Magic Mushroom
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Crazy to think it's only May and already one of the best years in gaming history.
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Prey (2017) |OT| Trust no one. Not even your shelf
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Crazy to think it's only May and already one of the best years in gaming history.
TrojanBlade
Member
Just started playing the demo and one thing that stood out: the graphics are not good. Looks likes an old current gen game or even last gen at some points.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
Based on what ive played in regards to gameplay and exploration Prey is a better game than Dead Space 1 and Bioshock 1.
RoyaleDuke
Banned
So far I've done tons of scanning with the psychoscope but I think I'm gonna do a purely human build. No typhon powers.
It feels so system shock-ey without the powers, also I am curious about the story implications.
I feel like this game is a perfect blend of system shock 1, 2, and what we all kind of wish or vaguely imagined SS3 would have been, but hey we live in the reality where we might actually see a real System Shock 3 but this scratches the itch so perfectly, it makes me scared to think that the real SS3 won't live up to this.
Also, I love how the lean feels exactly like SS2's lean.
I found a module that makes the ARX
Big props on whoever did the physics in space, everything works like it should for the most part.
The art design here and graphics are just amazing on PC tbh, I don't get the complaints and
So like, I forgot to mention something regarding an early quest, post major story revelation of watching a
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Also from reading emails Alex is a massive
It feels so system shock-ey without the powers, also I am curious about the story implications.
I feel like this game is a perfect blend of system shock 1, 2, and what we all kind of wish or vaguely imagined SS3 would have been, but hey we live in the reality where we might actually see a real System Shock 3 but this scratches the itch so perfectly, it makes me scared to think that the real SS3 won't live up to this.
Also, I love how the lean feels exactly like SS2's lean.
I found a module that makes the ARX
flight system thing go super fast in space. I accidentally went so fast I smacked into an overhead pillar shattering the helmet and killing morgan instantly.
Big props on whoever did the physics in space, everything works like it should for the most part.
The art design here and graphics are just amazing on PC tbh, I don't get the complaints and
fuckin' zero g baby wubbalubbadubdubs. Wooo!
So like, I forgot to mention something regarding an early quest, post major story revelation of watching a
video
So one of my questions is about December, I ended up ignoring it completely and eventually got a message where someone killed it, then January confessed to doing it. Are they setting up multiple morgan agendas?
Also from reading emails Alex is a massive
Piece of shit.
The perfect Dark
Banned
Absolutely. Dishonored 2 was developed by a different team. The game was good but Prey is another level. I haven't enjoyed a game this much since the first Bioshock.
RoyaleDuke
Banned
Benedict Wong is the fucking best.
Atom Heart Mother
Banned
What? It looks great, the art style of it really holds up. Maybe it isn't as technical, but man the art design is out of this world. Standard for a Arkane title.
Yeah, the textures are... rough imo. Great game but still.
Zeus The Dino
Member
Art design is cool, but resolution on xbox one and blurriness doesnt help it
I actually really like it graphically. It is crispppp.
Magic Mushroom
Member
Yeah. I'm sure there are prettier games with higher budgets, but do they have such strong level design and player agency? I know what I find more important.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
Spent all night playing this. Its fucking incredible. The level design and sound design is top tier stuff. I didn't want to put it down!
The perfect Dark
Banned
Arcane Studios developed the cancelled Half Life 2: Episode 3. I wanna see this game. Right now. Valve doesn't give a fuck ...just sell the franchise to Arkane, lol. They know what they're doing.
edit: I just read it was episode 4.
edit: I just read it was episode 4.
AusRoachman
Member
3 hours in and only just realised you can lean (PS4)
RoyaleDuke
Banned
So where is the recycler grenade fabrication print?
Yeah he's great.
Honestly I think I'm just gonna do this too. I bought alien powers to mess around with for a little, and then reloaded my save. They're neat, but like SS2, I never touched nor really had the urge for PSI powers and still had a blast. Using the environment and weapons is just too satisfying, and I'm already well invested in my human skills and abilities as well as overwhelmed with the options I currently have.
I'm still sort of early so maybe I'll change my mind. But I like the idea of Hard/Human playthrough first and then Nightmare/Hardcore/Alien second.
