Prey (2017) - Arkane Austin

EvaUnit02 on 4/8/2016 at 21:50

[video=youtube;LNHZ9WAertc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNHZ9WAertc[/video]

Yes, we live in a world where Chris Avellone is working on both a (http://www.pcgamesn.com/system-shock-kickstarter) System Shock direct remake and a (http://www.polygon.com/e3/2016/6/13/11919114/chris-avellone-prey-2-bethesda-arkane-studios) SS spiritual successor.

(Meanwhile OtherSide Austin and Warren Spector have (https://twitter.com/Warren_Spector/status/755370783262642176?lang=en) started pre-production on System Shock 3. Also Deus Ex 4 is less than a month away.)

Yakoob on 4/8/2016 at 23:00

Well if that wasn't a generic scifi trailer! but I like those viney-liquidy black monster things, hopefully they're more interesting than just "shoot shoot bam bam dead"

EvaUnit02 on 4/8/2016 at 23:26

Quote Posted by Yakoob

Well if that wasn't a generic scifi trailer! but I like those viney-liquidy black monster things, hopefully they're more interesting than just "shoot shoot bam bam dead"

Harvey Smith.

[video=youtube;-a5gHYm37eM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a5gHYm37eM[/video]

froghawk on 5/8/2016 at 05:04

Groundhog Day in Space: The Game

So yeah, it doesn't look like it has anything to do with Prey yet, but that trailer also showed basically nothing in terms of mechanics, so...

Jason Moyer on 20/8/2016 at 03:17

New footage. Looks good. It's a shame it will inevitably be unfairly compared to the non-gameplay cinematic trailer to a game that couldn't be completed on budget/on time/to the publisher's standards.

(https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/08/19/you-turn-into-a-mug-when-you-play-arkanes-prey/)

froghawk on 20/8/2016 at 06:12

Eh? There was quite a bit of P2 gameplay footage....

Jason Moyer on 20/8/2016 at 06:41

Yeah there was a bunch of gameplay footage of Colonial Marines and No Man's Sky, too. Vertical slices are fun.

Vivian on 20/8/2016 at 11:51

So this is their system shock analogue, a first person space horror. In which you can turn into a fucking mug? Does that really fit the tone? Bit more Red Dwarf than Alien. Which might not be a bad thing if that's what they go for, but going from previous stuff there is no way their writers could pull off a comedy.

Sulphur on 20/8/2016 at 12:06

It's too early to judge, well, anything, but that mimic ability is pretty weird, yeah. However, if they're going for a splash of Philip K. Dick with this -- and it looks like they are from the reveal trailer's tone -- this could work if they're exploring fractured mental state/reality dichotomies like he did.

Vivian on 20/8/2016 at 17:03

That DOES sound more interesting than the usual body horror stuff. Hmmm. Again though, writing really isn't their strong suit, and dick-style wierd shit isn't easy to write...