The Strange History of Three Different Prey Games

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Upon launching Duke Nukem 3D, 3D Realms was unknowingly on its way to becoming an integral part in the popularization of first-person shooters. For the studio’s creative minds, there existed a desire to fundamentally elevate the genre’s design, gameplay, and storytelling potential. Such aspirations were what motivated the inception of Prey in 1995.
To achieve its ambitions, 3D Realms set about developing a new game engine to run Prey and future endeavors. These goals, and countless others, strained the workload, resulting in a series of unmet expectations. For years, the genre evolved without its influence; the likes of Battlefield and Call of Duty rose to the top, establishing a new norm while Prey endured development hell.
But Prey, when it finally emerged from the depths, offered an experience unlike any other. While there’s little to suggest it marked the seminal release 3D Realms had dreamt of, Prey’s 2006 adventure merited applause for at least attempting to reinvent the wheel.
What unfortunately followed were myriad stumbling blocks that plagued the IP for several years thereafter. A sequel was greenlit, announced, then cancelled. And though the franchise changed hands on more than one occasion, both installments managed to follow 3D Realms’s basic vision by striving to enrich the genre.
Today, Prey has evolved in its own right, distant from the promise of the original, but still honoring the desires held by a small group of developers 25 years ago. The journey wasn’t easy, though few would argue it hasn’t paid off in spades.
This is the history of Prey.
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@GVMERS 2 жыл бұрын

@Omabatfartsbruh Жыл бұрын

if i was in a desert island situation where the only two games available to me were world of tanks and prey 2017 i'd pick tank game over boring "immersive sim" any day

@aragingbear6466 2 жыл бұрын

It is hilarious to me that Bethesda claims to have canceled Prey 2 over quality issues, yet they put out games like Skyrim & Fallout 76 that aren't fully fixed to this day

@mattt115 2 жыл бұрын

Lol true

@guidorussoheck2100 2 жыл бұрын

it aint hilarious... just imagine what would have been then. If FO76 got a greenlight imagine PREY2

@Yfrith 2 жыл бұрын

Fully fixed is such ambiguous term, like ask yourself this is there any game that is even fully fixed? Its clear youre just being bias because you were disappointed by them in the past. Im not sure either you havent played these games currently or just have a potato pc, but they literally fixed major game breaking bugs. Theres a reason skyrim is re release like a million time which is stupid if they didnt fix the bugs, and eversince the disastrous launch of fallout 76 its at least heard the community and prolly out of guilt made the battle pass free for all. I dont care about bethesda at all, theyre just a big company who have a lot of money. I just hate people who are dishonest just because its more convenient for them.

@mattt115 2 жыл бұрын

@@Yfrith I think he just meant game that are not a buggy mess .

@TheMaskedWarrior92 Жыл бұрын

@@guidorussoheck2100 yeah, honestly, i have the feeling that Prey 2 could have been one of those gigantic letdown in the gaming industry, and if it was released would be put aside names like Duke Nukem Forever, Alien Colonial Marines, Cyberpunk 2077 and so on. Didn’t have a lot of faith in Human Head tbh

@TyTwoFly 2 жыл бұрын

I wish Prey 2 actually happened. It had such a cool concept.

@deathisnear2424 2 жыл бұрын

Every game where you play as a bounty hunter is just cursed to fall. Just look at the hell that was Star Wars 1313. Singleplayer Bounty hunter games just aren't meant to be

@HoFo-sw3cc 2 жыл бұрын

@@deathisnear2424 It's true! Another example can be Hunt: Showdown, A lot of people don't know about it and it's a fantastic game! Bounty hunter games are cursed

@rofflesvanwagon 2 жыл бұрын

@@HoFo-sw3cc hunt showdown is awesome.

@ebenezerspludge8369 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, same here. I was very disappointed with the prey 2 we got.

@TheDecatonkeil 2 жыл бұрын

Remember all you saw was trailers and videos of demos. That doesn't mean the game was actually good or salvageable. Look at Cyberpunk 2077. I think the decision to call the Arkane game Prey is questionable, but at least we got a great game.

@NoExplosionsMcgee 2 жыл бұрын

I still think that Prey 2017 would've been better off having its own unique name free from the emotional baggage carried from Human Head's original entries. Reusing the "Prey" name for the 2017 game was not a smart move. Especially considering that it came out right after Prey 2's development history was revealed to the public.

@jigsawlol242 2 жыл бұрын

Yeh, kinna annoying that they named it "Prey" when it remotely had absolutely nothing to do with the first game.

