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Play Prey

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 14
Date: July 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Prey is a bona-fide 5 star game. Play it soon because everyone is going to be raving about it. The SUMMER BLASTER for 2006 is HERE! Basically it is Turok meets Doom 3 on steroids. If you like first person shooters (fps), then getting Prey is probably the next best move you will make next to owning Half-Life 2: Episode 1 and F.E.A.R. The future of fps in space has not outlived its lifespan. If you liked Doom 3, which was the last good adrenaline pumping monster mash on Mars, then you will love Prey. Prey is back to basics again, whopping up the graphics considerably, brilliant lighting effects and a frightening story to boot that isn't afraid to have lots of gore and shocks around the corner. It has a certain feel of HALO about it too with its alien-type weapons. You play an Indian who has been beamed up off his reserve into a spaceship where the aliens are eating up the humans. Prey has awesome in-game action sequences and is quite shocking for the sum of its fiendish parts. You have an old Indian trick out-of-body-experience (OBE) which helps you to reach areas in the rooms you can't normally get to. The rooms also rotate when you shoot switches which offers various level puzzles to get through. Most of the time you totally loose your orientation which makes the play even more fun, especially when portals start opening after room rotations. Duke Nukem lovers will also enjoy the fun on display. An alien's severed hand to open doors is a nice touch. Art Bell's radio talk-show of the aliens invasion is broadcast at various junctions in the game. You don't die either. Well you do, but you are given unlimited chances to regenerate your blue or red health by shooting at blue or red birds in the land of your ancestors. It is a great idea and works. The Boss fights are massive. You even get to fly some aircraft with fire power. Running along anti-gravity tracks around rooms upside down and across walls while unloading your gun into the screaming aliens that have driven people insane who are crying banging on doors is probably reason enough to own the thing if it wasn't for the photorealistic gfx. Slime on the wall has never looked so real. The end boss battles are amazing. The graphics are simply outstanding. This is a high quality fps that deserves your time and CPU power. Prey it today.

*ADULTS ONLY*: contains VIOLENT GORE and BAD LANGUAGE.

Pray you can stop playing Prey.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: July 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Space portals, spirit walking, walking up walls, and coming back from the dead may all seem "gimmicky", but they are gimmicks that work!

Any gamer can tell you how easy it is to loose track of time.
In any other shooter, when you die, you are forced to pick up at your last save spot - that could have been minutes ago!

But now you simply shoot for health and power in the spirit realm and come back where you left off. Never played a game that continues even when you die! The autosave is a big help too. It even loaded the "save file" from the demo version. So, I was able to continue playing without starting over. Awesome!

I liked the conveinence of the DVD version because it is a single disc, and installs faster due to better transfer rates than CD. The collector's tin has a nicely aged look, and two cool pewter figurines inside. The "Art of Prey" book is a leather-type covered book with B&W and full color artwork. A nice plus for the manual which is very easy to undersand.

While you will need a powerful computer and graphics card to maximize the visual feasts, there is enough to creep you out during game play. Who ever thought the spirits of a little girl would cause such angst!

I have even taken to playing the death matches online, something I NEVER used to do.

Simply breathtaking!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I can't even begin to explain the amazing qualities this game possesses. There are some very unique elements in this game that set it apart from most other FPS's. Like the other reviewer says, its kind of a cross between Half Life 2, Doom 3, and FEAR all kinda mashed together. There were definitely many moments in the game where I jumped, laughed, and even moments I was just in awe at the visuals this game has, enough to make my jaw drop. I will tell you though, I have experienced this game on several different graphics cards, but expect to get the best experience if you have an nVidia 6800+ or an ATI x800+. This game by far has, in my opinion, THE best graphics to date. I think I was most impressed with the stunning glossy-like look to much of the organic materials in the game and the partical effects were just amazing (dust, smoke, debris, etc.). Overall, I had one of the greatest experiences with this game. The Collectors Edition is worth the extra $10 too, you get a free download of the soundtrack Vol. 1, and 2 of 3 collectors figurines. I'm an aspiring graphic artist and the concept art book was very interesting to look at. The only thing missing that I thought would've been included is some kind of "Making of Prey" dvd, considering they spent well over 6 years developing this game, but other than that, what I nice collectors item. Also, be sure not to use the LCE version with any sort of DVD burner to play it becuase it will not work due to anti-piracy software.

I've been preying for a game like this!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The Limited Collector's Edition brings with it 2 figurines, and if you like collectibles as I do, then you'll probably already have the third and final "mutate" figurine.

