A funny thing in the game....

[bloodygates2000]

... is that a reatively crappy cheap bar has a touch screen soundtrack player, as seen in the last section of the demo.
Also, that the "mother" alien seems to speak english.
But either way it an ausome game.
I like to thank realms for making the game in a way where u dont need to have the latest card to play it OK.
I gotta ati X300 256Mb a couple of months ago just to get by with, (hell, it only cost me 60). But the implications are visible with PRey, i cant get no more than 30fps and the average is about 15 at minimum and even at 10 when there is action, but im playing a medium, so id probably be better on low. But i got used to playing games at those speeds cause i aint getting a card till directx 10 ones come out. (Oblivion is a bitch BTW)
And to the staff, how long from game launch will u be able to come out with a dual core patch for my pentium D?
Cause i can wait a while if i can get a better experience.
And also, is there gonna be more levels where u explore human places like the bar? or is it mostly gonna be alien places? Cause i like a little variety.
I give this game a 8.5, simple cause it is kinda quake-esque.
When the humans get butchered, it reminds me of how stroggs are created in quake. Those mindless things even look kinda like strogg.
And also, im not into the whole confined spaces game style, i like a little openess.
But the game rocks with its innovative style of spirt fighting and portals.
And i love the fact that this guy actually has a personality, Unlike quake, halflife or doom ("talking would only hinder the personal experience" MY ASS)
Keep up the good work guys ;)

[Nailed]

The mother doesn't speak in English, but it turns out that you have the ability to understand their language, and read their language, once grandpa makes available your spiritual powers. You're unique, in that other humans can't understand her or read her language, which is why she's interested in you.

[Damien_Azreal]

Which is also why before your spiritual test you couldn't hear or understand her. Your screen would blur and Tommy would stat his head hurt. ;)

[CameO73]

Actually, you start to pick up the language almost as soon as you are in the sphere. Remember the blurry moments (followed by a headache) from time to time? After you've been to the spirit realm, you start to understand what is being said (which is noticed immediately by the sphere/alien/???).

[gamingkrazy]

Also the pigeon translates writing that it has landed next to for u!

[Altered Reality]

Also the pigeon translates writing that it has landed next to for u!
GRRR!!! Talon is a hawk, NOT A PIGEON!!! :tinyted: :tinyted: :tinyted:

[CameO73]

The hawk you mean? Yes, I find it a very cool feature. But he doesn't always translate stuff. For example: a (non-interactive) control screen next to where the huge balls are transported upwards. I was wondering what was going on, and hoped that Talon (the hawk) could give me a hand (or claw) ... but he didn't give me a clue there, unfortunately.

[ZuljinRaynor]

Lol, pigeon.

[Orochi Avlis]

Watch out for Tommy and his deadly pigoen!

[Damien_Azreal]

Actually, you start to pick up the language almost as soon as you are in the sphere. Remember the blurry moments (followed by a headache) from time to time? After you've been to the spirit realm, you start to understand what is being said (which is noticed immediately by the sphere/alien/???).

Ummm.... Isn't this pretty much what I said. :p

Which is also why before your spiritual test you couldn't hear or understand her. Your screen would blur and Tommy would stat his head hurt.

:D

Loved that... pigeon.

[Nessus]

Even crappy dive bars usually have modern CD jukeboxes.

[Dog]

but they don't all have pidgeons... :D

[abnormal]

I got a 1.26 GHz, 512ram, and a e-GeForce 6800 ultra and its running so so. I got it set on medium video quality.

[degicank dot comr]

The game is already optimized for dual cores.

[Phayzon]

I got a 1.26 GHz, 512ram, and a e-GeForce 6800 ultra and its running so so. I got it set on medium video quality.

I got it running better on an AlthlonXP-M 3000+; GeForce4Go 420 32MB than on an AthlonXP 2200+; GeForceFX 5500OC. Its official, the FX series sucks

[DavoX]

Pigeon.

[Oats]

hmm I have a geforce fx 5200 - getting X360 version. Just want to play PC version, cant get enough of Prey. Even if it is at 20 FPS.

[Tang Lung]

wtf! I though it was a cat with wings??

gamingkrazy - your avatar is the greatest I have ever seen anywhere..oolong!

[Kupferdrache]

... well, the last jukebox broke and so they bought a new one... touchscreen isnt that expansive anymore. Also, who says prey takes place today? If its some 3 to 5 years in the future, those touch screens can even be found in such a cheap bar (and who cares anyway, its cool!).

[Parkar]

Actually, you start to pick up the language almost as soon as you are in the sphere. Remember the blurry moments (followed by a headache) from time to time? After you've been to the spirit realm, you start to understand what is being said (which is noticed immediately by the sphere/alien/???).

Maybe because Tommy says somthing along the lines of "Who was that?" when she speaks.

[nerull7]

Pigeon you say? Does anybody remember the special weapon in worms armageddon :)

Never underestimate the power of the pigeon!!!

