Prey video available

[vivftp]

Spooger said:
Here we go:

www.preyhq.com

I suppose the url can be considered something of an early announcement.

edit: link has been changed for the people experiencing access problems.

Hmm, what's this? It's only 82 seconds of random, quick gameplay... I thought the 50 meg one was the full 12 minute one in higher quality

[Spooger]

Well, both the videos are shaky-cam, and we're hosting them both. One is the 10 minute demo, the other is a 1 minute "HD" video, featuring some new footage.

The entire 12 minute presentation is not available as far as I know.

[vivftp]

Spooger said:
Well, both the videos are shaky-cam, and we're hosting them both. One is the 10 minute demo, the other is a 1 minute "HD" video, featuring some new footage.

The entire 12 minute presentation is not available as far as I know.

Awwe

Heh, and I was really getting my hopes up to see the whole thing in higher quality... guess we still have to play the waiting game, heh

But one thing I do have to say, in the HD version, his grandfather certainly looks a LOT better than in the shakycam version - probably because you get to see the shadows upon his face, which give it more detail.

[Spooger]

My E3 buddy just told me he got the *entire* video on tape, so once he gets that uploaded - and I don't have an exact time - we'll host it.

edit: by the way, he referred to Prey as "the show stopper."

[vivftp]

Spooger said:
My E3 buddy just told me he got the *entire* video on tape, so once he gets that uploaded - and I don't have an exact time - we'll up it and host it.

I love you, your buddy, and anyone/anything associated with you

BTW, did he mention how the quality was?

[George Broussard]

edit: by the way, he referred to Prey as "the show stopper."

That's great to hear. We've been hearing some nice things from fans and people that saw the video.

The best thing that can happen now is to get the gameplay videos spread so more people can see them. Thanks for your efforts.

[Cerberus_e]

George, don't you think it would be an even BETTER thing if you released the 20 minute demo in high quality so we can spread it (and put battlelords in DNF)?

[Vexed]

What 20 min demo?

[Spooger]

Vexed said:
What 20 min demo?

There is no 20 minute video. Gamespot reported a 20 minute presentation, but the official word is 12 minutes. My guess is that the video was longer than most teasers shown at E3, so Gamespot probably thought it was longer than it really was.

Or they rounded up instead of down

[SyntaxN]

The best thing that can happen now is to get the gameplay videos spread so more people can see them. Thanks for your efforts.

Interesting strategy, no hyping (and no work in this area) from the producer, just from the fans which are spreading a shakycam video over the internet....
Possibly that´s more effective that giving everyone a 2 minute trailer, imo many people think that shakycam videos are "illegal" and as a result, more interesting than normal trailers

[Cerberus_e]

the video is a lot longer than 12 minutes, 100% sure, because the camera stopped recording in the middle of the movie, look at the fileshack movies, there are some scenes in it you haven't seen in the 12 minutes, but are from the e3 prey movie.

[Spooger]

Cerberus_e said:
the video is a lot longer than 12 minutes, 100% sure, because the camera stopped recording in the middle of the movie, look at the fileshack movies, there are some scenes in it you haven't seen in the 12 minutes, but are from the e3 prey movie.

The fileshack movie contains a lot of the same, and a little more. Some of the scenes are played differently, which obviously means they're two seperate recordings. None of the new scenes we see in the HD trailer *have* to appear at the end of the 10:45 second trailer we've all seen. It was confirmed here that the video cut out with about a minute left on the clock, and from what I hear part of that minute includes a little talking from the old man in both trailers.

Cerberus_e said:
downloading, thanks in advance, also thanks afterwards, because I know the video will be good

We think its KICKASS!

[Cerberus_e]

I'm awaiting the upload from this guy someone said here (full video on tape)
I want to see the full rotating portal sequence.

[Spooger]

Cerberus_e said:
I'm awaiting the upload from this guy someone said here (full video on tape)
I want to see the full rotating portal sequence.

I don't really have an ETA on the vid, but from what I hear the quality is good, my friend's hand was steady, and it's the entire demonstration.

I'm pretty excited to see it myself

[Anacrusis]

George Broussard said:
The best thing that can happen now is to get the gameplay videos spread so more people can see them. Thanks for your efforts.

Isn't it possible for the HH guys that are at E3 to make a direct feed video? Those shakycam vids really don't make it justice. Prey needs to be seen in all it's glory.

[Spooger]

Anacrusis said:

Isn't it possible for the HH guys that are at E3 to make a direct feed video? Those shakycam vids really don't make it justice. Prey needs to be seen in all it's glory.

Sure, HH could do that, but the video they had was designed for the press to see - not you. I think most companies would like their material to be perfectly edited/presented when it reaches a consumer. The press is used to dealing with and writing about unfinished material, so they're trusted to give us a reasonably knowledgable take on the game. Like George said, some of that stuff is just unfinished - it's not something they want their consumers to see because a lot of us are quick to judge these things as "final" material, and even base our purchase decisions off of first impressions.

