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Prey (2017) |OT| Trust no one. Not even your shelf
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AusRoachman
Member
Yup
Jimnymebob
Member
Is this a stealth game like Dishonored?
I enjoyed Dishonored a lot, but it's gameplay boiled down to either:
1. Massacring your way through levels as an unstoppable force, which made each level last about 5 minutes if you were stopping to search for things during your rampage.
2. Trial and error saving and reloading trying to non-lethal ghost your way through it.
I played the second style primarily, but it got tedious at times.
For some reason, aside from MGS, I find myself reloading saves on other stealth games due to the penalty for being spotted seeming especially harsh, or in the case of games like Dishonored and Hitman 2, the fact that you can just brute force your way through with little resistance, to the point where not doing that feels like you're handicapping yourself.
I enjoyed Dishonored a lot, but it's gameplay boiled down to either:
1. Massacring your way through levels as an unstoppable force, which made each level last about 5 minutes if you were stopping to search for things during your rampage.
2. Trial and error saving and reloading trying to non-lethal ghost your way through it.
I played the second style primarily, but it got tedious at times.
For some reason, aside from MGS, I find myself reloading saves on other stealth games due to the penalty for being spotted seeming especially harsh, or in the case of games like Dishonored and Hitman 2, the fact that you can just brute force your way through with little resistance, to the point where not doing that feels like you're handicapping yourself.
Not really like Dishonored at all except in terms of level design, i.e. multiple ways to accomplish certain things and explore.
There is "stealth", but it's not the focus.
SS2 is the better game, IMO. Prey is great, but is missing that full-on oppressive terror at every step and atmosphere of sheer dread that System Shock 2 had. But Prey is great, and you can tell SS2 was a huge inspiration. All the nods to Looking Glass Studios throughout Prey are really great, too.
More_Badass
Member
It's like System Shock, more than Dishonored. There is a stealth system, but it's not a stealth game. That said, using stealth to get the jump on enemies is smart
True. I already jumped in my seat snd was fleeing in panic fifteen minutes into SS2. I was not expecting that. Me and old school design/aesthetic don't always mix
Jimnymebob
Member
Oh, that sounds cool.
I enjoy sandbox things like that.
Yeah, that sounds like my cup of tea. I've never played the System Shock games (I have one of them on GOG I think), but your descriptions make it sound similar to Far Cry in a sense, and I really liked that.
More_Badass
Member
Think on my second playthrough, I'm going to do a super-agile psi-focused build
I'm sub-consciously hoarding mods apart from sticking them into more agile movement, jumps and strength.
RedlineRonin
Member
Just got the
fabrication plan and unlocked the perk to harvest more typhon stuff (which recycles to exotic mats).
Does this break the game? Or is there still gonna be a ceiling based on how many exotic mats you can get?
neuromod
Does this break the game? Or is there still gonna be a ceiling based on how many exotic mats you can get?
bonesmccoy
Banned
Agree completely. SS2 had my bowels quickening after the 1st encounter. The only other game to come close to that terror/dread/fear is Alien: Isolation.
The aliens in Prey aren't scary, even though they can be very lethal. The shimmery, shuddering shadow-forms just kind of 'are', and seem to fit into the world too well. There's no other-worldly shock when you are forced to encounter one.
My impression is that only a handful of people remember the original Prey so it doesn't matter. It's just a nice four letter Bethesda's trademark at this point.
Mister Megative
Banned
Anyone?
It costs a decent amount of materials to make them, also try making a good 10 or so, the game does something to limit how many you can make for a good portion of the game.
The bottleneck for me is metal. I have planty of the other materials. And i need to craft ammo since i'm not using alien powers.
Yeah, this worked for me. Turns out it was in some small hole near cargo bay, not power plant. So I guess audio log doesn't actually reflect actual position.
RedlineRonin
Member
Are you referring to
the fact that you need to renew the license at Hargrave's office? I read something about it not being an unlimited license and having to go back there to renew it....
I'd take a simple "yes" or "no" on that one. If it isn't that, I'll just be surprised =)
If you use the suit mod that lets you get a jetpack boost you can move around the entire game at Doom level speed but with even more mobility.
