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[Skalpadda]

GOG are having a big Bethesda sale.

Should I buy Prey? It kind of sailed me by when it was released. Seems like the kind of thing I might enjoy, but the things I’ve read about it haven’t managed to give a very good idea of how it plays.

[The_Velour_Fog]

one of my favourite games of the last 5 years, for what thats worth

1st person immersive sim i think these things are called? Guns n’ abilities like Bioshock/System Shock but you can stealth if you choose. Also some light crafting. And…enemies which can mimic other in game objects, which is obviously fun…

Right up my alley basically

[BillButNotBen]

Speaking of which, Katherine points out:

you’ll also be able to grab the original Quake for free during Quakecon At Home itself. All you need to do is log into Bethesda.net and add it to your account between Friday August 7th (when Quakecon begins) and Sunday August 9th (when it ends), and it’s yours to keep. This version will be exclusive to Bethesda’s launcher

I’ve lost track of my Quake CDs, despite having it installed on every PC I’ve owned for the past x years… so my current PC is the first one without it.
There were a couple of cool sounding Quake mods featured on RPS that I fancied trying, so hopefully this will allow for that.

I kinda fancy some mindless shooting.

[TheDreamlord]

Should I buy Prey?

Yes, it’s rather good. You said you really liked Dishonored in the last few days, so I think you will like Prey too.

[Aitrus]

the things I’ve read about it haven’t managed to give a very good idea of how it plays.

Not sure exactly what information you’re looking for, but I’d say it plays like an exploration game - the meat of the game (in my opinion) is the opening up of areas, finding pathways, and uncovering the narrative. There are powers and tools you can use to aid exploration in different ways. It’s a lot of fun.

[Skalpadda]

Thanks, I’d basically just read Walker’s RPS review and some random chatter about it. Gathered that the exploration was good, it has some immersive sim elements (but not much about what those are in practice), that the combat may or may not be annoying (I don’t always agree with John on stuff like that) and the story is good but the ending is crap. The trailer I saw also didn’t have much to say other than stuff is weird and you shoot things, maybe glue them to walls? Maybe it’s just a hard game to sum up. I could go look at a let’s play for a bit, but it seems the sort of thing you don’t want to spoil for yourself.

Yes, it’s rather good. You said you really liked Dishonored in the last few days, so I think you will like Prey too.

Yeah the devs are definitely in my good books.

Anyway bought it, it’s very cheap and looks at least to be interesting so why not.

[Similar]

I bounced off both, so there’s probably something to that.

[chopper]

Thanks, I’d basically just read Walker’s RPS review and some random chatter about it. Gathered that the exploration was good, it has some immersive sim elements (but not much about what those are in practice), that the combat may or may not be annoying (I don’t always agree with John on stuff like that) and the story is good but the ending is crap. The trailer I saw also didn’t have much to say other than stuff is weird and you shoot things, maybe glue them to walls? Maybe it’s just a hard game to sum up. I could go look at a let’s play for a bit, but it seems the sort of thing you don’t want to spoil for yourself.

Combat is a wee bit annoying at the very start, with small enemies skittering about, but once you get one of the guns with a bit of spread, that ceases to be an issue. These enemies don’t do a lot of damage anyway, so it is nuisance factor more than anything.

The Gloo Gun and the rubber dart gun are really tools, not guns, and shouldn’t be used on enemies.

Ending is great, but definitely marmite.

I’m in the camp of admiring but not loving the Dishonored games (finished both); loved Prey and it’s DLC, though I played the demo for Prey and thought it was not my cup of tea and put off buying the game for a long while.

Edit: one slightly frustrating aspect is that the first several upgrades are very underwhelming, but stick with it and you’ll be rewarded.

[Bobtree]

Should I buy Prey?

Prey is very good, but Mooncrash is incredible.

[chopper]

So much this ^^

A fantastic piece of game design. Mooncrash was my 2018 GOTY.

[Sarfrin]

I played the demo for Prey and thought it was not my cup of tea

Same here. Maybe I should reconsider (I did like Dishonored, although it took me a couple of goes to get into it).

[chopper]

I was thinking about it earlier, and it was actually a few hours into the game before it clicked for me. I was gurning my way through it, getting stressed out a bit, and all of a sudden the penny dropped. It’s the only time that’s happened in a game for me, I think, so I can’t blame anyone for not getting on with it.

I think it was that the story suddenly got very interesting at that point that won me over, and then I really enjoyed the rest (possibly I also realised how I should be playing the game).

But yeah, I played the demo and dropped it for six months. Definitely one to consider revisiting!

[LTK]

There were a couple of cool sounding Quake mods featured on RPS that I fancied trying, so hopefully this will allow for that.

I kinda fancy some mindless shooting.

An excellent plan, but given that you can get Quake for a pittance on both Steam and gog, I’d personally just buy it on either of those instead of faffing about with yet another launcher.

The recent Quake mod that caught my attention was Arcane Dimensions, and it’s incredible. I’ve played a lot of retro FPS games in the past year or so - Strafe, Project Warlock, Ziggurat, Hedon, Void Bastards and Dusk - and none of them have gotten even close to how much fun I had with Arcane Dimensions. The quantity, quality and variety it provides blows everything else out of the water. Buy Quake and download AD, it’ll be the best €1.50 you’ll ever spend.

[BillButNotBen]

You make a good point, though I think I already have the Bethesda launcher… for some reason I no longer remember.

The problem with the ‘it’s just $1/50’ / ‘it’s just a cup of coffee’ argument is that there are a bunch of other games that are also in that price range that I also want. And coffee.

Arcane Dimensions was definitely the main mod I wanted to try.

[LTK]

The problem with the ‘it’s just $1/50’ / ‘it’s just a cup of coffee’ argument is that there are a bunch of other games that are also in that price range that I also want. And coffee.

Well, look at it this way. You already know Quake is a great game, so it’s a far wiser purchasing decision than buying something that you think is great, but might not be.

[BillButNotBen]

Well, look at it this way. You already know Quake is a great game, so it’s a far wiser purchasing decision than buying something that you think is great, but might not be.

The other way to look at it is that I already own Quake… somewhere… if I can be bothered to find the disks… but I don’t already own those games. And I know coffee is great.

[Blackice]

Wilmot’s Warehouse is now free on Epic, along with something called 3 out of 10, EP 1: “Welcome To Shovelworks”

Next week is Remnant: From the Ashes and The Alto Collection.

Also on the same day as these two (the 13th) Total War Saga : Troy launches and is free for the first 24 hours.

[Kiril]

Next week is Remnant: From the Ashes

Remnant is a nice surprise for next week, I have had my eye on it, but I bounce off souls like very easy so was waiting for a bundle or it to go well under the €20 mark.

[TheDreamlord]

Damn. I bought Remnant a couple of months ago.

[Sarfrin]

Damn. I bought Remnant a couple of months ago

I bought Watch Dogs 2 in a sale about a week before Ubi announced they were giving it away.