[George Broussard]

Anacrusis said:

Isn't it possible for the HH guys that are at E3 to make a direct feed video? Those shakycam vids really don't make it justice. Prey needs to be seen in all it's glory.

Our intent is to release high quality footage of this after E3 at some point.

[SyntaxN]

Our intent is to release high quality footage of this after E3 at some point.

but plz, no 2 min. trailer with some action scenes, give us real gameplay

[Gryph]

I hope "at some point" isn't too far off.

[Vexed]

SyntaxN said:

but plz, no 2 min. trailer with some action scenes, give us real gameplay

Isn't he implying that they intend to release what was shown at e3?

[DI-MeisterM]

George Broussard said:
Our intent is to release high quality footage of this after E3 at some point.

Yeah, something like the Oblivion trailer would be very nice

[Mister_Lynyrd]

Damn.

Looked nice. I'm pleasantly surprised. I hereby retract my Doom3 comparisons. I think I saw a little of 3DR's influence on HH there... where the little critter gets his leg torn off... ?? GB??



...looks good tho. Something to look forward to.

[hell-angel]

DI-MeisterM said:

Yeah, something like the Oblivion trailer would be very nice

Ah yes, that trailer looked good, but I prefer the prey one, showed more stuff and gives a better view of the gameplay, oblivion basically only show the graphics (which are beautifull btw. )

I would love a high quality trailer, but I am happy the shaky-cam exists.

(p.s. hurry up with the full version allready. )

[Geir]

my guess is that the story is going to progress just like hl2 does.

[Nessus]

George, why not just release the HD vid now? People are talking about it now, people are forming their impressions of the game now, best to just put it out and put your best foot forward.

[Yatta]

Nessus said:
You should just release the HD vid now. People are talking about it now, people are forming their impressions of the game now, best to just put it out and put your best foot forward.

I agree with Nessus.

[manuel]

SyntaxN said:

but plz, no 2 min. trailer with some action scenes, give us real gameplay

and in the end everyone is whining "Ahh you spoiled too much with those videos like Valve did with HL"

[Gryph]

Nessus said:
Georege, why not just release the HD vid now? People are talking about it now, people are forming their impressions of the game now, best to just put it out and put your best foot forward.

Because George doesn't have it yet. They're too busy at E3 to dump it into a movie file. Whenever they do dump it, they should just seed a torrent and let it spread that way quickly.

[Spooger]

When you give a mouse a cookie...

Damn. I feel lucky to have even seen the shaky cam footage :]

manuel said:

and in the end everyone is whining "Ahh you spoiled too much with those videos like Valve did with HL"

well HL2 was delayed by a year, thats why I think there were so many videos I think, and lets all hope Prey doesnt get delayed again!

-- Edit --

Well, i failed to realize that Prey has been cancel for like 8 year!

[Vexed]

Is it just me or does the field of view seem different from other FPS games?

[Parkar]

8? wasn't it more like 2 or even less? put on hold in 99 and HH supposedly started like 2001 or so. But to the public I guess you could say its been mia since 98 which makes it 7. Actualy that only makes you of by one if that's what you meant.

[Spooger]

Parkar said:
8? wasn't it more like 2 or even less? put on hold in 99 and HH supposedly started like 2001 or so. But to the public I guess you could say its been mia since 98 which makes it 7. Actualy that only makes you of by one if that's what you meant.

I'm sure that's what he meant. For example, despite development on DNF having been restarted, a lot of people refer to 97 as its genesis. It's purely point-of-view.

That said, it's excellent that since Prey's recent unveiling, it's on its way in such a short time! 2006 is right around the corner as far as I'm concerned, and given what we've seen in the footage it should be well worth *any* wait.

edit: slightly off-topic, but I'm excited to see what Chris and the other HH developers think of the general reaction to their work here. I can imagine how worried they might be about showing off Prey considering its unique gameplay.

[Bastos]

I just saw the shaky cam video, and I must say, very good job, already......
I was a bit afraid to hear, the doom 3 engine was being used, but I must say, this looks like it's going to k*ck *ss....

I was very eagerd to see the game when it was announced in the 90's, I even look more to the release now, after seeing this......

3D Realms, you just gotta love em....

[Spooger]

Bastos said:
3D Realms, you just gotta love em....

and Human Head too

[Lengis]

>>>>>going to k*ck *ss....

Uhh, why did you censor that. Is kicking ass so vulgar we must not mention it?

Lengis said:
>>>>>going to k*ck *ss....

Uhh, why did you censor that. Is kicking ass so vulgar we must not mention it?

you should for sure NOT mention Kickass on the forum, or they will kick your ass off, and that would not be so kick ass

[DissidentRage]

You just said it three times! Bon voyage! /

[Spooger]

/me watches him get his as* kic*ed right off the 3DR forums