First prey impressions

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skudmunky said:
I didn't really like it all that much. The gravity changing was fun and all, but I really disliked the whole gun is always right on target kind of thing. I like having to actually slow down and aim, instead of just run>twitch>jump>shoot>headshot. I'll stick with my Half Life games I think.
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i slowed down and used the scope a lot
 
contrary to my first post here.....I finished the demo tonight.....this game is some wierd shit......once I got to the point of having the weapons.....wow.

upside down, green teleports to change position, portals with bad guys popping out everywhere....

this is some wild,wild stuff. cant wait to play the whole thing!!!
what is that shoot the red and blue spirit thing all about though???? (when you die) that got real old in a hurry.

I finally figgured out my SLI profile (after reading Brent's post) and the game rocks now.

BTW......use notepad to edit the config file to gain widescreen resolutions. :D
 
magoo said:
contrary to my first post here.....I finished the demo tonight.....this game is some wierd shit......once I got to the point of having the weapons.....wow.

upside down, green teleports to change position, portals with bad guys popping out everywhere....

this is some wild,wild stuff. cant wait to play the whole thing!!!
what is that shoot the red and blue spirit thing all about though???? (when you die) that got real old in a hurry.

I finally figgured out my SLI profile (after reading Brent's post) and the game rocks now.

BTW......use notepad to edit the config file to gain widescreen resolutions. :D
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shoot the red birds for more energy and blue birds for more spirit energy.

So can you actually die in this game?

Its good, but some things are just a clustard fudge, the jump between both worlds gets really confusing.
 
I like the spirit mode you can engage. Though engaging it while you are hanging upside down on one of the gravity walkways causes you to flip around the other way disorienting you. I got confused sometimes doing this, trying to figure out which way to go.
 
this game is incredible, excellent intro, lots of nice small touches like the level of interactivity in the bar, storyline is different and engaging, graphics are really nice cool shaders, portals and gravity shifting.. so much fun, cool weaps, walking on walls.. there's so many new gameplay elements at play here I can't see how it's not fun.. I can't wait to buy it
 
ScreamingBroccoli said:
I'm buying this game just for the music at the reservation, Heart, Edgar Winter, Ted Nugent, and the Blue Oyster Cult as a you get abducted is feaking classic. The game is fun too.
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haha yea man, that was a cool song to get abducted to.. i had my wife play the intro and once the song came on she said "wow, this feels like a movie" lol..
 
Yes, the music is really great in the game, I like that, makes it feel more real with real world music.

When Fear the Reaper started playing with the alien ship abducting things I got chills.
 
skudmunky said:
I didn't really like it all that much. The gravity changing was fun and all, but I really disliked the whole gun is always right on target kind of thing. I like having to actually slow down and aim, instead of just run>twitch>jump>shoot>headshot. I'll stick with my Half Life games I think.
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Prey (because of Doom3 engine) has real lighting/shadows/physics, HL lighting/shadows/physics are half simulated and half scripted, but the artwork is beautiful.

Not saying HL2 is bad...but they did piss me off by killing my pre-existing HL license on my steam account when I bought HL2 silver (pay a higher price and lose something that was already paid for in the process) They won't even let me transfer the HL license to a new account, it's dead forever. I definitely feel cheated. You should also realize that once you finish paying for all the half life game episodes you would have spent almost $200 just to play the complete half life 2. I think they released it too soon, left the story unfinished. The game I paid $70 for felt like half a game (the name is more appropriate), it was too short.
 
Brent_Justice said:
i slowed down and used the scope a lot
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The scope was cool. :p

BBA said:
Prey (because of Doom3 engine) has real lighting/shadows/physics, HL lighting/shadows/physics are half simulated and half scripted, but the artwork is beautiful.