I am referring to that, yes. Though the info about it not being unlimited is wrong.
Also the enemies & Shodan in SS2 constantly taunting you was awful and frightening. I do like the enemies in Prey talking, it is unsettling, but they are more talking about what is going on with them and their own paranoia. It's not nearly as unsettling as SS2 enemies walking around, knowing you're there somewhere, and talking to you, warning you to stop.
Both games are great, and Prey really surprised the hell out of me. I wasn't following it at all until last Thursday when I heard it was actually very good and closer to System Shock than the original Prey, which immediately grabbed my attention. I haven't finished Prey yet, but I have 20 hours in since Friday night, just got to Crew Quarters, and I can't stop playing and exploring.
RedlineRonin
Member
Cool. Thanks for the info!
matrix-cat
Member
Just got to Deep Storage, and I'm absolutely loving this. I spent so long in the Crew Quarters following up on all the sidequests I'd picked up. They're really good! I can't wait to find the last piece of the
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Also did the *December quest spoilers*:
Treasure Map
Also did the *December quest spoilers*:
alternate ending, I suppose? The quick lines of dialogue you get at the end of that seem like a really interesting hint at where the story might be going, but I don't want to think about it too hard just yet.
The game needed more open areas with various little side content like the Lobby, Crew Quarters and the Arboretum. The rest of the areas feel small, confined and quite corridor-ish (I don't mean linear because they aren't linear, just that it's full of corridor like design with little width and height)
Pandora012
Member
Okay I was wondering why my times were varied. I thought it was a bug or something Like you a have a ridiculous amount of time played vs campaign time.
Rexatality
Member
Time played is overall hours you've played the game
Campaign time, I assume, is the time you spent during a session with the game
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Found it. Heh, turns out I've seen this computer before and just didn't pushed a button. I'm an idiot (^____^)
About combat. I seriosly don't know how some of you guys think that combat in this game is bad. It's great and brilliant in my imho and much better that in all BioShock games combined and multiplied by x5. All in all, I'm really enjoying combat in Prey and everything related to it.... except that I haven't used alien abilities in my first playthrough and won't be buying and upgrading them too - planning to go for second playthrough with alien powers and maybe a different ending if there is one. So, I can't tell basicaly anything about alien abilities and how they work as of right now but I bet they are great as well.
Just not as open as the Reactor, because that area killed my framerate.
I really like the way the turrets communicate. It's a nice way to have the game repeatedly remind you that the psi neuromods
One thing I'm not sure if it's a glitch or not--leaving the cargo area headed for the power station, I came across one of those
Bug, something I missed, or something that gets explained later?
make you less human. Walking past turrets at early game has them noting that you are human and they can stand down. Two psi mods in, they now report 'insufficient typhon material detected' or say something about needing calibration. It's a good constant reminder that taking more alien powers will rapidly turn the station against you.
One thing I'm not sure if it's a glitch or not--leaving the cargo area headed for the power station, I came across one of those
electric phantoms just sort of patrolling an area. I wanted to take him out so he couldn't go back and kill my survivors through the now-unlocked door, but he was non-hostile. Blue health bar, and charging up a weapon and fully unloading on him did nothing. Getting too close would kill me with electricity but he never attacked.
Bug, something I missed, or something that gets explained later?
Inkvoterad
Member
Uhh i think i encountered a glitch: Shuttle bay exterior spoilers:
Got out and some invisible ball instashoots a lighting hitscan on me which kills me, i tried avoiding where i initially see the lighting that kills me come from, but it seems the invisible thing is following me, leading it literally impossible to get anywhere than the very entrance of the shuttle bay exterior. Is this a plot thing or am i just encountering an invisible enemy?
it's also not possible to target during shooting phase.
it's also not possible to target during shooting phase.
I think you just aren't seeing enemy doing that. Black on black can be nasty combo.
Finished with 23 hours of playtime. Finished maybe half of the side quests, explored quite a lot throughout the game.
