I remember when this game came out in 2006. People talked about it but it wasn't groundbreaking. HOLY FUCK the intro is good. The lightning is good. The animations are good. The level design ? The "gamefeel". Reminds me of the Darkness, Fear and Condemned.

I swear the closest thing to the time machine you can experience is to find a game from decades back that you should have played but didn't, it's so deeply emotional.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4HA3vUv2c

if you know you know

strong bump

I'm going through emotions one would rarely go through. Might as well share it with those who get where I'm coming from.

Lost skills
Lost technology

>>715694257
lost passion
lost audience

absolutely, absolutely....

It's goyslop
also it's woke

>>715693848 (OP)
it did portals before portal

I've been shilling it for years.
Fuck the "reboot".

>>715695447
...that's how I feel, but to be fair it was never meant to be rebooted and they were forced to use the name
>>715694516
>woke

yeah a bit, his grandfather is being a bit of a fag but a protag is likeable

doom 3 but good

>>715695854
as a DOOM 3 cultist I was surprised that I did NOT catch d3/q4 vibes

like I said it's more of a The Darkness feel for me, Dark Messiah too a little bit since some of the set pieces are so well done and it just...sells you what's going on

>>715693848 (OP)
>wasn't groundbreaking
Prey 1 has more innovation than every game from the last 10 years combined

>>715693848 (OP)
Oh this game was fucking awesome, I played it way back in the day.
The horror was on point, the visual design was amazing, the level design was fun, the story was cool.

>>715695950
>last 10 years

yeah no shit...that's not a bar to compared it against, everybody knows we live in very dark era, that's not what I was trying to get at. I'm just saying that the buzz around it back in '06 wasn't that strong

yeah it's solid, lots of cool gimmicks that don't overstate their welcome
best idtech 4 game I'd say

>>715695998
glad to finally be on board

damn it...I miss the energy and the vibe of '06-'08

>>715693848 (OP)
yeah, I enjoyed my first playthrough. the atmosphere of the game is really good.

>>715693848 (OP)
You should also play RUNE if you haven't. Another classic human head kino.

Walk through linear corridors while scripted cutscenes play: The Game

>>715696113
>I miss the energy and the vibe of '06-'08
Prey had been around since at least 95 and went through many engine changes and iteration not unlike duke nukem forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3iJHNW7YGY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMfen_wicEA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4jgh3VdNm4

>>715693848 (OP)
Great game. Lots of fun weapons, combine that with all the space-time-size-gravity fuckery happening and it makes for a hell of an experience.

The multiplayer was great too, I wonder if there's still a server going in some far-off corner of the internet.

>>715696032
It's crazy how much stuff from the 90-00s that was critically panned as derivative or mediocre at the time would be considered a bold and innovative masterpiece today. Really shows how far things have fallen.

I'd like more native american stuff in game that isn't just a bunch of boo hooing, all that culture and nobody can make a game from their monsters, deities or anything.

>>715696474
>make your passion project game you spend a decade on
>people love it
>Slopthesda approaches with the offer to publish the sequel
>then proceed to sabotage development and set unrealistic deadlines in an effort to finally make you cave and sell yourself to them
>eventually lost so much money on the game you have no option but to sell the IP to them
>your dream game gets cancelled, your IP gets shelved for almost a decade and then reused for a new game that has absolutely nothing to do with it just so Bethesda can keep the rights to the name
Such is the fate of all the good AA devs of the past

>>715696798
>all that culture
There really isn't that much.
>>715693848 (OP)
It's dripping with soul. I played it in 2008, and it became one of my fav FPS campaigns. People at the time were retards and didn't realize what it did well (handcrafted detail in most rooms and encounters, constant ideation, almost no "corridor with dudes" level design).

>>715696742
context is everything
we had an excessive number of good shooters back then, and the future seemed like it would flood us with more and more
sure, they were derivative and we criticised them for not innovating enough, but we didnt know the entire genre would regress with COD4 and the xbox 360 generation, and pretty much die with the ps4 generation
looking back, i dont think we were being too harsh, just that we overlooked many games that we would now like to play/replay because these games arent being made anymore

The actual gunplay, movement, enemy variety, and level design of Prey is underhwelming. This game is hyped too much. It's a typical shooter of its era but with cute gimmicks.

>>715697374
>movement
This is the only one you're correct about. The rest are peak.

>>715696371
I'll check it out, thanks for the recommendation

>>715697151
welll...many such cases unfortunately

command and conquer renegade essentially did battlefield 2042 but 10 times better 5 years earlier, and no one remember that game baka

>>715697269
cod and halo killed the FPS genre

>That scene where the ghosts posses the girl and she impales her brother on a fucking spike.
How the FUCK did they get away with that bros?

