DiscoDave
04-25-2005, 02:07 AM
I was really disappointed reading the PCGamer article about Prey. As I mentioned in one of the other Prey threads, I found there were far too many spoilers about the game. Who ever was speaking about the game was way too cocky about the 'emotional involvment' and 'shedding tears' storyline. I was also very upset to learn about the floating jumbo jet and the maniacal blond girls. These are all things that I (and I think others too) would prefer to have been surprised by within the context of playing the game. I know that many people will read this complaint and say that I shouldn't have read the article if I didn't want to find out this stuff. But, as a long-time fan of 3DR, I've come to expect them to not be giving away important components of the storyline in preview articles. Look at how tight they've kept the lid on DNF information all these years. They (3DR) has generally taken pride in their ability to maintain Area 51 secrecy and minimize hype over the last few years. How could anyone remotely interested in 3DR and Prey not read that article?! It's the first one in years that describes a 3DR game that is actually under development.
This is all part of a trend that I have been noticing the last couple years. You can find out all sorts of information (way too much!) about many games on websites and in articles well before the game is available to play. It often takes the suspense out of many portions of these games. In response to the release of too much information (IMO), I've decided to write the ultimate spoiler. I think I've pieced together the main plot twist of Prey (far too easily from the hints given) and would like to share it with you... Read on only if you don't like surprises...
<table><tr><th><font size="-1">Spoiler below:</font></th></tr><tr><td class="spoiler">
Obviously, as mentioned in the article, Tommy is aboard an alien ship trying to save his girlfriend. He likely meets all manner of strange creatures that have been 'collected' by the alien race from other planets/dimensions and probably fights a lot of them.Along the way he likely sees his girl on video screens etc. imploring him to save her. Based upon the comments regarding the love between Tommy and his abducted girlfriend (why did they have to tell us even this?), the fact that they expect us to be very emotionally involved in his attempts to get her back, as well as that we are expected to shed a lot of tears at some point in the game, I can only assume that the girlfriend gets killed. Likely in some gruesome and horrible way and after we (Tommy) have expended enormous energy to rescue her. (This is the part where we are supposed to cry and think the game is over - and that we lost...).
But wait! Our friendly spritual guide appears and reminds us that we never actually die (remember the developer comments about not needing save games - you just have to kill some spirit beasts to be revived) and all we have to do is enter the spirit world (possibly by killing ourself in the process) where we can perform some heroic feats defeating some horrific spiritual beasties, thereby resurrecting both our girlfriend and ourselves, and saving the world from alien invasion after we become some sort of 'Neo' figure - full of supernatural power. </td></tr></table>
You heard it here first!! Whadd'ya think?
Comments...
This is all part of a trend that I have been noticing the last couple years. You can find out all sorts of information (way too much!) about many games on websites and in articles well before the game is available to play. It often takes the suspense out of many portions of these games. In response to the release of too much information (IMO), I've decided to write the ultimate spoiler. I think I've pieced together the main plot twist of Prey (far too easily from the hints given) and would like to share it with you... Read on only if you don't like surprises...
<table><tr><th><font size="-1">Spoiler below:</font></th></tr><tr><td class="spoiler">
Obviously, as mentioned in the article, Tommy is aboard an alien ship trying to save his girlfriend. He likely meets all manner of strange creatures that have been 'collected' by the alien race from other planets/dimensions and probably fights a lot of them.Along the way he likely sees his girl on video screens etc. imploring him to save her. Based upon the comments regarding the love between Tommy and his abducted girlfriend (why did they have to tell us even this?), the fact that they expect us to be very emotionally involved in his attempts to get her back, as well as that we are expected to shed a lot of tears at some point in the game, I can only assume that the girlfriend gets killed. Likely in some gruesome and horrible way and after we (Tommy) have expended enormous energy to rescue her. (This is the part where we are supposed to cry and think the game is over - and that we lost...).
But wait! Our friendly spritual guide appears and reminds us that we never actually die (remember the developer comments about not needing save games - you just have to kill some spirit beasts to be revived) and all we have to do is enter the spirit world (possibly by killing ourself in the process) where we can perform some heroic feats defeating some horrific spiritual beasties, thereby resurrecting both our girlfriend and ourselves, and saving the world from alien invasion after we become some sort of 'Neo' figure - full of supernatural power. </td></tr></table>
You heard it here first!! Whadd'ya think?
Comments...