Not my favorite immersive sim around (that'd probably be Bioshock), but nonetheless - absolutely fantastic. Biggest weakness was probably the combat. It started out very boring, got fun for a while when I first unlocked the alien powers and halfway through started getting a bit boring again.
Everything else was brilliant though. Atmosphere, level and world design (and exploration), story and so on, all pretty much spot on. Will definitely replay this sometime in the future. This has been a hell of a year so I doubt it'll be my GOTY pick, but it's in the top 5 so far, easily. Most other years it would have been an easy GOTY choice.
Now I'm craving for more exploration and platforming and sneaking and levels you can do in a million different ways, so I'm super excited to check Dishonored 2 out next. Might have to wait till tomorrow, though.
Stinger was a bit of a mindfuck.
Not my favorite immersive sim around (that'd probably be Bioshock), but nonetheless - absolutely fantastic. Biggest weakness was probably the combat. It started out very boring, got fun for a while when I first unlocked the alien powers and halfway through started getting a bit boring again.
Everything else was brilliant though. Atmosphere, level and world design (and exploration), story and so on, all pretty much spot on. Will definitely replay this sometime in the future. This has been a hell of a year so I doubt it'll be my GOTY pick, but it's in the top 5 so far, easily. Most other years it would have been an easy GOTY choice.
Now I'm craving for more exploration and platforming and sneaking and levels you can do in a million different ways, so I'm super excited to check Dishonored 2 out next. Might have to wait till tomorrow, though.
Pandora012
Member
I wonder, has Arkane said anything about story DLC for Prey?
Okay, I've haven't had game do that before.
Okay, I've haven't had game do that before.
Coriolanus
Banned
tbf they shouldve made it so that if you're simply carrying a truckload of typhon in your inventory they'll open up on your hoarding ass.
fwiw elec enemies are immune to the disruptor, since it's, yknow, an elec weapon.
not a hitscan attack. just spawns an explodo-ball near you.
Yeah I shouldn't have used 'charging up' as phrasing as that was dumb.
shotgun/pistol/gloo/wrench in the half second before ambient electricity fried me/literallyeverythingdidnothing
Vegetable Lasagna
Member
I started Prey last night and it is excellent so far! Easily see this being in my top 5 for the year. Really need to go back and finish Dishonored 2 after I'm done with this.
Rexatality
Member
Nothing about DLC yet, but they did say they are planning to support the game in the form of updates or DLC
https://www.youtube.com/user/PurpleDraQu/videos
This guy did yesterday speed run of Prey in 59:28 minutes, today he did it in 19:34 minutes :O
This guy did yesterday speed run of Prey in 59:28 minutes, today he did it in 19:34 minutes :O
Freezasaurus
Member
Well, it depends on how much of the required material you can get your hands on. If you use the recycler duplication glitch, then you can max out everything if that's what you want to do.
Just got to G.U.T.S.
My shotgun is fully upgraded. Hacking, Repair and Leverage are fully upgraded as well.
There are a lot of other skills i'm currently using but not sure i wanna invest in fully upgraded them. Question is can anyone recommend any really useful typhon abilities besides morphing into other objects which i'm currently using.
My shotgun is fully upgraded. Hacking, Repair and Leverage are fully upgraded as well.
There are a lot of other skills i'm currently using but not sure i wanna invest in fully upgraded them. Question is can anyone recommend any really useful typhon abilities besides morphing into other objects which i'm currently using.
Psychoshock and Kinetic Blast are great
bonesmccoy
Banned
Ha, same here. Friday morning I was telling a friend I had zero interest in it.
Lightningboalt
Neo Member
Got a question regarding the length. I'm loving Prey so far and I'm already thinking about things I can do on replays of this game. Thing is, I borrowed the copy I'm playing and I'm going on a trip in a few days, so I'll be returning it tomorrow. I'm around the arboretum right now, heading towards Deep Storage - how far into the game am I, if I just do story missions? I'm planning on getting my own copy and playing through again to do sidequests I've missed and to experiment with other things, but about how many more missions are there after Detour and is it even remotely feasible for me to finish a playthrough today?