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Rumor: Prey 2 cancelled, official statement due next week [Up: ZeniMax: No comment.]
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Exactly. Doesn't have automatic widespread appeal but it has an informed and hungry fan base.
Messofanego
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Publishers demanded vagina doors. Human Head Studios were sick of rendering vagina doors.
Game press got word of this, and denied any further demos or interviews with developers who don't want to bring back the most lauded aspect of the first game.
Us enthusiast gamers were like, "no vagina doors, no sale". End of story.
Game press got word of this, and denied any further demos or interviews with developers who don't want to bring back the most lauded aspect of the first game.
Us enthusiast gamers were like, "no vagina doors, no sale". End of story.
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Deleted member 80556
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I wished it worked that way.
I get it when you want to keep your studios at advantage from the competitors by not license your engines, everyone do that like Ubi Anvil/Dunia for an example, sure keeping id tech 5 in house is good.
But id tech 4 is old, licensing it will be good business for them since they already have id Tech 5 (and id tech 6 is already in development iirc)Tech 4 is just seems useless for them now, and getting some extra money from it while they can should be the way to go.
But oh well..if this mean anything it mean other publishing picking this will be impossible and no no sleeping dogs true crime situation again for us( no engine will mean not selling the source code anyway and Human Head will have to start start from the scratch and that will never happen)
Stumpokapow
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Imagine you run a team of 100 people, and each of those people costs you $4000 a month to keep employed (this figure is too low at 48k a year; taxes, benefits, and costs for office space and equipment would certainly make this figure higher). Imagine you put on a Kickstarter for 2 months to raise $1,000,000.
You make $1,000,000. Minus the fees. Minus the $800,000 you just burned through during the Kickstarter. You've got maybe $100,000 left, which is enough to employ a quarter of your studio for another month or all of your studio for another week.
Yeah I think people forget how well Human Revolution did on Steam because Skyrim blew the numbers away. Before Skyrim, HR was pulling like 55-65k concurrent users which for a single player game was amazing at the time.
I mean Dishonored will likely not sell 5+ million but I think it could easily do 2-3 if it's marketed well enough.
Well I think the major issue here is we don't know how far along the developers were. IIRC Arkham City had a playable alpha a year before release. We don't even know if Prey 2 has that or if they were going to completely miss the 2012 release date. Unless one of the developers speaks out I doubt we'll ever know.
That said if they wanted to kickstart it, I do see some ways of doing it. If they were on target for a fall release date(Aug/Sep) then they might have something playable. They could take a slice and release it as a 'demo' to generate interest for the kickstart. Then once it's in a buggy but playable state they could release it to the public. The PC modding/bug fixing community can be very good at what they do and some possible sales could help the developers stick around for a little longer for bug-testing.
None of this is going to happen though without Zenimax's say and I very much doubt they will give it.
Not to mention the cut kickstarter takes, and the massive cut of kickstarter money is taken by taxes at the end of the year.
Blue Ninja
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So, no news yet...
Here's a crazy thought, what if they made the game downloadable? Put it on Games on Demand and the PS Store, like EA did with Crysis.
Heck, they can scale it down or cut the unfinished parts, wrap up development and start bugfixing and then throw it up for 30 bucks. I'd buy it.
Here's a crazy thought, what if they made the game downloadable? Put it on Games on Demand and the PS Store, like EA did with Crysis.
Heck, they can scale it down or cut the unfinished parts, wrap up development and start bugfixing and then throw it up for 30 bucks. I'd buy it.
I just really want it to come out.
I feel the exact same about This is Vegas - still not given up hope...
That I think what just happened to I am Alive, and that turned to be a huge amount of poop, I don't want Prey 2 to be butchered like that too.
who? is this an evil joke?
Joseph Merrick
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would be hilarious if it was cancelled. after publishing total trash from third party developers for years and years; rage, hunted the demon's forge, brink, rogue warrior (this was even moved devs from zombie to rebellion, and rushed out as a piece of shit for the second round of development lmao), wet, star trek conquest, st legacy, st tactical assault, st encounters, call of cthulhu dark corners of the earth (oh wait, this one is awesome), breeders cup world thoroughbred championships, ihra professional drag racing 2005, ihra drag racing 2004, pirates of the caribbean the legend of jack sparrow, this is the game they cancel. hehe
Sorry. I meant "without" their support. I fixed it.
