Combat, movement and dodging system have been improved substantially. However the Musclemass ability has been replaced by the new Tendril power. The gameplay of Prototype 2 is similar to the first game. He heads out on a suicide mission into the heart of the Red Zone with the intention of dying in action and taking as many abominations as he can with him Gameplay He discovers that his wife and daughter have been killed, sending him into a downward spiral of grief and rage. James Heller returns to the city, once his home, following his dismissal from a war in the Middle East. 14 months after the Blacklight being Alex Mercer saved the infected New York on his quest for redemption, Sgt. James Heller on his quest to destroy Alex Mercer, after having lost everything and everyone he loved to the Blacklight virus. The events of Prototype 2 takes place in New York City, now known as New York Zero, following Sgt.