I played alot of this game on my playstation when it came out, I wasn't into the grinding. But a few years later I try it out on PC and to my suprise they've skimmed off a decent amount of fluff. replaying was awesome, a very fun coop action game that handles very smoothly (besides server issues). I actually got a perfect gear set with perfect stats, I'd never done it in part one so I was very suprised when it came together (Dare LMG with heartbreaker). I had 4 near complete sets of gear and a few incomplete loadouts but I was PUMPED to finish them. Then they added prototype gear into the game and dragged that finish line 3 times farther. It totally ruins the game by making specialized loadout pointless, no more tech players, weapon players or armour players, just a crazy amalgamation of tech/weapon guys.
Look at everyone who has full prototype, it's always the same kind of setup of tech/weapon usually running refractor so they are alway regaining health for tech damage (making them very tanky), and props to them but it makes team comp pointless when one person is just able to race through the hardest difficulties and take down everything by themselves.
People are not crazy about armour players but when the game first came out I LOVED running full shield and being the tank. Even after coming to PC I tried to keep that build in my loadout just in case, just to get flamed by the guy with full prototype calling me trash.
It's a coop game but there is no longer any kind of feeling of COOPERATION. Prototype is putting this divide between casual and hardcore players.
