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Linear FPS game, as always... with a twist

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Native Americans can't seem to catch a break. First, the white man takes their land and moves them to dusty reservations, then aliens abduct them from those reservations and imprison them on a spaceship built from twisted metal and grotesque, pulsating flesh. At least, that's what happens to Tommy, along with his Cherokee grandfather and girlfriend, in Prey, a game that's been in development hell for many moons, but has proven well worth the wait.

The visuals are astonishing, and the story, which crosses tribal mysticism with sci-fi horror, will keep you guessing until the end. Creative level design allows you to switch gravity to the walls and ceiling, which will either have you giggling gleefully or wondering if there's an herbal, Native American equivalent of Dramamine.

Despite its innovations, Prey falls just short of greatness. As cool as it is to rip the legs off alien bugs and hurl the explosive insects at enemies, eventually the novelty wears off, and you realize they're still just grenades. And whether you're crawling down a corridor's walls or ceilings, it doesn't change the fact that it's just another first-person corridor crawl. But as Xbox 360 shooters go, you can't do much better.

Prey for more PREY

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

A really fun 3DO shooter, with lots to keep you busy, including anti gravity wall walking and flying around in a shuttle. Lots of weapons and enemies. Having said that, it is not as wild as Q4, but still a very good game.

Good start

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Caveat: This is a single-player only review.

So I picked up this game on the cheap (its been out for over a year) to tide me over until I got Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4. I enjoyed the experience overall, but compared to the cream of the crop FPS out there, it just isn't as good.

The Good:
-Graphics are pretty good. This is id's Doom 3 engine at work. Good lighting, nice textures, and a good particle system. Impressive for a 1st generation 360 game.
-Interesting weapons. Breaks the convention of the typical FPS, including no reloading!
-Pretty length game.
-Plot. The use of Native American characters and mythology is a welcome change from the usual military based shooter.
-Physics puzzles. The gravity defying gameplay, and the portals are definitely innovative.

The Bad:
-Plot. Seriously... a giant sphere on which aliens hunt and devour organic material? Call the sphere a "Halo" and there you go. Or maybe its the Borg.
-The humans characters looks pretty bad... just blobs of polygons skinned with pretty low-res textures. The enemies look better.
-Weapons. Balance is an issue... you're never sure when to use what and on what enemies.
-For some reason, the combat isn't visceral. I don't know if its because they didn't use the controller feedback, or because the enemies aren't that interesting (is that a floating Buddha statue?) but its just not as much of a kick as other games.
-Physics puzzles. While they are innovative, they aren't very well integrated into the story. OK, I have to walk along the ceiling now. I wonder why. I have to flip the room around. Super... any particular reason? They are all interesting, but they don't really come together to form a cohesive game.
-Boss battles. Not a big fan, sorry.

It was a pretty fun experience, but I don't think I'll try it again. I'd rather go replay any of the Halo series, or Half-Life 2. Speaking of HL2, if you are planning on doing a game where physics are going to play a role, you've got serious competition. The physics puzzle in Prey were pretty much exclusively environmental, whereas the gravity gun in HL2 was both environmental AND combative. Prey was also the first to introduce Portals, but "Portal" did it better because it stepped back and allowed the player to get used to the concept without getting constantly shot at by weird aliens with big feet.

Still, if you can get it cheap, pick it up and give it a whirl. It doesn't suck.

Half-life and Doom meets M.C. Escher

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It's good. Upside down walkways, aliens, guns, puzzles, and it's simple. The game, as mentioned before, is repetitive although the scenery keeps changing, so I didn't lose interest. when I start playing I can't stop! The game is long too, it just keeps going and going and going.....

Great game...could have been better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game, but could have been so much more. The story is epic, the characters are pretty good, the enemies are fantastic, but its missing something. It could have used some human guns, other than the wrench. But overall, I would reccomend it!

Underestimated; really fun.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was skeptical about this game when I first started playing it because I didn't know what to expect but as the game went along I really started enjoying myself and noticing what a sharp shooter I was!! I think that the futuristic part of the game puts a lot of people off and all the topsy curvies confuse people but after a while you'll get used to it and start looking forward to it.

What kills my suspension of disbelief..

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: August 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The hero, gramps and Jen are Cherokee right? Why was the Ancestorial Dream World barren rock like found in parts of Arizona? OK, the tribe ended up in Oklahoma after the Trail of Tears, but their ancestors started in the South Carolina. Even when they were settled in Ok. the land did not become barren until the Dust bowl of 1930's!

I am very much reading too much into this, but WTF!

A game for working adult gamers!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I for one loved this game most of all because I was actually able to complete it even with the very little time I get to game with, so I ended up with a wholly satisfying experience.

The game itself could be a bit more difficult, and I found it's not really about the FPS action, rather than figuring out puzzles and where to go next. Having said that, none of the puzzles took longer than five minutes to figure out, so there's no need for a game guide.

My only real criticism is the voice acting of the bad guys. It's way overdone and they sound like some kind of amature actor doing Shakespeare in the Park or something.

The dialog for the main character contains a lot of expletives, but you know, I think I'd be swearing a lot too if I was in his situation.

bad mix

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: August 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

a fps game is not fun with puzzle on the way.defenlity this game is another bad mix od nothing.COD2 still the best

Prey - A new take on an existing gaming style

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Prey gives you some new ways to see the environment. The storyline could use a little less angst on the part of Tommy but the environment and action are great. I recommend it to anyone who is a fan of FPS.

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