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Prey (2017) |OT| Trust no one. Not even your shelf
- Thread starter Rexatality
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Finished. Landed the
ending. 15 hours and change on Normal difficulty.
Barley scratched into the Typhon powers and invested heavily in security weapon stats. Played roughly an hour and a half a day, sometimes more.
- Combat is shit half the time but fun at other times.
- Some quests are broken. NPCs do not show where map says they are no matter what I did. The only time I went to a guide was when a quest step wouldn't trigger .
- The
is awful. I don't know how many times I had to go back and forth from my office.
System Shock vibe was laid on thick, but I keep thinking there's something missing with the combat feeling so rough. It was good. Just unsatisfying for some reason. Dishonored 2 was more conventional but it also felt more complete.
It was alright. Not GotY for me. Fun in places but intangibly lacking...
I and Thou
Barley scratched into the Typhon powers and invested heavily in security weapon stats. Played roughly an hour and a half a day, sometimes more.
- Combat is shit half the time but fun at other times.
- Some quests are broken. NPCs do not show where map says they are no matter what I did. The only time I went to a guide was when a quest step wouldn't trigger .
- The
Mikhaila quest
System Shock vibe was laid on thick, but I keep thinking there's something missing with the combat feeling so rough. It was good. Just unsatisfying for some reason. Dishonored 2 was more conventional but it also felt more complete.
It was alright. Not GotY for me. Fun in places but intangibly lacking...
NumberThree
Member
Really cool. I'd definitely buy some of those.
Yeah I had that. Restarting the helped but the area was still rougher than anything else in the game.
Once to get the quest and a second time to finish it? I don't remember that quest being weird unless
it changes if you delete the recording
The_Hitcher89
Member
Is it possible to fail quests by doing them in the wrong order?
Loving the game btw, favourite first person game since Bioshock. Even games like Titanfall 2 that I enjoy, I'm ready for them to end after a couple of hours.
Loving the game btw, favourite first person game since Bioshock. Even games like Titanfall 2 that I enjoy, I'm ready for them to end after a couple of hours.
Bulletzen72
Member
Yes. Happened with me on the
"With this Ring" quest. If you deal with Dahl before you do the quest, then Kevin Hague will wither be dead or refuse the ring.
The_Hitcher89
Member
Cheers
Guess I'll start doing them as they pop up then, as opposed to just waiting until I go back to the relevant area
Stealthcobra
Member
When do i get the scanning ability... I'm still pretty early on
I am so impressed with this game... wasn't excepting to love it this much. The save scumming is becoming a problem though, I will probably replay it with self-imposed restrictions.
I was ambivalent about the zero-g sections before playing the game (usually dislike those), but Arkane really outdid themselves; they're great.
On my way to the Arboretum.
I was ambivalent about the zero-g sections before playing the game (usually dislike those), but Arkane really outdid themselves; they're great.
On my way to the Arboretum.
If you like Deus Ex etc, this game is worth your purchase right now. It's the best game in the genre this decade.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
What the hell, that quest doesn't ring a bell to me and here I thought I had found all side quests. Where is this one found?
I think I'll look up a guide and see if I missed other quests.
Rexatality
Member
Actually, you need to go to
Guest room in Executive Suites where you can find Nicole as a Phantom and kill her to take the ring from her ring
Pandora012
Member
A couple questions.
In the Arboretum,
In the Crew Quarters, Had suspicions
Now I just started Deep Storage, how far am I in the game?
Side note,
is super easy to kill. Though it is annoying when you don't feel like dealing with it and you have to wait.
The beginning area of Psychotronics.
In the Arboretum,
I left in the escape pod and ended up dying. I'm guessing because you die, it doesn't mark the quest as completed. I imagine later on it will be marked as incomplete?
In the Crew Quarters, Had suspicions
about the cook after I saw the picture in Will's room tampered with and the fact that the transcribe pictures didn't match. At first I let him live because he didn't do anything wrong. Later I saw Sho request that I kill him. So I reloaded and did that. Does that go against the no kill run? Also, does Sho die? Seems she is runny out of O2.
Now I just started Deep Storage, how far am I in the game?
Side note,
Nightmare
The beginning area of Psychotronics.
alexanderftw
Banned
Regarding the first question, it stays in your quest log if I recall correctly until the end. I stopped paying attention to it after a while. Regarding the second one
Yes it counts as a kill because you you obviously killed him and you finished the quest prematurely. The quest will update as you progress through the main story up to a point where you can either kill him or he dies anyway. As to what happens to Sho I dont remember but I'm guessing she dies eventually.
Deep Storage depending on your play style should be half way through
Pandora012
Member
Thanks!
The thing is I didn't finish the quest prematurely.
