Some new infos from german pc magazin PC Games

[SyntaxN]

It is from an interview with Chris Rhinehart,most of the things are new for me:

-Tommy don´t likes his origin and the cultur of the Cherokees, he joined the army to get away from his problems, later he came back to start a new life with his girlfriend Jenny (who is very proud of her cultur, we should expect some interesting story elements using this fact)
-There will be ingame-cutscenes (like in HL2) in every level
-When Tommy dies, he will death walk (known), the more creatures he kills, the more health he will get back in the real world but the longer he stays in death walking mode, the bigger is the possibility that he will finally die
-when you jump while you´re walking on a walk-pad, the normal gravity will be back for you
-you can activate-and deactivate walk-pads but the enemys can do that, too http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
-there will be no fighting in teams alongside with other chars
-most parts of the game will take place on the space ship which will offer very different environments, but we also have to battle enemys in space and on the hull of the ship!
-There will be an cut-off arm from an enemy (bossfight?) which is some kind of grenadelauncher
-There will be an weapon which fires acid http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
-mp will feature spirit walking
-The production of Prey was stopped in the late 90s because 3dr thought that it can´t be the game which it should be atm
-The name for Prey before the reannouncement was Dark Harvest
-It will be M rated in america
-Right now there are preparing everything for the phase of polishing, most parts of the game existing
-WID http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hhg.gif

[avatar_58]

SyntaxN said:
-There will be cutscenes in every level




I thought it was already stated that scenes are done in the Hl2 style....in game and not videos. You are supposed to have control. I think this is true since that bar scene and the one where he is talking to the chief both happen while the player is in control...

[Gryph]

I'm guessing the acid gun was that weapon he shot after he got out of the ship on that moon thing.

Good stuff though. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif A friend of mine who went to E3 said that he spoke with someone who was presenting Prey and they said they would be promoting it in Europe next.

[Lengis]

>>>>>>>I thought it was already stated that scenes are done in the Hl2 style....in game and not videos. You are supposed to have control. I think this is true since that bar scene and the one where he is talking to the chief both happen while the player is in control...


Personally, I prefer cutscenes, but only if they are done the way they are supposed to be done. Meaning, you would need a professional director, and editor to do the cut scenes proper justice. If human head doesn't know what they are doing, or doesn't hire someone that does, then they should stick to HL2 style scenes.

[Ronald McDonald]

-When Tommy dies, he will death walk (known), the more creatures he kills, the more health he will get back in the real world but the longer he stays in death walking mode, the bigger is the possibility that he will finally die




And when he finally dies the game will uninstall itself and your key will get blocked forever http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Cerberus_e]

SyntaxN said:
-Tommy don´t likes his origin and the cultur of the Cherokees, he joined the army to get away from his problems, later he came back to start a new life with his girlfriend Jenny (who is very proud of her cultur, we should expect some interesting story elements using this fact)




I sure can't wait


SyntaxN said:
-There will be cutscenes in every level




a bit contradictory to what Scott said, so if this is incorrect, maybe other parts of these "bits of information" are also incorrect? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/redface.gif


SyntaxN said:
-When Tommy dies, he will death walk (known), the more creatures he kills, the more health he will get back in the real world but the longer he stays in death walking mode, the bigger is the possibility that he will finally die




what happens when you die in deathwalk mode? that's why I hope there are autosaves http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif 3DR what happens when you die? autosaves? or does the player that doesn't quicksave every 5 mins have to redo a big part of the level, or maybe a whole level? the whole game maybe? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/redface.gif
and when do you die in deathwalking mode? at random time, or when your health reaches zero (which is already zero when the player enters deathwalking)


SyntaxN said:
-when you jump while you´re walking on a walk-pad, the normal gravity will be back for you




This is just as the emperor has foreseen.


SyntaxN said:
-you can activate-and deactivate walk-pads but the enemys can do that, too http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif




whoooaaa! no please! that will be evil gameplay: try to land on a high spot or else you will be splattered on the ground when you fall from the ceiling!!!
interesting http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif


SyntaxN said:
-there will be no fighting in teams alongside with other chars




no problem


SyntaxN said:
-most parts of the game will take place on the space ship which will offer very different environments, but we also have to battle enemys in space and on the hull of the ship!




COOL


SyntaxN said:
-There will be an cut-off arm from an enemy (bossfight?) which is some kind of grenadelauncher




wow? seriously? ha


SyntaxN said:
-There will be an weapon which fires acid http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif




no way you've got to be kidding me http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


SyntaxN said:
-mp will feature spirit walking




and deathwalking too?


