Xbox 360 Prey Trailer out Monday on G4

[SyntaxN]

awesome....especially the music

[Yatta]

Lon Matero said:
I recorded it and it is 1 minute in length, 20MB, MPEG2 format. I don't have unlimited bandwidth anymore, so I may have to take it down after a while. Please mirror!

[link removed] -ADM

- Lon Matero

No problem. I'll be hosting it very soon. Thanks!

[Yatta]

[link removed] -ADM

Enjoy.

[Hudson]

Looks awesome, It looks like it runs extremely smooth.. but make sure HH puts a FPS cap on the 360 version anyway. Quake 4 on the 360 is getting slammed because the framerate speeds up and then (very painfully) down through the course of play.

[Gryph]

Wow, that looks excellent. Nice job HH and 3DR. Also, thanks for the video, Lon.

Mirror:
[link removed] -ADM

[hell-angel]

I only have one thing to say:

HURRY THE HELL UP WITH THAT GAME, I WANNA PLAY!!!!!!!!!!


Seriously, that was one kick ass trailer guys, that game looks so cool, I can't wait to play. Great work.

[Kalki]

Wow, that is awesome! I'm starting to think the secret to good trailers is fast cuts like that.

I see a lot of octabrain-type creatures.

[Tolle]

Yep, Duke3d octobrains, HL wrench, F.E.A.R. ghosts. This is what happens if you can't come up with your own ideas. Poor job Humanhead.
<table><tr><th><font size="-1">Spoiler below:</font></th></tr><tr><td class="spoiler">
Just to be absolutly sure:
I'm joking here folks!
Now, when was the last time i gave those trolls some food?

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[Kalki]

You had better not be calling me a troll.

Anyway, there are few enough fans here as it is, so who needs trolls? I bet things will change when strong trailers like these get around.

<table><tr><th><font size="-1">Spoiler below:</font></th></tr><tr><td class="spoiler">FYI the octabrain comment was another attempt by me to suggest a backstory continuity between 3DRealms' franchises. </td></tr></table>

[ADM]

Please don't link to the trailer here guys.

[Yatta]

ADM said:
Please don't link to the trailer here guys.

Aww, that's too bad. Well, you guys can come to Prey Forums (link in my sig) to discuss it. Unless that's not allowed either.

PS. Soilwork, you're not accepting private messages, so I can't reply to your private message.

[Cerberus_e]

Yatta said:
PS. Soilwork, you're not accepting private messages, so I can't reply to your private message.

PMing people for the URL? how dare he

[ADM]

Yatta said:
Well, you guys can come to Prey Forums (link in my sig) to discuss it. Unless that's not allowed either.

You can do whatever you want on your forums.

In anycase this trailer was really good, can't wait for it. It's made me even more interested in it.

[Cerberus_e]

I just watched it. it's either inspired by Half-Life 2 or it's yet another situation where some developers have the same idea at the same time
what does that bird (talon?) do btw?

[Kristian Joensen]

"it's either inspired by Half-Life 2"

Howso ?

"what does that bird (talon?) do btw?"

Well he among other things translates alien writing into english.

[Cerberus_e]

Kristian Joensen said:
"it's either inspired by Half-Life 2"

how so?

Half-Life 2 spoiler:
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that transporter in the beginning of the movie, that is also done in Half-Life 2 at the end of the game, to transport gordon through the citadel.
but in HL2 gordon steps on it ON PURPOSE... I hope that's different in prey... maybe after the bar scene and tommy getting sucked into the spaceship, he'd be thrown straight into such transporter?
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Kristian Joensen said:
"what does that bird (talon?) do btw?"

Well he among other things translates alien writing into english.

yes, but now it looks like he fights with you. I hope it doesn't result in "let's let the bird do all the work", like with the little spider robots in doom 3

[dark_angel]

There is no doubt that Prey is going to be a killer game.

The footage rocks!