Not saying HL2 is bad...but they did piss me off by killing my pre-existing HL license on my steam account when I bought HL2 silver (pay a higher price and lose something that was already paid for in the process) They won't even let me transfer the HL license to a new account, it's dead forever. I definitely feel cheated. You should also realize that once you finish paying for all the half life game episodes you would have spent almost $200 just to play the complete half life 2. I think they released it too soon, left the story unfinished. The game I paid $70 for felt like half a game (the name is more appropriate), it was too short.
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40 for half life 2, 20 each per episode, thats only 100 bucks and it also comes with CS Source and DOD Source. I kept the steam ID I used for the first half life games, and just added the new games to that, so I haven't lost any money.

The Artwork in prey is nice, but the people looked kind of unreal. Plasticy. Great enviroment though, and thankfully more light than in doom 3.
 
i liked the demo.. my only gripe is the AI.. they are really dumb. The height of the demo for me was when tommy get teleported into the little planet thing.. it was fucking sweet.. I love the upside down and sideways and gravity ramp shit.. its really innovative
 
I didn't expect to like it at all, but all the original ideas and unique gameplay won me over. As for the bad language some people mentioned, I don't think it even registered with me. I can't remember any. I mean, he mentioned he was in the Army before. If anything, he didn't use enough profanity.
 
The weapons need some oomph, imho. Sure, they're neat, and they look great, but they need to be more visceral, both using them and being on the receiving end.

I really miss the q2 days, where every weapon was damned near perfect.

People keep talking about what happens when you die in the game? How the heck did you let that happen, the demo is a cakewalk. Learn how to zoom in with the assault rifle and you'll hardly ever get damaged.
 
Croak said:
Is your faith in God and your Savior so weak that exposure to another belief system is a problem? And a fairly benign belief system at that, one that could easily be incorporated into Christian cosmology (and often is).
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I'm sorry if i offended you by sharing my thoughts about the game. For one thing NO my belief system is not weak. I am a born again christian, raised in a christian home for all of my life. I just don't think any true christain should allow themselves to listen to all the cussing and to deal with all the "spiritual" New Age aspect of the game. ScreamingBroccoli the bible clearly teaches not to cuss, or to speak in vain. So if we shouldn't cuss or to speak idle words, why allow ourselves to listen to it?
 
Meh this Demo Really Sucked!

It sucked me in with the Bar Scene, Changeable Jukebox and with the Alien Encounter.

It sucked me in with the awesome graphics and anti-gravity gameplay.

It then sucked my wallet dry after hitting the Pre-Order button. :D

Yes this demo sucked. ;)
 
The bible teaches a lot of things, but the bible itself is not squeaky clean. It is full of murdering, whores, and all of that fun stuff. The bible is a collection of stories, just like this game, a story. You can't take every story to heart and believe it is true, that would be nuts because the fact is most of it is made up, if not all of it (Ask any priest, theologist, sunday school teacher...), but I have come to accept that. God did not write the bible, and it has been translated numerous times. A lot has been lost/gained in the translation. Listening to curse words or hearing about other religions will not damn you, at least those are my beliefs and I have no problem playing any type of game like this. I suggest if this offends you, do not play any RPG games, especially Grandia II
 
a prey thread that touches on the price of half life and the inner workings of the bible.. is it really that hard to stay on topic lol
 
Hey guys, I realize that this game does carry some heavy religious overtones, but can we try our best to not let this turn into another religious debate?

I am a God fearing man myself and respect all religions, but I don't want this getting out of hand, ok?

The theological debate would better suited in GenMay anyways. ;)
 
Ron1jed said:
well i hate to be negitave but i thought it was hella fucking boring. BUt i think all single fps are boring it seems. Spoiled with mutiplayer. I thought it was great until the aliens came down. like that other guy said.

fucking around in the bar was the best part. Playing slots,black jack and poker and changing the songs... the game play and weapons where just boring to me. and the whole climbing on walls thing doesn't do anything for me.

