new world is something I'm trying my best to replicate and represent as I write Alex, slowly but steadily...
On top of that, Alex is a pretty neat character. Not so much of a deep thinker or a "diamond in the rough" character as Jon is, but he still makes for a fun anti-hero concept none-the-less. He's also not the conventional protagonist in his game in that he's not really the hero of the story xD you can't love him but you just can't entirely hate him either. From where I've plucked him from the canon, he's still the same anti-hero/villain from the first game slowly shifting closer and closer toward the dark side... though he could go either way at this point, from what I have planned for him already it looks like he'll be taking the evil route.
Well, honestly... I really do believe Alex is a character that blends in and fits really well with the general theme and setting of the Omniverse. Probably even more so than Jon did at first, but that's an argument for a different day, on a different thread
other than that though, I think the main thing that attracted me to Alex were his powers and abilities. Come on, being able to morph your limbs into weapons of destruction AND being able to consume other living matter and steal their memories and identities (those two are just his core "trademark' abilities)? That's cool. And when you're playing Prototype, you certainly do get the feeling of coolness and invincibility, that you can't be touched nor stopped. That feeling of being powerful and godlike and then losing touch with it because of the laws and physics of a new world is something I'm trying my best to replicate and represent as I write Alex, slowly but steadily...On top of that, Alex is a pretty neat character. Not so much of a deep thinker or a "diamond in the rough" character as Jon is, but he still makes for a fun anti-hero concept none-the-less. He's also not the conventional protagonist in his game in that he's not really the hero of the story xD you can't love him but you just can't entirely hate him either. From where I've plucked him from the canon, he's still the same anti-hero/villain from the first game slowly shifting closer and closer toward the dark side... though he could go either way at this point, from what I have planned for him already it looks like he'll be taking the evil route.