I actually, stunned him, then met with Sho, who then told me to kill him. After I did that, both quests where fully completed and not failed. Does killing him only affect the trophy you get or is there a story consequence?
alexanderftw
Banned
So the quest completed while he remained stunned? Cool 
Killing him should only affect the trophy. He is not ending essential though there is extra dialogues with him and he does set up traps through Talos
Killing him should only affect the trophy. He is not ending essential though there is extra dialogues with him and he does set up traps through Talos
bati
Member
Just started playing this and I'd like to know how many skills I'll be able to max out by the end if I'm thorough in exploration? I'm going for the stealthy scientist/engineer type.
Also, I'm playing on Nightmare, any tips regarding first Neuromod picks? Hacking will probably end up as priority (already put one point there) but I've already spotted a few places that require repair and leverage so I'll likely get these two as well.
edit: And I just bludgeoned the first phantom I came across by sneaking up behind him and applying wrench to his face. I'm completely hooked lol.
Also, I'm playing on Nightmare, any tips regarding first Neuromod picks? Hacking will probably end up as priority (already put one point there) but I've already spotted a few places that require repair and leverage so I'll likely get these two as well.
edit: And I just bludgeoned the first phantom I came across by sneaking up behind him and applying wrench to his face. I'm completely hooked lol.
I don't have any hard numbers, but I'd say you can max out either human or typhon easily at the end if you explore a lot. (And without making too many Neuromads yourself)
Don't forget to get some combat skills as well at some point later (I invested in my first combat skills after ~15h)
Repair is really helpful and leverage II is enough to move III objects by force. (Some say this works with leverage I objects too, but it never really worked for me.)
So, I know that the input lag got patched out on this game on PS4, which is great. Does anyone know if it ever got patched out of Dishonored 2 on PS4 also? That's honestly the one reason I never played much of that game. It was infuriatingly bad.
I've been playing Prey on PC, and I haven't had that problem. Makes me kinda wish I got Dishonored on PC as well.
I've been playing Prey on PC, and I haven't had that problem. Makes me kinda wish I got Dishonored on PC as well.
the_batman
Banned
Well i played on normal and i was able to get every Human ability and some Typhon abilities with exotic material to spare.
Ah yes, I was thinking about the quest when you search for an item under the rock
A new update is released for the PS4 and PC: https://bethesda.net/community/topic/57903/prey-ps4-update-v-1-03-patch-notes
It will be released for the Xbox One later this week.
It will be released for the Xbox One later this week.
sigh, nothing about the frame rate or the stick drift on PS4, the only things bothering me with the game
psychotron
Member
Stun and hack them if you can, I find it the best way to deal with them.
Stick drift occurs on PC version as well (with 360 controller)
illusionary
Member
While I've not yet finished the game myself (I think that I'm getting close), I'd have to advise the opposite. I took this quest through to completion and I have a feeling that I may have been partly spoiled on the eventual ending,
Rexatality
Member
If you're talking about the Technopath, Stun Gun and Emp Charge gives you an advantage over it.
Its very beneficial to use some alien powers like Psychoshock or Kinetic Blast to hurt it further. Whittle down its health and blast it with the Q-Beam (If you have one) till the green bar fills up and it will die in an instant.
Some areas are more than others depending on which abilities, weapons, and tools you have
Just put something big and heavy in front of it, or stack some stuff.
Ah, good idea
wild wild rice
Member
This game has gotten royally frustrating toward what feels like it should be the end, but I've been told I've got 5 hours to go even just sticking to the main quest.
I just
The combat has become so unbelievably tedious. These
can go fuck themselves.
I want to experience the end of the game, but the gameplay itself has worn out its welcome.
Bahh.
Not sure I can do it, gaf.
I just
tried to upload the Coral data to Alex's computer and some director guy stepped in and shut Talos down, etc.
Military Operators
I want to experience the end of the game, but the gameplay itself has worn out its welcome.
Bahh.
Not sure I can do it, gaf.
Rexatality
Member
Use a stun gun and hack them. Block the dispensers with heavy objects if you can.
And get rid of Dahl's Tech Officer as soon as possible. You'll find Kaspar's location from Dahl's Shuttle in the Shuttle Bay.
Oh, and you should knock out Dahl as per Igwe's suggestion rather than killing him if you want the other survivors to escape Talos 1. He'll also tinker with oxygen control
And get rid of Dahl's Tech Officer as soon as possible. You'll find Kaspar's location from Dahl's Shuttle in the Shuttle Bay.
Oh, and you should knock out Dahl as per Igwe's suggestion rather than killing him if you want the other survivors to escape Talos 1. He'll also tinker with oxygen control
wild wild rice
Member
Does 5 hours left seem accurate?
chrominance
Member
Heh. That was what I was thinking of when I said you still had some stuff to do. If it's any consolation,
once you dispense with that particular questline, you're basically in endgame.
(incapacitated Dahl and dealt with his diversion)
Also, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, USE. THE. STUN. GUN.
