- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (Limited gameplay);
- Operating system: Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: June 21, 2006
- Total Downloads: 305,020
- Downloads last week: 77
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 42 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Nearly a decade in the making, this first-person shooter built off the Doom 3 engine isn't likely to reinvent the genre, but it's still a great-looking game with enough gameplay twists to make the action interesting. The demo is very large and has rather high system requirements, but if you have the bandwidth, the firepower, and a tolerance for mature content, this download gives you a great look at the beginning of the full game.
The demo starts at what appears to be the beginning of the game. You are Tommy, a garage mechanic looking to leave the Cherokee reservation behind...if only your girlfriend, Jen, would let you. A dramatic abduction traps you, Jen, and your grandfather aboard a hostile alien craft with little explanation about your predicament. Armed only with a wrench, you must learn the aliens' deadly plan and destroy them all to save the planet.
Overall, the game looks fantastic, rivaling Half-Life 2 for character expression and reaction. Sound effects and visual details add nice touches, especially the Art Bell broadcast from the spaceship's radio, and the bad classic rock on the bar jukebox. Alien portals spawn enemies from nowhere, and little details like conveyor belts, health-spewing spores, and worm-like doors make the spaceship a unique environment for exploration and combat.
Publisher's description
From 2K Games :CNET Editor's Note: This game is intended for adult audiences only. It contains graphic violence and profane language.
Prey tells the story of Tommy, a Cherokee garage mechanic stuck on a reservation going nowhere. Abducted along with his people to a menacing mothership orbiting Earth, he sets out to save himself and his girlfriend and eventually his planet.
In Prey, players enter a living spaceship that enslaves alien races and devours humans for lunch. Prey turns the first-person-shooter genre upside-down with new gameplay features like wall-walking and gravity flipping, making for intense single- and multiplayer experiences. Prey is built on a heavily modified version of Doom 3 engine and is developed by Human Head Studios under the direction of 3D Realms.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.4 stars out of 42 votes
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18 out of 19 people found this review helpful
Version: Prey demo
Pros: Wow i put this in and the stuff you are able to do is amazingly original. The graphics are great, and the puzzles are easy but like half life, a good change in pace and the weapons are alien but have a human feel. The wall walking is also very fun to sneek up on enemies, and the portals are amazing and thee are no load times beteween them. I highly recommend this game to anyone who has played half life or halo or any other brand name game.
Cons: Big download time.
System requirments.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Prey demo
Pros: It has a cool story-line, and great graphics. The weapons are sweet too. Challenging puzzles make it more than just a run-and-gun.
Cons: It's a bit too much like like D3 and HL2. Also, the "M" rating is there for a reason...
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Prey demo
Pros: With a good computer and a very expensive graphics card you can get this game up and running and you'd be having your self some fun. This game has great single player missions and multiplayer games.
Cons: The bad thing is that if you dont have a good graphics card then your in for a very sluggish experience. But if you have a good one then you wont have any problems at all.
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14 out of 14 people found this review helpful
Version: Prey demo
"Exciting twist on the FPS Genre"
Pros: --Great use of the DOOM 3 engine
--Realistic physics
--Good story that I predict develops into something epic.
--Haunting atmosphere
--Amazing use of gravity effects and real-time portals to build one-of-a-kind puzzles and gun fights.
--All around original ideas (i.e. most everything is living including the levels and weapons).
Cons: --The game lacks a pistol-type weapon (semiautomatic, high accuracy) for all of us headshot freaks who like to conserve ammo.
--"Run & Gun" gameplay through-and-through. No real options for sneeking if you favor a stealth character (except in Spirit Mode, which works partly as a stealth alternative).
--Keep it away from the young kids (harsh language, strong violence, and disturbing images).
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Prey demo
Pros: very interesting plot
don't neeed the best video card - work perfect (hi settings - 1280x1024) on radeon x850xt
everything else that can possibly be
Cons: kind of easy
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