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Overview
Prey is a Sci-Fi FPS made by Human Head Studios. The game features the traditional shooter banter, as well as some unique puzzles. To solve these puzzles, you needed to walk on the ceiling, walls, and go through portals to complete. Also the game had online and a soundtrack composed by Jeremy Soule, the man behind Oblivion and Guild Wars's soundtrack.
Plot
The game begins oddly enough, in a dank, dirty bathroom. The main character Tommy is gazing at himself through the grime covered mirror, and as you venture out into what appears to be a bar, you meet the supporting roles in the adventure. These two support characters are Jen, Tommy's girlfriend, and Tommy's grandfather Enisi. Tommy speaks to Jen about leaving their Native American reservation and pursuing other things. After a quick scuffle between Tommy and a few of the bar's patrons, the bar's walls and begin to shake, and the roof is ripped off. Green tractor beams of light shoot through, and Tommy, Jen and Enisi are pulled up into the air.
Tommy wakes up and is strapped into a moving coffin-like contraption. He has his grandfather and girlfriend in sight, and his grandfather tries to calm him and Jen down. Along the ride, Tommy sees strange alien lifeforms, and it appears that these aliens are performing tests on humans. Just as the characters are about to be split up, a strange man seems to detonate a bomb, and de-rail Tommy's cart from the rail system. This is when the player assumes control of Tommy, and begins to traverse the horrible alien spaceship. Tommy makes his way throughout the ship, and encounters strange things like anti-gravity walking strips, and portals. After some exploration, Tommy witnesses the brutal killing of his grandfather Enisi. After this, Tommy becomes extremely emotional and vows to rescue Jen.
Navigating through the ship, Tommy comes to a narrow and shoddy bridge.It collapses when he tries to cross it, and Tommy "dies". Instead of being dead for good though, Tommy is transported to a spirit world. In this spirit world, Tommy meets his grandfather Enisi. Enisi explains how his, and the spirits of his ancestors live on in this spirit world, and also tells Tommy that his old pet bird Talon is his guardian. After some quick tutorials on how to spirit project, Tommy is sent back to the world of the living.
Tommy continues through the ship, and meets the leader of the resistance against the aliens, Elhuit. She explains to Tommy that the Mother needs to be destroyed in order to destroy the ship and it's operations, and Tommy accepts the task. The Mother frequently contacts Tommy telepathically and explains her vast knowledge. When Tommy finally confronts the Mother, she reveals that she had defeated the previous Mother and assumed the role.
Tommy kills the Mother, and she asks Tommy to take over the role of ruler. She begins to overload Tommy's mind with the vast knowledge that she once possessed, but Enisi contacts Tommy and advises him to not accept it. Tommy does not accept it, and destroys the ship. He returns to the spirit world, and sees Enisi and Jen. He knows he needs to live out his life on Earth, so he returns to live his life until the day that he will see his grandfather and Jen again.
-Primary Fire: Swing wrench
-Secondary Fire: Hold to charge up swing for extra damage
-Primary Fire: Standard automatic rifle
-Secondary Fire: Zoomed mode; high power bolt action sniper rifle
-Primary Fire: Break leg off of spider and throw the carcass; takes one second to explode; can also be held to "cook" the grenade
-Secondary Fire: Flip spider over; when tossed, acts as a trip mine
-Primary Fire: Fires whatever ammo type is in the cannon
-Secondary Fire: Vacuum type function; used for filling the gun with ammo at different leech gun stations
-Ammo Types- Plasma: Standard damaging ammo; Freezing: Freezes the enemy and damages; Electricity: Extremely powerful single shot burst; Energy: Powerful beam shot
-Primary Fire: Highly damaging machine gun shots
-Secondary Fire: Single rockets
-Primary Fire: Shoots standard shotgun acid blast
Secondary Fire: Fires an entire canister of acid, much like a grenade launcher
-Primary Fire: Shoots rockets
Secondary Fire: Fires a gas cloud that acts as a shield
Primary Fire: Fires an arrow
Secondary Fire: None
Before the aliens begin to beam everything up, you can walk over to the game machines and play them. There is a blackjack machine, a poker machine, and a game called Rune Man. Rune Man is very similar to Pac-Man except is features a viking helmet, and the pickup items are runes. Even if you miss the opportunity to play these, you can find them at later points throughout the game, strewn about the alien ship.
