Evolved

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The Evolved were virally enhanced individuals created by Alex Mercer for the purpose of infiltrating and destroying Blackwatch and Gentek and to further his plans to spread the Blacklight virus. They utilized a pair of Blades of varying shapes as a means of attacking, which are supplemented by powers that vary between each Evolved. Among the abilities unique to each evolved are Whipfists, the ability to produce Biobombs, tracking others of their kind, being untrackable, Consuming individuals and summoning Brawler Hunters or a flock of Flyers.

Alex used his Evolved agents, such as Doctor Anton Koenig, to infiltrate Blackwatch and Gentek, as part of a plot to spread the Whitelight compound that was originally meant as an inoculation against his own virus, thus transforming anyone inoculated with the Whitelight into an evolved under Alex's control.

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• Dr. Anton Koenig
• Dr. Karen Archer
• Commander Chaplin
• Biobomber
• Lieutenant Colonel Collins
• Dennis Wayne
• Elwood Pine
• Dr. Harry Gutierrez
• Dr. Jenkins
• Keith Gallagher
• Dr. Kishino
• Dr. Lawrence Foster
• Lindsay Bendhurst
• Roland
• Whipfist Evolved
• Sabrina Galloway
• Kamil Woinski

There are 38 Evolved appear in NYZ in total, (Not counting Prototypes), addition Evolved will rarely appear by releasing Whitelight toward Blackwatch soldiers.

Combat Tactics

Aside from Alex Mercer, Evolved are the fastest and most agile enemy in game, to defeat them, player must act fast to their attack and counter them wisely. All of the evolved will wield twin Blades aside from Whipfist Evolved. Their attacking method are actually similiar to Brawler, although faster and harder to defend. Evolved can also use throw rock or other objects to damage player if far away.

The most effective power against the evolved are Claws, Blades, and Hammerfists. Claws can constantly damage them, without giving them time to fight back; although it will have problem dealing with multiple enemies. Blade Tornado can deal heavy damage, but can be countered if not attacking at the right time. Hammerfist can deal heavy damage and shake them into the air, stopping them from attacking. Evolved are also very weak against most aerial attacks.

Evolved will sometimes slash with both blades vertically, which when dodged, will cause their blades to stuck into the ground, player can then use use key near them to deal heavy damage, depend on the power used.

Note that when an Evolved is stunned with a shield bash or a powerful attack, make sure to attack them after they recover, as they have a counter attack which lashing both of their arms upward, this can stop most of Heller's attack and deal good damage.

Some Evolved also has some special attacks, including:

• Dr. Karen Archer, as well as one of the Evolved that kidnapped Agent Griffin, can summon Brawler to aid them in the fight. Archer will summon Brawlers for twice, 2 the first time and 4 the second time, when her health is dropped to a certain level. The Evolved that kidnapped Agent Griffin will summon two Brawlers whenever one of his teammates is defeated.
• Roland can suddenly erupt spikes from his body, transforming himself into a spikeball, which deals heavy damage if not dodged or blocked in time.
• Lindsay Bendhurst, Dr. Lawrence Foster, and Alex Mercer can summon Flyers to aid them in fight. Dr. Foster's Flyers automatically disappear when Heller defeated and consumed her. However, in the final fight with Alex Mercer he must use the devastator attack to destroy the flyers before the fight may continue.
• Biobomber, as well as some of the other Evolved, has the ability to biobomb Heller after hitting with a slash. The attackc deals heavy damage. This can be avoided by blocking the slash in the first place.
• The Whipfist Evolved's attack can be blocked or dodged, react fast to defend from the Whipfist and charge to attack during her attacking interval.

On the minimap, evolved will be marked as small red dots, which helps separating them from normal human when not in alert. If you know an Evolved is disguised as normal human, you may gain an upper hand by attacking first, rather than trying to consume him and got tossed away. Note that this only works when the evolved is not scripted to run away immediately.

Chasing Evolved

Not all of the Evolved will start a fight immediately after their cover is blown. Many of them will attempt to run from Heller. When Chasing Evolved, try to keep airborne as long as possible, as Evolved cannot glide. Players can also wall run along the side of a building to regain momentum and recharge air dashes for continued gliding. Do not try to damage the Evolved being chased as they are immune to damage at this state. If you lose track of them, don't panic and quickly find the indicator of their location. Sometimes Evolved will try to throw rocks or cars at the player, dodge this by changing directions or with an air dash.

Trivia

• Several of the Evolved, such as Dr. Koenig and Sabrina Galloway, refer to James Heller as being one of them, although he shares far more similarities with Alex Mercer.
  • It is persumed that Mercer originally wants to make Heller an Evolved, but the latter's gene resisted and making him another Prototype as a result.
• Aside from using powers, Evolved also poses other abilities such as using varieties of disguise or consuming.
• Strangely, the Evolved can shift their arms to only one kind of weapon, the two blades we observe; unlike Mercer and Heller who have a variety of powers. However, the Evolved sent by Mercer to kidnap Commander Cantrell had twin whipfists instead of blades.
  • It is also notable that this is an advantage to Prototypes, as the latters can only wield one Blade or Whipfist at a time.
• Exposing Blackwatch soldiers to Whitelight may transform them into Evolved, even in free roam mode.
• Although Evolved have intelligence, those who transformed by Whitelight will still attack Blackwatch after transforming for mere seconds, without receiving orders from Alex Mercer. It is presumed that they attack simply because they are in the chaos of transformation.
• While the head infected of both Redlight and Blacklight (Elizabeth Greene and Alex Mercer) cannot completely control the infected individuals' action, the Evolved are the first infected to perform actions that against the head infected's will, as both Dr. Anton Koenig and Sabrina Galloway performed actions that against Alex Mercer's plan.
• It seems Evolved are modified by Alex Mercer so Viral Detectors will not detect them.
• Evolved Blades come in two variants, the thin version, similar to Alex Mercer's Blade in the first Prototype, and the broad version, which is more similar to Heller's Blade.
• Most Evolved have their own battle taunt in the fight, while Heller has different response toward each of them.

Gallery

Subjugated Evolved

Evolved engaging Heller

Alex Mercer with his Evolved subordinates

Evolved Sabrina Galloway holding Heller's daughter hostage.

Heller about to consume the Evolved Koenig

Heller engaging in his first fight against an Evolved

Keith Gallagher as one of Mercer's Evolved

Heller against an Evolved.

Source

• Prototype 2 - Radnet Edition reveal trailer