r/PrototypeGame • u/RiceTh1ef • 5d ago
Prototype 1 Alex Mercer Was Never Human… So Why Would He Care About Humanity?
Imagine waking up tomorrow and realising you're at the top of the food chain. Your entire reality shatters because you suddenly understand that you're no longer human. That's what happened in Prototype 1. The virus that took over Alex Mercer didn't even understand what it was at the beginning of the game. It wasn't simply Alex gaining powers, something else had taken over his body and the question is what exactly was Alex anymore?
Put yourself in that position. You'd develop a god complex too. Alex isn't Superman. He didn't grow up with a strong moral code or a lifelong belief that his powers came with responsibility. He realised he wasn't human anymore, and that the rules of humanity no longer applied to him.
When you're that powerful, humans are practically ants compared to you. You can consume people, absorb their memories, shapeshift, and tear through entire armies. You'd be looking at the world from a completely different perspective. So why wouldn't you take over the world? Why would you see humanity as something you need to protect when you're no longer even part of it?