'Prototype' video game gallery

Mutants. Mayhem. Manhattan. Time to save the world, gamer!

Isn't it always the way? You have no idea how you got them, but you have super powers, and Manhattan is slowly being overrun by angry mutated humans. And while you’d like to just ask someone what’s going on, you instead have to use your new abilities to figure it out while defending yourself against the mutants and the military.

Good thing this is just the premise of the third-person, open-world action game “Prototype” (which Activision Blizzard will release for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on June 9), because as a game, it’s a great idea, but in real life it would screw up traffic and drive down houses prices in New York. Don’t believe us? Just look at the mayhem for yourself with the following screenshot gallery.—Paul Semel, Special to Metromix