This is sleeper GOTY and best Arkane game. You can hate on bethesda

Okay but no one shares you view.

>>377410867
best Arkane game is still Ark's Fatalis

>>377410867
probably my least favorite arkane game after the first dishonored, but its still a solid 8.5 which is makes it my current goty

>>377410867
Their best game is Arx.

>>377411030
My brother from another mother

>>377410867
I pirated it.

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>>377411154
Is that shit really better than Kicking Simulator 2K6?

>>377411337
i cant even name another game that could even fill my underground life needs as Arx Fatalis

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>>377411030
True, I hope all the references in Prey to it are an indication that they will do a sequel.
But I fear they will butcher it because they still haven't learned to ignore shitty playtesters and just pave their own fucking way instead.
>cut oxygen system, weapon degradation, trauma system and cool special weapon because of them

All playtesters need to be hanged.

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>>377411489
Aren't they bringing all those back as DLC though? paid of course

>>377411489
>weapon degradation

Yeah, such a FUN mechanic

>>377411786
yes if its done right aka FarCry2, Stalker

shit i still miss FarCry2 weapon jams from other games

>>377411489
Todd wont allow them to make a better fantasy game than TES.

>>377411835
Stalker's system is busywork, and is in there to prevent you getting a billion rubles 20 minutes into the game because of all the weapon drops. Neither of which matter in Prey.

FarCry is just indefensible bullshit.

>>377411835
>done right aka FarCry2
>every single weapon you pick up from an enemy jams in 2 seconds

nope

>>377410867
The best Arkane game is still painfully mediocre.

>>377411337
nope

>>377411489
Even with all that shit cut there's still a fair amount of turbocasuals moaning about how tough the game is

>>377411337
DM started out as sequel to it, then for whatever reason got turned into a linear action game in ther M&M universe.
The only thing DM does better is the melee combat which is a straight upgrade, everything else is lacking.
We nee a Arx 2 with that combat and travel bewteen different cities.

>>377410867
arkane has never made a good game
NEVER

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>>377413642
>arkane has never made a good game

erm, sweetie they have

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>>377413874
Two good games.
And some mediocre ones.

>>377410867
thats not prey, thats bioshock/dudesex mashup

>>377414420
Prey > Prey

>>377413874
>>377414251
Dishonored and Prey are better
>>377414420
>thats not prey
It is, stay mad.

>>377410867
I don't know if it's Arkane's best, but I never really liked Dishonored too much, Arx Fatalis was good for its time
Dark Messiah was a technical mess

yeah, Prey is probably Arkane's best, solid 8 imo

>>377411230

Same. Re-downloading it though since CPY did a release. Also the NPCs didn't talk. They just moved around with stoic faces.

>>377410867
This game is absolute shit and I fucking hate Arkane studios. The most overhyped developer of this past generation. Dishonored was an absolute joke and even the sequel was trash. The original prey was mediocre as fuck, but it was at least more interesting than this generic pile of garbage. Fuck everyone that bought this game and continues to support this trash developer.

>>377410867
I would like this game if the characters didn't look like rats. Had the same issue with dishonored.

>>377417047
>Arkane
>overhyped

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>>377413543
>Arx sequel with a large, seamless underground world ready to be explored right from the get-go with no loading screens and Dark Messiah combat plus Prey levels of player agency

>>377417596
>enjoying mediocre gameplay

Kys

Game is great fun, but I wish there was more interaction with the station's inhabitants

Just went through the crew quarters and thought it was one of the funnest parts of the game just because there were actual people there you could interact with. Even the little love story between Danielle Sho and her gf was well done. People freed from a telepath also just fall unconscious and disappear when you come back later. A system similar to Dead Rising's saferoom would have been nice, of course escorting people would be optional

I just helped those survivors with the turrets, game is getting tedious, i haven't been challenged since i found the shotty and i play with no powers. Shit is fucking boring, am i close to the end ? Cos i'm pretty close to dropping it.

Level design is really good
Sound design is great
Graphics are pretty nice
Combat is mediocre
Stealth system sucks ass

>>377410867
>based
Dishonored 2 was one of the worst PC ports last year.
Void engine is also pure trash.

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>>377417047
this post

ex employee maybe

>>377411786
>weapon degradation
They'd probably just make it so you can duct tape 2 weapons together and keep the mods of the one with higher mods.

