Prey - Bethesda 2017

bigphil2 · 27-04-2017 2:35pm #1

Well this doesnt seem to have its own thread,so here ye go.

The 1st Hour Demo has dropped on Playstation and Xbox.

What are people's thoughts?

degrassinoel · 27-04-2017 2:42pm

havent played the demo and wont (on pc) - but i'd be interested in people's thoughts on this too.

Given how Doom was handled with their absolute kack prerelease pc demo i'm not surprised they've excluded it as a demo this time round for pc.

gimli2112 · 27-04-2017 2:42pm

bigphil2 wrote: »

Well this doesnt seem to have its own thread,so here ye go.

The 1st Hour Demo has dropped on Playstation and Xbox.

What are people's thoughts?

I'm thinking I'm going to download the demo when I get home.
Thanks for the heads up!

bigphil2 · 27-04-2017 2:48pm

gimli2112 wrote: »

I'm thinking I'm going to download the demo when I get home.
Thanks for the heads up!

Yeah,i just ordered it from the playstation app so hopefully its downloaded by the time i get home..

What ive seen so far has impressed me but really need to play it to get a feeling if ill pre-order it or not..(been burned by so many games lately)

Sephiroth_dude · 27-04-2017 2:52pm

Its out next week?

The Specialist · 27-04-2017 2:53pm

I despised the original so even the fact it's named the same has instantly put me off it. None of the gameplay I've seen so far is grabbing me either.

bigphil2 · 27-04-2017 3:21pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Its out next week?

Yes,Next friday

ItsHoggie · 27-04-2017 5:36pm

Played it a bit there, and I enjoyed it. Liked the twist as well, won't pick it up at launch but will definitely get it at some stage.

ERG89 · 27-04-2017 6:16pm

Is the music cues all over the pace or is it just me?
Sometimes it would kick in (really loud btw) & you'd be nowhere near a mimic or set piece.

aaronjumper · 27-04-2017 7:02pm

ERG89 wrote: »

Is the music cues all over the pace or is it just me?
Sometimes it would kick in (really loud btw) & you'd be nowhere near a mimic or set piece.

Could be to keep you on edge a bit. "Why is there music playing, what's going on?"
I'm just guessing though.

cursai · 27-04-2017 10:21pm

ERG89 wrote: »

Is the music cues all over the pace or is it just me?
Sometimes it would kick in (really loud btw) & you'd be nowhere near a mimic or set piece.

not just you. had it twice too.

cursai · 27-04-2017 10:21pm

is this the dishonoured engine? Seems like a downgrade too. Did enjoy it though. Very similar too deus ex

bigphil2 · 28-04-2017 9:24am

Have to say,i really enjoyed the demo,agree that some of the music cues are off but apart from that,i like the story and want to go further into the station.. i reckon ill be picking it up.

Kiith · 28-04-2017 9:40am

No chance i'm touching this till well after launch. No reviews till after release, and their last game (Dishonored 2) was an absolute mess.

bigphil2 · 28-04-2017 9:51am

Kiith wrote: »

No chance i'm touching this till well after launch. No reviews till after release, and their last game (Dishonored 2) was an absolute mess.

On PC?

Kiith · 28-04-2017 12:04pm

bigphil2 wrote: »

On PC?

Sorry yeah, the pc port was (is?) a complete mess.

bigphil2 · 28-04-2017 12:21pm

Kiith wrote: »

Sorry yeah, the pc port was (is?) a complete mess.

Ouch,was great on Ps4 pro (after a couple of patches)

This seems to have solved many of the issues with Dishonored 2 on ps4 anyway,i spent about 2 and a half hours on this demo,just exploring and picking up everything,theres gonna be a lot to do in the full game i reckon,and the powers werent even included on the progression menu..

I get a wiff of System shock 2/Bioshock off it and thats a good thing IMHO

Wonda-Boy · 28-04-2017 4:21pm

Kiith wrote: »

Sorry yeah, the pc port was (is?) a complete mess.

