Prey (PC Games)
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Product Description
As this is an import only product stock is limited -- get it while you can! (All import titles are in English and will work in Australia.)
Prey tells the story of Tommy, a Cherokee garage mechanic stuck on a reservation going nowhere. His life changes when an otherworldly crisis forces him to awaken spiritual powers from his long-forgotten birthright. Abducted along with his people to a menacing mothership orbiting Earth, he sets out to save himself and his girlfriend and eventually his planet.
Prey is serious, dark story, based on authentic Cherokee mythology. Themes of sacrifice, love and responsibility are explored and the story dives into emotional territory not yet explored by similar games.
Prey features:
- Built on an enhanced Doom 3 engine, the most impressive 3D engine used in a released game.
- Portal technology adds a new dimension to gameplay, allowing enemies to appear out of thin air and create new and completely original puzzles and gameplay styles.
- Highly organic, living environment that itself can attack Tommy.
- A deep, emotional story of love and sacrifice.
- Tommy has a sidekick, a spiritual hawk that can help him fight enemies and decipher the alien language of the living ship.
- Multiplayer game support that takes advantage of the unique gameplay styles in Prey.
System Requirements
Minimum:
* CPU Speed: Intel Pentium 4 2.0Ghz / AMD Athlon XP 2000+ processor
* RAM: 512MB system RAM
* Video Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB video card with latest manufacturer drivers (see supported chipsets below)
* Drive: 8X CD-ROM (standard edition), DVD-ROM (Limited Collector's Edition)
* Hard Drive: 2.2GB of uncompressed free hard drive space
* Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card
* Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP with latest service pack installed
* DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c
* Internet: Internet connection required for one-time authentication upon installation.
Recommended:
* CPU Speed: Intel Pentium 4 2.5Ghz / AMD Athlon XP 2500+ processor
* RAM: 1GB system RAM
* Video Card: ATI Radeon X800 series or higher video card with latest manufacturer drivers
* Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series sound card
* Internet: Broadband internet connection or LAN required for multiplayer
Customer Reviews
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Which side up? Which side down?
 Reviewed by Vijay from Auckland, NZ on July 11th, 2007
Prey contains interesting concepts that were conceived way back in 1997 (or earlier). The portal system, the upside down walk floors, spirit walk and all those interesting this side up, this side down puzzles blend nicely into the game play.
The graphics artifacts looks more or less like DOOM 3, none the less, the visuals do their job just fine. Although unlike DOOM 3, graphics does not drive the game play.Sound quality is good as well. Story is interesting enough to keep you playing. AI is below average and it takes about 8-10 hours to fight your way through. The action is standard FPS stuff.
The best part of the game are the weapon models. Though most of them behave like standard human weapons, they're alien like look just blows your mind away. You can see acid dripping, short circuits, and other interesting motion effects added to your weapons.
All said and done, in the end its the concept of portals and stuff that steals the show. Give it a go when you want an easy shooting game with interesting ideas.
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Better Than Quake 4
 Reviewed by Richard from Wellington, NZ on July 10th, 2007
You've probably played a lot of shooters that are derivative - Doom 3 and Quake 4, whilst still excellent, are essentially corridoors full of biomechanical zombies. Quake's better than Doom, but you get the idea :)
Prey's... something different. Sure, you've got the science fiction shooter setting, and it's done well... but it feels quite fresh. The gameplay is compelling, the musical score is well delivered, and there is believable voice acting to couple the rather excellent story. The puzzles are just "cool," and the environments with the gravity walls and other neato physics tricks are just sweet.
If you want a good shooter - and I mean, a good one; this isn't F.E.A.R. with the samn nasty office building recycled :) - then do yourself a favour and grab this. I can't believe it's only $35! I picked it up at release but even at full price it's a good game. The visuals will stand up to what you're used to playing today.
great game
Reviewed by REECE from HAMILTON on March 4th, 2007
i must say its up there with the best games ive ever played ..............everything was perfect in my view, a must game for first person shooter people.....ARDZ2
Doom 3 Reskinned
Reviewed by Andre from Auckland, NZ on October 24th, 2006
I've had a few days to play around with Prey, and overall I've been impressed.
The gravity puzzles in particular are fun (although the shoot-this-thing-then-that-thing pattern can get repetitive quickly) and well realised.
It is basically Doom 3 reskinned and slightly modded though, so if you enjoyed Doom 3 you'll enjoy this. It's slightly less scary because you can use your lighter while holding your weapon, and generally there are less very dark areas to get jumped in.
The voice acting is top notch, and the constant vocal queues from your character add to the sense of immersion.
The graphics are when I felt let down. Some of the environments are amazing, but the character models are blocky, poorly textured and move unrealistically.
Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Reviewed by Ian from Auckland on July 15th, 2006
Oh this is goooood... a bit confusing until you get your head around having the world turn upside down (literally, not figuratively). Prey has a number of features I haven't seen in other games - two dimensional portals all over the place, wall walking, the whole death thing, spirit walking.. they all come together so well. After finishing half life episode one in a few hours the other week, this game was impressively long and never lost my interest. Lots of puzzles to solve, many involving physics. Definitely worth the money.
Excellent Game
Reviewed by Graeme from Auckland on July 5th, 2006
Innovative technology in FPS gaming make this title a must have for any shooter fan
Demo impressions
Reviewed by Anonymous on June 24th, 2006
My first impression was that I was playing the second coming of Deus Ex. An early part of the demo you enter a bar that contains working video blackjack and poker machines as well as a knockoff of Pac-Man - anybody who played Deus Ex knows, interactivity was a big part of that game. Deus Ex was an awesome game and my early impression of Prey was similar.
Graphically the game is right up there with Doom 3 and Quake 4, and after playing this demo I am hoping that a lot of other games will continue to use this engine because my PC performs well on this engine and it just looks fantastic.
There is an interesting innovation in FPS gameplay in Prey where death becomes an essential part of your progress, and it's all tied up in American Indian mythology. This was both a plus and a minus for me. On one hand being able to use spirit form to progress through the levels was a nice change, but on the other I couldn't help but be reminded of my least favourite Star Trek Voyage character while playing this demo (Chakotay).
The one other thing I didn't appreciate was the forced use of profanity in the game. I'm not adverse to swearing by any means, but the way it's been done in this game feels a little childish (that is to say it's like they put swearing in for the sake of having swearing in the script). This isn't too surprising once you find out that the script was helped to be written by an ex PC Gamer Magazine editor, and you can imagine for example what a terrible world it would be if Movie Critics started helping write movie scripts!
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Fantastic.
Reviewed by Chris from Chch NZ on June 22nd, 2006
The graphics may not be as cutting edge as when this game was announced, but the demo still blew me away. FEAR eat your heart out.
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Release date: 5th September, 2007.
List price: AU$69.95.
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