@executable3 2 жыл бұрын

I ignored Prey 2017 for a few years after release due to lack of interest based on all the drama (personally I didn't think Prey 2 looked that good and it also had very little to do with the original so it wasn't because I was mad about it getting cancelled). I eventually picked it up cheap after trying the demo* and it was a good game. They should never have used the Prey name. *So many games i've picked up that I otherwise would not have because of demos. Devs/pubs need to learn the asset demos are and need to make more.

@jigsawlol242 2 жыл бұрын

@@executable3 HumanHead confirmed that Tommy had an important role in the cancelled Prey 2 game so it DID had a lot to with the first game. The overall environmets and rich variety of enemy designs looked promising, hope they reconsider picking up the project where it left off, they could do so much more with the current technology

@insensitive919 2 жыл бұрын

It was pretty confusing, and it's not like the name "Prey" did anything to help that game sell.

@Bullminator 2 жыл бұрын

They should just name the game Prey Shock and it would make more sense.

@dimaz3 2 жыл бұрын

The new PREY is one of my favorite games of all time but It really should have been named something like Neural Shock. Probably would have helped more with the sales too.

@Robocopnik 2 жыл бұрын

Would have conveyed the content better, I think.

@cuppacoffee1572 2 жыл бұрын

Neuroshock or Psychoshock would have been so good

@rorychivers8769 2 жыл бұрын

@@cuppacoffee1572 As a System Shock enjoyer I'm so glad you said "Neuroshock", I was literally about to say the same thing. Dipanjan you were so close to the perfect name! That's actually what I'm going to call the game from now on. The game had bugger all to do with the original "Prey" story anyway, it deserved its own brand. And we deserved to get to play Prey 2. I'm really sad the gaming industry seems to be so full of shitheads.

@rorychivers8769 2 жыл бұрын

Doom Eternal doesn't make up for this shit, Bethesda.

@NoExplosionsMcgee 2 жыл бұрын

@@cuppacoffee1572 Yeah "Neuroshock" would've been a perfect fit given the game's narrative themes.

@raresmacovei8382 2 жыл бұрын

Reminder that Prey 2006 did amazing looking portals in 2 colors with accurate physics and world duplication 1 year before Valve's Portal.

@mrbungle3310 Жыл бұрын

The game is so underrated,i didnt hear about it till 2018-19

@igodreamer7096 2 жыл бұрын

Prey 2 looked like an interesting space bounty hunter concept. Such pity it never saw the light of day =(

@musicmind7582 2 жыл бұрын

that rhymed haha

@ozeppeo 2 жыл бұрын

@@musicmind7582 Uh, what?

@pupa-mi-ai_ciocanu_punctRO 2 жыл бұрын

Remember this quote: "Not up to the usual Bethesda standards"

@steelbear2063 Жыл бұрын

Yeah it was too good

@LonelyIslandKid09 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t play Prey 2017 until 3 years later. What a fantastic game. If it was named something else I would have played it way sooner. Something similar to System Shock or Bioshock since it clearly a spiritual success to SS and I absolutely love those games.

@torrb420 2 жыл бұрын

Which is funny since BioShock was always billed as a System Shock successor, so has Prey 2017....but Prey 2017 is so much closer to the spirit of System Shock than what BioShock ever was. The issue I had with BioShock then and even more so now, is how incredibly mediocre it's core combat is in a game so heavily focused on being "system shock-esque" which itself never outright prioritized combat. And it's heavy reliance on linearity and lack of environmental options of getting around. Much like the titles Prey 2017 was heavily influenced by, there are just so many options available to you that is much more than just "do I go shooty shooty, bonk, or hand look cool ability?". Need to get to a high place because you want to avoid a difficult fight ahead early on? Build a ladder out of random scenery items. Want to stealth? Stealth is actually viable because enemies don't insta aggro once you get into their aggro radius. Prey in a lot of ways is closer to OG Deus Ex than it is to the other 2 titles.

@kf8113 2 жыл бұрын

"Neuroshock"?

@xBINARYGODx 2 жыл бұрын

@@torrb420 ah, yes, the typical response of a fanboy of X is to over-focus on the thing that came out directly after that was like it, but not good enough in the eyes of that fanboy. You are like the Morrowind fanboys and equally pathetic. The person you respond to is discussing how the naming and marketing failed the game - but you need to get your fanboyish on because they mentioned SS and BS in the same sentence. You are pathetic, and easily trolled.

