Why I may just look at Prey 2

[Vaskadar]

Source: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/04/18/preview-prey-2/

Supposedly it's now more open-world, non-linear and a lot better. I hope to find out what happens with it. Read the article and post your thoughts on this sequel to a somewhat mediocre shooter.

Edit: I exaggerated. I did play Prey for a while, but the online component was unplayable to the point of silly. I did like the uniqueness of the weapons' styles, some of the environment design, in retrospect was rather meh.

Shoot me an angry message if this thread is redundant.

 

[Kyllian]

how determined it is to veer away from the FPS crowd

 

[Zxanphorian]

I disagree that Prey was a mediocre shooter. Sure, there were garden variety weapons, baddies, and plot. But what was innovative was the spirit walk, the gravity changing/pathways, and effective use of portals. Maybe a notch or two above mediocre, but calling it mediocre would be disingenuous to the game.

 

[Big-Al]

I agree with Zxanphorian... although the replay value of the game was bad. I'm looking forward to the next Prey as the story alone was very good.

 

[SirYawnalot]

The first few levels of Prey were amazing (basically the demo levels), but they exhausted their ideas pretty quickly, and the further you got into the Dyson sphere, the more generic the architecture became.

I'm certainly interested in a sequel, I think there's a lot of potential there, but the new game looks like it has little in common with the original...

 

[[GU]elmur_fud]

I liked the first prey. I knew I would. This i am very unsure of. Most of the time it winds up that I don't when I am uncertain.

 

[StalwartUK]

From the looks of things they should be calling it something other than Prey 2. This is gonna be another Far Cry 2.

 

[DeathBooger]

Navahooooooooooooos iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace

 

[Capt.Toilet]

Navahooooooooooooos iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace

Hardly

The game will have nothing to do with the first Prey at all. No Tommy, no indian heritage stuff, none of that. I wonder why call it Prey 2 in the first place, but hell I may be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Kyllian]

Tommy will, we’re told, take a major but as-yet mysterious key role in Prey 2, but he won’t be playable.

So he will be in, just not the main focus

But yea, it is a bit screwy that they're deviating so much from the original

 

[hal]

I really enjoyed the first game. Then again I paid $5. It was worth every penny.

 

[Capt.Toilet]

So he will be in, just not the main focus

But yea, it is a bit screwy that they're deviating so much from the original

Interesting. I read IGN and Gamespots previews and they specifically said that Tommy would not be in. Perhaps I misread. That makes me feel a bit better anyway.

 

[Kyllian]

I really enjoyed the first game. Then again I paid $5. It was worth every penny.

I think I only paid $2-3, but definitely worth much more

Interesting. I read IGN and Gamespots previews and they specifically said that Tommy would not be in. Perhaps I misread. That makes me feel a bit better anyway.

IGN isn't exactly a good source anymore. Also isn't unusual for sites to get conflicting info

 

[tomcat ha]

article makes it look fairly decent

 

[Vaskadar]

Prey 2 CG Trailer
Not gameplay, but it still looks pretty

 

[Bi()ha2arD]

Are you sure that's the correct link?

 

[Vaskadar]

Yeah, whoops. I'll fix it.

Fixed.