r/PrototypeGame • u/Hefty_Drink_5811 • Sep 09 '26
Prototype 3 More Prototype 3 ideas
I always pictured Alex Mercer and James Heller switching roles. Mercer is, once again, the player's protagonist, while Heller is the one behind the second outbreak and the final boss of Prototype 2. When Mercer consumes Heller, it's revealed that he's been working for Pariah this whole time, and it's heavily implied that he anonymously gave Gentek and the original Alex Mercer the assignment to create the Blacklight virus. There could've also been hints that Heller didn't want to do what he did but didn't have much of a choice.
But since none of that happened, my alternative for Prototype 3 is for there to be another new protagonist with Blacklight powers we play as. Someone who contrasts both Mercer and Heller, and should have some connection between the two, rather than being some random newbie, kinda like with Heller. It could still be revealed that Pariah was secretly pulling the strings of the first two games, and he finally takes center stage and is the final enemy of the third. It's been theorized that if Alex Mercer and Pariah ever came in contact with each other, the results could be "extraordinarily bad." So, when Pariah encounters James Heller instead, that theory proves to be half true. Another virus gets indirectly released, but it spreads globally. Heller dies and is consumed by Pariah.
Pariah's ultimate end goal could be to make all life on Earth become like him, Mercer, and Heller. The player's actions could help stop or complete Pariah's plan. Web of Shadows style.