Prey Comments by Kristan Reed

Quote: "Wow, I hope all the people slagging off the review have played the game to completion and actually know what they're talking about."

Krudster, understand where you're coming from. Primarily because recently people on "your side of the fence" have been doing something similar themselves. Bit of a touchy subject with some of us.

For me personally this game would be an 8.

Contrary to what the reviewer says, I think the voice acting/music are really good. And the storyline isn't half bad either. Well it at least compelled me to complete the game to see the conclusion.

Mike P - I realise any new high profile game is going to attract opinion, but I do find it pretty unhelpful when people put their point of view across based on very little information - and insinuate the review is useless even though the game only actually came out today!

For the record, Prey starts really well, and I can understand people feeling a bit giddy on first impressions. But after 10, 12 hours of it (or 6 if you're the ninja) I'd definitely had more than my fill.

Earth to sub-editor! Earth to sub-editor! Your time has come!

Edit: thanks chap!

Euhm, pre-ordered it here in Belgium and already got it since yesterday noon (and even then stores had the normal versions already in place). Everyone's entitled to an opinion, you can't be too much surprised that there are some quibbles about some points no?

And I would actually say the opposite; the game doesn't open in a grand way but it becomes more interesting near the end. It's not a game to play for 6 hours straight but then again, no shooter really is.

Dammit! The reviewer I find consistantly reflects my own opinions about games has given this a 7.

"Generic blandness" - sums it up really doesn't it.

/wonders what else he has to look forward to on his 360...

BTH although it's been widely anticipated and hyped, I think it looked a bit dull the first time I laid my eyes on the gameplay footage.

Playing a Doom3 style clone just doesn't interest me at all... can we not be brought something new for the next gen please. :(

http://www.gamestats.com/objects/744/744...

I think it's about time we saw the D3 engine do something other than dark mech corridors.

So uh standard games have been a dissapointment, like Black and Prey? Oh well, hopes up for the Wii to avoid another games crash of the 80s

I've only played the demo and didn't think much of the graphics at all. I just got a 360 last week, and PGR3, FN3, BF:MC and PDZ. After playing those, it was like step back in graphics a lot. The outside bit where you do the deathwalk was cool, and so was the bit in the canyon when you learn the spirit stuff though.

But the interior thing is just very old TBH. If the full game made more of the plot and turned it into a RPG style game it would have been a lot better, some X-Files stuff and so on.

So it has samey graphics, okay sound and a good plot background (generic, but good-ish) and unfortunately they gayed it all up in stupid shooter mode.

It reminded me of Rise of the Triad, which after checking out 3D Realms website, turns out to have been 3D Realms as well.

A bit shit really. so I'll gte Oblivion instead

Is it just me, or does it seem the review doesn't match the score...

I mean, if I just read the review, I would have thought this was going to receive a 4 or something. Don't hate me, but this reminds me of the Halo review. :)

Being cynical and embittered is not the same as being bright and insightful.

You can read all the reviews you want. One reviewer will give the game a 5 another will give it a 9, so the best thing to do is just ignore the reviews and find out for yourself. Buy it, don't like it, well then sell it... at least you made your own judgement and did'nt take reviewers 'personal opinions' on it.

man they hyped this stupid game so much

What's it about no physics on page 2 when there's a whole paragraph describing all sort of gravity trickery that extremely prevalent in the leveldesign?

And about the starting weapon being powerful...what of the complaints of the usual fps starting gun sucking and other fps' games with properly useful starting guns being praised for it. Except this game apparently.

I don't play pc fps games, don't own nor plan to own a 360, but man is this review full of contradictions.

I agree with the review.


^^ Most boring comment EVAR>!

I'm in full agreement with this review (well, I may have dropped the score to a 6).

The demo had some real standout moments in it; so far, the rest of the game doesn't :-(

The atmosphere is fantastic in places, but the game itself is pretty disappointing.

Oh and portals = monster closets.

Personally, I loved the demo (played it on a whim from 1-3:00am). Not the sort of game you want to play if you're suffering from FPS fatigue, but seems perfectly fun otherwise.

and looks every inch the medium range PC port that it is.