[SyntaxN]

Cerberus_e said:
<table><tr><th><font size="-1">Spoiler below:</font></th></tr><tr><td class="spoiler">
but in HL2 gordon steps on it ON PURPOSE... I hope that's different in prey... maybe after the bar scene and tommy getting sucked into the spaceship, he'd be thrown straight into such transporter?
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I think that´s the most plausible explanation...

[Gabrobot]

Great trailer, it's looking very polished!

[Micki!]

Gabrobot said:
Great trailer, it's looking very polished!

Agreed...
I really like the soundtrack too...

I hope the game itself will contain more that kind of soundtrack... (not in-game, but in menus or other fitting moments)

[Gryph]

I hope they release the hi-res version of that awesome trailer. It really got me pumped for Prey.

[Micki!]

Gryph said:
I hope they release the hi-res version of that awesome trailer. It really got me pumped for Prey.

That would be awesome...
There was a serious lack of detail in that trailer, even though, it still looked pretty amazing...

[Cerberus_e]

Micki! said:
I hope the game itself will contain more that kind of soundtrack... (not in-game, but in menus or other fitting moments)

why not in-game?

[Micki!]

Cerberus_e said:

why not in-game?

I don't hink it would fit for the games concept...
The game is supposed to be emotional and deep in story.. But with in-game music, it'll feel more like an adrenaline pumping action-trip... (not like if this would be a bad thing, i just don't think it would fit to Prey's concept as i said..!)

[Cerberus_e]

because kristian joensen's PM inbox is full I'll reply to his question (if I liked the trailer) here
the trailer itself was decent, not very good because it's just a few one second sequences pasted after each other... I like the previous trailer MUCH better.
but what the trailer showed is very cool though, I especially like the part where there is flesh spouting out of the wall

[Micki!]

Cerberus_e said:
I especially like the part where there is flesh spouting out of the wall

I must've missed that part... Even though, i saw it like 3 times in a row...
That's why i want a higher res version... I like detail (hence the reason i like drawing)...

[Kristian Joensen]

Well my PM inbox wasn't full, however I had too many PM in totals, that is not the case any more.

[Cerberus_e]

Micki! said:

I don't hink it would fit for the games concept...
The game is supposed to be emotional and deep in story.. But with in-game music, it'll feel more like an adrenaline pumping action-trip... (not like if this would be a bad thing, i just don't think it would fit to Prey's concept as i said..!)

it doesn't have to be adrenaline pumping music anyway... take a look at return to castle wolfenstein, the music is just excellent there, and the game wouldn't even have half its current atmosphere without music!
the whole "the player is immersed because he only hears what's around him" simply is wrong.
even Doom 3 has music, it affects you and you don't notice it! that's proper implementation of music. and even if you notice it like in return to castle wolfenstein... it still affects you

Micki! said:

I must've missed that part... Even though, i saw it like 3 times in a row...
That's why i want a higher res version... I like detail (hence the reason i like drawing)...

tell me how you liked it after you re-watch the movie... NOW

[Assault]

Everything I've seen to date from Prey looked great, except this trailer. It was awful. Didn't show anything that was "never seen before" that really left an impact. Don't get me wrong, I'm still waiting for this game, this trailer was just done badly. Flashing black screens work only on certain occasions, they didn't help here at all. Most of the trailer was flashing screens and didn’t get a solid scene going at all. Bad composition and short; It didn’t show anything for the viewer to be excited about unless you run it frame by frame, and screenshots can do that. You could hardly understand what’s going on unless you’ve seen previous screens and trailers. This is a problem with may trailers, though. As far as I know, the game looks like it’s going to be a blast, this trailer, however, didn't do it justice at all. To bad.