There is an art book, rather fancy might I add, and inside are conceptual drawings and renderings of the monsters, environments, and atmosphere. Another book is simply installation and gameplay, or your usual computer game manual.

Prey comes (in this edition) on a single DVD. The installation is as straight forward as possible, making a quick and easy setup for those who are inexperienced at computer or even for the most avid fans of computer gaming. Using a highly optimized version of the DOOM 3 engine, Prey's revolutionary gameplay and portal technology is brought to life. It will abduct your game playing skills and pit you against an array of alien and mutate fiends alike to escape the labyrinth and save the world. Prey will turn your gameplay upside down, shrink you down to size, and change your idea of the first person shooter forever.

Objective experienced reviewer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Graphics: Excellent.
Sound: Great.
AI: Excellent. Good variety. Some enemies duck-and-cover, etc. Some are fearless and charge on sight. Some are mindless and pay no attention to you.
Physics: Excellent.
Maps: Excellent. Rich, creative unique environments. Derivative of but improvement over Doom3 engine. Walk on walls, ceilings, spirit-walk through walls and over nothingness. Portals appear anywhere. Just walking through the game maps becomes a very original, sometimes disorienting experience instead of the regular doldrum "just get me to the end of this boring level". Nice merging of the earth bar with the ship. Excellent nod to Art Bell (real-life talk radio host that used to talk about aliens a lot) by having his show broadcast throughout the ship/game. Very very well done.
Gameplay: Excellent. No frame-rate drops. Excellent load time. I was never lost or trapped to the point where I had to consult the internet to figure out where to go and no scripted events failed to activate. Game length was long. Save-anywhere ability. Good variety of enemies and challenges.
Items/Weapons/Vehicles: Excellent. Unique biomechanical alien weapons which are alive, spiritual weapons charged by souls - very creative. Lighter instead of flashlight (original).
Story: Excellent. Compelling, engrossing story, a sense of urgency to complete things, you care about the characters and want to see where the story is going. Acting/voice acting was good.
Multiplayer: Average. no offline. Offline people deserve more - don't soak us for more cash.
Overall: 5/5. Game is a unique standout with it's native American Indian theme meshed with Alien tech and 3-D gameplay. One of the best 360 games for 2006 - must have. Got a 8.1/10 on [...] and clearly deserves a higher (9+ rating). Currently ranked #35 of all xbox360 games on [...]. Clearly deserves better.

Awsome game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: July 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I just beat this game a little bit ago. The gravity changing takes a litte bit of getting use to, but you learn to adjust. The weapon effects are some of the best I have seen. JennyX was really tough to fight. What really makes me laugh though is what Monty Python said about the LCE not working on DVD burners. I have the LCE and it worked just fine on my Plextor PX-716SA.

Great new shooter

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This was a wild new experience . I have read where some say the weapons are "normal" or nothing special". Well its a shooter...First Person Shooters have weapons that shoot. This game is much more than that. There are gravity walkways and portals that take you to another place instantly. The enemy is a scary bunch of monsters.There are a few surprises along the way. Even the ending has a neat twist...just keep watching past all the credits.Buy this game, you will be glad you did.

They finally released prey.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

After 12 years of being back-shelfed prey was finally released and it seems to have taken everybody by suprised. Its a good game but yet its way to short to be truley fullfilling.

but the game does feature new things but ill let you find it out for yourselfs. i havent finished yet because of the whole "going back to school" thing but after about a week of getting use to highschool agian (junior year for me, 2 years of boring school left for me) ill be back to finish.

Lets hope they dont make dnf (duke nukem forever taking, lol) to short or it will be a bummer.

Great game... really enjoyed it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoyed Prey. The game was fun and with some very unique gameplay... graphics were great and it wasn't too long as some games are these days. It's inexpensive and a great shooter. What's not to like about that?

Before Portal, there was PREY: An FPS time almost forgot.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I remember picking up a PCXL (PC Accelerator) mag many years back as a kid and remembered a certain article of a particular game idea that was in the words by the infamous 3d Realms company. The title had a simple, single named franchise called "Prey." ... the idea never came to being till many MANY years later as if it came out of the woodwork as something 'new' but with the aspirations of something being very old. With those not into the history about Prey, it was 'supposed' to be the groundbreaking game that was going to change the FPS phenomena and it probably could have... almost a decade ago. There's been so much inbetween as far as graphics, the kind of FPS titles that have come out that we ourselves should be to blame of just how jaded we are about being a gamer.

