10 cool things you must try in Prototype

Once you’ve upgraded the Whipfist, lock on to a helicopter with LT and press B to latch on. Press A to leap to the cockpit, then hammer Y to break in. You’re now virtually indestructible; it’s easy to remain undetected and kill from above. If choppers start to attack, back away and let your chainguns knock them out of the sky.

7. Utilise your thermal vision

Snatching Hint and Landmark collectibles will earn you massive amounts of EP, but finding them can be tricky. Switch to Thermal Vision to change your fortunes. The markers are easier to spot with both Thermal and Infected Vision active, but rely on the heat sensors and they’ll stand out like an elephant in a petting zoo.

8. Throw some grannies about

Even though there’s no co-op, you can still have some pass-the-pad fun. Scale the Empire State Building, pedestrian in hand. When you reach the top, see how far you can fling him. Glide after him to see the splat and calculate the distance. Pass the controller around to see if your friends can do any better.

9. Find some useless Easter Eggs

In Times Square you’ll spy a giant clock stuck at 12:20. This was originally an Easter egg - stand underneath it at a certain time and something cool would happen. Also, on a roof north of Central Park, there’s a severed leg. This had been planted to trigger another character’s story, but now it’s just auseless object.

10. Break out the cheat codes

If collecting all that EP sounds a little too much like hard work, why not try out the password option in the extras menu? It’s there to be used! Enter Right, Right, Left, Down, Up, Up, Down to unlock the Body Surf move, letting you leap onto any human enemy and slide on them until the pavement friction rubs them apart.

06 August 2009 (A version of this feature originally appeared inissue 50 ofOfficial Xbox 360 Magazine UK.)

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