[Orochi Avlis]

Pigeon you say? Does anybody remember the special weapon in worms armageddon :)

Never underestimate the power of the pigeon!!!
Concrete Donkey rules all!

[Denz]

Actually when tommy gets heavily attacked by 3 or more enemies, he scream "TALON WTF HELP ME"

[desmasic]

^ You will hear strange things you haven't heard before. When the third time I played it I heard his grandpa asking him to 'get out of here' in the area where Jen screams for help (the area where you take a U turn and she is being carried away).

I never heard that the first 2 times.

[9Nails]

Auto Mechanic with a monkey wrench?!

Dive bar with touch-screen jukebox?!

Ghostly white girl who kills other kids?!

Press E to go into Spirit mode, WTF, it was that easy all along? Could have used that in High School / College!

Grand Pa said you'll need his help tonight, then he gets pulverized!

Other Cherokee's runing loose in alien ship, but none stick with you to join forces. FFA!

Player is a floating head with no body. (look down!)

Yeah, that truck needed a car alarm! Heh!

Drunks in bar getting pummeled by a wrench, but keep coming!

[jimbob]

and a slot machine that does not pay out :(

[dead_ox]

And a ghost pidgeon! I sense a community-created catch-phrase!(i.e. Puma from Red vs. Blue)

[Harry-UK]

Talon, the hawk translates all of the alien language. You cannot understand what the mother is saying in the first two levels, it just hurts your head but when he arrives - bang! "Who said that?" He also translates most alien writing on computer panels.

[Fragger]

That's because he's a very smart pigeon.

[Phal]

Another funny thing, the aliens like to cheat at video poker.

Play the game when you see it again, you'll always get the best hand possible.

[DavoX]

Don't let the power of the pigeon die.

[pietr]

The pigeon is "your eyes and ears" in the game, like his grandfather said.

[Fragger]

Long live the pigeon.

[9Nails]

Long live the pigeon.
I thought that it was a bat?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/cccw/lol_wrongway.jpg

[DavoX]

I thought that it was a bat?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/cccw/lol_wrongway.jpg
HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!. No, it's a pigeon.

[Fragger]

Don't let the pigeon die.

[Orochi Avlis]

Don't let the pigeon die.
A few years too late.

[Zixinus]

Yup, he is already dead. But he lives on! Long unlive the pigeon! :D

[hiob]

Prey - the return of the zombie pigeon by John Romero :p

[Fragger]

Prey 2: When pigeons attack.

[Grog]

I thought it was a chicken ....:D

[Savant_Warlord13]

... is that a reatively crappy cheap bar has a touch screen soundtrack player, as seen in the last section of the demo.
Also, that the "mother" alien seems to speak english.
But either way it an ausome game.
I like to thank realms for making the game in a way where u dont need to have the latest card to play it OK.
I gotta ati X300 256Mb a couple of months ago just to get by with, (hell, it only cost me 60). But the implications are visible with PRey, i cant get no more than 30fps and the average is about 15 at minimum and even at 10 when there is action, but im playing a medium, so id probably be better on low. But i got used to playing games at those speeds cause i aint getting a card till directx 10 ones come out. (Oblivion is a bitch BTW)
And to the staff, how long from game launch will u be able to come out with a dual core patch for my pentium D?
Cause i can wait a while if i can get a better experience.
And also, is there gonna be more levels where u explore human places like the bar? or is it mostly gonna be alien places? Cause i like a little variety.
I give this game a 8.5, simple cause it is kinda quake-esque.
When the humans get butchered, it reminds me of how stroggs are created in quake. Those mindless things even look kinda like strogg.
And also, im not into the whole confined spaces game style, i like a little openess.
But the game rocks with its innovative style of spirt fighting and portals.
And i love the fact that this guy actually has a personality, Unlike quake, halflife or doom ("talking would only hinder the personal experience" MY ASS)
Keep up the good work guys ;)
telepathy is generally assumed to ignore language barriers

[Adabiviak]

LOL - what was that old cartoon, "Stop that Pigeon (http://stopthatpigeon.ytmnd.com/)"? Prey needs a soundtrack like that.

edit - It's stated directly in the game that Talon would translate the alien tongue for you - not just the signs, but "mother" too. You first understand her (and she acknowledges this) immediately after Talon joins you.

[KintaroTPC]

The mother doesn't speak in English, but it turns out that you have the ability to understand their language, and read their language, once grandpa makes available your spiritual powers. You're unique, in that other humans can't understand her or read her language, which is why she's interested in you.

You can also argue that Telepathy reaches beyond language barriers as in anything that has a language would be able to understand. Also, you could also guess that the first few times She starts trying to talk to Tommy is more of just inspecting than trying to communicate anything, like probing his mind.

[Zixinus]

Or that the telepathy is complete bullshit, and its just a plot device. :P

Mother`s telepathic bursts are understandable to you as soon as you get Talon. It is clear that it is Talon that translate it to you.