Jukebox
Before the aliens begin to beam everything up, you can also walk over to the jukebox and select a song to listen to, and change the volume as well. There are many songs from real artists like Judas Priest, MXPX, Halifax, etc. You also re-visit the torn-up bar at a later point in the game and the jukebox is still functional, but stuck on the song "Dont Fear the Reaper", at full volume.
Aliens turned Tommy's world upside down. It's about time he returned the favor.
Overview
Main character Tommy
Prey is a Sci-Fi FPS made by Human Head Studios. The game features the traditional shooter banter, as well as some unique puzzles. To solve these puzzles, you needed to walk on the ceiling, walls, and go through portals to complete. Also the game had online and a soundtrack composed by Jeremy Soule, the man behind Oblivion and Guild Wars's soundtrack.
Main character Tommy
Plot
The game begins oddly enough, in a dank, dirty bathroom. The main character Tommy is gazing at himself through the grime covered mirror, and as you venture out into what appears to be a bar, you meet the supporting roles in the adventure. These two support characters are Jen, Tommy's girlfriend, and Tommy's grandfather Enisi. Tommy speaks to Jen about leaving their Native American reservation and pursuing other things. After a quick scuffle between Tommy and a few of the bar's patrons, the bar's walls and begin to shake, and the roof is ripped off. Green tractor beams of light shoot through, and Tommy, Jen and Enisi are pulled up into the air.Tommy wakes up and is strapped into a moving coffin-like contraption. He has his grandfather and girlfriend in sight, and his grandfather tries to calm him and Jen down. Along the ride, Tommy sees strange alien lifeforms, and it appears that these aliens are performing tests on humans. Just as the characters are about to be split up, a strange man seems to detonate a bomb, and de-rail Tommy's cart from the rail system. This is when the player assumes control of Tommy, and begins to traverse the horrible alien spaceship. Tommy makes his way throughout the ship, and encounters strange things like anti-gravity walking strips, and portals. After some exploration, Tommy witnesses the brutal killing of his grandfather Enisi. After this, Tommy becomes extremely emotional and vows to rescue Jen.
Navigating through the ship, Tommy comes to a narrow and shoddy bridge.It collapses when he tries to cross it, and Tommy "dies". Instead of being dead for good though, Tommy is transported to a spirit world. In this spirit world, Tommy meets his grandfather Enisi. Enisi explains how his, and the spirits of his ancestors live on in this spirit world, and also tells Tommy that his old pet bird Talon is his guardian. After some quick tutorials on how to spirit project, Tommy is sent back to the world of the living.
The Spirit World
Tommy kills the Mother, and she asks Tommy to take over the role of ruler. She begins to overload Tommy's mind with the vast knowledge that she once possessed, but Enisi contacts Tommy and advises him to not accept it. Tommy does not accept it, and destroys the ship. He returns to the spirit world, and sees Enisi and Jen. He knows he needs to live out his life on Earth, so he returns to live his life until the day that he will see his grandfather and Jen again.