My review of the demo. HORRIBLE and boring gameplay. Felt trapped at all times. Needs more open areas....but the graphics are bad ass!!
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I feel the opposite way. I think all Multi-player games feel pretty much the same. It always seems repetetive to me and I get bored with them rather fast. There are certain single player experiences that are lost in multiplayer. Like exploring your environment, or interacting with things in the levels.

Multiplayer levels in some games have lower resolution textures and don't look as good as their single player counterparts. Farcry is an excellent example of this. What was great about Farcry? The openness, and expansiveness of the levels. That component is completely lost on the multiplayer game.

It just depends on what you like. I don't mind the mindlessness of multi-player online games, but I find that I get bored with that stuff very easily. The game play just isnt' dynamic enough.
 
yeah, one of the first games that the single seemed better than the multi.

i like it.
 
dingobiatch said:
I liked it cause it really does get the point across that these aliens are really nasty creatures. But I'm just saying, I bet we'll see something on the news about it. I don't think we've seen children impaling children in games before. :-P
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Play that part again. The aliens had nothin' to do with that part, although I'm sure they kill kids too. It was one of those dishonored spirits from when you die. Even the overlord voice is like "these spiritual dealies didn't show up until your sudden reappearance human, curious..."

About the profanity. I think the F-bombs are a bit excessive. But there's other stuff that just makes me crack up ("Alright, this'll rock some sh*t!") If you find it offensive, you can go into the options and turn off the profanity option. Problem solved. Although, I don't know why you'd want to play such a violent game in the first place if you're that offended by the language. I would think the violence would be more offensive to you than the differing religion of certain Native American tribes. I'm a practicing Christian, but why shun the beliefs of others? I just don't understand that mindset.
 
Anubis2005X said:
About the profanity. I think the F-bombs are a bit excessive. But there's other stuff that just makes me crack up ("Alright, this'll rock some sh*t!") If you find it offensive, you can go into the options and turn off the profanity option. Problem solved. Although, I don't know why you'd want to play such a violent game in the first place if you're that offended by the language. I would think the violence would be more offensive to you than the differing religion of certain Native American tribes. I'm a practicing Christian, but why shun the beliefs of others? I just don't understand that mindset.
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Frankly I totally agree with you. Worse yet, though, I don't understand the mindset where not only are you personally offended by it, but feel the need to tell someone else about it. I've been in and out of this forum for quite a while and cannot recall much, if any, religious content. Which leads me to believe a lot of this has been a bunch of "Look at me, I'm such a pious Christian"

Golly, thanks for that. I'm happy for you.
 
quiet noobs! (poster's lawyers note: noobs as judged by their rank given by the hardforum moderators based on their post counts, HRslammR does in no way condone calling people a deragatory slang term derived from being new ;) )

it's an M rated game. in theory, kids shouldn't be playing it anyways. this nulls the profanity and violence arguments.

next!
 
HRslammR said:
quiet noobs! (poster's lawyers note: noobs as judged by their rank given by the hardforum moderators based on their post counts, HRslammR does in no way condone calling people a deragatory slang term derived from being new ;) )

it's an M rated game. in theory, kids shouldn't be playing it anyways. this nulls the profanity and violence arguments.

next!
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Word.
 
you can turn off the damn cussing if it fucking bothers you. :D please keep all the stupid midget-minded religious comments to yourselves. most people dont care if you are a jew, christian, muslim or whatever. if the game really bothers you maybe you should pray about it. :rolleyes:
 
HRslammR said:
quiet noobs! (poster's lawyers note: noobs as judged by their rank given by the hardforum moderators based on their post counts, HRslammR does in no way condone calling people a deragatory slang term derived from being new ;) )

it's an M rated game. in theory, kids shouldn't be playing it anyways. this nulls the profanity and violence arguments.

next!
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Double word.
 
