Prey

They did manage to make a lot of people think that Radeon Vega will come out alongside this game. Associating your launch with a highly anticipated hardware release sends a strong message on the confidence they have in the GPUs and the confidence AMD has in their game. That is if it's true.

If it isn't it still genius, it attracts free publicity.

Any thoughts ?

I think its really great in terms of gameplay and story but techically it's really buggy at launch.

The game freezes every time I make graphical changes although they are not many you can change anyways.

It seems to be running poorly in terms of the quality what I'm seeing, altought I have a old GPU the game still looks a bit dated compared to other games. But then again it seems all the lighting is dynamic and my GPU is just running out of VRAM.

My Steam controller does not work it just does not register any inputs.

All I read is people saying that it reminds them of System Shock 2, Bioshock, and Half-Life and that it runs really well. So I bought it. I have paid 0 attention to this game but reading those reviews made me get it. LETS GO BABY.

Ok can confirm it reminds me 100% of Bioshock, Half-Life, Portal, and System Shock 2. The first words you hear are the exact same tone as the Half-Life 1 tram ride. I'm still kinda salty that it isn't the space bounty hunter Prey we got teased with years ago but this so far is really good! I've already jumped out of my seat, that doesn't happen often.

I like how the game only gives you a few guns to damage the enemies. It forces you to get creative and plan how to deal with the bigger aliens using the environment. Every encounter with the aliens at the beginning feels really scary especially with the bigger ones. Luring them into my turret buddies is so satisfying.

It turned out I had to manipulate the config file to enable steam controller

I've played for about 3 hours and I'm now terrified of everything. I'm constantly hitting stuff with my wrench to make sure they're not Mimics. Trash can in the corner? Whack it. Oh, it's nothing and I feel relieved. But then the health pack on the ground next to it attacks me and I have genuine jump scare. Seconds later, my desk light flickers and I instantly smack it against the floor. Great game!

My friend asked me why I carry a gun around the house now. I said it is for the mimics.

He laughed

I laughed.

The coffee cup laughed.

I shot the coffee cup.

My only complaint so far from a technical standpoint is the mouse acceleration that I can't turn off, not even in the .ini file. I was also surprised to learn this is running on cryengine.

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But how do you know one of those isn't a mimic mimicking the not a mimic?

recommended buy?

Yesp.

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I just found this area and I swear one of those fuckers was a mimic.

This game is incredible.

I am hoping this gets a slight discount in the summer sale, then I will pick it up.

DraQu speedrun in under 20min. Not sure how you can figure out all those shortcuts but it's crazy. He did also a lot of speedruns for DOOM.

Impressive intro! A bit confusing navigating some of the levels, and a bit underwhelming rewarding of exploration right now, but I'm still very early in. Combat kinda sucks.

This game is quite immersive.

Yeah, it's really up to the player to keep combat interesting. You have a lot of toys to play with, but if you keep doing the same thing then yeah, the combat sucks.

The game does have one of the best realized worlds I've ever seen in a game. The graphics are so so, but the unique art style and original interior design give it a refreshing look. Plus, everything has a logical place making Talos 1 more than a mere game world. It looks and feels like a functional place.