@807D14M0ND5 2 жыл бұрын

@@xBINARYGODx pfff calm down sir

@torrb420 2 жыл бұрын

@@xBINARYGODx who hurt you?

@Jamesssssssssssssss 2 жыл бұрын

Prey 2 looked so good, the world looked beautiful. Holding someone has a shield and them having a conversation with you while you do is awesome. The guns also looked bad ass. Honestly looks like it would have been a classic

@jayceneal5273 2 жыл бұрын

100% would have been a classic for sure. It looks way different from anything else from 2012 and very unique

@revan1202 2 жыл бұрын

Never hurts to talk to a game dev friend and seeing if they can make something similar we live in an era where we are restarting games from the beginning and to hell to all the AAA studios.

@Dicktopus 2 жыл бұрын

It looked totally pre rendered.

@jayceneal5273 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dicktopus it's definitely In engine. Might have been heavily scripted maybe, who knows

@Weaponized_Poutine 2 жыл бұрын

The footage gives me of Oddworld: Strangers Wrath vibes

@mylittlepkle1714 2 жыл бұрын

"prey 2 failed to meet our quality standards" fucking what? the same studio that released 76 and greenlit Wolfenstein new blood has standards?

@themastertuck 2 жыл бұрын

The loss of prey 2 is a core memory for me, I think that’s when my faith in the gaming industry really started to decline as a kid

@dragonrabbit7410 2 жыл бұрын

playing prey back in 2006 was one of the coolest video game experiences of my life, i loved that they dared to get weird!

@RageQuittersUKOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to play the cancelled Prey 2. It still holds up looking at the footage. :(

@ChreamOhWheat 2 жыл бұрын

Do you remember back in the day when we finally saw the trailer lol good times Side Note I remember when my older brother didn't believe me how good mass effect would be when I saw it in wal mart in the xbox magazine lol good times

@deadman1367 2 жыл бұрын

I consider the original prey to be one of the best shooters ever, very innovative especially for its time

@lutherheggs451 2 жыл бұрын

Good yes....Best shooters ever lol no......It wasn't innovative there were other games that were already doing what Prey did, they just borrowed mechanics.

@peshkybee7721 2 жыл бұрын

I greatly enjoyed the multiplayer. Walking on walls/ceilings and portals... chaotic area shooter fun. I still boot up the old 360 every now and again for the single player

@Argoon1981 2 жыл бұрын

@@lutherheggs451 I think is fair to say that many more games, where inspired by Prey info and early E3 demos, than Human Head Prey "borrowed" from other games. Prey 1 portal tech, was being discussed and shown working, years before Narbacular drop or Valve Portal even existed, wall walking, was on a past 3DRealms game and seen in a different form, in the old Aliens VS Predator games and spirit walking, that imo was pretty much new, at lest to me, but I could be wrong, most games today share many many features between themselves, that imo is hard to say, this or that is unique anymore.

@mamory3791 2 жыл бұрын

@@lutherheggs451 You don't know what you are talking about.

@unitybeing777 2 жыл бұрын

Prey 1 changed my life. It's a masterpiece and Native Americans? Common!

@jjforcebreaker 2 жыл бұрын

Both PREY games are fantastic. I'd love to see a sequel to both of them.

@iamstartower 2 жыл бұрын

Or a new reboot completely unrelated but keeping the killer space base and alien civilization concepts... both games blew my mind for being so different to other games made in their time.

@intothebreak571 2 жыл бұрын

I want more domasi tawodi!!

@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 Жыл бұрын

The original Prey was fantastic -- but this pathetic immersive sim, with that ridiculous storyline about teaching empathy to amorphous walking tar blobs is extremely ridiculous.

@domagojgalekovic8507 7 ай бұрын

@@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290Prey 2017 is fantastic and that's an L opinion bud, it's right up there with System Shock and Deus Ex, the original installment was a dumpsterfire. Arkane Prey is best the IP's ever been. You're just another low IQ fortnite kiddy In fact I'd rather It wasnt named Prey because you get all these stupid comparisons and lumping when they are clearly made for different demographics, one's made to be a System Shock clone and other's a poor doom clone.

@zyklan2197 4 ай бұрын

@@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 redditor

@mattsmokes2505 2 жыл бұрын

As much as I wanted prey 2. Prey(2017) ended up being such a pleasant surprise and one of my favorite game of all time. I did not expect a spiritual successor to BioShock and system shock when I started playing it and honestly that comparison doesn’t even do it justice because it does it’s own thing so well.

