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Posted by Juim on Sat Apr 29th at 11:34am 2006

Just found this game on gamespy and the trailer looks pretty damn cool.

http://www.prey.com

theres a trailer on the main page, but navigate to the bigger trailer in the media section. Looks pretty awesome to me.

I'm sold. Looks like it could be fun.





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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Sat Apr 29th at 9:16pm 2006

That thing screamed Doom 3 so much that I wasn't least bit surprised when I saw it on the features list.



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Posted by Crono on Sat Apr 29th at 9:33pm 2006

It looks pretty average. I'm getting kind of sick of the overhaul on FPS' that are coming out now. I can understand some of them, since they are good and are very different games. Prey looks like Event Horizon, Doom 3, and Turok had an orgy. It also looks very uninspiring. There doesn't seem to be much originality, based on that video. I mean, the portal stuff looks cool ... but that would only go so far.

I suppose we'd have to wait and see!

But, the same thing happened with TimeShift. It's a really awesome concept and it has some really cool features ... but the game, as far as the demo let on, really fails to be ... good. Which is really sad, because it has some really cool aspect, like jumping through time.

I think, Prey is missing unique elements. I'd wait for a demo to make any real judgement, but it really doesn't look like anything fantastic ... or even good. Definitely not "I must have it now" type stuff. (However, 3D realms is an awesome development studio, so, who knows?)

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I watched some of the other videos. It actually looks really interesting. It looks really linear, which doesn't both me very much, but it also looks like the developers were trying a little too hard to make things f**ked up. (The spirit jumping through the kid causing her to zombify and murder the other kid by impaling him on a rail, for example)

There are some cool aspects, and the game looks much more smooth in the larger videos than the small video at the entrance of the site.

But, I'm not sure, the game looks really gimmicky. Like ... are the upside-down walkway absolutely imperative? The design really is odd, in that sense. It looks like that stuff was built for a player to run up on and kill enemies, not like it's suppose to be there, is what I'm getting at.

Not sure if the game is novelty or not, but it looks more interesting. Even if it is rather 'run of the mill'.


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Posted by reaper47 on Sun Apr 30th at 4:31pm 2006

I liked the upside down parts in AvP. Still I'm not a big fan of this game's style of art direction. Don't get me wrong graphics look spectacular. But the art direction reminds me of another Doom/Unreal hybrid.



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Posted by Finger on Sun Apr 30th at 6:03pm 2006

As they say... 'the story is in the telling', and 'you can't judge a book by its cover'.

Yes, for all of the similarities that Prey has with other fps games visually, it also seems to be trying to innovate with gameplay mechanics - this gives me hope. A game can be somewhat generic on many levels (F.E.A.R), but still hit a homerun, if it A. know's where it wants to innovate B. really pulls it off (F.E.A.R)

When I watch the Prey videos, I look past the normal mapped, Doom'esque imagery, and see the cool stuff like -

- Spirit mode (dual states)

- Wall walking

- Spherical worlds

- Dynamic Gravity

... and from the looks of the videos, their seems to be a certain 'flair' to the execution that gives me hope that it won't be 'Doomed'.





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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Sun Apr 30th at 7:18pm 2006

You could be right Finger, but I must argue on the F.E.A.R. part. It wasn't very different gameplay wise and it became repetitive quite soon. Another office after another. Not very intresting. AvP 2 gave me more kicks back when it was released than F.E.A.R., which was a great dissappointment after all that hype...

The portals seemed fun though, but I've always hated that plastic feel Doom 3 engine and other reatime lighted games have(previously mentioned F.E.A.R. included), but time will tell what will come of this.



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Posted by ReNo on Sun Apr 30th at 7:47pm 2006

Environmentally FEAR was repetitive, but for me the moment action kicked off it felt fresh pretty much every time. My flatmate felt it was far too easy (though he didn't play all the way through) by just relying on the bullet time, but I always found myself trying to fight battles "cool", regardless of whether it was the smartest or easiest method. I was even putting my back to pillars and then spinning out from behind them the wrong way in some sort of gunplay role play, just because it felt more cool. The variety of melee moves might have been small, but the fact you had choices made the world of difference too - very few games let you feel as bad ass as sliding into a guy and sending him flying into his mate while in slow motion.



