cole doesnt have many assets against the infected
mercer was overpowered and still prototype had its hard moments.

cole isnt as overpowered, his powers constantly need recharging unlike mercer.
although cole might be able to procure more allies in ny.

on the other hand, mercer would porbably be a god in coles world.
he has more powerful powers than cole (mostly)
his powers dont need recharging
he can run REALLY fucking fast
he can cross the city a lot faster
the enemies in infamous dont seem as much of a threat as the FUCKLOADS of zombies SHITLOADS of US army soldiers/tanks/helicopters and BLACKWATCH

also, mercer isnt a moral guy, the only directly good thing he did in prototype was saving new york from a nuke, and even then, i think he did it to save his own ass.

so basically, cole is trapped in a city where every enemy comes in groups of hundreds, his powers are not sufficent to combat half of these enemies and he is screwed.

mercer is trapped in a city where he is more powerful than anyone else, with mabye one or two beings powerful enough to consider facing him, he is a god amongst men.

that being said, cole could blend into the population, but then he would get nuked…

the helicopters… those fucking helicopters…

even at mercer speed running, you get the fuck shot out of you, cole doesnt run at those speeds so the chances of him evading them…

and yes, he could kill a hunter, a blackwatch soldier or even a tank, but in prototype all of these things come in groups, fucking large groups of anywhere between 5 and 50.

cole could wait it out as a civilian, in hiding. but if the infected arrived and he decided to defend himself from the zombie hoards, the military might mistake his powers for those of ZEUS (mercer)

Cole can ignite the powder in guns by just touching them, so the hordes of Military companies won’t be too big a deal for Cole since a live bolt would have the same effect (this is going by story not gameplay), the tanks and such may be in numbers, but I think the most appropriate one to deal with those would be megawatt hammer and lighting storm obviously.

As for Alex, if the big bosses are no longer present, then no there is no sort of resistance to him. If they were present he’d be screwed against Kessler for certain, I don’t know the extent of Alden’s powers against humans or non-mechanical things so I can’t say. I think Alex can knock Sasha around easily enough though.

But I don’t forsee either having too much trouble with the vast amount of fodder enemies, Cole pretty easily blocks bullets and is even healed by them via polarity shield, and with the exception of Kessler and Alden I don’t think anyone in InFamous is going to be harming Alex, although those teleporting conduits and stuff might be odd given Alex’s melee style of fighting, however I don’t think the have any offensive capabilities that would get past Mercer’s armor.

Hard to say, they’re already the same person existing in the same time, I don’t see why they couldn’t stay split up

I don’t know how Mercer would hold up in the inFamous game, but I think Cole would get swarmed. I’m sure he could put up a great fight, but I think the large numbers of enemies would overwhelm him and eventually take him down.

It is hard fighting 3 helicopters, 4 tanks, 2 APCs, 20 marines, and 50 infected all at the sime time without massive area of effect attacks, and whats more this is a common place circumstance in Prototype. Cole would have to be able to do this regularly; he might just have his batteries die on him during one of those fights and, well, die too.

Thing is though, Cole wouldn’t go picking fights with the military like Alex. He’d probably be more inclined to help the military halt the infection like he did in his own universe.

“the blackwatch might just mistake cole for mercer”

Doubtful. Cole can’t pick soldiers up over his head and rip them in half, and he would be able to to move anonymously past the vitral detectors. If anything, the Military could view Cole as a potential weapon against the virus if they saw his powers.

during the new york incident/outbreak, no one really knew the full extent of mercers power.
its likely that blackwatch could assume that mercer had unlocked new abilities.

or they might pass cole off as another runner, or they might capture cole for research, as blackwatch really arent above that sort of thing

Even though Kessler is faster. And is already far more powerful then Cole. And it’s been established that Cole could take Alex.

looking at kessler in the fight, im pretty sure that if cole can take him alex can…

hold on, kessler had this mystery opponent who he ran from with his family whilst this opponent ravaged humanity, this opponent was never named and gradually grew more powerful.

couldnt this be mercer?

also, as mercer is basically a walking blacklight hive, couldnt he start an outbreak
of the blacklight virus in coles world?

I don’t recall Alex ever infecting another person with his strain of the virus. The only problem that could pose is if a sample of blacklight ended up in Empire citys tar-infested water supplies.

Did this post break or something, it’s been stuck at 25 comments when I could’ve sworn it was in the 30s at one point

hmmm… cole probably wouldnt last too long he is best at fighting individuals or small to medium groups. but the infected are just too many and attack at any time of day.cole will eventually get too tired to fight on and he lacks the speed to get away if he got into trouble…

alex would do better simply because there isnt anyone in infamous that could put him down for good.

except maybe kessler but i havent seen him use any attacks that are fast enough or powerful enough to campare with coles..(i know they are the same person but because the attacks are so different i think that he is simply a different version)….. cole could kill the bosses quicker but the average characters would swarm him and mercer would beat them all but at a slower pace

For Alex: Provided there was no Kessler Alex WOULD OWN in empire City And After That he could Get Bored and Infect someone (Alex can do that but chose not to in NY >see Web if Intrigue)

for Cole Yeah he could probobly fuck a hunter up with an electrical charge but 60+ At the same time???? So he would have to lay low and be careful to not show his powers Oh and is this before Elizabeth green is realised (cus if it is all Cole has to worry about is Military) if not yeah….not pretty as for him helping the military BLACKWATCH would experement on him Faster then you can Say BLACKLIGHT!!

