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Play Prey

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 29 / 36
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.

A new approach that really freshens up the genre

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 31 / 32
Date: July 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Graphics. Not bad. Music. GREAT. You get samples from the Grateful Dead, Judas Priest, Ozzy Ozbourne and SO many more. Physics? So real it just *may* make you a little queasy at first. Story line? Totally UNREAL. The storyline consists of Indian folklore. This is not your typical shooter in most ways. Sure, you have weapons, sure you blow a lot of crap up. But, that's where the similarities begin and end. There is so much more richness to the environment. There is so much more challenge here than is in most FPS games. So, to the reviewer who poked fun at us gamers J. Jiminez (below), the reason we get so excited about the latest game and the latest technology is very much similar to the reason why you feel the need to be so judgemental and pompous. We just can't help it. It makes us feel good. Hopefully his review hasn't been deleted. Otherwise this whole rant will look rather foolish.
Anyway, this program runs VERY well. It takes up about 1.5 gig in drive space. Very little for such a fully loaded game. It does come on a few CD-rom discs. It can be a little complicated for the run0and0gun types. A little like Deus Ex meets Aliens VS. Predator. You get to walk on the walls and ceiling a lot. This truly is a special program that deserves to get a LOT of attention.

Summary: WOW!! What a trip. Groundbreaking, awesome, original.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 28 / 29
Date: August 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Each year, I wait for something to come out to blow me away. FEAR was the last one that I actually could not get enough of. Now PREY appears, and WHOA, what a ride. Fantastic visuals (I mean FANTASTIC). Great dynamics in control of the characters, cool weapons, the anti gravity stuff and portals are mentioned quite a bit by most who comment on this game, but they are just part of the whole thing.

The voice acting is almost uniformly great (with the exception of Jen sometimes), and the story is mostly original, save the overall plot, which we've seen a zillion times before. But the characters are new to the genre, (nope, no super human marines, or master gunfighters) and treats the traditions of the cherokee with respect and dignity.

There are some moments where it feels like some other games, an occasional dopey boss battle, and too many elevators, but wow, the overall pace, artwork, character control, and AWESOME MUSIC makes it the most movie like video game I've EVER played. Yes, even more than Half Life 2. The health regeneration is a little annoying at first, but then you learn to appreciate it somewhat, as it is less disruptive than having to go back 2 or 3 saves and start over.

One more comment on the music. I was amazed at how cinematic it was. I felt like I was in a live action movie sometimes. Just awesome.

My library of PC games numbers over 100, and I've played them all. But this one is in a class by itself. Yes, its somewhat short, but the work that went into it was intense.

I would ignore most of the adolescents that talk about the "doom 3 engine" (heck most don't even know what it means, they are just repeating some noise they saw on some forum somewhere). What the inside technology is has no bearing on the implementation of the game, story, visuals, music and scenarios. This thing is just plain great if you like the alien/hero shooters.

I can't wait for more. Kudos to the developers and artists that built this thing. What a piece of work

believe it or play it for yourself !!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 20
Date: July 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game freakin rocks, definitley for a mature gamers,sorry kids ! this game makes quake 4 look like doo....doo.....( if you didnt know they used the quake 4 graphics engine) it has been supercharged!!! I have to make myself stop playing this game...I loved halflife 2,quake 4 was awesome,king kong ruled,GR advanced warfighter bla bla, if all pc games were this cool and run this good it would be awesome, this is by far the best pc game next to halflife 2 that ive ever played !!!!!!!!

killing kids ????

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: July 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

uhhh! hey scott ,how do you kill a ghost, Ive been trying to kill that small girl (ghost) and she just wont die no matter how many times I shoot her she still comes back !!!

awesome game ,one of the best fps Ive ever played !!!!graphics are the best, comprimable to chronicles of riddick ,just play the game ...you kill no children, just plenty of cannibalistic aliens who have it coming !!!!!!

Great for after work

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I don't play FPS for the difficulty level or for the bleeding edge AI(though it definitely adds to the realism). I play for the fun factor and level design, and this game has these in buckets.

The levels vary in shape, size, organic or no, and mix in a few, easy-enough puzzles and brain teasers to keep the game from being a run and gun. The addition of playing with gravity was used creatively so that it adds more than just a cool feature but something that's a worthy addition to the game as a whole.

This game comes with a full recommendatoin to anyone who likes a good game with great graphics and licensed music!

Technical stuff:
My computer:
CPU: T2300 Core Duo
Ram: 1gb
Video: 256 mb x1400 (laptop version of x1300)
widescreen

Runs great at 1280x(whatever is widescreen...1024?)
with medium high textures.

Incredible

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

One of the best games I've ever played in terms of story, graphics, breaking the tedium of traditional linear FPS. Great game.

Prey Stands Out

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Prey is an excellent first person shooter, it's use of gravity effects and portals is unique and engaging. Level's are creative and of a good length. Weapons are pretty standard fare with a few twists that are enjoyable. Enemies are relatively common but plentiful and thanks to the portals they tend to pop-up anywhere. It has a lot of awesome visuals and the graphics are top notch. Sound is excellent and absorbing. Overall I found it an extremely enjoyable and entertaining game.

Prey

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game was unlike any other I have played. The gameplay was awesome and well as the story line. I found the whole gravity complex and welcomed change in this game, cause me to adapt to new enviroment unlike any other.

A Monumental Achievement

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

We are seeing a trend in video games towards an art form. This game officially places video in the genre of art. For the first time players are able to feel for the characters and the storyline. Prey is one of many games pushing the genre like: Half-Life, Gears of War, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. This review will not give away any spoilers but there is one part in the game that will have players on an emotional level on par with many movies. Also of note is the beautiful soundtrack composed by Jeremy Soule who does for this game what John Williams did for Star Wars and Jurassic Park. Furthermore the environments need to be seen to believe. There are literally planets with their own rules of gravity, and all gamers who have beaten this game will fondly remember the cube. The presentation is top notch and the production values surpass most games on the market. Prey is a must buy for anybody even remotely interesting in gaming. This is a start of revolution in art of some kind.

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