@Hack_The_Planet_ 2 жыл бұрын

The moon crash dlc is also basically deathloop just not as blown out to a full fledged game. Very good though.

@torrb420 2 жыл бұрын

@@Hack_The_Planet_ mooncrash is also a better game overall than Deathloop.

@Hack_The_Planet_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@torrb420 I couldn’t say for certain, cause I haven’t actually played it yet. Cant get my hands on a ps5 and I’m too broke for a decent PC right now :(

@-Raylight 2 жыл бұрын

Prey 2 is such a shame, they have interesting concept, gameplay, and story. Wish they'd release any version of the game, even if it was incomplete. They cancelled for petty reason when they almost completed the game. And they said the reason was *"It was not up to their standards"* then they released Fallout 76 few years later. That was a F lie

@xBINARYGODx 2 жыл бұрын

IF your "they" were accurately more specific, your post would be less crap.

@alexchipka6126 6 ай бұрын

@@xBINARYGODx Bethesda

@Calypso694 2 жыл бұрын

3:07 - Prey concept/Origins 9:00 - Enter Human Head Studios 13:53 - Prey 2 17:50 - Stalemate 20:42 - Enter Arkane 28:10 - epilogue/credits

@DCGMatthew1 2 жыл бұрын

God. I want the real Prey 2 so badly still. The Prey Reboot or whatever you want to call it is pretty cool, I don't think it should have the Prey name though. Everytime a cool bounty hunter game is gonna come out, it always goes bad. Prey 2, Star Wars 1313, etc.

@Kaadmon 2 жыл бұрын

Prey 2017 is called so because Bethesda owned the IP and asked Arcane Studios to name it like that. I havent watched the video yet so I'm sorry if it was mentioned there already

@Curt_Randall 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kaadmon that doesn't explain why Bethesda wanted the new IP to be called Prey though.

@Kaadmon 2 жыл бұрын

@@Curt_Randall My theory is: 1. Old IPs need less advertising 2. Having an IP not being used is, you know, useless. I blame Bethesda (or Zenimax) for the game being called so, even though it sounds cool and even appropriate, in the end I think it would've been better off having "Shock" in its name, Psychoshock or something. Absolutely love the game btw, it's in my top 3 games of all time.

@choo_choo_ 2 жыл бұрын

"Prey 2, Star Wars 1313, etc." The fact that you couldn't even come up with 3 titles, doesn't bode well for your argument of "always goes bad".

@choo_choo_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@Curt_Randall They didn't. The project head wanted the name. Bethesda had the license for the trademark, the dude said "Hey, that's a cool name." and that's pretty much how it went. There's a video about Arkane's Prey over on the Noclip channel, that interviews the dude where it goes over why it was named Prey. Obviously I paraphrased, but the main idea was the same. Prey's just a cool name. He wasn't wrong thinking that, just wrong in calling it that after what happened with Prey 2.

@executor31 2 жыл бұрын

Prey 1 was such a leap forward with its portal mechanics. Sadley it took too long to develop and the game suffered from polish ...

@thecosmicentity5597 2 жыл бұрын

Arkanes Prey is one of my favorite games, hope we get a sequal.

@nbdante 2 жыл бұрын

Man I wish Prey 2 was released instead of the new "Prey"! It seemed it was going to be a banger! Maybe one day we'll get a true sequel for the original game!

@calahad 2 жыл бұрын

The original Prey caught me by surprise, I had zero information about what it was but once I started playing it, it swallowed me whole. And what a ride it was. I really hoped for a direct sequel back then.

@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs 2 жыл бұрын

I got Prey for free a few days back and I'm only a few hours in but I'm really enjoying it

@mud5377 2 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah, added it to my hoard of free epic games as well. I haven't played any of them yet, just started with Nioh, but shoutout to epic for blessing us with the ability to build a huge library of awesome games for free. I've got one heck of a backlog on Epic alone! :P

@TheArklyte 2 жыл бұрын

@@mud5377 do devs get anything back on these free downloads at EPS? Publicity and exposure don't count!

@mud5377 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheArklyte I'm not certain about that, no doubt it's probably part of whatever contract they've got with epic tho. I heard awhile back epic was paying pretty good to get competitive, no idea if that's still the case.

@daedalus6433 2 жыл бұрын

@@mud5377 *paying pretty good to further split up the PC ecosystem with another unfinished launcher.

@mud5377 2 жыл бұрын

@@daedalus6433 diversity is our strength! 🙄

@themantleofgod4722 2 жыл бұрын

The original Prey 2 still needs to happen. Somehow

@GiovaniUrrutia 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the original, there isn't much out there in regards to Native American protagonists.

