Prey - Official Thread [Archive]

mongycore

06-22-2006, 11:55 AM

Prey Official Site (http://www.prey.com/)

Nab the PC demo at one of the sites listed HERE. (http://www.3drealms.com/prey/download.html)

Buy the game on July 10, 2006.

I feel like a dirty shill...I'm downloading the pc demo right now seeing as you guys said it hasn't released on X-Box Live just yet. Thanks to whoever the cool cat that said Gamers Hell was a good site for free downloads. They have some zippy servers.

ChunkyLover53

06-22-2006, 12:10 PM

It's one of those "weird, but weird in a cool way" sort of experiences: lots of tripped-out visuals, enemies (and you) running on the ceiling and the walls, strange gravity effects and tricks, portals to other dimensions, the ability to leave your body, "living" weapons, etc.

Demo is worth checking out, if you have the system for it (if you could run Doom 3 or Quake 4, you can run Prey).

Hard to believe that the game is finally here; it seemed like it was lost forever at one point.

Anderson

06-22-2006, 12:31 PM

I played this game at the World Series of Video Games as part of a small deathmatch tournament.

I had no preconceived notions about it going in, but I ended up enjoying. It reminded a little of Duke Nukem in terms of gameplay. The weapons were decent, a few looked a little H.R. Giger, if you catch my drift.

The dimensional portal stuff is fun, I couldn't use to the openings that come up from under your feet. But, overall it was decent.

Jacob Singer

06-22-2006, 01:17 PM

I loved how interactive the bar in the beginning was. Jukebox, television, video games, all operational. Lots of fun so far, I'll be buying this one when it hits.

mongycore

06-22-2006, 01:26 PM

but for which platform...will you be all obsessive compulsive and try and get every achievement point available or enjoy being able to use your mouse for aiming.

There were way too many wtf moments to count. The game just got cooler as you moved along. Best use of the doom 3 engine so far - not that there are many doom 3 games out there aside from Quake. Which leads me to hope they freakin' optimized the game for the 360 because it'll just be cooler playing it on a larger screen & against you folk on live.

I had no idea it was going to be this good. Just thought it would be another me too shooter until gear of war/halo 3 hit the market.

Game Pre-Ordered.

Jacob Singer

06-22-2006, 01:39 PM

Which leads me to hope they freakin' optimized the game for the 360 because it'll just be cooler playing it on a larger screen & against you folk on live.

Yeah, that's why I'm kinda anxious for the 360 demo. If it runs as poorly as Quake IV did I'll be sticking to the pc flavor, which runs great on my machine.

And I agree, I really wasn't expecting this to be quite this fun. Definite cheesy goodness, Art Bell radio spots and all...

mongycore

06-22-2006, 02:08 PM

Malliabu: Honkin' On Bobo

06-22-2006, 03:09 PM

Me wanty.

Can't wait to play the demo...not happening today though..
http://www.xboxcircle.com/news/360_prey_demo_not_coming_out_today.html?rid=6379

Glad to hear how fun it seems already...I'm a sucker for Special Editions of games and I think there's a shiney boxed version of the 360 version coming out too.

May as well just preorder this sucker.

Edit: The Special Edition comes with a little toy....*ahem*...action figure...Sold!

Domingo

06-22-2006, 04:18 PM

Okay, PC demo thoughts...

Juicer machine. Oddly fun to watch.

Two five year old children locked in a room together. What happened isn't all that far from reality.

I started the Juicer machine again. It won't turn off...? Oh well.

Did anybody else get Don't Fear The Reaper just as the aliens took the bar? Another highlight was fighting in the bar near the end to "You've got Another Thing Coming."

Multiplayer is trash. Five year old formula with gravity and portal tricks aren't enough to warrent a passing grade.

Dannychico

06-22-2006, 04:24 PM

Where the fuck is Duke Nukem Forever.

Graham

06-22-2006, 05:55 PM

Where the fuck is Duke Nukem Forever.

I love how that wasn't a question.