>>377414513
It literally isn't, Arkane said as much. There's a short interview with the game director stating that they never intended on making a proper prey game, and that it was Bethesda's choice.
He also said the game was inspired by dudesex and system shock.

>>377418495
There's even more in cargo bay I believe, with that security chick. You can kill her and take her pass, just checked. If you use Q-BEAM her head will explode.

SO SO FAST
THE SAILING SHIPS

This is probably the only game where I uttered the words, "I wish there were more human enemies." I really want to mind-fuck some humans and I thought they'd be with Dahl but nope, more operators.

>>377418495
I thought the love story was super forced. On the plus side, the game opens up a little bit soon and you actually meet some NPCs who don't just fall unconscious and then disappear forever.

>>377419605
>human enemies

That would have been great

Would have been nice if the telepath victims didn't shuffle around but ran and used guns, pipes etc. Maybe keep the head exploding thing if they manage to close the distance with you.

>>377419605
It's really dumb, especially because mindjack makes the possessed humans completely trivial to deal with.

It would have been neat if the survivors grouped up and actually tried to attack you if you were a dick and killed some NPCs, or went too Typhon.

first Prey was awesome. loved the music.

>>377419863
It's be cool if their behavior changed based on how close they are to the Telepath. Like the ones closer have a stronger link to the Telepath and that allows it to better control the human to use weapons and shit. Whereas the further the victim strays the weaker the signal becomes and they're basically the kamikaze zombies.

>>377419921
>music
>first prey
What music?

>>377420197
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg

>>377419605
There's a possibility they may have some DLC that give you just that.
Huntress Boltcaster Assassin game as a DLC scenario you can play.

>>377419742
I wouldn't say it was forced, maybe 'forced' in that you were required to listen to their story to complete the voice synthesizing quest rather than finding out about them through your own exploration of the station.

But Ape Escape 4 isn't even out yet

It's pretty good but wrench feels unsatisfying.

>>377420451
>[squeaking intensifies]

>>377420454
That's why it felt forced. It's also annoying that they get like 6-7 audio logs devoted to them when the eventual pay-off is so lame, one dead in a freezer and one freezing in space.

There wasn't even a satisfying conclusion to the chef, that whole quest line was just dull.

>>377420451
>When the words line up just right by accident
Good feel.
>>377420602
Imagine getting to clear the Lobby and a few adjoining areas, your enemies falling over "dead" if you ping them with a single bolt, but game over if you get pinged as well. And before everything went to shit.

>>377410867
"Sleeper GOTY" is code for "shit game".

>Good developers making quality games practically held hostage by one of the shittiest publishers imaginable

I expect Id, MachineGames and Arkane to be fucked over Bethesda every day of my waking life. Human Head Studios was already raped into submission.

>>377411489
>all the references in Prey to it
Examples?

>>377420404
It plays in the intro for less than a minute. Good song, not my favorite BoC song though. I don't remember a single thing about the rest of the game's soundtrack.

>>377420826
Bethesda feeds them decent money. Seems to be working well for them so far.

>>377420826
>shittiest publishers
But they're not being published by EA, that which devours all who join with it.
Popcap games is next to get destroyed.

>>377421024
>Examples?
Look closer into the D&D group

Their map for example is the Arx map

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>>377410867
>GOTY
>That dumpster fire ending
Literally brings it down from a 9/10 to a 7/10. Will never ever play it again for that alone. If Chris Avellone was involved in that ending he's permanently outed himself as a god awful hack.

>>377421024
>Examples?
I don't have a screenshot but those Fatal Fortress character sheets used the skill icons from Arx Fatalis as well as the game's text font.

>Arkane makes GOTY for 2016 and 2017

Impressive

>>377421219
Sorry but Doom was GOTY 2016.

>>377420532
This game really needed good melee, but it just sucks total dick.

Where the fuck is my laser sword? My crystal shard? My dragon tooth? For some retards who claimed to be inspired by DX and SS, they sure didn't understand those games at all.

>>377421168
Try paying attention to the thousands of clues they threw at you throughout the game.

>>377420826
>shittiest publishers imaginable
That's not EA, SE or Activison.
>>377421024
Shit-ton of Fatal Fortress characters

>>377418890
>Sound design is great
I disagree. I thought the sound design in this game was fucking garbage. Every time I encountered enemies I wanted to take off my headphones. Also there was A LOT of situations, where some creepy, intense or dramatic music starts playing and nothing fucking happens.