>>715697374
>It's a typical shooter of its era

a well done one, that's literally the appeal

>seamless transitions between level gimmicks within the same map WITHOUT hidden loading screens to boot
Entire console generations were marketed on nor having loading, muDOOM has hidden loading in the same map, Prey didn't.

>>715697858
nah, delta force, rainbow six, medal of honor, ghost recon, soldier of fortune, swat, and numerous other "realistic" shooters were already ruining the genre since the mid 90s
cod4 was the logical outcome after a decade of that trash

>>715697374
>>715697502
>movement
it's idtech and the movement is GOAT even if they tried to limit jump buffering like valve did with goldsrc/source games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xOlpiR7S5A
>>715697641
enclave might be worth checking out if you liked rune

>>715697858
Do you have a single fact to back that up?

>>715698012
having a niche vs completely taking over the genre for decades is not the same thing

the 90's had simcade (more so the cade than the sim but you get it) like MoH 2002 on PC, movement shooters like Q and Unreal, the autistic early hyperrealism attempts as you said, counter-strike, firearms (real if you remember), natural selection etc

the genre started to die in 2008 and was gone by 2015, even in the late 2000's we had plethora of choice no one was going hungry

I agree with your premise though

Man here I am deep in the middle of the night having one of my favorite emotional experiences (the pool of such games that can induce this feeling is limited) 5 or 6 days after the 19th birthday of this title

I remember myself in 2006...I remember how life was like and how this game was seldomly brought up after school

and I'm sharing this outburst with anons...what a bliss...again I think it's not about the game but more so about what playing it (and getting exactly what I wanted) represents.

>>715698012
remember in the mid 00's when a couple of vietnam war games all dropped at once and people were talking about vietnam war fatigue, seems quaint now

>>715697858
COD, yes, but HALO actually retained a lot of what made the genre good while simplifying movement and weapons only.

>>715698391
>talking about vietnam war fatigue

I do NOT recall that, I do recall most titles being mid though, picrel was absolutely amazing though, very underrated

>>715694516
and it reddit and tranny too

>*(Don't Fear) the Reaper* starts playing

>>715698518
I remember it in gaming magazines, a couple I remember shellshock, conflict Vietnam, men of valor, battlefield Vietnam

>>715693848 (OP)
sphincter kino
>A24

We didn't know how good we had it

Thankfully our corporate Masters are looking out for us so all new games are safe scary, safe horny, safe controversial

>>715698391
>>715698518
i tried some of the vietnam/pacific theater games
hated every single one of them
enemy AI shooting me through bushes from a mile away while im trying to spot the camouflaged fucks was absolutely infuriating
moh pacific assault might be my most hated moh game for that reason

>>715694516
No. Also, great game. Multiplayer was great too. Had portal mechanics before Valve's Portal.

>>715699320
moh pacific assault really fucked up the basics (terrible movement and less than stellar gunplay although the gunplay wasn't bad) and useless squad command mechanic (the medic one was cool) but yeah...moh pacific assault was a high effort fumble

alright I'm off to bed. Almost through the crash site

>>715699406
Kek at the fag who wrote this checklist lumping white in with asian. so racism is cool and based except against asians because you love your animes.

>>715700027
Anime haters don't belong here.

>>715699106
Yeah I'm glad I can enjoy my vagina doors.

>>715693848 (OP)
Been ages since I played this game. As someone who doesn't care about the story in games, I remember the ending actually managed to draw me in a lot actually.

I might look up a playthrough on Youtube to "re-experience" the game.

>>715700189
that is not how a vagina looks like, anon
but a urinary meatus...

Those ufo radio bits with that now dead DJ/radio host are the most nostalgic for me

>>715693848 (OP)
Can anyone recommend a good video so I can watch the cutscenes and story?

>>715700027
No, because commie wokes consider Whites and Asians the same. Die.

>>715700712
Just play the game zoomnigger.

>>715701563
how? it doesn’t exist on any store

>>715701708
Get an Xbox 360 and a copy of the game from ebay. Either that or get a reseller key from G2A or Kinguin like I did years ago.

>>715701708
type "prey steam key" in google
go to one of the key reseller websites
???
play game

>Prey keys up to $150-$160
Ohnononono...

>>715702027
Could be worse, you could pay $8,000+ for a Wolfenstein 2009 key.

>>715702027
>paying for abandonware

Just pirate it nigga

>>715702027
but they are as low as 3 euros
also those prices are for whitewashing

>>715702259
Prey 2006, dipshit.

>>715693848 (OP)
This game was pretty shit, like doom 3,nothing soulful about this crap

>>715696464
This

>>715693848 (OP)
>Darkness
>Fear
>Condemned
>Prey
Literally 4 of my top 20 favorite games from that generation

>>715693848 (OP)
Prey is great, only the native spirit shit is a little gay.