Malliabu: Honkin' On Bobo

06-22-2006, 06:14 PM

Multiplayer is trash. Five year old formula with gravity and portal tricks aren't enough to warrent a passing grade.

What kinds of MP are available in the demo?

FPS online are usually all the same....kill other people.

I'd say being able to go through portals and walking on walls seems pretty different from...well...every other FPS out there.

Domingo

06-22-2006, 08:42 PM

Your basic DM TDM. Beyond that I'm not exactly sure, but it's all Quake style run around at super speed bunny hopping gameplay. The gameplay is so fast that the portals and wall walking don't really have any sort of effect, you won't notice anything that makes you stop and admire the gameplay.

Overlord

07-01-2006, 05:19 AM

I enjoyed the opening bar scene, though the mirror-talking bit was over the top. As soon as I hit the alien ship, I began losing interest fast. I felt like I was re-playing the last level of half-life 2 at first. I then remembered why I found the later iterations of Doom and Quake so annoying: the endless dark tunnels get old really, really fast. The transitions between metal and organic materials seemed kind of funky as well.

The frame-rate was pretty darn impressive, IMHO.

Rich Straceski

07-01-2006, 09:06 AM

So, how long did any of you stand at the juicer machine? I sat and watched 3 of the buggers before moving on. I'd pay to have that as an interactive screen saver.

You know, let it cue up some hot celeb of the day - and at a key stroke - stabby time.

I stood there for maybe 5. I was rather disturbed by the whole thing, especially the crotch shots. Pretty freakin' gross. I'm just glad my computer can run it. It handles it well enough so I'm satisfied.

I haven't gone all the way through the demo yet, but I'll get back to it soon. I like the visual style. Different enough to stand out a bit, so far at least.

Jacob Singer

07-01-2006, 10:48 AM

It sucks that you can't save in the 360 demo.

otisthecat

07-01-2006, 12:06 PM

The single player isn't bad, but like Overlord said above, the dark hallways just weren't holding my interest much. The wall walking was giving me a headache, as was the bird that would just flash by in the corners of the screen every now and then.

Multi-player didn't do anything for me. It doesn't feel like it was optimized for the console at all. Way to fast, way to laggy.

I'll probably still end up purchasing, but that has more to do with a lack of 360content than anything else. I'm holding out hope that the demo was cut awhile ago, and the final product is cleaned up quite a bit.

Slater

07-01-2006, 11:01 PM

I liked it. Not $60 worth of like, but it earned a rental at least.

The portals are sweet.

Rumteldat

07-02-2006, 02:53 PM

I got a little dizzy playing it and I play tons of FPS games and this is the first time I've ever gotten dizzy.I'll probably wait until it comes down to $30 or maybe just rent it.

Slater

07-03-2006, 01:00 AM

Holy shit, this multiplayer is completely busted.

Slater

07-03-2006, 01:00 AM

Holy shit, this multiplayer is completely busted.

Tom Magner

07-03-2006, 04:02 AM

This is getting at least a rental from me. Fucking loved the single player, but I'm biased just because I'm a sucker for an FPS with a decent plot.

And as Slater said, the multiplayer is totally fucked at this point. Hopefully it'll be fixed when the game comes out.

Tom Magner

07-03-2006, 04:02 AM

Egg

07-03-2006, 10:39 AM

This could very well be the best game ever made about a magic indian.

Egg

07-03-2006, 10:39 AM

This could very well be the best game ever made about a magic indian.

Malliabu: Honkin' On Bobo

07-03-2006, 12:07 PM

Seconded.

Haven't tried the MP yet but I did enjoy the hell outta the SP portion of the demo.

Does it end when you go back to the bar or is it a timed demo? I was just standing there waiting to enter 1 of 500 portals and then the demo ended. I was hoping to try out one of the cool vehicles they show in some trailers.

Malliabu: Honkin' On Bobo

07-03-2006, 12:07 PM

Malliabu: Honkin' On Bobo

07-03-2006, 12:23 PM

Wandered into the ladies bathroom in the first level and went to the last stall...crouched and what did I see?

