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SBG Preview: Prey 2 is a sequel in name only

SBG: "Prey 2 is nothing like the original Prey. It’s set in the same general universe. There are aliens. Seriously, that’s about it. You’re not even controlling original protagonist Tommy, but instead taking the role of U.S. Marshal Killian Samuels, tracking people down and capturing them."

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Shackdaddy8364675d ago

I don't care if it's not like the original. It looks awesome.

ExPresident4675d ago

I'm not even familiar with the first one, at all. That being said, the tailer they put on the PS Store awhile back blew my mind, and looked absolutely amazing. I'll definately be following this one.

Jacks_Medulla4675d ago

The game looks amazing, but I don't understand the point of using the Prey name. Prey wasn't exactly a "huge success", and it was considered by many to be "mediocre" at best. I'd think more people would be put off by the name. Anyway, I am excited for the "sequel".

Croash4675d ago (Edited 4675d ago )

I don't see why you'd say that, it certainly doesn't look like Prey was a mediocre game at all:
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Its only problem is that its solo campaign is quite short and its multiplayer is uninspired (= completely useless).
But apart from that, Prey was a very solid game with a great cast of characters, cool gravity/portal mechanics and quite a few disturbing environments.

Plus the game's introduction is still considered as one of the best video game openings ever created.

Now the developers said Prey 2 is linked to Prey 1 as we'll get to meet Tommy, so I guess it can keep its name without shame if it's set in the same mythology and further develops its background.
Then of course, to me, the word Prey refered to those being harvested by the nasty aliens. If that's not the case in Prey 2, at least we're a bounty hunter, so I guess "prey" is still appropriate.

Jacks_Medulla4675d ago

What you describe Prey to be, sounds like a fairly mediocre game. Mediocre: Of moderate quality. I wasn't calling Prey a terrible game, merely serviceable. As for the Metacritic score, the critic reviews are above average(slightly), but the user reviews are average. Prey is a six year old game, and it didn't sell spectacularly. That combined with the completely new aesthetic and gameplay, leads me to wonder as to the reasoning behind calling it a Prey game.

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20 Awesome Canceled Games You'll Never Get To Play

You can understand some games getting canceled, but these awesome looking games still baffle us to this very day.

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-Foxtrot39d ago

"Tommy saving the planet from an army of aliens after they abducted him and his entire bar, with the game ending on the promise that Tommy would be back, but that promise was never fulfilled"

The thing is with the original Prey 2 that Tommy wasn't even the main character, they replaced him with some generic looking space bounty hunter. It was a refreshing change to see an awesome Native American character with ancestral like powers fight aliens yet they ditched him. It was only after an outcry they showed much later in a new preview that Tommy was in the game as an NPC.

I'd have prefered a real sequel with Tommy as the main character, literally picking right up from the originals ending.

As for Eight Days...Sony really needs to pick this up

If Amy Hennig was still at ND, I'd have loved to see her tackle it after what she did with Uncharted.

isarai39d ago (Edited 39d ago )

I thought that was awesome too, and honestly i wish people werent so damn critical about cultural variety in games. I feel like people try to ruin devs lives if even one detail is off about their culture in a game and so everyone is too scared to try anymore

isarai39d ago (Edited 39d ago )

One of the lead engine programmers for Prey 2 at Human Head was my programming instructor when i was taking game design. This game was in limbo at the time and we asked once and only once about this game, the misery in his eyes when he told us "this is the 1st and only time ill ask you to never ask me about that game" was something ill never forget😅 he used a couple assets through the curriculum for teaching purposes but nothing very tangible. Just a function here, a 3d prop there. Such a shame. Years later i saw him at a magic tournament, we caught up and he still thinks about that game and how it's "practically done" probably sitting on a drive somewhere

shinoff218339d ago (Edited 39d ago )

Practically done? Jeez that fking blows because that looked much more interesting then what bethsada made. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed the one bethsada made.

Lmno looked interesting.
I'd knock titanfall and fez off the list. Add something else. Scarface 2 man only if would've been awesome. Prey 2 should be higher to. Either way not a bad list. Out of 20 there's only 2 I'd hate on.

isarai39d ago

That gen got a lot of games canned right before the finish line. Cipher Complex, Battlefront 3, legacy of kain dead sun just to name a few

XiNatsuDragnel39d ago

Games that need to come out: Battlefront 3, 8 days, and timesplitter 4.

Skuletor37d ago

One that's not on the list is Killing Day, I remember seeing the trailer in 2005 and being impressed at the time. Being Ubisoft you know it would have been a AAAA game too, lol
2 Days to Vegas and The Getaway 3 are two other games that seemed promising but never came out.

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The Greatest Games That Never Got Made

We go on a trip through memory lane.

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mastershredder963d ago (Edited 963d ago )

Prey 2 and SW 1313 sadden me the most. The internal politics behind those decisions is sickening. Serious feels for the crews that worked on these.

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Gameplay From 3 Cancelled Arkane Studios Games Shown In New Noclip Documentary

Danny O'Dwyer, formerly of GameSpot, released a documentary on developer Arkane Studios today, through their Patreon-supported company, Noclip. Along with their employees and supported by 4,197 patrons, O'Dwyer managed to talk to the studio behind the Dishonored series about their projects, including three cancelled games.

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AK911420d ago

I hope whatever Deathloop is ends up being amazing but then again considering who the publisher is I don't really have a lot of faith in the title.