Got it on Impulse Saturday.

The review left out how easy it is to abuse stealth.  Just walk into a moveable object to move it so you can't be seen while stealth comsuming a target.  Heck, it seems like it only matters that only nearby people don't see you and not ones far away even if they are facing in your direction.  Plus it is only you that needs to be hidden, your target can be in plain view.  Plus once you start no one sees you in the process of consuming even if they walk by.

I stealth consume the inside of entire military bases by pushing the trucks around to give me cover and they also force the gaurds to move.

Vehicle wise stealth is also easy to abuse.  I once took a tank and trashed over other tanks and several helicopters without being found out.  I fired one shot at a time and waited for my detection meter to return to zero before firing the next shot.

As long as you are not seen and can kill your target with one hit, you can kill any military target, human or vehicle.

Of course, being able to abuse stealth makes the game more fun for me so I think it is a good thing.

I agree about the balance, early on you can do what you want but latter you have to be a little bit more careful.  Especially when the military rolls out the combat helicopters, tanks and UAV drones that can detect you when you are in disguise.  It is very anoying to get blown off the side of buildings by heavy weapons.

Thank you Stardock for getting this awesome game on Impulse.

Did you get to the mission in the campaign where you sabotage/hack detectors?  If so you can do that to any ground detectors afterwards.  Also, try approaching the base from different angles.  I find that there is usually a gap in the detector coverage that lets me go over a wall or drop down into the base.  If you have a military disguise it is just a matter of finding the commander at the right moment in his patrol.  You can jump, run, and glide as much as you want without exposing yourself as long as you have a proper disguise.  Inside the base is where my strategy works the best.

I prefer getting my choppers for free without having to fight for them and be detected.  If you get in a vehicle that triggers a kill event and leave the event, you stay inside the vehicle.  The trick is to get inside the vehicle and not right click to start the event.  I have found around three events that use the copper, so i just head towards them when I want one.  Of course, whip-jacking a chopper in the middle of combat is very easy and helps out quite a bit.

I find blowing up infected water towers is very easy with the gun on the choppers and rewardable at 6k EP a tower.  Just hold tab and sweep your cursor over any towers, infected ones will be automatically targeted.

Plus if you have a valid military disguse, you can take a vehicle without a fight and remain undetected.  This is very useful for when you need to knock out hives for events or just the EP reward.

Surprisingly those detectors cannot detect you when you're in the vehicle lol

I'm on the same mission The main issue with that one is that they haven't relaxed the requirements for getting into the base.

It's virtually impossible to end the alarm in that setting because the military keeps spawning like crazy with those hunters running around, so what I'm thinking is to leave the leader behind first, go to the base and stealth-consume the commander so that you're ready. Then go back to the hunter leader and make sure never to change forms until you get back to the base. Hopefully the spawning hunters will be busy enough with the other military until you can sabotage the detectors, and then the alarm should drop and you should be allowed to enter the base.

It definitely is chaotic.. I spent half an hour just at that base this morning killing and killing

I'm actually playing with a gamepad, since most games like these end up with the controls easier mapped to that. For me I hold the right bumper and when I'm close enough behind someone the consume icon lights up, and when nobody is looking and I can execute the stealth consume the B button lights up and that's how I know

You usually get hints in this game when something new comes up on how to do it, and you get the key combos in the Upgrades menu.

I play the PC version using keyboard and mouse and in-game it says "[behind human]->[E]->[F]" which really doesn't tell you that's E then F or E and F

So true. That's how I used to have to kill them before the arm whip

I think the abilities/powers is the best thing about Prototype - it's so unique that it just stands out from everything else.

You can hijack them and use them to blow stuff up.

Sadly, there's no demo But there should be plenty of gameplay footage on Gametrailers.com, as well as a good video review.

Arm Whip Street Sweeper is my thing

The top slot is for your airstrikes (you get the ability to call them in as you do the missions, it's fairly early on though). Consuming commanders inside the bases increases the number of strikes total, and consuming the ones outside recharges the current number you can call in. The gamepad button is Y for it (heavy attack) so whatever usually maps to that on the keyboard should be it.

The middle one I think is just your current disguise, I never see a button for it, and the bottom is stealth consume.

I didn't have a gamepad for the PC for the longest time. And then I tried the demo of Battlestations:Pacific, and the mouse plane controls are just horrible, horrible. You have to keep dragging the mouse to pitch/turn otherwise it evens out. I don't remember the last game that had me lifting the mouse up so much so I can put it back on the center of the mat before dragging again

In the UK, same prob, i'm gutted Steam have it though... for £5 more.. 

Anyword on when it'll be avail for europe?

It's available for the same price on Direct2Drive UK, so i guess they get my business again

And why does it have price in € marked if it isn't available on europe?