Well...I'm not gonna spoil it..it involves the REJECTED cartoons and a spoon.

Malliabu: Honkin' On Bobo

07-03-2006, 12:23 PM

Wandered into the ladies bathroom in the first level and went to the last stall...crouched and what did I see?

Well...I'm not gonna spoil it..it involves the REJECTED cartoons and a spoon.

otisthecat

07-03-2006, 01:11 PM

Does it end when you go back to the bar or is it a timed demo?Yeah, that's the end.

I've probably played around 20 multi-player games, never once was it an enjoyable experience. There is absolutely 0 skill involved - run to the best weapon, hold down the fire button, hope the guy you're shooting at doesn't lag so much you can't hit him - repeat.

otisthecat

07-03-2006, 01:11 PM

otisthecat

07-03-2006, 01:15 PM

This could very well be the best game ever made about a magic indian.Turok kicks Prey's ass (killing dinosaurs and dinosaur aliens OUTSIDE is much more fun than killing aliens in a dark hallway). Although I guess you could argue that Turok is more super human than magic.

otisthecat

07-03-2006, 01:15 PM

otisthecat

07-11-2006, 10:34 AM

9.0 from IGN. Strange though, in the main review not a single word is said about the multi-player, not one. They have a mini "different take" review after that has maybe a sentence or two about multi-player and mentions that the single player game is short. Then they gave it a 9.0 in "replay". I don't know.

ShortRound

07-11-2006, 10:49 AM

I enjoyed the 360 demo. Is it in stores today?

otisthecat

07-11-2006, 12:35 PM

I enjoyed the 360 demo. Is it in stores today?Shipped today, in stores tomorrow.

mongycore

07-11-2006, 12:43 PM

still haven't decided which platform to get it on, but lean heavily to playing it on my pc. if multiplay on 360 is kinda broken...not much of a point when I can get my killing fix with Call of Duty 2.

otisthecat

07-11-2006, 04:08 PM

Shipped today, in stores tomorrow.I was wrong, Gamestop just called and said my preorder was in. Now I have to decide if I actually want it or not.

Malliabu: Honkin' On Bobo

07-11-2006, 04:20 PM

You do.

Domingo

07-11-2006, 04:21 PM

Really? I'm not so sure. This game just doesn't get me pumped to go out and buy it.

Rob

07-11-2006, 04:24 PM

I've had the game for the PC all weekend and while it's a very well polished game, it is also extremely short. I think I ended up finishing it around the 6 hour mark or so. Although, I do prefer a well done short game then a shitty long one. I'm going to have to play it on the harder difficulty mode this week and see if the AI is really that good. I know they said there is adaptive AI in the game, but honestly, if that's what it is then I'm either really good or the AI is incredibly shitty. And I loved listening to all of the Art Bell transmissions that would play occasionally.

otisthecat

07-11-2006, 05:29 PM

You do.Is the online cleaned up at all from the demo?

Malliabu: Honkin' On Bobo

07-11-2006, 05:53 PM

No idea. Waiting for Amazon to get this thing to me.

Domingo

07-11-2006, 05:58 PM

Well why the hell do you have the right to talk then? Lol.

Slater

07-11-2006, 06:03 PM

That moron at IGN should be fired for that review.

"The game is worth buying for its multiplayer. Which, unfortunately, we forgot to mention in our review."

Malliabu: Honkin' On Bobo

07-11-2006, 06:10 PM

Well why the hell do you have the right to talk then? Lol.

Good question.

1) He never asked about multiplayer,
2) The demo rocks,
3) Cause my mom said so, and
4) My Gamerscore, bitch.

edit: lol

Domingo

07-11-2006, 06:20 PM

I'm never going to win an arguement with you with your gigantic 360 wang made of points.

Tom Magner

07-11-2006, 06:23 PM

I'm really fucking tempted to buy this, partly because I've been chomping at the bit for a good FPS. Might just trade in Far Cry to get this at EB.