WHAT
Finished the game today on Normal, which took about 13 hours or so. I did some side quests, and didn't do others (I am planning a more completionist playthrough on a harder difficulty).
Overall, it's a really surprising, well-constructed game with a lot of really good ideas, and a strong blend of sci-fi and atmospheric horror. If people like Deus Ex, or Bioshock, or the Shock series in general, it'd be essentially impossible to not recommend this game -- one that, for these players, might be in their running for GotY.
Personally, I think it gets a little bit stale near the end once the variety of what you're doing starts to run low. There aren't a lot of "wow!" moments in the game (I can think of maybe 3), and what the game does right mechanically and with its depth it fails to make the moments when things boil down to a gun fight feel particularly satisfying. Still, that's really not the central focus of the game, so I won't hold it against it too much.
Pretty much a full recommendation for me. Great job, Arkane. And not too shabby on the PC version, either; it only crashed once for me, and performance was generally acceptable minus one or two situations of severe stuttering. I'm looking forward to my second playthrough.
Overall, it's a really surprising, well-constructed game with a lot of really good ideas, and a strong blend of sci-fi and atmospheric horror. If people like Deus Ex, or Bioshock, or the Shock series in general, it'd be essentially impossible to not recommend this game -- one that, for these players, might be in their running for GotY.
Personally, I think it gets a little bit stale near the end once the variety of what you're doing starts to run low. There aren't a lot of "wow!" moments in the game (I can think of maybe 3), and what the game does right mechanically and with its depth it fails to make the moments when things boil down to a gun fight feel particularly satisfying. Still, that's really not the central focus of the game, so I won't hold it against it too much.
Pretty much a full recommendation for me. Great job, Arkane. And not too shabby on the PC version, either; it only crashed once for me, and performance was generally acceptable minus one or two situations of severe stuttering. I'm looking forward to my second playthrough.
RoyaleDuke
Banned
I am probably saving powers usage for my next playthrough as well, I'm at 20ish hours though and I'm still apparently barely through the game.
This game is massive, I still don't know how people beat it quickly.
I imagine that this is as designed but I've found two places so far where there's two... Phantoms I think? The monsters that stand up...
Anyway... I've tried a couple of times and there's just no way I can defeat two of those guys right now lol... I imagine you get new gear and upgrades eventually that will help...
Anyway... I've tried a couple of times and there's just no way I can defeat two of those guys right now lol... I imagine you get new gear and upgrades eventually that will help...
I loved Dishonored 2. This is better.
TheExecutive
Member
Are you guys kidding me? This game is actually good? I will have to buy it SOMEDAY.
I just bought Neir so I have to finish that first and Nioh is still on my plate. Just finished Horizon and don't even get me started on Persona5. I am sure I am missing an essential game or two from this year but fuck it I can't keep up.
This year is rediculous.
I just bought Neir so I have to finish that first and Nioh is still on my plate. Just finished Horizon and don't even get me started on Persona5. I am sure I am missing an essential game or two from this year but fuck it I can't keep up.
This year is rediculous.
Kadin
Member
Anyone have the Steam overlay accidentally open when you did not press the keyboard combination to normally open it?
I had my combo set to ctrl+tab to open it up and when I was pressing ctrl to go into sneak, the UI would randomly open when pressing it. I have tab bound to inventory and there is no way I'm accidentally pressing it. I thought it was a glitch so I rebound the combo to shift+tab and it's happening again when I press shift to run. Really don't want to have to come up with yet another combo...
I had my combo set to ctrl+tab to open it up and when I was pressing ctrl to go into sneak, the UI would randomly open when pressing it. I have tab bound to inventory and there is no way I'm accidentally pressing it. I thought it was a glitch so I rebound the combo to shift+tab and it's happening again when I press shift to run. Really don't want to have to come up with yet another combo...
Has Arkane /ever/ made a bad, or even mediocre game?
Everything they've touched has been solid gold since they first formed up a studio. I can't believe anyone who knew Raph Colantonio (lead designer or and/or director on Arx Fatalis, a decent chunk of Bioshock 2, Dark Messiah, and Dishonored + DLC) was directing the game would have doubts about the quality. Even if it didn't reach my super lofty desires for a new System Shock I had no illusions as to the game being bad.
You assumed
right
Leverage I, Hacking I, Materials Expert. Get Necropsy early as well, you want those Mimic tumors.
