Arkane Studios, the team behind the critically acclaimed Dishonored series, is bringing their unique vision to Prey, a first-person sci-fi action game that reimagines the franchise from the ground up… with an added psychological twist.
You are Morgan Yu, the subject of morally dubious experiments designed to improve the human race. You awaken aboard the Talos 1 in the year 2032 and must uncover the secrets hiding in the depths of the space station while being hunted by the mysterious alien force that has taken over. You’ll have to rely on the tools you find on the station – along with your wits, weapons and mind-bending abilities – to combat the growing threat and, hopefully, survive.
Features:
* Sci-Fi Thriller
Nothing is as it seems aboard Talos I. As Morgan Yu, set out to unravel the clues you've left behind for yourself, and discover the truth about your past. What role will you play in TranStar’s plans, and the mysterious threat ravaging the station?
* Singular Setting
Orbiting the Moon, the Talos I space station symbolizes the height of private space enterprise. Explore a lavish craft designed to reflect corporate luxury of the 1960s, and navigate interconnected, non-linear pathways built to hide countless secrets.
* Unimaginable Threat
The shadowy extraterrestrial presence infesting Talos I is a living ecology bent on annihilating its prey. It’s up to you, one of the last remaining survivors aboard the station, to end the deadly attack of these haunting predators.
* Play Your Way
Gain alien abilities to develop a distinct combination of powers and upgrade your unique skills. Craft increasingly useful items with the blueprints, gadgets and tools on board the station to overcome dangerous obstacles in your way. Survive unprecedented threats with your wits and ability to improvise.
Bethesda has announced that it will be releasing a demo for Arkane's strange sci-fi shooter a week ahead of launch. The demo will let you play the first hour of the game.
This is good and all but Im assuming when I instabuy retail Ill have to replay that first hour? :/
The story of Prey follows an individual named Morgan Yu (you will be able to select the gender of the character at the start of the game). Morgan is trapped aboard a space station, called the Talos I, which is in orbit around the Earth’s moon. This station was created by a collaboration between the United States of America and the Soviet Union. It was used as a research facility, in order to study an alien race known as the Typhon, which had previously been discovered by Soviet scientists.
Morgan Yu was a former employee at TranStar, who had previously been experimented on. Morgan is now trapped aboard an almost empty station, with little memory of what had happened to him or her.
IT WILL BE A METROIDVANIA
The level of design of Prey is going to be in the Metroidvania style. In Prey, you will have access to the whole Talos I station from the start, but you will still need to finish parts of it in a certain order. You will need to find keys and abilities that will allow you to explore the other parts of the station.
YOU GAIN POWERS THROUGH A NEEDLE IN THE EYE
As you progress through the Talos I space station, you will be given a variety of methods for dealing with the enemies and the harsh environment. You could use guns and blast your way through every situation, or maybe you will hide from the dangerous monsters and allow them to pass without risking harm to yourself.
In the world of Prey, you will have plenty of options on how to progress through the game. The TranStar corporation created an item called the Neuromod, which can directly affect the user’s abilities. These will give the player access to a vast range of skills, which range from increasing their physical capabilities, to giving them psychic powers.
If you wish to apply the Neuromod, then the player needs to find them in the game world and then plunge it into their eye. The Neuromod applies its effects through a series of needles that need to be directly inserted into the eyeball.
THE GLUE GUN
Prey will offer numerous methods for overcoming the enemy. One of these is still “shoot it until it dies”, which is just as valid here as it is in so many other games. If you want to play Prey with guns blazing, then you have many options to help you on your way. One of the Neuromod paths involves repairing and upgrading weapons that you find on the station, as well as fixing the broken robots that were damaged by the Typhon.
The weapon that the developers of Prey are clearly the proudest of is their Gloo Cannon. This is a gun that fires blobs of glue, which harden almost immediately. You can use this weapon to freeze the Typhon in place. The glue can also be used to fix parts of the ship and seal up hazards (like gas leaks). You can also use the Gloo Cannon to create small platforms, which can be jumped on in order to reach higher areas.
THE TIMELINE
The universe of Prey is set in an alternate timeline. In this world, John F. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt on his life in Dallas and he remained the President of the United States of America. As JFK was still in power, he drastically increased the funding to NASA and the Space Program. This is the reason that technology is so advanced in the Prey universe, even though the game is set in 2032. The human race is now a space-faring society, thanks to JFK’s influence and support.
Due to the increased importance of the ’60s as a decade in this timeline, there are still many remnants of its fashions within the design of the Talos I space station. The changing of the timeline has also allowed the developers to use more retro designs as part of the aesthetic of the game, as fashion developed in a much different way in this world.
THE TYPHON
An action video game isn’t going to get very far without enemies for you to fight. In the case of Prey, you will mostly be battling against a race of aliens, known as the Typhon. They had previously attacked the Talos I space station (when it was first created) and some of their species had been successfully captured. The TranStar corporation wanted to revive the long-abandoned study of the Typhon, which is what allowed them to develop the Neuromod. As you could probably guess, something went wrong and the Typhon have taken over the station. They are hunting the last few human beings that are still trapped on Talos I, one of whom is Morgan Yu.
There are numerous different kinds of Typhon in the game, who each possess different abilities. The smallest are the Mimics, who resemble crabs made of shadows. They can shapeshift into almost any item in the game, in order to get the drop on the player. The largest of the Typhon are known as Nightmares, which will require all of the firepower you have, in order to overcome them in combat.
The developers of Prey went to great lengths in order to create the Mimic Typhon. These are a breed of shapeshifting monsters that can look like almost any item in the world. This means that you can be attacked by a Mimic at any moment. You could be picking up some ammo or a healing item and have it turn into a Typhon, which will then try and eat your face.
THE PLAYER’S PATH
Prey intends to give the players numerous options on how they can complete the game. You can run into every room with a shotgun and blast everything that moves. If you want to avoid combat, then you can use stealth to hide from the Typhon. You also have a vast range of powers to choose from, which can alter how a battle plays out. If you want, you can use a combination of all of these methods, and do whatever you feel is necessary to overcome the situation. Prey is all about giving the player a choice about how they want to complete the game, with all of them being valid options.
THE MULTIPLE ENDINGS
The game will have multiple endings, with variations that are based on your actions throughout the story. There are two main endings to the game, which will be partly influenced by your interactions with the few other human survivors on the station. To what degree these actions will change the ending still remains to be seen.
The Prey Demo: Opening Hour puts you in the role of Morgan Yu, lead scientist aboard Talos I, working on a scientific breakthrough meant to alter humanity forever. What starts off as an exciting first day of work very quickly takes a dark turn. You find yourself alone on board Talos I, a lavish but abandoned interstellar research facility. Aliens have overrun the station and are hunting down any surviving crew members, including you. Should these creatures reach Earth, life as you know it will end. It’s up to you to uncover the mysteries of Talos I, fight the alien invasion and save humanity.
Finished the demo. Might be the opening hour but it took me just over 2.5 hours and I still have another objective yet to complete! There are certain areas inaccessible due to it being a demo but consider me impressed. It's like Dead Space meets Dishonored with a hint of Half-Life. I had fun and look forward to instabuying next week!
I can't complete that last objective. The area is not available to access in the demo. I've been playing for about 5 hours now just trying to explore everywhere and get into certain areas. I can't believe I missed the shotgun right at the entrance to the lobby lol. I only found it after backtracking hours later! The only thing I don't like is there is no actual aim function for gun weapons. Seems odd. I keep trying to pull L2 to aim down the sights. :/
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