[Cerberus_e]

yes, that's what I meant with "it's just one second sequences pasted after each other"
but to be fair, HH probably got a limited amount of time from G4 and they had to do it within that time span.
I'm not sure, that's just my assumption

[mysteryperfecta]

After watching the trailer on my computer, I still cannot share in the unbridled enthusiasm that many here are expressing. If I knew nothing of Prey (which is true of the majority), I don't see "the big sell" that makes me want to know Prey. Moreover, as someone who IS familiar with Prey, I don't see much new to get excited about.

The details are difficult to appreciate at that pace. All of the environments are incredibly similar. No big set pieces are shown. There are a dozen shots of enemies coming right at you. There are some interesting elements, <table><tr><th><font size="-1">Spoiler below:</font></th></tr><tr><td class="spoiler">Enemies using flashlights is cool</td></tr></table> but are they enough to distinguish this game from the pack of upcoming titles?

I'm not speaking to the quality of the game. The E3 trailer was an excellent introduction to the what's and why's of the game, with compelling gameplay footage to boot.

The teaser is polished and professional. But the developers are professionals, so I shouldn't expect anything less.

[Micki!]

Cerberus_e said:

it doesn't have to be adrenaline pumping music anyway... take a look at return to castle wolfenstein, the music is just excellent there, and the game wouldn't even have half its current atmosphere without music!
the whole "the player is immersed because he only hears what's around him" simply is wrong.
even Doom 3 has music, it affects you and you don't notice it! that's proper implementation of music. and even if you notice it like in return to castle wolfenstein... it still affects you

Yes, silent and 'dynamic' music would be fine...
But i was refering to the same kind of music like in that trailer...
If this kind of music had to be in-game, it should be dynamic imo...

Micki! said:

I must've missed that part... Even though, i saw it like 3 times in a row...
That's why i want a higher res version... I like detail (hence the reason i like drawing)...

tell me how you liked it after you re-watch the movie... NOW

[/QUOTE]

Just saw it, and it looked cool... (I like the particles...) Howevr, i don't think it was blood though... It sure was some sort of fluid, but i don't think it looked much like blood...

Meh, how can i be sure... The scene passed so quickly that i can't tell for sure anyways...

[Cerberus_e]

mysteryperfecta said:
but are they enough to distinguish this game from the pack of upcoming titles?

all upcoming first person shooters have puzzles where you have to use your mind, wallwalks, and impossible geometry then?

[Parkar]

Cerberus_e said:

all upcoming first person shooters have puzzles where you have to use your mind, wallwalks, and impossible geometry then?

No but you can't tell from that trailer that Prey does either and I think thats what he means. All the info you get if you watch it just once and know nothing about Prey all you can tell ater watching it is that it is an fps in sci-fi enviorment.

[Cerberus_e]

Parkar said:

No but you can't tell from that trailer that Prey does either and I think thats what he means. All the info you get if you watch it just once and know nothing about Prey all you can tell ater watching it is that it is an fps in sci-fi enviorment.

no, he said in his post that he watched the previous trailer as well. and he also literally said that he still doesn't share our enthusiasm.

[FireFly]

Cerberus_e said:
no, he said in his post that he watched the previous trailer as well. and he also literally said that he still doesn't share our enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm towards the G4 trailer.

What you're describing is the "compelling gameplay footage".

[Cerberus_e]

ah yes, now I see

[Yatta]

As for me... I like the trailer a lot. I can't wait to get my hands a better quality version of it though.

[KaiserSoze]

can someone pm me a trailer link? thanks.

[mysteryperfecta]

My point is (and Parkar and Firefly clarified), the video does not do a good job of highlighting Prey's unique gameplay features. The clips of portal navigation are so quick that I'm not sure the uninitiated gamer would understand what's happening. There's almost zero footage of the gravity elements and "impossible geometry". And I can't think of a single instance of puzzle-solving. That, and the fact that the story is supposed to be important, there's not a bit of narration or text that explains the game.

Don't get me wrong; I'm not trying to paint a bleak picture. We know this game has the potential to special; I just don't think this teaser communicated that potential. So this opportunity may not have been capitalized on, but there will be other opportunities.