EatChildren
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How far do we reckon this was in development?
Blue Ninja
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ZeniMax acquired the rights to it in 2009, apparently, and according to them it's a very different game than the one originally in development under the Radar Group. So, I'd say probably two years.
Vinterbird
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It was announced back in 08, and Human Head was revealed as a developer back then, but when Zenimax picked them up in 09, they appear toy rebooted the entire project and went in this direction. My guess would be 9-12 months of actual production and then the rest for prototyping, restarting development and all the related issues with that.
StoppedInTracks
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Wow this SUCKS. Game was looking amazing.
you forgot some stuff they had done for wii. It has 1.0 or 2.0 on metacritic.
When the first previews came out in March 2011, some magazines wrote that it has been in development for 3 years.
Also from last year, I found this article from Isthmus - The Daily Page.
Also from last year, I found this article from Isthmus - The Daily Page.
Uhh are you familiar with the game at all? I had the same opinion until I saw the demo... amazing.
Vinterbird
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I think the only way to jump to the generic point would be judging solely on that magazine cover back then. Even just looking at a single screenshot shows something that is still pretty unique in terms of visuals.
Anticitizen One
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Blue Ninja
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At the "I'm glad"-crowd: The fuck.
This shit looks awesome. I hope it didn't get canned.
This shit looks awesome. I hope it didn't get canned.
MMaRsu
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Aaaaand Prey 2 was generic in what way exactly? LOL.
What was so original about a story about an native american.
At the "I'm glad"-crowd: The fuck.
This shit looks awesome. I hope it didn't get canned.
Is that concept art? Holy fuck.
Completely disagree..
Prey one was extremely short and to be honest I felt like it was damned awful. When I heard the name Prey 2 I had no interest based on playing the first game, but once I saw the trailer and game play vids I realized it looked far more interesting than the first one...
Turok?
I dunno man, Prey 1 having an interesting protagonist/distinct setting didn't stop it from feeling somewhat generic. It had interesting concepts like portals/gravity/size changes but it all became a generic corridor shooter in the end.
With Prey 2 it really felt like it was going in an interesting direction.
Turok is summed up by "meh"
I dunno about you, I thought the first game was awesome.
Nope.
Custer's revenge?
Joke post?
thetrin
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You seriously look at Prey 1 and 2, and think Prey 1 looks more appealing? You need your head examined, Tess3ract.
You think a Native American stereotype walking through anus doors and fighting slimy monsters is more appealing than being the only human bounty hunter on a huge intergalactic trade planet?
You think a Native American stereotype walking through anus doors and fighting slimy monsters is more appealing than being the only human bounty hunter on a huge intergalactic trade planet?
Hesemonni
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IceDoesntHelp
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You asked what other game has Native American themes, Turok is an answer, a right answer. You can't just say "that game is meh, so it doesn't count."
*good Games.
Sup.
I didn't say it didn't count, but it's just one other series. It's not exactly Space Marine levels of saturation here.
I wasn't aware there was a demo. I was basing this on old articles.
Watch the demo.
IceDoesntHelp
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Turok games are good though.
I may be wrong, but it sure did seem like you implied it.
thetrin
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I fail to see how being a human bounty hunter, hunting down alien criminal scum on an intergalactic trade world is generic. The irony is that Prey 1 was painfully generic, yet that looks unique and special somehow.
thetrin
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If there is anything truly good in this world, Prey 2 still exists. I don't want to live in a world where it gets canceled.
Though, reading this on Digital Trends made me think:
It would actually be a significant boon for the game if they continued making the game, but severed ties with the Prey IP. There wasn't a whole lot they needed to take from the universe anyway. I'd be okay if the core concepts still existed, but it was no longer Prey.
Riposte
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I approached this game with the idea with a cautious "too good to be true" attitude. Turned out to be more right than I knew (I thought I would still be getting a interesting shooter a la Deus Ex HR). Ambitious talk and previews rarely resonate with me. I guess that's cynicism?
I also think BioShock Infinite is too good to be true.
I also think BioShock Infinite is too good to be true.
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