That and it had NOTHING to do with the original game anyway, which ironically is what people are saying about this game.
I will concede though that they should have just come out and said āthis has nothing to do with the original game, Prey is just an awesome nameā instead of this āre-imagining of the original gameā bobo theyāve said in interviews.
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Totally. I hate the idea that this game was not going to be green-lit unless Arkane acceded to Besthesdaās demands of having a predetermined title.
One thing is for sure, it bares commentary on just how much AAA game producers are out of touch with their gamership.
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Yeah, but the thing is the concept would have been cool even if the game itself as it appeared in that vid probably wouldnāt have been all that impressive these days. A good game with that setting would still be better than a good game in the setting that this Prey looks like it has.
Iād rather play a Dishonored-style game set in a galaxy far away full of alien weirdoes than explore Space Station Science Facility that totally isnāt Half-Life inspired at all, we swear, and fight moving pencil scribbles
If that were delivered the way Iād picture it, a cast as an overspill from the Mos Eisley cantina, heck yeah!
My bones knows itād just be Mass Effect 2ās mob planet strung out over a dozen levels
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Chief activity: clicking on guys with gold ?s and !s
Turns out Mick Gordon is also doing this one, in addition to Routine and I imagine the next Wolfenstein.
Strangely this track reminds me of something Iād hear in a DooM WAD like Back to Saturn X or Ancient Aliens.
Mick Gordon, manā¦
Solid track!
Did you know Chris Avellone wrote this? I didnāt know Chris Avellone wrote this.
Also Routine got delayed for another couple of months.
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I did 
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Apart from being literally nauseating (thereās something weird with the camera), I liked this demo. You have to give the shockisms the benefit of the doubt, which Iām willing to do because of the cute piss-taking peppered in. It seems to be along similar territory as SOMA thematically.
I read the PS4 version has some input latency that makes it feel sluggish but the Xbox version is fine though. Havenāt really decided which version I will get yet and now Iām waiting to see if they fix the controller latency on PS4 by release time.
Ah! That combined with a tight FOV would be bad.
Any game that opens with letting you get to know your character by exploring her comfy apartment (which is full of books) and follows it through with a chill helicopter ride through impossibly blue, cloudy skies is alright in my book
I know thatās completely not what Prey is supposed to be about, but I hope it will get back to this vibe from time to time
Chillwave/vaporwave/hypnagogic pop/whatever inspired soundtrack seems late by a good few years, but itās more endearing than annoying so far
(also, some people report that the Steam version replaces the original Prey on your HDD, which would be hilariously awful if true)
The thing I love about walking sims is theyāre this but itās just a whole game of it
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oh, the demo for this
itās like Bioshock, but good
which I guess would make it System Shock
I look forward to getting it for 50% off in 3 months because the market can no longer sustain single player-only games
Just played this for a few hours. Itās basically System Shock with hints of Dishonored so far which is very nice. The earlier areas are kind of art deco-ish so it reminds you of Bioshock but itās moreā¦ subdued? I guess. I really like it. I actually really like all of the art for this game.
The space station youāre on is broken up into big chunks separated by loading screens but each chunk is nice and swiss cheese-y, and the load times arenāt very long either.
Iām playing it straight. Just me, my wrench and shotgun, and my wits. Iāve found several weapon upgrades so my shotgun is on its way to being fully upgraded. Thereās mods for your space suit! My current objective right now is to go find the propulsion system for my suit so I can explore zero g areas. I could be pushing along the main quest or finding other human survivors but souping up my space suit is taking priority.
Thereās an achievement for getting though the game without taking any upgrades, either human or alien.
Arkane were also talking about how originally they were developing systems for like limb breakage, so like you could break your arm or leg, or starve if you donāt eat often enough but dropped it because they ran out of time. Theyāre saying they might put it back in as DLC lol. Super hard survival mode.
Itās already difficult enough for me since itās not really designed to be an FPS like Doom or Wolfenstein, which is why Iām pumping points into my shotgun so I can blast through bigger enemies and donāt have to spend a lot of time creeping around avoiding things on my way to the next plot point.
Story impressions are positive so far. Iām interested in seeing where this goes.
The left and right bumpers are exclusive lean buttons.
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