dr_rus
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My guess would be because the game's engine was chosen before Bethesda bought id and got id tech under it's wings. Things point to id tech slowly becoming Bethesda's main engine in the future, with the exception of TES games probably.
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PREY Previews thread - A Shock to the System
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My guess would be because the game's engine was chosen before Bethesda bought id and got id tech under it's wings. Things point to id tech slowly becoming Bethesda's main engine in the future, with the exception of TES games probably.
Gamersyde has 5 HQ gameplay videos captured on PC: http://www.gamersyde.com/news_prey_back_with_more_preview_videos-18996_en.html
No performance issues noted by the previewer. A few sound issues but they are due to the capture.
No performance issues noted by the previewer. A few sound issues but they are due to the capture.
Rexatality
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Because Arkane Lyon was still making Void Engine (which was based on Idtech 5) for Dishonored 2, so the Austin team went with CryEngine for PREY
Rexatality
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Funny thing is, the so-called ''insider'' claimed that
Russian criminals are tossed as food to the aliens, yet the criminal we meet is a southern American and isn't exactly Typhon food.
Not that I put a lot of stock into his story in the first place.
maximum360
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This wasn't on the radar for me until recently. I just didn't know much about it. However, after seeing a few videos I'm all in.
Was gonna ask if it's Walton Goggins, yup they just confirmed it.
AgentOtaku
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Will.... will this really be the true successor to System Shock!?
...I... I don't know if I can handle that potential reality
System Shock 2 is right up there with Deus Ex as my all time favorite game
...I... I don't know if I can handle that potential reality
System Shock 2 is right up there with Deus Ex as my all time favorite game
Rexatality
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And Benedict Wong (Kublai Khan in Marco Polo/Wong in Doctor Strange) voices Alex Yu (Morgan Yu's brother).
And Chris Avellone worked with Ricardo Bare (Lead Designer) in brainstorming about the alternative timeline aspect of PREY:
https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/852312553862479872
Rexatality
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The steelbook art is from Game Informer's cover during their PREY coverageDidn't want to make a new thread but just letting people know that Best Buy pre-orders are being upgraded to receive a free steelbook case. Looks pretty decent too!
There's a female Morgan version too
I guess that's what they meant by "Dual Cover".
wild wild rice
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Didn't want to make a new thread but just letting people know that Best Buy pre-orders are being upgraded to receive a free steelbook case. Looks pretty decent too!
Cool thanks for the heads up
Toa Axis
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It's a purely single player affair.
Didn't get to ask this during the rush of preview coverage, so I figure now is a good as time as any. Any word on how scary the game is? If it's something like a Bioshock I don't think I'll be able to handle it unfortunately.
I plan on checking out the demo but I don't think that will be a good representation on that front.
I plan on checking out the demo but I don't think that will be a good representation on that front.
No. It's singleplayer only.
Both the trauma system and weapon degradation won't be available at launch, and New Game Plus is still "TBD."
Mister Wolf
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Based on Dishonored 2 the Void engine is a mess. I'm glad they didn't use it.
Aren't the majority of these just variations of "black slime monster"?
comshoplesce
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Is it me or is the graphics too wide?
I second this. Extremely wide graphics.
So they are selling an unfinished game? I can understand lack of NG+, but these gameplay systems look pretty important for me even for the first play-through.
Oh and that. I hate games with wide graphics.
More_Badass
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Hardcore difficulty mode
Sparrowhawk
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Bioshock in space is looking pretty nice. Hoping the PC version fares well.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Do we have a date for reviews?
I preordered the PC version, so god have mercy on my soul.
I preordered the PC version, so god have mercy on my soul.
Rexatality
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Uh... No.
Given they way they are designed in combat, I doubt they are just variations.
Fun fact: Arkane wanted to make the Typhon the way they are becayae they didn't want to go with orcs with laser guns or slimy, squishy, gory no monsters. So any claim they made them that way because they're lazy or didn't want to create high quality models of monsters are full of shit.
Their removal ain't permanent, though. They still plan to add them back (post-launch patch, most probably)
Yeah, while there are several variations of Typhon, they all share the same fundamental visual style. I'm also a little concerned that this will result in a feeling of monotony despite the combat encounters they can engender being different on a practical level.
More_Badass
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Intent and mechanical design doesn't change that the visual variety among enemy types is very same-y
Even if you consider similar enemies like the Necromorphs, they were all quite visually distinct from each other despite all sharing the overall aesthetics of being body horror fleshy monsters
comshoplesce
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Will certainlly play demo and decide how this widescreen gaming affects me 
Rexatality
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The only thing they share in aesthetic is the shadowy aspect, yes. Other than that. I don't see them very same-y as you say.
Maybe it's because I watched a lot of gameplay videos and the Bethesda streams (they have some spoilers, so keep that in mind), but the Typhon don't look the same to me except in terms of shadowy aspect.
Lord of Ostia
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The Typhon look cool to me, tbh. Never really understood the complaints about them, and they seem varied enough in terms of mechanics/behavior that they will provide plenty of interesting encounters. I mean, most of the Splicers in Bioshock look pretty similar, but they were fun to fight.
More_Badass
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There's a pretty big and noticeable difference between this
and this, in terms of visual distinction between enemy types
Rexatality
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You're using an infograph (That doesn't even show all the Typhon enemies) and pictures of Splicers and a Big Daddy.There's a pretty big and noticeable difference between this
and this, in terms of visual distinction between enemy types
Not a fair comparison, if you ask me.
More_Badass
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Not much difference though
Although I do like the main Typhon enemy design, the overarching visual design of the Typhon don't do the game any favors
I'm hoping that seeing and encountering them in motion make them feel more distinct