u/Theyul1us

Two drunk friends in a car are driving, laughing and having fun after a party.

Then, suddenly, they see the lights of a cop car, stopping people for a control. The driver starts to panic

Driver "oh god no, im too drunk. Im getting arrested. Ill lose my license, my wife will leave me, ill lose my job..."

Friend "hey. Dont worry. Listen, when he asks to lower the window, just give him 50€. Dont even look at him. Just do it"

The cop stops them, asks to lower the window and the driver hands him 50€. The cop looks at the bill, looks at them, at the bill again and he takes it and orders them to move.

The two friends drive again, laughing at how smart they are, how they tricked the cop but suddenly, lights of a cop car again, in front of them. The driver starts to panick again

Driver "oh god I will get arrested. Ill lose the license, my wife will leave me, ill lose the job..."

Friend "hey, hey. We do the same. I have 50€, when the cop asks to lower the window just give em to him. Dont even look at him"

Same thing happens. The cop asks to lower the window, the driver hands him the 50€. The cop looks at him, looks at the bill, looks at him, takes the bill and orders them to drive along.

Again the friends drive away laughing, patting themselves on the back... and then they see the lights of yet another cop car.

Now they are scared because they dont have any money left, they dont know what to do. The cop approaches, ask them to lower the window and they comply. And the cop says

"Hey, if you give me another 50€, ill explain how to get out of the roundabout"

Pardon my question, but doing a beasthood build and wanted to ask: if when swapping armor my beasthood stat is lower (red) does that mean I build more or less beasthood? Im a bit confused by it

Now, let me start this by saying its probably cope, despite the fact that I like Heller the same that I like Mercer. I think he is a good character, if a bit over the top with the "angry black guy" trope, so to speak

But after beating prototype 2 just an hour ago (beat both games back to back to get platinum), I do feel that even on high difficulty Alex is quite easy and his motivations are quite comic book villain. And yes, I know about the comics, ive read them, but thats partially were my theory comes from

Alex wasnt angry at the world, he was tired of it. As he said in the first game, he is more than human, beyond life or death as he said in his memories in the second game. I dont think he has any problems getting absorbed or dying and this is where my theory comes from

Alex wanted Heller to win, to cleanse the virus and move on. He wasnt angry (or just angry) at humanity, he was tired

Heller is a man with a family that he loved, something that the original Alex (the human) didnt really have. Its pretty much confirmed that Blacklight!Alex cared more about Dana than Human!Alex did. Heller is a man that has seen both the bad parts of humanity (war veteran) but also the best (family, a community, friends).

Alex could have stopped Heller before and I dont mean absorbing him, he could have just outright killed him. The few cutscene interactions they have is Alex basically tossing him around. But he didnt. Hell, in the "Lost in the System" mission one of the Evolved calls Heller "the teacher's pet". Almost every Evolved says that they dont understand Alex's fixation with Heller or that Heller should have died long ago.

So this is where my theory comes from: Alex wanted Heller to be strong. He wanted Heller to be more or less on equal footing, absorbe him and then let Heller decide what he would do. Have a heir so to speak

If he decides to go on with Alex's plan, well, so be it. If he wants to cleanse the virus, well, perfect too. Now Heller has a ton of biomass he can use.

Heller has more experience being a human basically, and after Blacklight!Alex got so dissapointed in humanity after the comics, who better than a full human to decide what would happen with humanity

I do admit that some parts of this theory dont make sense (like, why would Alex release the virus again, for example), but id like to hear your opinions.

Thanks for reading