>>715700189

>>715701124
Since when? I've heard of two woke POC camps, one that includes blacks only, and another that includes blacks, asians, hispanics, arbs, and everything else besides white. I've never heard of the "everyone except white and east asian" category.

>>715702397
yes, anon, you can get prey 2006 for 3 euros
fucking christ, are 12 year olds so bad at using google nowadays?

>>715703715
So we're just going to pretend asians have it as easy as any other minority while applying to college now?

>>715700608
You can say his name. Art Bell

>>715704318
Loved that guy, always listened to him late night on AFRTS and not just because it was the only english language station.

>>715693848 (OP)
>The "gamefeel". Reminds me of the Darkness, Fear and Condemned.
i want this feel to come back desu
it was fucking peak
some AA developers out there need to begin mimic and ape the shit out of it

>>715696464
Ah, so it inspired FEAR then?

>>715693848 (OP)
>>715696989
I'm still pissed it got canned
https://youtu.be/jfHCZAK7p-s?si=dm9QJ7RUJ9zzOwn-

>>715693848 (OP)
>Just started my first playthrough
Based. Keep playing

>>715702027
It's abandomware and the OFFICIAL patch removes the DRM so you don't even need a crack.

>>715693848 (OP)
>>715695923
>>715695854
Aye, Fellow Doom 3 users.


OKAY

SO LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

PREY 2 2006 SEQUEL IS COMPLETE
IT HAS LEAKED ONLINE.

NO I WON'T LEAK IT. HAS BEEN LEAKED FOR MANY YEARS NOW, IT'S GOOD ALTHOUGH BUGGY

SEARCH IT YOU WILL FIND..

>>715704013
Gentile Whites have it harder than Asians though. Jewish admissions are counted as White.

>>715703836
nope those are all links to the nu prey actually.
please stop being a cunt and actually check whatever trash you found on allkeyshop or similar. if you actually found something valid, please post.

>>715701897
>>715702027
>>715701901
>spoonfeeding zoomies and alphies
>not just mentioning abandonware
>knowing they won't have it in them to download and install the most basic of programs

>>715693848 (OP)
This was my first ever 1080p game, I grew up a poor fag and my dad somehow managed to get like this 200 pound 1080p CRT monitor. Best picture I ever saw in my life

>>715693848 (OP)
I just downloaded a shit load of old Art Bell shows from a FTP archive. I still remember how fucking blown away I was when I heard him in game.

Wtf is this thread
>>715698385
lmao

The MC looks badass, character design is a lost skill from a forgotten age

>>715700608
Yes. Exactly.

>>715702928
brother ?

>>715693848 (OP)
This game was so damn good. I'll never forgive them for canceling the sequel and letting Arkane make that soulless dogshit reboot.

>>715702091
Thank fuck I still have my 360. I picked a copy of that game up last year for $12, and it was a ton of fun.

>>715695447
Based. That Arkane game was boring trash and I hate every single tranny that pretends it was good.

>>715693848 (OP)
>wasn't groundbreaking
The physics/engine tricks were, there's still nothing like that.

>>715720710
Tbh sequel would've probably sucked one way or another, I think it's good Prey remained a single game

>>715718705
fucking same man...

good luck with everything anon, you sound like a man of supreme taste

This thread restored a little hope I had in gamers. You all have pretty good taste and I appreciate the thread.
Think i'll play second sight now, I always wanted to play prey and second sight to completion after playing a demo as a child.
I got a lot of other games I wanted to finish too that I only got to play the demo.

>>715697858
>cod gets endless clones that flood the market
>the first actual halo clone, splitgate, came out 18 years after halo itself
Not even saying Halo was good, but I never understood why it gets all the blame.

It's not even that good
Like i can't even name one good thing except for some of the level designs

>>715727459
but enough about doom eternal, let's return to discussing how lucky we are to have a generational context when games delivered were truly "Next-Gen" in every sense of that word

boomp

Bump. Does it run ok on modern equipment?

>>715693848 (OP)
The bloody ambiance and themes were fun and new at the time.

>>715730508
It does ! I'm on W11

I will give you detailed instructions in a moment

>>715730508
I went to myabandonedware

I downloaded the pack that says "Repack by MagiPack (includes all required fixes)"

unzip and run the installation file (make sure to know where you are installing it to) then go the directory you installed into right click the CoDSP go to properties and check "high DPI scale override" perfumed by "application", if you don't preform this step the mouse coursor won't appear after you change the resolution/ratio

I changed my resolution (2560x1600) in the config file it was like "set custom width" and "custom height" in the cfg file

very easy took maybe a minute but the DPI thing was only mentioned in the myabandonware comments and there was nothing on it in the PCgamingwiki so keep that in mind

>>715693848 (OP)
Really cool game.