The keycard for the Yellow Tulip supply closet should be
on an Operator bot named Tizzy. Should be behind the bar or somewhere around the area.
For anyone going on a no kill run quest spoiler
I did the exact same thing.
Both of them are.
the "cook" tries to suicidebomb you at the end so don't worry about completing it
I did the exact same thing.
If you do the December quest you get to "leave" early and get an ending that leads to a game over and a massive endgame spoiler, then you have to load back and play with that knowledge and the fucking quest taunting you in your quest log rofl
Both of them are.
awesome, thanks. must have missed it
edit: can't find it at all - must be bugged or does it only appear before the area is complete? hmm
I agree with this. In particular, I was incredibly let down by the last few missions.
Huge endgame spoilers follow:
There's quite a bit of backtracking in the latter parts of the game, which I don't mind in theory, but I didn't find to be done well. After Dahl docks his shuttle and the military operators clear the station of Typhon presence, things just get really dull. They're pretty one-note to fight, and at that point I'd already been everywhere so each sub-objective just involved running past a lot of slow robots to the mission marker.
I got my hopes up once the apex Typhon attacks the station and you're funneled into the finale, expecting some good gameplay challenges like reconfigured areas or new encounters; stuff that would put the skills you've accumulated to the test. Maybe there's an entire room that's a mimic or a greater nightmare or anything, really. Instead I ran uneventfully through more areas I'd cleared already, most of which were still bereft of enemies and largely unchanged. The only big difference was some tendrils lazily creeping through the wall that died in one shot and were functionally harmless.
I found the entire thing really, really disappointing on both a gameplay and spectacle front, especially after the stakes are raised so much by the cool setpiece of the Arboretum getting destroyed. It's doubly strange because Alex repeatedly stresses how much what he wants you to do will anger the Typhon, and how hard they'll fight to stop you, but I tried both his and January's ending paths and the only difference was which empty areas I was backtracking through. There was, like, one Voltaic Phantom that spawned as I was running to the bridge I guess. Maybe a couple mimics.
Oh well. At least the post-credits stinger was fun.
I got my hopes up once the apex Typhon attacks the station and you're funneled into the finale, expecting some good gameplay challenges like reconfigured areas or new encounters; stuff that would put the skills you've accumulated to the test. Maybe there's an entire room that's a mimic or a greater nightmare or anything, really. Instead I ran uneventfully through more areas I'd cleared already, most of which were still bereft of enemies and largely unchanged. The only big difference was some tendrils lazily creeping through the wall that died in one shot and were functionally harmless.
I found the entire thing really, really disappointing on both a gameplay and spectacle front, especially after the stakes are raised so much by the cool setpiece of the Arboretum getting destroyed. It's doubly strange because Alex repeatedly stresses how much what he wants you to do will anger the Typhon, and how hard they'll fight to stop you, but I tried both his and January's ending paths and the only difference was which empty areas I was backtracking through. There was, like, one Voltaic Phantom that spawned as I was running to the bridge I guess. Maybe a couple mimics.
Oh well. At least the post-credits stinger was fun.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
How?
I'm on Nightmare so early game I went go Conditioning to get some extra health and mobility. Then I went to the Repair tree to get more storage space.
Unfortunately... like Fallout 3 hacking and repair seem pretty pointless. There seems to always be a way to bypass these things.
Glowing Bovine
Member
If I'm recalling correctly there's a
computer on the right side of the room you can hit with the Nerf crossbow from outside that can toggle the door.
Yep,
just break the glass next to it and press the button through the window
That only gets you into that room though, not the entirety of Psychotronics.
Glowing Bovine
Member
And here I was feeling so clever.
Masterspeed
Member
God damn you guys. I don't have much money atm so I'll have to wait until next payday, but Jesus you're making me want this game right now.
I've been waiting for something so long to fix that Bio/System Shock itch and considering the System Shock 1 remake is so far off, this will be amazing to fill the void.
I've been waiting for something so long to fix that Bio/System Shock itch and considering the System Shock 1 remake is so far off, this will be amazing to fill the void.
Im playing thru on PS4 right now, and I would highly recommend PC.
CartridgeBlower
Member
What difficulty are people playing on? Recommendations?