And thats why im selling my mother, so i can buy a PS3. which will hopefully not have medium range pc graphics like the 360.

It seems on the most recent 360 game reviews there are always 2 persons giving the games a rating of '1' - would that be the Sony and Nintendo representatives? Or hardcore fanboys?

I have read much of this posts above (not the review cos I have to buy the game and don't wanna more spoils) and my impression is that they are all related to the demo. Does anybody have played the full game and tell us his impressions? Just to hear another voice.

@Admir: "man they hyped this stupid game so much "

Err..no..Microsoft hyped the 360 and everything playable on it. There's not a single game which gave me a WOW..NEXT GENERATION sense. Even on my HD TV running in real 1080i pixels (I have a 1920x1080). I bought the game and gave up after 3+ hours. 'Dull' is the keyword here. Score is still way too high.

Told you! :)

A review that says pretty much exactly what I said early last week.

No mention of multiplayer whatsoever, pretty stupid considering that's where the replay is and it's pretty good and the fact that the game is loads better on Cherokee difficulty.

Oh well.

Half a review is beter than sod all I spose.

I played the game, I finished the game (the PC version, to be honest), loved it, so I CAN in fact criticize the review. FYI, I've been playing games since 1981 and Prey does in fact feel rather fresh with its gravity mechanics. Haven't seen that before. If you have, enlighten me please.

Also can Dirtbox please enlighten me how the game can be 'loads better on Cherokee' if Tommy, like on Normal, cannot die and can mostly endlessly respawn right in the middle of the fight? If Deathwalk were pulled from the Cherokee difficulty, it would have been great. This way, it;s basically the same, albeit with some more deaths. The AI does not improve, only the damage dealt to you is greater. BTW, this is another point the review fails to delve upon.

"No mention of multiplayer whatsoever, pretty stupid considering that's where the replay is and it's pretty good.."

?

"With uninspiring and basic deathmatch multiplayer options failing to rescue the package.. "

I've only played the demo on the 360 but loved the opening. Great start to a game and I thought the story set-up was superb from the bar to when you first go into first-person.

Does it really go downhill?

@silentbob: it's not because the multiplayer options are limited that it sucks. You could call BF2 a hideous game for the same reason. It's the gameplay itself that really gives it an edge over any DM experience of the last few years.

@ InfiniteFury

I would say no, I've really enjoyed the single player mode (although normal mode is a bit easy)

Nothing to do with the thread, but this is unbelievable!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbE-sNsR_vo

I would say that if you've played through the demo, you've already seen pretty much everything the game has to offer. The vehicle on offer later in the game is pretty disappointing.

I did enjoy the end of level bosses though.

Well, baring in mind that I generally cant stand FPS games, I'm loving it so far - only other FPS I could ever bare playing was the Alien Trilogy thingy on the PS1!

I can tell you that multiplayer is stuck in the mid 90's and it sucks. the lag on healthy servers is very bad. With the likes of halo 2 and BF2 the benchmark for online battles is at the highest its eva been so this game was always going to fall short in MP but to come up this short and with it being in development for so long is shocking. i remember reading about this game about 10 years ago and it seems they have not changed their ideas since then. I love online killing, you see it is what makes me buy a game when it is first released rather than hiring it or buying it cheap later.

I wasn't hugely impressed with Prey, despite its innovative gameplay mechanics and intuitive gunplay. I'll take it online when I get the chance and, hopefully, it will provide a laugh or two (in the correct way, of course).

Maybe I'll just go back to the Red Indian bar and play some Blackjack.

Great ideas that unfortunately are not combined with great gameplay. Looking around at the ship and it's inhabitants was as entertaining as trying to progress through levels, which felt like an imbalance.

I would have been happy if it was a good as Quake 4 on hard difficulty. That was a throwback to old FPS days that was actually fun.

I quite like it. Then again, I got it in a bundle with my 360, I wouldn't pay £40-£50 for it.

all in all it is rather bland, but it's still impressive graphic-wise.