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Prey Series Doomed, But in a Good Way

Posted 09/09/09 at 01:52:15 AM  by Nathan Grayson

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Remember Prey? No? It looked like Doom 3, but had portals (before they were cool) and doors that, well, let’s just say we felt like they should’ve been wearing pants. However, Prey was a pretty solid shooter, and when then-developer Human Head Games announced a sequel, we nodded our human heads in approval. Then came the silence.

Now, two years later, it seems that id Software/Bethesda parent company ZeniMax Media has plucked Prey from development purgatory. A recent US Trademark Office abstract states that ZeniMax can basically do whatever it wants with the license, including movies, videogames, comic books, and “entertainment services.”

So then, what does this mean? Well, ZeniMax owns id, and id kind of, you know, invented the first-person shooter. Seems like a nice enough fit for Prey, if you ask us. What do you think? We think we’re right, and that there’s no room for argument, but that commenting field below – which literally presents a space in which one is encouraged to argue -- begs to differ.

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TAGS: gaming, Software, news, prey, id software, zenimax media, Human Head Games
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avatarAgreed - the Art Bell

Submitted by Jox on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 2:16pm

Agreed - the Art Bell schtick was great!  Really added to the immersion factor.

Personally, I thought the spirit-walking was a bit weak.   How do I get across this gaping chasm?  Enter spirit mode and suddenly there's a web-like walkway that'll take me to the button to activate a bridge.  Could have been done better.

I gave it an 8 out of 10 for gameplay, originality and overall look & feel.  Good game that I've played through more than once.  If the sequel has more of the stomach-churning reality transitions and less of the spirit realm baloney, I think it will do well.

 

-Jox

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avatarLong live Pahrump

Submitted by Why A Duck on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 4:39am

I would actually look forward to this. I bought Prey once it moved to the second-tier (i.e. cheap) rack and liked it. At the time it had some really neat features like the walkways that defied gravity and the Spirit World - which has been reborn as the Veil in id's latest Wolfenstein installment.

But the absolute best part was the snippets of an Art Bell broadcast depicting the events of the story as seen from afar. I used to cheer when I ran across a radio in the spaceship.

It would be interesting to see where they went with the series. Would they bring back Tommy (I hope not, he was a little too emo for me) or would they let someone else go after the aliens?

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