Anyone remember that old 3dr game called prey?

Moz

http://www.prey.com/comingsoon.html

Holy crap, between now and when DNF was started, a freaken game was cancelled and now it's back in the works.

I give it another 7 years and 3 engine changes before prey comes out either.

Madness.

rooster

huh I remember that.. cool. Werent they supposed to be the pioneers of portal technology? then it died and QIII took the title.

If that is an advert its a damn confusing one.. someone please cut the ad execs coke dosage quick..

Moz

3drealms have a forum up for it now

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php?Cat=0&Board=prey

It's being developed by Human head and is using the DOOM 3 engine.
Also june issue of PCGAMER has a preview for it suppostly and a preview for DNF (which is obviously a blatant lie because DNF doesn't exist.)

Vermeulen

I read the pcgamer article, and it really is a disappointment. It looks more like doom3 than quake4, which is pretty bad.
Why can't someone use that engine for more than the grey alien sci fi style, I really wouldn't be able to tell if they just used the doom3 textures for the prey screens. It just looked like new monsters in the same old levels (altho, the prey monsters look awesome)

Moz

well it's all nostalgia for me, same reason why I'll by DNF, it wont be any good, but fuck, I've waited 10 year for it.
OLD Screenshots:





Hard to imagine these were once the top of the line. Man, those were the days.

sundance

DNF? duke nukem forever? i thought that was a myth like atlantis, the loch ness monster or the female orgasm or something...

Moz

DNF is more like outsourcing and santa claus, they don't exist.

KDR_11k

+++ Duke Nukem Forever gone Gold! +++ Weapons of Mass Destruction found in Iraq! +++ Osama Bin Laden surrenders! +++ Devil reporting subzero temperatures! +++

ScoobyDoofus

I remember anxiously waiting for this game. I was soo excited for this title.
I still occasionally look at the Prey screenies on the Duke3D CD!

This thread prompted me to read some articles on the history of this game, and its development. After reading Tom Halls original idea for this game, I can only say THANK GOD it got cancelled then. It really sounded stupid.
Hopefully Human Head has buffed it up quite a bit.

acc

Great, so now we have three games using that engine which look exactly the same.

cholden

Here's a link to the new prey shots
http://gamemag.ru/?act=showart&id=11003

rooster

yay.. portals!

JKim3

Whoa...... Hey, Scoob. Do you have a link to what Tom Hall's original idea was for Prey? I'd like to see what his abilities as a designer are like.

MoP

Hey look, it's the Doom3 maps with different monsters in. Goddamn it, did id write a clause into the Doom3 engine license saying that any game made with the Doom3 engine must look identical to Doom3? Or is that just the licensees' lack of originality?

Bradfordart

The last screenshot looks pretty original to me, but I'd have to agree some of those monsters resemble Doom3 to a large extent - the characters really dominate those screenshots so it's hard to say what the environments are like.

Moz

well I guess it's because Doom 3 engine is only really good at dark metal indoor areas. And that's what prey called for so that's what it is.

JKim3

The guy in the very last shot looks like the hero from Galleon.

ScoobyDoofus

That is Talon Brave I think, if that much of the original doc remains.

Steve Schulze

There was a brief note on one of the previews for Prey mentioning the immenant release of Duke Nukem Forever. Thats a bit of a step forward from "when its done", so we might actually see it in the next half decade or so.

I'll be interested to see whether 3D Realms pop up at E3.

doc rob

put some ambient light in that shit and it might look pretty good.

RageUnleashed

Has 3drealms done anything in the past half decade?

cholden

Just cause it sounded so silly, I'm pasting it here:

Scott Miller, CEO of 3D Realms, added, "Prey is special for many reasons, including several new and original gameplay features and a tightly integrated story that packs an emotional punch, unlike other first person shooters."

translation: "we're replacing some of doom3's models."