I bought DH2 recently and it was flawless on the PC (for me anyway) played through with the old fella now halfway through with the chick.....It was in bits at launch with memory leaks and other performance issues but its perfect now (again for me)

Well worth the 25 quid or so I paid for it....I preferred the 1st one but its a solid game.

I really liked the 1st prey so deffo gonna grab the demo too.

Temptamperu · 28-04-2017 4:35pm

While I like the setting and premise the combat (not upgraded) is very sluggish and its a chore on normal difficulty. I think I may wait for a sale in a few months.

Wonda-Boy · 28-04-2017 6:48pm

Just played the demo there as was said I was not overly impressed....pick it up in 6mths on PC.

gimli2112 · 02-05-2017 8:03am

Was underwhelmed when I launched it but it kind of grew on me. Think it did I good job with the "I wonder what's in that box in the room I can't get into?"
Probably will pick this up

Captain Chaos · 02-05-2017 10:40am

It's good, lots of good potential but combat and movement need alot more polish, like 6 months more.

02-05-2017 10:48am

Captain Chaos wrote: »

It's good, lots of good potential but combat and movement need alot more polish, like 6 months more.

Were you playing on PS4? Digitalfoundry piece on it mentioned input lag and some other issues not present on the xbox version and that the developers said would be fixed before launch.

Captain Chaos · 02-05-2017 11:39am

Deleted User wrote: »

Were you playing on PS4? Digitalfoundry piece on it mentioned input lag and some other issues not present on the xbox version and that the developers said would be fixed before launch.

Yeah on PS4.

03-05-2017 8:21am

I found the Dishonoured 2 console version to be atrocious looking and also have poor performance.
Arklane studios got away with it last year and hardly any of the critics mentioned the issues.

Does this use the same engine? How does the demo perfom / look?

gimli2112 · 03-05-2017 8:26am

Character movement felt a bit clunky, graphics were functional but not mind blowing.
Didn't feel these issues detracted from the gameplay. Genuinely wanted to explore and find out what was going on.
This is all from messing about for around 40 minutes or less but overall my opinion was positive.

03-05-2017 8:36am

M!Ck^ wrote: »

I found the Dishonoured 2 console version to be atrocious looking and also have poor performance.
Arklane studios got away with it last year and hardly any of the critics mentioned the issues.

Does this use the same engine? How does the demo perfom / look?

Uses Cryengine as far as I know, think DF mentioned it in their video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4A5mCXVYTk

03-05-2017 6:56pm

Needs more Hype. Hope this game doesn't let me down.
I Haven't watched anything at all yet nor read any previews. I'm going in cold.

*Edit* Apparently contains spoilers so viewers beware (Why do marketing teams do this??!)

Grahamer666 · 03-05-2017 7:14pm

Thinking of getting this myself. Haven't read or watched anything on it. It's only €31 on cdkeys and that includes the DLC. Surely worth a punt.

Headshot · 03-05-2017 10:11pm

question for the PC

Will this have 3400 x 1440 21:9 ?

03-05-2017 10:45pm

Headshot wrote: »

question for the PC

Will this have 3400 x 1440 21:9 ?

It's powered by cryengine as someone mentioned above. Tried to find info on scalability and resolution bit got nothing but you could base it on another cryengine game as a start point.
If you are getting pc I'd hold off for a few days after launch
Arkane seem to have a bad history with launch of PC ports

03-05-2017 11:36pm

M!Ck^ wrote: »

It's powered by cryengine as someone mentioned above. Tried to find info on scalability and resolution bit got nothing but you could base it on another cryengine game as a start point.
If you are getting pc I'd hold off for a few days after launch
Arkane seem to have a bad history with launch of PC ports

Cryengine on anything developed by anyone but Crytech has a bad track record regardless of platform, but digital foundry seemed optimistic and surprised by what they saw in the demo. But for PC deffo hold off until the reviews are in for tech performance.

