The "Alex" that players control is not actually the man, but the , which consumed Mercer’s corpse and took on his identity, memories, and form—a "Prototype" of the ultimate lifeform. Resolution
In the 2009 game , the story centers on Alex Mercer , a man who awakens in a Manhattan morgue with no memory but immense, terrifying powers. Manhattan has become a "Red Zone"—a quarantined wasteland overrun by a biological outbreak known as the Blacklight virus . The Awakening prototype-1-game
As Alex hunts those responsible for his condition, he navigates a three-way war between: The "Alex" that players control is not actually