so um in short Alex = ruler of world Cole = in hiding in NY and/or Escaping NY to live a relativity normal life

@Sapper
i kinda enjoyed the prospect of killing someone transforming into them then killing their family or dragging soemone up to the top of the empire State Building and watching them plead before throwing them of the top or pretending to be part of the military fighting the infection also the story was a bonus (Web of Intrigue i mean)

What most of you are forgeting is the extent of their powers
Cole: Electric based, nothing less, nothing more (information is from friends), but his only real draw back is his lack of constant energy

Alex: Can absorb Empire City villians adding to his arsenall (Alex has next to no limits to his abilities), and the extent of Alex’s defensive abilites was never went into detail so we dont know if electricity will be effective

“if they switched worlds it would be like this : Cole got raped by hunters, infected, marines, blackwatchs and becomes zombie. Alex pwned the Beast and absorb his powers and becomes God”

Eh not really.

The only forseeable harm for Cole would be a mass missile attack on him. He can blow up tanks or copters easy enough, as well as blow up (due to his aim and timing) and redirect (shockwave) missiles.

Like Dark said, self recharging is possible. And if he wipes out all said missiles and has downtime.. then yeah he could repeat the process indefinitely. But still, a HUGE number of missiles being rained on him has the highest chance out of everything im [Prototype] of doing him in.

Ground troops’ bullets will only heal Cole via polarity shield. And again, he can ignite gunpowder without radiating elctricity (just by touching it) so an actual bolt will chain off and blow up any weapons in the vicinity.

The zombies are just fodder, shockwaves and explosive shots will clear them out.

The Hunters are just giant masses of muscle and tissue. If surprise popups were possible on Cole, they could maybe overwhelm him quick enough. But given his ability to chain his attacks off of each target, and the effect lightning would have on those organic beasts, they’re not a particularly large threat to him either.

So again, just a heavy missile shower is the top and really only reliable way for Cole to get iced in Alex’s world.

Alex though, without Kessler and Alden is just like everyone says. He’ll be the top dog around there. The fanboy spouting off about absorbing the beast is pretty unlikely since the thing was said to topple cities while tracking down Kessler. But I can’t say the Beast will kill Alex since we have no idea what it’s powers are. Maybe Alex’s moves will be a fantastic counter to the Beasts, like Cole’s are to Alex. But, barring that unknown factor — without a Kessler and (MAYBE) Alden. Alex will ultimately do better in Empire City than Cole will in New York.

@Cyborg

Cole’s anatomy isn’t the same levels as humans, catching the airborne disease isn’t a certainty. And he has no reason to be “looking over his shoulder” — Radar Pulse, remember? He will know any hostiles in the area. And as stated, with his self-juicing business, he won’t get tired.

Military thing I agree. I just meant in a fight the bullets and troops aren’t all that threatening especially to end-game Cole.

Alden is a bit muddy. I say it’s POSSIBLE because he does some pretty heavy stuff with telikenesis. Like controlling things from several miles away, as well as the whole tossing busses around like nothing with his mind. And building an army of golems with his mind as well, that’s a whole lot of mind powers.

HOWEVER: It wasn’t explicitly clear if his powers extended to people. It never says he can only control metal and trash, it calls him “a powerful telepath” but to my knowledge (haven’t played through the cutscenes in awhile) he doesn’t really have a feat of killing a person just with his mind. So.. if he can only control metal, I can def. see Alex outmaneuvering him and winning. If he can just compact Alex on a whim… eh it’s less likely.

Kessler though: Yes he actually does move faster than Alex. Kessler can teleport around (presumably at lightning speeds, as he was quick enough to dissapear out of sight from Cole’s bolts, and several times in a row.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhWCXLUsVzE

at around 0:45 seconds is a real good example. He consecutively dodges lightning via teleportation.

Alex doesn’t attack at all near that speed. Also take notice of Kessler’s arsenal, near every attack is a pillar or explosive amount of electricity. Against a predominantly melee fighter like Alex, who’s ranged isn’t anything like Cole’s. It’s going to be breezy for Kessler.

However, most debates go off of current events within the timelines (I guess the same goes for universe swaps) so Kessler is dead, and Alden is missing. But the military and all that are still present in NY.. so like I said, on those grounds Alex has no one to challenge him in the current state Empire City is in.

Also don’t mean to stack it up any higher. And this is still hypothetical, because Kessler still may not be around using current timeline rule. So it’s just ONE of the possible outcomes.

But the video in post #39. At 3:00 and some other parts, those electric drones/soldiers Kessler summons.

How exactly is Alex going to punch/impale electricity to death?

Even if they were able to be killed by melee attacks, how would he do it without being harmed?

Just putting it into some perspective so comments like “Alex will own EVERYONE in InFamous” are avoided. Kessler MASSIVELY outclasses Alex.

Who ever said alex mercer could not beat Kessler is LYING!!! If Alex can survive a nuke I’m pretty sure he can survive an old man

He survived a nuke due to outside help you moron… when Kessler makes him a puddle, Kessler wins.

Ahh Blunderbuss i Knew thee well………………. oh well Your not as old as Segaman64

Could Alex have recovered with the crow or something that is NOT a part of his arsenal?