SyntaxN said:
-The production of Prey was stopped in the late 90s because 3dr thought that it can´t be the game which it should be atm




seriously? ok


SyntaxN said:
-The name for Prey before the reannouncement was Dark Harvest




really? omg http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif


SyntaxN said:
-It will be M rated in america




I'm already 17, but I don't live in America.


SyntaxN said:
-Right now there are preparing everything for the phase of polishing, most parts of the game existing




aren't they preparing the high-quality prey video http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif


SyntaxN said:
-WID http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hhg.gif



omg! the same release date as DNF, prey and DNF will be released the same day! spread the news.

[FireFly]

Maybe they mean in-game cutscenes.

[Chris Rhinehart]

That article is incorrect. There are no cutscenes in Prey. Everything is seamless and always seen from the player's viewpoint.


Chris Rhinehart

[Cerberus_e]

the rest is correct? and what happens when you die in deathwalking? does prey have enough autosaves in that case? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[SyntaxN]

Chris Rhinehart said:
That article is incorrect. There are no cutscenes in Prey. Everything is seamless and always seen from the player's viewpoint.


All the infos are from an interview which you and Timothy Gerritsen made with the guys from PC Games, it´s not my job to correct their misstakes http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
I´ve just written down the necessary informations from the article!
Anyway, I prefer a mixture of real cutscenes and ingame stuff, that would be the best imo http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Cerberus_e]

I thought you can still edit your first post?
and I'm sure Chris didn't blame you, but PC gamer
and ingame cutscenes = cool
real cutscenes = not cool, except if it's a game that runs 10 FPs on my pc http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
not cool because it draws you away from the immersivement

[Parkar]

-There will be ingame-cutscenes (like in HL2) in every level


What they obviously meant was that there will be ingame cutscenes from the players perspective. Notice the "like in HL2", I can't recall any cutscense in third person in that game.

[General Failure]

Parkar said:

-There will be ingame-cutscenes (like in HL2) in every level


What they obviously meant was that there will be ingame cutscenes from the players perspective. Notice the "like in HL2", I can't recall any cutscense in third person in that game.

He edited that part in. It just said cut-scenes at first

[avatar_58]

Chris Rhinehart said:
That article is incorrect. There are no cutscenes in Prey. Everything is seamless and always seen from the player's viewpoint.


Chris Rhinehart



Good. As much as I like the occasional cut scene....I enjoy HL2's viewpoint much better. Instead of just 'watching' you actually a part of the scene.

[Parkar]

ahh, ok make sense now. Thought everyone suddenly had problems reading English.

[hell-angel]

Chris Rhinehart said:
That article is incorrect. There are no cutscenes in Prey. Everything is seamless and always seen from the player's viewpoint.


Chris Rhinehart



But will there be scripted scenes, i.e. scenes where you don't play (but the storie evolves) that you see through the eye of the player??

[Cerberus_e]

that's indeed the big disadvantage of no cutscenes, the story can't progress in the background (NPC's talking to you is the only way), that's why you know too few about HL's storyline, people want to know how it ends, sometimes the ending of a game is more fun than the whole game itself.

[SyntaxN]

I´ve forgot something important, there will be a hawk which will help Tommy, his name is.....Talon http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Ronald McDonald]

<table><tr><th><font size="-1">Spoiler below:</font></th></tr><tr><td class="spoiler">Talon is actually his other personality, cuz Tommy is a schizo. You find out in about 2/3 of the game.</td></tr></table>

Edit from Joe3DR: That's not the proper way to do spoilers, you need to leave a LOT more space than you did. Better idea is to use the spoiler tag in the forum code.

[Spooger]

Cerberus_e said:
that's indeed the big disadvantage of no cutscenes, the story can't progress in the background (NPC's talking to you is the only way), that's why you know too few about HL's storyline, people want to know how it ends, sometimes the ending of a game is more fun than the whole game itself.



I think Prey will have a very satisfying end given what they're trying to accomplish as far as player reaction goes. Lemme put it this way: if you want a player to be emotionally impacted by a games story, then dropping the user into a confusing situation (ala Half-Life 2) and throwing so much action in his face that he can barely have enough time to absorb the subtle details is *not* the way to do it http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Now if you build a game in this style with the intent of bringing your player to tears...that's going to take a serious direction change from anything we've seen in the past.

[Killerpain]

SyntaxN said:
-The name for Prey before the reannouncement was Dark Harvest




Was this an homage to Blue Harvest?

[motionblur]

-There will be an cut-off arm from an enemy (bossfight?) which is some kind of grenadelauncher


Reminds me of Redneck Rampage. Didn't that game feature a cut-off alien with gun mounted to it, aswell?