When the military operators appeared in my game I was like "oh fuck these are the assholes everyone in the GAF thread warned me about, shit is about to get real" and then I zapped the three that ambushed me in Alex's office with my stun gun and was like, "wait, that's IT?" Seriously, two zaps of a fully upgraded stun gun and they blow up. One zap and Hacking IV and they're your new best friend. Your biggest issue, honestly, will be running low on disruptor batteries. I tried using Q-beam on them because of all the ammo they drop and that's probably your next best option, but still significantly worse than the stun gun.
Rexatality
Member
I'd say 2-3 hours left in case with dealing with
Dahl and his bots, Ending the Typhon threat once and for all
wild wild rice
Member
Thanks dudes I'll keep at it. I've definitely been stunning everything.
Rexatality
Member
For
Mikhaila's
talk to her a few times in your office for the audio log to appear
psychotron
Member
Got to Crew Quarters today. I'm over 27 hours in. I love this game. Might be my GOTY.
ichtyander
Member
Beat the game in 31 hours, so just have a question regarding the ending,
I had the feeling about the whole story,
I felt Prey was at its best when it let me roam around freely, getting the feel of each section of the station and having that survival horror/scavenging part of the experience, and it didn't really deliver when it tried to funnel me into a more linear story path.
That being said, I really liked that it tried to shake things up with the NPCs, especially
I also liked the idea of changing the gameplay by
Most of those things kinda fell apart for me, because
Still, I really enjoyed my time with this game and am really glad something like this managed to come out in 2017.
it probably doesn't really matter what you did during the game, you'll always get the same two choices?
I had the feeling about the whole story,
that it was a simulation since I prematurely entered the escape pod in Arboretum (just by gliding around, didn't even occur to me to use the GLOO Cannon) which triggered a suspicious short cutscene. I actually expected the story would go deeper into parallel universes (regarding the whole nature of the Typhon and how they mimic things), monitoring various versions of Morgans and influencing their actions until they get to the bottom of what and who the Typhon are, then using the data preemptively, but they obviously went in a different direction.
Didn't feel the story very much, some of the quests kinda fell apart for me towards the end, with NPCs reacting glitchy, I failed a quest and I have no idea why, I also had like a short string of quests being acquired and finished immediately at one point without knowing exactly why that happened, and overall the end parts felt a bit rushed. Which is also funny because System Shock 2 was in a similar state, with the now hilariously infamous ending.
Didn't feel the story very much, some of the quests kinda fell apart for me towards the end, with NPCs reacting glitchy, I failed a quest and I have no idea why, I also had like a short string of quests being acquired and finished immediately at one point without knowing exactly why that happened, and overall the end parts felt a bit rushed. Which is also funny because System Shock 2 was in a similar state, with the now hilariously infamous ending.
I felt Prey was at its best when it let me roam around freely, getting the feel of each section of the station and having that survival horror/scavenging part of the experience, and it didn't really deliver when it tried to funnel me into a more linear story path.
That being said, I really liked that it tried to shake things up with the NPCs, especially
setting up multiple situations with living NPCs, letting you interact with them as opposed to just communicating with characters through comms, behind a glass screen or straight up just having everyone dead. Kudos to Arcane for letting in some life into a scenario that usually has no living, interactive NPCs.
I also liked the idea of changing the gameplay by
introducing various unique stages and types of threats as the story progressed, forcing you to change the way you play somewhat, at least in theory. Having the Nightmare as a sort of a Big Daddy/Nemesis character all of a sudden was a neat idea. Also having to suddenly think of turrets as enemies, treating the Coral as a Psi recharge resource, optionally polluting the station's water source so that you can recharge your Psi points at water fountains (this surprised me because I wasn't sure what that quest was actually for, really neat detail), playing with gravity a bit and even the Military Operators and the Tendrils which pretty much forced you to use certain weapons more that you might've not used that much before.
Most of those things kinda fell apart for me, because
on my first time unlocking Typhon neuromods, I unlocked like 5-6 at the same time, which instantly spawned the Nightmare, along with a short flashback cutscene and a longer audiolog by Alex, followed by the Nightmare killing me on the spot, reloading and then never hearing that audiolog again. Nightmare also became really easy really quickly, which defeated its purpose. I never used the turrets much, so most of them were left broken or undeployed, so when I Typhoned up, I almost never really encountered any enemy turrets. By the time you unlock Psychoshock III and level up the golden gun a bit, you plow through any Typhon in your way. Just playing carefully can really make you way too OP, so I lost a fair bit of that survival horror aspect halfway through the game.
Still, I really enjoyed my time with this game and am really glad something like this managed to come out in 2017.
illusionary
Member
I've not read the detail, but one of your spoiler tags is broken.
ichtyander
Member
Damn, really sorry, getting late, thought I checked the whole post thoroughly. Should be alright now.