If telepathy ignores languge barriers, assuming as it gives stimulie and emotion directly, then we can assume that Mother was giving her "languge" stimulie generally to her minions, probebly giving indications and orders trough concepts that Tommy does not understnad, thus to him these indications and concepts are just glibberish that makes his head hurt.
Talon clearly acts as a translating proxy.

[Gravespawn Sovereign]

The funny thing is... Mother is human, so she actually could be able to speak English!

[Zixinus]

Yes. If she wants to learn a languge inferior to her and not to mention useless, when she can just use the powetrful alien technology before her.

[Gravespawn Sovereign]

Yes. If she wants to learn a languge inferior to her and not to mention useless, when she can just use the powetrful alien technology before her.
She doesn't have to learn the language if she spoke it before she became what she is now (well, not anymore after Tommy finished her ;) ).

[Fragger]

Maybe she has a pigeon too.

[doogle]

What if she was spanish before being taken?

When I think, I think in english, french people probably think in french. Why would projecting my english thoughts to a french person make them appear as french to them?

[Sayantan]

Prey 2: When pigeons attack.

Prey 3: The youngman, the oldman and the pegion.

Developed by HumanHead
Produced by 3drealms
Published by EA. :o

[Zixinus]

When I think, I think in english, french people probably think in french. Why would projecting my english thoughts to a french person make them appear as french to them?

Becuse you are not talking with telepathy. You are giving stimulie (pictures, sounds, smells, etc.) trough telepathy, as well as emotions. The idea is that, concepts can be also given trough telepathy, if the subject has enough "mind-power".
When mother gives telepathic orders, she gives them in the Alien's languge or stimulie system. Tommy does not understand what she is "saying", until Tommy gets Talon. Talon then acts as a proxy for the alien "languge", allowing Tommy to read alien scripts and orders, understand speach and telepatic massages. Tommy comprehends the translation what Talon gives as English.

Also, people do not think in languges.
They think with emotional and stimulie patterns, that shape into thought, that they can express with languge. It jsut seems that way in fiction, becuse that is the only way you can translate thoughts and ideas. Well, not the only way, as you can use surreal elements, absract illustration and so on, but expressing ideas and stuff in languge is more convient and simple.

And I highly doubt that Mother speaks spanish, as when Mother was abducted, the spanish most likely were still nomadic barberians.

[warman2338]

http://kingstonfieldnaturalists.org/bluebill/images/pigeon.jpg


:love: :love:

[wayskobfssae]

http://www.fragglerockforever.com/swg/pigeon.jpg

Fixed.

[lauwie0]

im glad the pigeon is dead, else he would do what all other (alive) pigeons would

...

Shit ALL OVER THE PLACE!!!

[Sayantan]

http://www.fragglerockforever.com/swg/pigeon.jpg

Fixed.

LOLWTF!! :p

[hiob]

lol :D

[Foxy]

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/5187/pigeonrezzd4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[wayskobfssae]

http://www.fragglerockforever.com/swg/splat.jpg

[warman2338]

http://www.fragglerockforever.com/swg/splat.jpg


ROFL:) :)

[Sayantan]

http://www.fragglerockforever.com/swg/splat.jpg

LMFAO .... you rock. :dopefish:

[lauwie0]

lol :D

[hiob]

you guys are insane, i like that :D

[NutWrench]

I have a question: Where in the game is the Art Bell radio show where The Keeper calls in? I've played through several times and I've missed it every time.

[Sayantan]

I forgot to note where exactly was it ..... but I thought it was really really funny.

Keeper: This is the Keeper
Art: Yeah right. ...... and all those things as if Art is thinking Keeper is an insane person from earth calling him.

[KintaroTPC]

http://www.fragglerockforever.com/swg/pigeon.jpg

Fixed.

Nice!

[solobaricsrock]

Becuse you are not talking with telepathy. You are giving stimulie (pictures, sounds, smells, etc.) trough telepathy, as well as emotions. The idea is that, concepts can be also given trough telepathy, if the subject has enough "mind-power".
When mother gives telepathic orders, she gives them in the Alien's languge or stimulie system. Tommy does not understand what she is "saying", until Tommy gets Talon. Talon then acts as a proxy for the alien "languge", allowing Tommy to read alien scripts and orders, understand speach and telepatic massages. Tommy comprehends the translation what Talon gives as English.

Also, people do not think in languges.
They think with emotional and stimulie patterns, that shape into thought, that they can express with languge. It jsut seems that way in fiction, becuse that is the only way you can translate thoughts and ideas. Well, not the only way, as you can use surreal elements, absract illustration and so on, but expressing ideas and stuff in languge is more convient and simple.

And I highly doubt that Mother speaks spanish, as when Mother was abducted, the spanish most likely were still nomadic barberians.


Party Pooper...............?

Long live teh dead haxXx0r P!dGe0n!!!!

[thundcld]

He was just kidding bout the pigeon

[wayskobfssae]

Maybe so... but "pwned" came out as a total accident too, just one person pressed P instead of O at the right place at the right time, and it took over the entire gaming world.