Croak said:
For widescreen don't forget to add/change:

seta r_aspectRatio "2"

Runs great at 1920x1080, 4xAA and 16xAF, all other details set to high, with my Crossfire setup. Then again it should, it's an old engine.
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Doom 3's an old engine? Right...
 
josh_1413 said:
I'm sorry if i offended you by sharing my thoughts about the game. For one thing NO my belief system is not weak. I am a born again christian, raised in a christian home for all of my life. I just don't think any true christain should allow themselves to listen to all the cussing and to deal with all the "spiritual" New Age aspect of the game. ScreamingBroccoli the bible clearly teaches not to cuss, or to speak in vain. So if we shouldn't cuss or to speak idle words, why allow ourselves to listen to it?
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Fellow brother, not everyone follows the scrict path of Christianty that you do. Thats wonderful your that dedicated in your faith, just don't belittle others that do not. Gods kingdom has room for many opinions.

Me, raised as Lutheran was brought up to be a bit more "open" minded family about world and faith. For my sister and me, were raised correctly from my parents avoding bad films and games until we was older and then it was up to us to make our own decisions of what to watch. My parents tought me right from wrong, real from fake. I"ve played violent video games since I was 10 years old and Im no more possed to go pull a gun at a shopping center and yell "BOOM headshot! then if didn't have any exposure to violence at all. Why? Cause my folks taught me in real life and in faith right from wrong, real from fake. Sadly, many parents arn't doing that anymore and I find that to be a main reason of our societsy deprave, but thats another issue entirely

For me, violent video games are a good way for me to get my angst and anger out of my head. Its just words, it only effects me if I allow it and yeah, sometimes I cuss but I never take the Lords name in vain, and I rather get my emotions out on a fake video game then in real life were it really matters.

Either way, this demo COMPLETELY caught me by surprise. I thought "Ahh man, another lame ass shooter" "Ah hell, I'll download it and try it" Before I knew it, I couldn't stop playing it!

Picking up collectors edition here cause DVD format rules!
 
Coldtronius said:
Picking up collectors edition here cause DVD format rules!
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I too am going with the Collector's Edition. What can I say? I'm a sucker for those figurines that are coming with it...
 
Seems badass so far. My 6800 SLI can't handle it on 1280 X 1024 without some noticeable problems. Sigh*

I can't believe I've gotten...stuck. In a demo.

<_<

>_>
 
HRslammR said:
quiet noobs! (poster's lawyers note: noobs as judged by their rank given by the hardforum moderators based on their post counts, HRslammR does in no way condone calling people a deragatory slang term derived from being new ;) )

it's an M rated game. in theory, kids shouldn't be playing it anyways. this nulls the profanity and violence arguments.

next!
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QF F'in T! And if minors happen to be playing this game then it should be done under adult supervision whereas the adult can adjust the profanity settings accordingly.
case closed :D
 
Also I want the victim's body to explode into a million pieces when they die from a grenade. :mad: The original Half Life had this, why don't more games do this? In real life, when you get blown to shit by a grenade your body doesn't fly around, it gets blown to shit with organs flying around the place. Plus, it's fun to play football with body organs. :D
 
Eagle156 said:
Also I want the victim's body to explode into a million pieces when they die from a grenade. :mad: The original Half Life had this, why don't more games do this? In real life, when you get blown to shit by a grenade your body doesn't fly around, it gets blown to shit with organs flying around the place. Plus, it's fun to play football with body organs. :D
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Dude you've got some serious issues........

Anybody else find it cool that you could blow the heads off those guys standing at the terminals and they would STILL come after you? Or killing the innocent people and not getting penalized for it, AWESOME!.

:D
 
The demo was sweet. I really liked how the ship twisted and turned. It was crazy how you could climb into a box and end up in another room! I love the multiplayer. It is better than the single player game but very difficult. I cant tell you how pissed I get when I get my head blown off from someone on the ceiling.

Anyways please cut this religious chit chat out. I came to this forum for the gaming/computer community not to discuss religion. If I wanted religion I would go to Sunday School. Lets just discuss the demo. (Only noobs believe in God anyways)
 
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