>>377420826
>shittiest publisher
kek Bethesda is one of the best. Not saying, much given the nature of how shitty publishers are, but who else would give a DOOM reboot, a Thief homage, and a System Shock homage AAA funding? Those are all huge risks.

>Human Head Studios was already raped into submission.
Oh, that's why. You're one of those people who think not having a playable demo after 10 years of taking Bethesda money is okay.

>>377411489

That's what you get when publishers strongarm bullshit focus groups which exist solely to make them more accessible.

>>377422656

>Doom

>Huge risk

Stop being retarded.

>>377422818
>DOOM remake in 2016
>not a huge risk
Sure, senpai.

>>377410867
>This is sleeper GOTY and best Arkane game.
you're not wrong. It's my GOTY by a mile for capturing the System Shock 1 vibe so perfectly.

Even if the enemies were stupid as hell this game is perfect in every other regard.

>>377422818
The original iteration of D44M was in development hell for however many years and must've eaten up a lot of shekels before it got shitcanned, despite that they let id start over completely from scratch, how is that not risky?

>>377422656
What's hilarious is that all of those games are just reboots, which is the exact same cancer Hollywood is doing.

If any of those games were even 1/10th as good as the games they're knocking off, then I'd consider them a passable publisher.

But they aren't, all these titles are just trash developed for the braindead console shooter audience.

>>377423136
>He didn't like new DOOM

Ya okay, we get it. Your a super hardcore gamer who has such refined tastes he hates everything.

>>377423109
Because DOOM was the biggest name in gaming 23 years ago duh don't you know 99% of the average gamer base has never played the original and its style of gameplay had been dead for over 10 years? Stop being retarded.

>>377418495
I actually really like this because I was checking the security logs all game for living employees and finally getting to the crew quarters only to find all of them being mind controlled zombies was a nice twist.

>>377410867
I don´t buy new game at all. they all have at least some sjw crap in them nowdays which I don´t want to support with my money. I would especially never buy a new Arkane game after all the sjw crap in Dishonored 2

>>377423235
Nu-Doom is pretty much my litmus test for idiocy these days, anyone who considers it a worthy successor to the name isn't worth talking to.

>>377423351
I love video games. Not so keen on interactive experiences and arena shooters though.

>>377421168
>First major character you meet is a copy of Morgan's consciousness
>He still thought he was the real Morgan

wew

>>377423441
D44M is better than DOOM in every regard, and DOOM was the first video game I played. Some people aren't autistic enough to live their life through nostalgia goggles.

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>>377417047
>people actually get this asspained at a super specific developer rather than companies like EA or Ubisoft

I would ask for a reason but it's just going be something super nitpicky and autistic

>>377423441
I think that D44M is a fun shooter in the same vein as Painkiller, do I pass or fail the idiot test?

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>>377410867
>>377410978
I'M SPARTICUS

>>377423758
I'd hesitate to call it fun, but that's personal opinion.

My biggest issue with D44M is that it pretends to be Doom, but it's actually just painkiller/serious sam. What links those 2 series? They were both made for fucking no money, and being simplistic is part of their charm.

D44M pretends it's an AAA title. Which makes the fact it relies on knocked-off, very cheap mechanics, so incomprehensible. If D44M had come out in 2004, it would have been mocked and ignored in favor of Painkiller, which is a far more fun title that even has physics gimmicks that are totally lacking from a title released in 2016. It doesn't even approach the strategy level of Serious Sam, and its on-screen enemy count is an absolute joke.

D44M is the worst arena shooter I've played, which is really a testament to how shit Bethesda and Nu-ID are. How can you fuck up that badly on such a cheap, easy genre?

>>377424414
I think a lot of the problems with D44M stem from its troubled development, they essentially had to piece together an entirely new game within 2 or so years from the scraps of the cowadoody clone they were originally working on

>>377424414
>It doesn't even approach the strategy level of Serious Sam


you mean, let's lock the player into a huge room and throw enemies at him from every corner of the map?

such great level design, truly a work of art, requires the great circle-strafe strategy to beat it

>>377410867
>system shock #17
>has nothing to do with Prey
It's shit and so is arkane

Do you guys thinks System Shock 3 and kikestarter reboot will be better? I doubt it

>>377425560
System Shock 3 was announced almost 2 years ago, yet according to Warren Spector recently it's barely in pre-production (i.e. it's vaporware at this point)

The remake is being developed for consoles with a kickstarter budget, let that sink in

>>377411489
They're adding all that shit in a patch later down the road