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Prey (2017) is the game of the year no one played
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IXI FalcoN
Member
I will be picking this and the rest of the Bethesda single player games I missed by BF. Want to support games like this while I still can.
The framerate issues were resolved with the latest patch as far as I'm aware - I haven't had any issues in my 20 hour playtime.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Hope so man. Same goes for Watch_Dogs 2. Got a Pro patch as well. Hope both still get one sometime soon.
Oh man that really sucks and makes no sense. I play on a laptop, so much, much, much prefer controller for most games since Im not sitting at a desk w/ nice KB/M setup. Is there any way to work around it and get controller working? Wanted to check this game out for sure.
Shchenok
Neo Member
I can confirm they were fixed on PRO as well. It seemed okay at launch, then one of the patches messed the framerate and pacing up pretty bad, then the final patch seemed to fix everything.
Pandora012
Member
What happened was they were trying to fix the severe input lag on ps4, but mange to break the framerate when fixing it. But yeah, they were able to fix it a couple months ago.
5moke5creen
Member
Playing through this at the minute, and am 20 hours or so in.
Taking my sweet time with it, and it is definitely in my GOTY running.
I'm going all human for my first run - not sure this is a wise thing, and may come to bit me in the arse as I get further in, but feeling like it is working for me so far...
Taking my sweet time with it, and it is definitely in my GOTY running.
I'm going all human for my first run - not sure this is a wise thing, and may come to bit me in the arse as I get further in, but feeling like it is working for me so far...
wildmike85
Member
3 hours in on PC and loving it. The aggressive price-cuts kept me skeptical of the game's quality, but I was wrong.
Pandora012
Member
That's just a Bethesda games. Like they are always half price after a month or two.
I felt the combat was janky, but literally all else was amazing. While its not my GotY, its still in the top 10 somewhere. The story and lore are very intriguing and I really like the world that was created.
I think Prey 2s bounty hunter awesomeness became a detriment, as people seemingly wanted that instead...
I think Prey 2s bounty hunter awesomeness became a detriment, as people seemingly wanted that instead...
Pandora012
Member
I think it still does but they messed with it. Atleast from what i'm seeing from th steam pages about the issue.
wildmike85
Member
Wait, what? I was playing with a controller on my PC last night.
wildmike85
Member
I've fired a few guns, which didn't feel fantastic, but it's not bad. The melee feels great with the wrench.
wildmike85
Member
That's a great point. I forget that this isn't a first-person shooter.
ChubbyHuggs
Member
You can't zoom in and the enemies are pretty fast. I didn't like it at first, but it adds to the atmosphere and makes you really invest in not just using guns. You can run out of ammo real quick if you just start spraying.
Out of all the games I bought this year, I really loved this one. I wish they'd drop an expansion at some point.
ReduxMachine
Member
Same here, my controller definitely worked with it on pc last night.
I finally picked up Prey at this weeks discounted PlayStation Store price. The demo showed potential but I wasnt 100% sold and the technical issues and lack of Pro support took all the urgency out of picking it up at launch. Im very much looking forward to diving in but my backlog is deep and getting worse. Perhaps by the time end of year holidays roll around?
Bloodporne
Member
It can't be stressed enough for people potentially interested in this game that it's not a straight forward FPS.
I had initially tried the demo and approached it more like that and thought the combat was shit essentially. Something told me to give it another chance and I'm extremely glad I did. It's one of my favorite games since Bloodborne hands down, if not my favorite.
The reason I mentioned it not being an FPS basically is that you have to really use your wits and think outside the box, at least at the higher difficulty level I chose, and it's glorious when your plants come together. You can't really run and gun and the encounters should be approached more like puzzles with scanning revealing enemies' weaknesses to take advantage of.
I've set up some pretty elaborate and on-the-fly series of traps for phantoms when I barely had any ammo and it worked beautifully. Those moments in a game when shit actually works logically and you sit there thinking "oh wow...damn".
I had a very memorable encounter where I knew a higher level (forget which one) Phantom was a floor below me and I could see him moving about through the grating. I grabbed a turret from another room and set that up where I knew he would have to turn left if coming up the stair case. Next I picked up an explosive barrel and positioned it at the stair landing slightly below the turret ran downstairs and popped a pistol bullet into its back to aggro it. Jetted back up the stairs and shot one of the wall pipes for toxic damage, while he was being stunned by that hurled the barrel, ran further up the stairs and watched the turret finish it off as soon as it turned the corner upstairs.