Rob

07-11-2006, 07:18 PM

I'm not a fan of the multiplayer at all. I like to have some sort of teamwork/thinking then just run and gun like Prey. We lanned it up this weekend and that was fun for like an hour, but I've had way more fun going through the single player. Maybe if I take a break from Battlefield 2 for awhile, Prey's multiplayer will grow on me.

WonkyBritches

07-12-2006, 09:02 AM

Enjoyable single player but boy is it short! I'm not sure if this was worth 60 dollars but I guess it was fun while it lasted. Don't really understand the incentive to replay the game on a harder difficulty when you can't even die in the first place. Kind of takes the challenge out. Nevertheless running up walls never gets old and I'll probably give it another go in the future.

otisthecat

07-12-2006, 01:59 PM

Multi-player is just as bad (actually seemed even more laggy) as the demo. Not fun at all.

I played the single player for a few levels past where the demo ends, it gets better, but it's damn easy.

Then I played more CoD2.

Malliabu: Honkin' On Bobo

07-12-2006, 02:04 PM

Kinda sucks hearing about the MP being laggy. I tried it once in the demo and wasn't even able to connect. CoD2 had the same problems at launch with crappy lag all over the place, hopefully they'll just patch Prey as well.

otisthecat

07-12-2006, 02:09 PM

CoD2 had the same problems at launch with crappy lag all over the place, hopefully they'll just patch Prey as well.Only thing about that is, even with the lag issues it was obvious there was a fun multi-player game to be had. Not so much with Prey.

Malliabu: Honkin' On Bobo

07-12-2006, 02:17 PM

Ouch.

I just wanna kill one person while hanging from a ceiling. Only one.

ShortRound

07-12-2006, 03:16 PM

otisthecat

07-13-2006, 03:55 PM

so disappointing to hear its too easyYou can't die, if you wanted to you could run past almost every enemy in the game. The first boss type fight I was in, the thing was tearing me up, my weapons were barely hurting it so I knew I was doing something wrong. So I get killed, go to the "spirit world", come back after 20 seconds with full health at the exact spot I left off, with the boss injured. Your main weapon recharges so you never really run out of ammo, and I kept shooting him trying to figure out how I was supposed to fight him. By the time I figured out what I should have been doing (it was cool) I had died 3 or 4 times and had the boss's health down to a almost nothing.

Domingo

07-13-2006, 04:37 PM

I'll frag you from the ground every time Mali. THAT will piss you off.

Malliabu: Honkin' On Bobo

07-13-2006, 04:43 PM

And how!

I will Spirit Rape you so bad....

WonkyBritches

07-16-2006, 12:45 AM

Worst ending for a videogame ever...

"Prey will continue..."

Not bloody likely.

DJ HiPPiE

07-16-2006, 10:53 PM

I rented it and wasn't that impressed.....Can't get more than about a half hour thru it before I switch over to Chromehounds.

mongycore

07-17-2006, 11:05 AM

Worst ending for a videogame ever...

You had me scared they went and pulled a Halo 2 on us. Thankfully, or not, the end game would give Return of the King a run for most extended endings evar. Ok, so yeah you fight a bad ass boss - but this time you get to fight them over and over again. Got about 7-8 hours of playtime with the pc edition.

Dark tunnels didn't bother me at all. Though it didn't take long for the game to run out of wtf moments (my favorite being the school bus incident). I liked the progression of Art Bell calls. That and the brief Descent moments splattered in between running and gunning where you cruised around in a shuttle.

Throwing this up on half.com right now. Blockbuster never got in their copy of this for the 360.

So now, is Chromehounds fucking balls as the retards at ign say it is? (and yeah I see mediumdaves, right now, very short thread on the subject)

WonkyBritches

07-17-2006, 11:26 AM

About the only thing I really liked were the little bits and pieces of subverted earth relics scattered about the spaceship. The schoolbus, the jukebox, the bar, neon signs, etc... Otherwise, this is an undercooked, gimmick game that is in no way worthy of the rating that IGN gave it.