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Posted by reaper47 on Sun Apr 30th at 8:42pm 2006

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Environmentally FEAR was repetitive, but for me the moment action kicked off it felt fresh pretty much every time. My flatmate felt it was far too easy (though he didn't play all the way through) by just relying on the bullet time, but I always found myself trying to fight battles "cool", regardless of whether it was the smartest or easiest method. I was even putting my back to pillars and then spinning out from behind them the wrong way in some sort of gunplay role play, just because it felt more cool. The variety of melee moves might have been small, but the fact you had choices made the world of difference too - very few games let you feel as bad ass as sliding into a guy and sending him flying into his mate while in slow motion.


I know exactly what you mean. Although I never played FEAR outside the demo it is Max Payne (2) that made me feel the same way. There were passages I finished unhurt and still hit the reload key just because I felt like I could do it again, just a bit cooler. Half-Life is different but because of all the options you have it too has those moments where you reload just to try out something different. I think that's what makes the real good FPS games... mmmmm



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Posted by OtZman on Sun Apr 30th at 8:51pm 2006

I think the multiplayer video looked kind of fun and intense, with all the wall walking.



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Posted by LAzerMANiac on Mon May 1st at 2:50pm 2006

I've seen the PC Gamer exclusive on that one. I damn hope this game turns out well, it'll be sure to pull the company out of all the muck about DN:Forever



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Posted by Y2kBen_2000 on Mon May 1st at 10:50pm 2006

Ya'll do realize that prey is develped by 3d Realms, the same people who are STILL working on Duke4ever. So you have to give them some credit for popping somthing out in these past ten years.

(note: Duke Nukem Manhatten project was not created by 3DRealms, only published, or whatever. Another company made it as a gift to promote the ten year aniversery of the origanal duke and 3d Realms recognized it as an Official Duke title.)

But still, all this footage is about 6 months old. --just so ya'll know. I think it ships some time soon.





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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Tue May 2nd at 12:11am 2006

The franchise is 3DRealms, but it's being developed here across town at Human Head (Rune, Dead Man's Hand).

Much in the same way Gray Matter did RTCW, we did Q4 and are doing the new Wolf, etc.


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Posted by Belgarion on Tue May 2nd at 12:16am 2006

New Wolf?

<3 Rune btw. and yeah.. really old. still, looks very interesting to me. I'm sure I'll end up playing it.


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Posted by MJ on Tue May 2nd at 1:59pm 2006

cant wait for this one..



f**k Fun maps!



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Tue May 2nd at 4:46pm 2006

I only watched half the trailer, but why does it always seem that games nowadays always start out with "normal" situations going to hell in a handbasket.




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Posted by Crono on Tue May 2nd at 7:04pm 2006

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I only watched half the trailer, but why does it always seem that games
nowadays always start out with "normal" situations going to hell in a
handbasket.


Because, most recent games didn't get produced in the manner: Idea -> Development -> Game. They got produced in the manner: Graphics -> Devlopment -> Game -> Story -> Development Stage 2 -> Game Version 2.

A world filled with poorly written characters, plot holes, and probably spelling errors.

Where have you been anyways? (Besides the GrandPap thing)


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Posted by Gwil on Tue May 2nd at 10:36pm 2006

Looks fairly boring/run of the mill, no different to the uninspired bore fest of iD's standard fodder.

Hey guyz shiny space stations, dark corridors and big guns.




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Posted by Agent Smith on Tue May 2nd at 10:48pm 2006

Fear was really repetitive environmentally, it just reduced the enjoyment of the game. Fair enough Doom 3 was fairly generic action but at least they took the time and effort to produce varied, detailed and interesting environments. The generic office/concrete tunnels in FEAR made what could have been a great game into a good game.

Oh yeah, and Prey looks cool :P.


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Posted by Gwil on Tue May 2nd at 11:02pm 2006

Haven't felt really invigorated by an FPS since Half Life, TBH - very few games have a real wow factor nowadays, and if they do they're either on a console I don't own or they come out when I can't afford them.

I'm not bitter, honest.




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Posted by Orpheus on Tue May 2nd at 11:08pm 2006

The last game I got wet over was Unreal 2. In fact, its the only game I have completed in .... Since Duke Nukem 3d.

No game has captured my attention really.





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