Prey

PostRe: Prey by **LewisD** » Sat Jul 16, 2022 5:47 pm

One of us! One of us!
The first 10 hours of this I really loved. Still need to go back and finish it actually.

I got up to (iirc) the arboretum. And managed to end the game early.

Pretty sure I've done something after that, but can't remember what. Might have to start from beginning again perhaps.

PostRe: Prey by **Jenuall** » Sat Jul 16, 2022 7:00 pm

OrangeRKN wrote:Just started this (ps4 version on ps5). Jen pls be proud.

Seems good so far. Loved breaking out from the sim - I guess most people would go through the apartment window, but I went through the fish tank

Fish tank people are the best :datass:

Excited to see what you make of it. It's a game that I will forever adore and always go to bat for, but I can appreciate how it doesn't click with some.

Explore, improvise and enjoy the ride!

EDIT: and now, much like the infamous "Deus Ex effect" where any time it is mentioned someone reinstalls the game, I'm really fighting the itch to start the journey all over again! :lol:

PostRe: Prey by **Buffalo** » Sat Jul 16, 2022 8:25 pm

I didn’t post in here when I played it, but after poking Jen and Taf with the gooseberry fool stick I actually tried it again and absolutely loved it. Best game I’ve played in a bloody long while.

PostRe: Prey by **aayl1** » Sat Jul 16, 2022 8:48 pm

Yeah it really is a fantastic game. I got that "thinking about playing it all day while I'm at work" feeling. Would not have touched it if it wasn't on gamepass and we did a GRPlayde

PostRe: Prey by **OrangeRKN** » Sun Jul 17, 2022 12:04 am

Well inventory management is already an issue, but I think this is partly my fault for collecting more things than I probably should have at this point! I've just left the lobby for the first time so early days. Got the shotgun from lobby security before even getting to my office :datass:

Although that did make finding the pistol afterwards underwhelming!

PostRe: Prey by **aayl1** » Sun Jul 17, 2022 8:20 am

OrangeRKN wrote:Well inventory management is already an issue, but I think this is partly my fault for collecting more things than I probably should have at this point! I've just left the lobby for the first time so early days. Got the shotgun from lobby security before even getting to my office Although that did make finding the pistol afterwards underwhelming!

As you have discovered this game rewards you really well for exploring! Inventory space is definitely an issue early on, but there's creative solutions to that too! Without giving the game away too much there's a weapon which can help with declogging your inventory.

PostRe: Prey by **Jenuall** » Sun Jul 17, 2022 6:45 pm

It's easy to be a hoarder in this! You can expand your inventory a few times which helps, and there are plenty of ways to utilise items in your possession to keep your pockets from getting too full (also you can drop stuff in key locations and come back for it - dropped items persist)

Once you settle into a play style then you can start being more choosy about what you hold onto rather than hoovering up everything

PostRe: Prey by **Green Gecko** » Sun Jul 17, 2022 10:21 pm

I think item placements are persistent right? So you can dump things where the first time a way of using all those things shows up.

I only got a few hours into this, I have it on PC now but started on PS4. Should get back into it as I love the kind of HL2/Dishonoured/interactive-environmental-puzzle-solving elements FPS genre. Yeah, that one.

PostRe: Prey by **OrangeRKN** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 9:27 am

This game is really good. A fair bit better than Dishonored and Deathloop for my money - and I loved both of those games!

I just snuck in 30 minutes this morning after walking the dog, as I had to stop midway through an area last night. Anyway - I seemingly just broke the game :lol:

Some really great moments so far, game breaking at the end:

Ballistic's Lab recycler:

Dr Calvino's secret stash:

IT Security:

Escape pods:

Fabrication:

PostRe: Prey by **Jenuall** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 9:55 am

Definitely not game breaking, that's just rewards for exploring and paying attention! :toot:

I like that in Calvino's Lab there is a crawl space under a raised gantry that has some loot in there you can collect, by this point in the game you should be well conditioned to poke your nose underneath and behind things like this. If you go in there you can see a fairly incongruous box sticking out from the wall that doesn't look like any other bit of station equipment or decoration that you've seen before - basically another hint that there is some kind of secret cupboard behind the wall that you need to try and access!

Good work on smashing the Looking Glass and finding one of several cool ways to access IT, same with the pipes/vent and getting into Security - there are other ways you could have achieved both of these early on which is just one of the many things I love about the game! Keep exploring and looking at different ways to achieve things - it's a mindset that will serve you well!

