I actually wish I hadn't played the demo, since you lose all that amazing suspense from the start of the story if you already know what's going to happen.
I'd definately suggest that anyone who moderately enjoyed Doom3, Quake4, or HL2 to get this game. It's supposed to be a little short (8-10 hours playtime) but I'm having great fun a couple of hours into it.
It's not something people hear about.
Clearly the best game for the PC this summer. Also coming to the X-Box 360, but renamed as "Halo 3" to serve the mouth-breathing, retarded fanboys! They'll never know the difference.
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Blackened said:
- Almost zero challenge thanks to the fact you can never truly die!
Everyone just quicksaves every 10 minutes and smacks quickload when they die in FPS's anyway. It's no different.
The rest of the points are pretty valid, but it's a decent timewaster. Not a blockbuster to be certain, though I never said it was.
quote:I can understand what you're saying, but after thinking about it a bit, it's rather different. Quicksaving sets you back X minutes/seconds in time, so there is a true 'loss' if you die. In Prey, dying sets you back... twenty? seconds at the most. And then it throws you back in right where you left off with no progress lost.
Mortious.
Everyone just quicksaves every 10 minutes and smacks quickload when they die in FPS's anyway. It's no different.
Edit - I'm not even saying that it's a completely bad thing. It's actually rather progressive considering the nature of the quicksave. Blackened fucked around with this message on 07-11-2006 at 07:43 PM.
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Skaw said:
So, in other words, just play with god mode on cause it's no different.
Not really. You still don't want to die because you go through the annoying afterlife thing. It's quick but becomes a chore.
Christ, I hate games with no boss fights.
quote:Actually, it has three. If you ask me, that is severely lacking for this type of game. They should have thrown all out sorts of gigantic ass-pounding monsters. Instead, the first boss took me roughly 2 minutes to destroy and it was pathetically easy. The second 'boss' fight was a bit more challenging, mostly thanks to the fact you just can't dodge most of it's attacks well, at all. Not that it mattered, twenty seconds later you're back with 50%-100% health!
JooJooFlop.
No boss fights?
Third and lass boss was just lame.
Esentially, instead of creating a new and interesting monster to fight, they substituted that with "gauntlet" challenges where 5-20 monsters will attack you, usually in groups of 2-4. It became so old, so fast. Blackened fucked around with this message on 07-12-2006 at 03:13 AM.
11 years for prey to come out, wonder how good duke nukem forever is going to be ;D
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Led said:
11 years for prey to come out, wonder how good duke nukem forever is going to be ;D
Strange you should mention that. I hear the publisher gave the developers a $50000 incentive to finish the game this year.
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Blackened said:
the first boss took me roughly 2 minutes to destroy and it was pathetically easy.
Yeah, it was. I just hid behind some pipes, then did the old force field chop chop thing and he was dead. 
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
quote:The mold is set, enjoy the rest of the game with my words ringing through your subconcious.
Mortious.
Yeah, it was. I just hid behind some pipes, then did the old force field chop chop thing and he was dead.
I'll just uninstall it and re-download it.
It's not something people hear about.
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Mortious.
I'll just uninstall itand re-download it.
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Sean said:
banned for piracy
Digital download from TritonPC.
It's a new service, Prey is their first "big" game to be sold through it. I think they fucked up the download.
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There was much rejoicing when Blackened said this:
You're so funny. And original.
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Nina has sealed the pact
You're so funny. And original.
What brought this on? Don't you fucking tell me you think cowboys aren't cool.
That's as bad as you spoutin' off your junk about a king...on Independence Day.
*Parcelan punches Jerry in the jaw.*
Your name is Jerry.
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
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Fazum'Zen Fastfist wrote this stupid crap:
*double foot stomp*
gun jack?
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Mr. Gainsborough painfully thought these words up:
gun jack?
r3 actually
Two things.
1. Robotic spidermen than emerge from (and dive back into) giant fleshy vaginas on the walls, ceilings, and floors.
2. Ending borrowed from Half Life.
quote:Quoting this.
Mortious.
Completed it, Blackened was right on all points.
quote:I suppose you can like anything if you willfully ignore any flaws you come across.
Alberd.
I thoroughly enjoyed Prey, despite any problems it suffered from.
It's not something people hear about.
Edit: maybe it helped that I didn't read any hype about this one. Nina fucked around with this message on 07-15-2006 at 01:21 AM.
Shit, what the fuck, weren't we promised innovative gravity-based puzzles and gameplay mechanics? SHOOT AT THE WALLS lol is all we got. Boss fights are where you shine with new technology and Prey only HAD THREE! Sean fucked around with this message on 07-15-2006 at 01:29 AM.
It's not something people hear about.
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Suddar had this to say about pies:
r3 actually
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Sean impressed everyone with:
When a game is in development for almost a decade ...[/IMG]
To be fair, 3D Realms completely canned the project not long after it started. Human Head approached them about reviving it. I don't think they (3D Realms) ever had any intention of doing anything with it.
-H
quote:Well, it is 3D Realms we are talking about here. To say anything else would be a lie.
Hellbender.
To be fair, 3D Realms completely canned the project not long after it started. Human Head approached them about reviving it. I don't think they (3D Realms) ever had any intention of doing anything with it.-H
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Blackened's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
I suppose you can like anything if you willfully ignore any flaws you come across.
I didn't willfully ignore any flaws it had, rather I just didn't have super high expectations for it. For $50 I got a game I enjoyed. Yes, it could've been a helluva lot better, but it could've been a shitload worse as well.
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Alberd said:
I didn't willfully ignore any flaws it had, rather I just didn't have super high expectations for it. For $50 I got a game I enjoyed. Yes, it could've been a helluva lot better, but it could've been a shitload worse as well.
Pretty much 100% how I feel. I enjoyed it but it didn't rock my world.
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"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