Yet here, we have a reinvention of the genre. The problem, as said before is that many games have come before it then as well as after that Prey has most likely become a unsettling mystery to some, as well as a jaded front for many... I say we should blame Halo for taking all the FPS ego, because a 'good story' or a 'good game' shouldn't take 3 titles just to get it right, but enough about my ranting, on with the review.

Story - The story is that fine line between Sci-Fi and fantasy, with sci-fi being through the aliens and fantasy through the Cherokee mysticism; not that either of them are essentially bad, in fact, Prey did a GREAT job at merging the two. You start off feeling the 'reality' of just reality... until the aliens come, then you're just blown away by sudden impact of survival; and the title holds way too true. The experience is best lived, just play the game.

Graphics - It's mentioned this is an improved use of the Doom 3 engine... and while I've played Doom 3, there are only slight suggestions it feels like Doom 3 if anyone wants to bring that distinction, but this REALLY feels like a unique world in itself. If you have the computer to do it, pump this game with all the graphic mayhem you can unleash and you'll be in for one hell of a ride. 2 years is a long ways away as far as graphics and graphics cards are concerned, but this game really holds up well on what might be considered 'dated', Crysis, take note.

Sound - Unbelievably executed. Every noise and quirky sound you hear fits the environment perfectly and adds even more the depth that this game's setting pulls you into.

Gameplay - Addictively fun. The AI is sometimes a little predictable, but at least it reacts. That's not saying the AI is completely incompetent, in fact, it's mostly the grunt forces you run into that are kind of secondary. As for the other opponents, they'll definitely give you a good shake about your wits, tough and merciless opponents. It's probably more that the enemy is amazingly relentless; and as you are fighting an alien force pent on human eradication, it fits, tough and engaging. The 'portal' technology in this game (overshadowed by Valve's PORTAL franchise) is a huge coincidence that something like this would end up becoming something you would ultimately control... not in this game, but you do have to work your head around some of the different levels of planes you have to walk on. Up is down, down is up... just some wild, surreal stuff happens and you get accustomed to it, but it's a little dizzying at first, until you get the hang of it, and you realize just how much fun it really is. This is also the first game I've played in a long time where I've actually took it outs of its case, installed, played... and actually beat in one sitting. I did so because the game is just THAT fun! You'll die, you go through this 'spirit world' where you take out spirit wraiths to revive spirit and health and then you're brought back into the world you were once fighting in. To me, this is a good calm down session and keeps you in check; keeping the player busy and engaged with the game rather than having to wait for a load time from a previous save because you died. The ONLY time I saved was once, only because I thought I needed to, and that was the ONLY save I ever used and I needn't ever go back to that save-- the game will keep you going and going and going... and finally you get to that ending and you'll want more. I did... and the ending gives you so much more open promise, you just can't go wrong with this game.

Packaging - Because this is the limited collector's edition, it's worth mentioning what's inside. The case comes in an awesome tin case with a cool little booklet with the concept art of the game; as an art student with gaming besides, this was an awesome addition. The little pewter figures are neat as well, the official soundtrack also offered to you, not on disc sadly enough, but as a download... which is great if you have broadband, but if it were an actual physical CD at hand, that would have just been fantastic, and it all comes loaded neatly in the tin's velvet interior! I figure, if you're gonna get a game and there's a collector's edition of it out... spare the extra dollars for it unless you're not into that kind of thing, but speaking from a collector's stand point, I couldn't be happier.

Overall Synopsis - Prey is a great game that time almost forgot and there's more proof in its history than when it actually came out. I guess if you're a gamer you're not into that kind of thing just exactly where every game comes from and where it's going... they're just in it for the performance to stress their system, to gloat about some kind of feeling they get from beating something faster than anyone else or who can beat who the most notoriously, but for what it's worth, Prey stands out as a game worthy by storytelling, design and execution. You wonder if game developers even care about stuff like this anymore but I'm glad 3D Realms still does and that they didn't have an idea die out from its original pitch over a decade ago.

Just 2 years after Prey's release, several more FPS's would come and overshadow Prey, Call of Duty 4 being a very good reprisal to that but for everything else inbetween from then to that... couldn't really tell you.

If you like a good story, got some frag to gib, want to hear some god awfully good music that scores with your gaming and just want to feel like a 1990's super action hero... you couldn't go anywhere else but with Prey. Seriously, what're you still doing reading this all? BUY THIS GAME! You won't regret it.

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