04-05-2017 9:48am

Achievement list out, looks very Deus Ex / Dishonored. At a glance 2 play minimum.

dunworth1 · 05-05-2017 1:18am

just played about 30 minutes on pc got one crash at the end so have decided to head off to bed

05-05-2017 9:52am

dunworth1 wrote: »

just played about 30 minutes on pc got one crash at the end so have decided to head off to bed

Well who would have though :pac:

59.99 in Smyths for console versions
Argos showing it as unavailable

Grahamer666 · 05-05-2017 10:05am

ACG have given it a good review. Bought it on cdkeys last night. Will download after work.

05-05-2017 10:54am

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Well who would have though :pac:

59.99 in Smyths for console versions
Argos showing it as unavailable

Usual trick of using the UK catalogue number not working either but it's showing as 44.99 in UK so hoping that translates to 55 here when they update the site.

degrassinoel · 05-05-2017 11:34am

bought it for a reasonable price on GMG last night, feels a lot like system shock/bioshock, so far so good.

FutureGuy · 05-05-2017 12:04pm

53.99 in Agros. Lack off reviews is keeping me from purchasing right now.

briany · 05-05-2017 12:05pm

Nothing messy about Dishonored 2. Good game.

Enjoyed the original Prey. Pretty standard FPS but well-executed.

B.A._Baracus · 05-05-2017 1:44pm

Theres a one hour demo? Sweet. Consider me downloading. Hope it's not only available to live/psn subscribers? (not by my console so can't check myself)

I really enjoyed Prey 1. I consider it one of the best early on xbox 360 titles. That and Dead Rising.... Man I'm getting old

both were released in 2006.

But I get that this is a reboot but I hope they include elements of the first game. Other wise why call it Prey.

05-05-2017 2:15pm

FutureGuy wrote: »

53.99 in Agros. Lack off reviews is keeping me from purchasing right now.

Reviews incoming:

http://press-start.com.au/reviews/playstation4-reviews/2017/05/05/prey-review-system-shock-way/

http://press-start.com.au/reviews/playstation4-reviews/2017/05/05/prey-review-system-shock-way/

Looking Good!

06-05-2017 11:23am

Wow it's not easy starting out , had to bump the difficulty down a bit due to

mimics making bits of me, bloody things leaping at suddenly you

as you explore and loot the offices. I took to carrying a turret around

to deal with the guys in the trauma center

How are folks play? I had it in mind i'd do it like dishonored , no powers in the first run and no human kills but I'm not sure if I've messed that one up already

as I just noticed the mutants in the trauma center had names

when I examined the corpses.

06-05-2017 11:29am

I played for 4 hours straight last night. Couldn't put it down. After having watched nothing and going into this cold it really was a great start so far.

Reminds me so much of System Shock, loving it. I'm playing on Hard. Perfect balance in the game-play but I love a challenge.

I'd spoiler out some of the above Enfilade^

06-05-2017 11:41am

Yeah big time reminds me of system shock.

Someones already found a way to dupe materials. I'll resist the urge for now

bigphil2 · 06-05-2017 11:56am

Fantastic Game.. counting down the clock in work till i can get back to it...

06-05-2017 12:00pm

Is it safe to stash items on a corpse? got a few things I don't want to carry for now but rather not loose.

Grahamer666 · 06-05-2017 1:42pm

I've never played the System Shock games so can't compare but it really reminds me of Half Life 2. Also the gloo gun reminds me of Portal 2 for some reason. The game also runs flawlessly on my rig. No hiccups so far.

froog · 06-05-2017 7:20pm

Best game I've played in a long time.

Doctor Nick · 06-05-2017 8:49pm

I'm too lazy to Google so just gonna ask those who played the demo is this 1st or 3rd person view. I find FP view very hard to play.

In fact, was only able to play RE7 in VR mode.

ItsHoggie · 06-05-2017 9:30pm

Doctor Nick wrote: »

I'm too lazy to Google so just gonna ask those who played the demo is this 1st or 3rd person view. I find FP view very hard to play.

In fact, was only able to play RE7 in VR mode.

1st.

Prey - Bethesda 2017

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