This type of thing may not be everyone's cup of tea coming in with the false impression it's a regular FPS based on the trailers etc., but I have to say that the realization that shit like this works, and the subsequent constant implementation of it in other scenarios, had me cheering at the screen.
And yeah, Talos I is one of the coolest, most logical and well design video game location I've seen in a long time.
My biggest complaint are the loading times between areas. They truly are horrible and can get on my nerves to the point of considering if I should stop for the night before facing another one of those.
PS: I've also gone human-only so far. Will go crazy with powers on my second playthrough.
I had initially tried the demo and approached it more like that and thought the combat was shit essentially. Something told me to give it another chance and I'm extremely glad I did. It's one of my favorite games since Bloodborne hands down, if not my favorite.
The reason I mentioned it not being an FPS basically is that you have to really use your wits and think outside the box, at least at the higher difficulty level I chose, and it's glorious when your plants come together. You can't really run and gun and the encounters should be approached more like puzzles with scanning revealing enemies' weaknesses to take advantage of.
I've set up some pretty elaborate and on-the-fly series of traps for phantoms when I barely had any ammo and it worked beautifully. Those moments in a game when shit actually works logically and you sit there thinking "oh wow...damn".
I had a very memorable encounter where I knew a higher level (forget which one) Phantom was a floor below me and I could see him moving about through the grating. I grabbed a turret from another room and set that up where I knew he would have to turn left if coming up the stair case. Next I picked up an explosive barrel and positioned it at the stair landing slightly below the turret ran downstairs and popped a pistol bullet into its back to aggro it. Jetted back up the stairs and shot one of the wall pipes for toxic damage, while he was being stunned by that hurled the barrel, ran further up the stairs and watched the turret finish it off as soon as it turned the corner upstairs.
This type of thing may not be everyone's cup of tea coming in with the false impression it's a regular FPS based on the trailers etc., but I have to say that the realization that shit like this works, and the subsequent constant implementation of it in other scenarios, had me cheering at the screen.
And yeah, Talos I is one of the coolest, most logical and well design video game location I've seen in a long time.
My biggest complaint are the loading times between areas. They truly are horrible and can get on my nerves to the point of considering if I should stop for the night before facing another one of those.
PS: I've also gone human-only so far. Will go crazy with powers on my second playthrough.
I can use a controller with the PC version just fine as well.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
This team needs a crack at a new IP and be given better hype support. Prey was sent to die. These people worked very hard and the marketing just wasn't up to snuff.
Peotical Injection
Member
Still need to finish it, but I agree that the game is really amazing. I think I was very close to beating it, maybe 5 hours left. Gonna try to finish it tonight. Sooo many games.
keltickennedy
Member
Still getting around to play it soon. I'm still playing the hell out of Death to The Outsider, hahaha.
Shame more people don't like these games.
Shame more people don't like these games.
I played it!
It's good, but the combat, unremarkable powers, broken quests, annoying enemies, and repetitive environments only served to take me out of it. They put so much work into a game that just doesn't play as well as System Shock 2 (which I played afterwards for the first time, lol) -- although it does make major strides in accessibility and does a good job packaging this kind of immersive sim experience to a more mainstream audience.
It's good, but the combat, unremarkable powers, broken quests, annoying enemies, and repetitive environments only served to take me out of it. They put so much work into a game that just doesn't play as well as System Shock 2 (which I played afterwards for the first time, lol) -- although it does make major strides in accessibility and does a good job packaging this kind of immersive sim experience to a more mainstream audience.
IISANDERII
Member
They need to release a new demo because the first one had fucking awful controls
Fractology
Member
uhhhh this is kinda IS Prey 2. I haven't played this yet but I'm still a little sour over the cancellation of the "original" Prey 2.
The Dude
Member
Come on dude you know what I'm referring to.
BuckyBabbs
Neo Member
If I HATE "The Evil Within", will I like this?
SmoothRunningGun
Member
Why do you guys want to keep giving goty to games with shitty gameplay? No op. No.
BuckyBabbs
Neo Member
Lol, thiiiis is precisely the reason I just asked my above question^^^