PostRe: Prey by **OrangeRKN** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 10:19 am

Jenuall wrote:I like that in Calvino's Lab there is a crawl space under a raised gantry that has some loot in there you can collect, by this point in the game you should be well conditioned to poke your nose underneath and behind things like this. If you go in there you can see a fairly incongruous box sticking out from the wall that doesn't look like any other bit of station equipment or decoration that you've seen before - basically another hint that there is some kind of secret cupboard behind the wall that you need to try and access!

Yeah I found that (but after I already knew what it was). It took me a while to realise you could crawl into very low gaps - because crawling is automatic, you can't crawl by e.g. holding crouch, initially I was seeing those low spaces and thinking they were just too low to enter.

PostRe: Prey by **OrangeRKN** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 11:28 pm

Psychotronics. The calibrate touch screen jump scare got me good. It was excellently done.

Anyway I'm glad I have repaired and set up turrets around the station...

PostRe: Prey by **Jenuall** » Tue Jul 19, 2022 9:16 am

Love that moment!

Turrets are so helpful in this. :wub:

PostRe: Prey by **Green Gecko** » Tue Jul 19, 2022 9:25 am

Sounds like there's a lot more clever plot devices and dynamic props than I had encountered yet.

I'm going to take my last post as a personal note to fire this up. :toot:

PostRe: Prey by **OrangeRKN** » Tue Jul 19, 2022 9:27 am

Jenuall wrote::lol: Love that moment!

I only avoided smashing the screen because I instinctively stepped back at the same time as instinctively swinging the wrench :lol:

Jenuall wrote:Turrets are so helpful in this.

I think I'm going to avoid taking any powers anyway, but yeah having them turn against me is just another motivation to not jam alien tech into my brain!

An aside on neuromods in general, I don't know if I've missed some explanation but it's funny to me that the concept is you implant the memories/skill/brain wiring taken from someone who recorded the skill, which makes for something like playing the piano or hacking, but really doesn't explain how it suddenly gives you superhuman strength. Is the game claiming that I too could lift and throw vending machines if only I knew the correct technique? :lol:

PostRe: Prey by **Green Gecko** » Tue Jul 19, 2022 9:29 am

OrangeRKN wrote:
Jenuall wrote::lol: Love that moment!

I only avoided smashing the screen because I instinctively stepped back at the same time as instinctively swinging the wrench

Jenuall wrote:Turrets are so helpful in this.

I think I'm going to avoid taking any powers anyway, but yeah having them turn against me is just another motivation to not jam alien tech into my brain!

An aside on neuromods in general, I don't know if I've missed some explanation but it's funny to me that the concept is you implant the memories/skill/brain wiring taken from someone who recorded the skill, which makes for something like playing the piano or hacking, but really doesn't explain how it suddenly gives you superhuman strength. Is the game claiming that I too could lift and throw vending machines if only I knew the correct technique?

Of course, you can do anything if you believe in yourself.

PostRe: Prey by **Jenuall** » Tue Jul 19, 2022 9:58 am

There are some lore snippets that attempt to give some explanation for some of the more unbelievable neuromod upgrades, but yeah it's largely nonsense!

Regarding turrets and Typhon powers: you can install some alien neuromods before they flip and start attacking you, it's not a "1 Typhon mod and you are the enemy!!" situation

I've done full human and alien badass runs (as well as many mixes of the two) and there is a lot of fun to be had from both options! I do think the most enjoyable times, for me at least, came from upping the difficulty and enabling the survival/trauma options - anything that increases the challenge and encourages you to have to get creative as a player helps to enhance the enjoyment IMO!

PostRe: Prey by **OrangeRKN** » Tue Jul 19, 2022 10:55 am

I'm playing on normal without any of the additional survival options and the game is maybe a little easy, but I'm happy knowing it's the intended experience. The only thing I've felt missing is not having a limited air supply in space. I'll probably do a second run on hard with the survival options turned on (which I'll probably make my full on powers run). We'll see - I've not looked at what the DLC is or what New Game+ is either, but that's all getting ahead of myself!

PostRe: Prey by **OrangeRKN** » Wed Jul 20, 2022 9:20 am

Psychotronics armoury:

I'm exploring the arboretum right now.

PostRe: Prey by **Zilnad** » Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:04 pm

Still really want to get this picked up and played. Noticed it's Verified on Deck but I imagine it'll be better played on the desktop.

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