ShortRound

07-17-2006, 12:03 PM

yeah, the environment definitely had cool effects and detail, but the game was just too short.

Egg

07-19-2006, 03:56 PM

Overall, kinda unsatisfying. It was more like walking through a funhouse than playing a shooter. The combat never really got heated up the way it does in other shooters. The enemy AI wasn't necessarily dumb, just kind of bland in the way that nothing they did surprised you. They just popped out of a portal, stood there, and would maybe take some cover. I can't recall ever seeing one try to flank me, charge, retreat, or anything that would've added some life to to proceedings.

ChunkyLover53

07-25-2006, 01:03 AM

What might have been (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7844987544204140976&q=interview+prey).

otisthecat

07-25-2006, 02:48 PM

So I got around to finishing this up last night, what a disappointing game.

Jacob Singer

07-27-2006, 12:15 PM

Finished this last night myself. Overall I found it fairly fun, but the flying vehicle stuff near the end was tedious and hard to control. Glad I got it off a trade-in, but a rental would have been sufficient.

Did you guys watch the credits to get to that little scene at the end, back in the bar?

otisthecat

07-27-2006, 02:09 PM

Yeah, the flying parts, which there were quite a few, weren't fun at all. I thought the ship control was fine when I could keep it oriented correctly, but that was almost never.

I missed most of that final, post-credits conversation, the sound on my copy was kind of screwy.

Malliabu: Honkin' On Bobo

07-27-2006, 02:25 PM

ABout 3 quarters of the way done this game. Good, simple, dumb fun.

I've had a couple flying levels so far and flying the damn thing wasn't a problem...hitting people on the other hand....

Just got passed that big twirling Cube puzzle. That was interesting.

Glad I didn't end up purchasing this since the online is royally fucked.

Unfortunately...my 360 died on me twice the other night. Turned it off and back on again and it was fine after the second death. It flash the red rings though. Thank God for that 1 year warranty from EB.

otisthecat

07-27-2006, 02:29 PM

I never got the red rings when mine crapped out. If you get the green checkerboard, start making calls to replace it.

My new 360 works fine, but after an hour or so it gets extremely loud. Not sure if it's another fan kicking on or something, but it always makes me cringe.

Malliabu: Honkin' On Bobo

07-27-2006, 03:13 PM

Haven't had the green checkerboard over heating but I have noticed a bit if fraying of the wries on the power brick itself. The 2nd time it died was because my buddy was celebrating a goal in hockey (shitty one too) and accidentally hit the power brick. That caused it to "black out" again. However, we turned it on and played a few more games before calling it an evening.

Been too busy to try it the past couple days but I'm going to bring it in this weekend and get the whole thing changed (keeping my hard drive though) brick and all. THe powering off is only the begining from what I've heard.

Slater

07-28-2006, 12:06 PM

I'm enjoying this a lot so far. Glad I rented instead of buying, but this still blows Far Cry or Quake IV out of the water.

Suttytx

07-28-2006, 12:30 PM

Not a fan of Far Cry, Slater? You're one of the first I've heard who didn't think it was the second coming in videogames.

Slater

07-28-2006, 12:51 PM

http://chud.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85232

Fuck Far Cry.

Chris Myers

08-01-2006, 11:17 AM

9/10 ? They gotta be kiddin. AI sucks, the weapons are lame and the gameplay is rather boring. Also way too short, with a laughable "multiprey" mode. Granted, some of the designs and ceiling/portal stuff is neat, but not enough. The thing the game lacked the most was atmosphere. No time the aliens came up as threatening or the "Aw fuck, I'm a human on an alien space craft" feeling. You wouldn't run around easy like that, insulting and screaming like a drunk hillbilly.

Why is it most modern egoshooters can be finished in 2 evenings? Good that you can rent these games, because there's no way this is worth 50 bucks.

ps. and I second Slater. Far Cry sucked too.