Weapons
Wrench
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Wrench
-Primary Fire: Swing wrench
-Secondary Fire: Hold to charge up swing for extra damage
Rifle
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Alien Rifle
-Primary Fire: Standard automatic rifle
-Secondary Fire: Zoomed mode; high power bolt action sniper rifle
Grenade
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Spider Grenades
-Primary Fire: Break leg off of spider and throw the carcass; takes one second to explode; can also be held to "cook" the grenade
-Secondary Fire: Flip spider over; when tossed, acts as a trip mine
Leech Gun
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Leech Gun
-Primary Fire: Fires whatever ammo type is in the cannon
-Secondary Fire: Vacuum type function; used for filling the gun with ammo at different leech gun stations
-Ammo Types- Plasma: Standard damaging ammo; Freezing: Freezes the enemy and damages; Electricity: Extremely powerful single shot burst; Energy: Powerful beam shot
Minigun
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Handheld Minigun
-Primary Fire: Highly damaging machine gun shots
-Secondary Fire: Single rockets
Shotgun
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Shotgun
-Primary Fire: Shoots standard shotgun acid blast
Secondary Fire: Fires an entire canister of acid, much like a grenade launcher
Rocket Launcher
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Rocket Launcher
-Primary Fire: Shoots rockets
Secondary Fire: Fires a gas cloud that acts as a shield
Spirit Bow
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Spirit Bow
Primary Fire: Fires an arrow
Secondary Fire: None
Minigames
Before the aliens begin to beam everything up, you can walk over to the game machines and play them. There is a blackjack machine, a poker machine, and a game called Rune Man. Rune Man is very similar to Pac-Man except is features a viking helmet, and the pickup items are runes. Even if you miss the opportunity to play these, you can find them at later points throughout the game, strewn about the alien ship.
Poker
Poker/Blackjack
Runeman
An old-style arcade game that is an homage to the game, Pac-Man.
Jukebox
Before the aliens begin to beam everything up, you can also walk over to the jukebox and select a song to listen to, and change the volume as well. There are many songs from real artists like Judas Priest, MXPX, Halifax, etc. You also re-visit the torn-up bar at a later point in the game and the jukebox is still functional, but stuck on the song "Dont Fear the Reaper", at full volume.
Also note, Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper" was not a song that could be chosen prior to the opening events of aliens attacking the bar, only when it happened did the song come on.
Intel Pentium 4 2.0Ghz / AMD Athlon XP 2000 processor
512MB system RAM
100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB video card with latest manufacturer drivers
8X CD-ROM (standard edition), DVD-ROM (Limited Collector’s Edition)
2.2GB of uncompressed free hard drive space
100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card
DirectX 9.0c
1GB system RAM
ATI Radeon X800 series or higher video card with latest manufacturer drivers
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series sound card
Multiplayer
Prey's multiplayer consists of two modes: Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch. The multiplayer is standard FPS fare and utilizes all of the features of the single player mode such as the "Spirit Walk" in which Tommy exits his body as a Ghost-like entity to find hidden paths and weapons. However, while in spirit walk mode, the player's body is left vulnerable to attack and can only be used for a limited amount of time. Though there were many free downloads in the form of maps and character skins for multiplayer, the community quickly dispersed as the game waned in popularity. It was regarded by many critics as "tacked on" and "unpolished".Critical Reception
Prey was technically in development since 1995, but had been continuously delayed, and generally bounced around until it was finally released on the Xbox 360 and PC. With all of this build up, it's fair to say that critics and gamers alike were waiting to see what the game had turned out to be. The critical reception of this game was varied, but overall, the game received average reviews. It received a 79 out of 100 on metacritic for the 360 version, while the PC version got a 83 out of 100, but both scores are favorable. Some say that this could possibly be attributed to all of the buildup of the game's development.System Requirements
Minimum
Microsoft Windows 2000 or XPIntel Pentium 4 2.0Ghz / AMD Athlon XP 2000 processor
512MB system RAM
100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB video card with latest manufacturer drivers
8X CD-ROM (standard edition), DVD-ROM (Limited Collector’s Edition)
2.2GB of uncompressed free hard drive space
100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card
DirectX 9.0c
Recommended
Intel Pentium 4 2.5Ghz / AMD Athlon XP 2500 processor1GB system RAM
ATI Radeon X800 series or higher video card with latest manufacturer drivers
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series sound card
| Game Name | Prey |
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| Themes |
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| Original US Release |
July 11, 2006
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| Original US Release |
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| BBFC |
BBFC: 18
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| ESRB |
ESRB: M
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| CERO |
CERO: D
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