@AchiragChiragg 2 жыл бұрын

Turok series and AC3 have native American protagonists

@winternet9478 2 жыл бұрын

Assassin's Creed 3 had Connor who was native American 🦅

@DeltaAssaultGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Turok and Call of Juarez games had Indians.

@therealpizzagirl 2 жыл бұрын

Gun (released in 2005) for the PS2 and Xbox 360 also featured a Native American protagonist and he was awesome. We really do need more games with them, I feel like there aren’t many.

@ebenezerspludge8369 2 жыл бұрын

So Turok had 6 games in the series starting in 1997. I enjoyed the first Prey but Turok is the original FPS with an Indian lead.

@Dudeguy141 2 жыл бұрын

I’m just sad we never got Prey 2, it looked so great

@coltonbucholz6278 2 жыл бұрын

The “new” prey is far and above my favorite game of all time. I’ve beaten it many times and replay it at least once a year. It is far too underrated

@bartoltolic 2 жыл бұрын

Just here to defend Prey 2017 and to tell anyone who hasn’t played it yet, go out and play it. If you like Bioshock, System Shock you will like Prey 2017.

@TheMaskedWarrior92 Жыл бұрын

The true masterpiece

@Punkertoon 2 жыл бұрын

The original Prey is still so good.

@saytax 2 жыл бұрын

The original did better than I expected. It was fun and had a good story. It even checks the diversity box before it became nauseating corporate propaganda it is now.

@CPalanysamy 2 жыл бұрын

Prey 2017 is one of my favorite games ever, a true masterpiece.

@XGlite015 2 жыл бұрын

Just started playing Prey 2017 and I love it. Arkane is currently working on Redfall and probably working on the Xbox Series port of Deathloop. But, I hope that the rumors of the studio working on a sequel to Prey is true and prefer that than Redfall and a Deathloop port.

@2PacStoleMyBike 2 жыл бұрын

I remember playing the first prey demo on the Xbox 360. I loved it so much and thought they nailed the mood and setting so well. I explored as much as I could of that restaurant.

@GR1MRACER 2 жыл бұрын

I wanted Prey 2 so bad.

@Xxbte96xX Жыл бұрын

I remember the Prey 2 "gameplay" trailer had me hyped. I really thought it was gunna be the next big game. I did really enjoy the newer Prey game, but also would've loved to try what they originally had planned for the sequel.

@ICARUS_I 2 жыл бұрын

Prey 2’s cancellation hurt quite a bit, right up there with Silent Hills and Star Wars 1313. The original Prey was one of my fav games on the 360. Spent countless hours on the campaign and multiplayer. Unfortunately, I didn’t get very far into the Prey remake. Just wasn’t the same. Made me miss Prey 2 even more.

@mayonnaise3959 2 жыл бұрын

Again ITS NOT A REMAKE

@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 Жыл бұрын

@@mayonnaise3959 Yeah, it's not a remake. It's just a pathetic "immersive sim" that was named using a inappropriate name.

@mayonnaise3959 Жыл бұрын

@@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 what? How’s it pathetic. That makes no sense whatsoever. And inappropriate? What are you talking about? Do you even know what those words mean?

@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 Жыл бұрын

@@mayonnaise3959 Arkane's stupid game was a failure because Bethesda name it "Prey" right after cancelling Prey 2 -- a game for which plenty of people were interested -- therefore, it is a inappropiate name. And Arkane's "No Prey" was pathetic because it has a pathetic storyline about crazy scientists trying to teach empathy to a bunch of ridiculous walking blobs of tar.

@mayonnaise3959 Жыл бұрын

@@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 you don’t understand the game at all. You Cleary just watched a shitty zero punctuation video and assumed that’s all. And as for prey 2. It looked fine. But it was literally just going to be a boba fett simulator. And no this wasn’t right after the cancellation. It was years before prey 2017

@calidan777 2 жыл бұрын

I would so love to see the original Prey 2 bounty hunter in an alien city concept brought back, that would be awesome

@minx8334 2 жыл бұрын

prey for 360 was part of my late childhood. such a creative imaginative world. i even tripped on mushrooms watching a friend play it. there are only a handful of studios that do this kind of amazing artwork. games like portal and super mario galaxy and psychonauts... i was so disapointed that the new prey had nothing to do with the original. such a shame to steal a name like that. thats like taking the name pink floyd or tupac or queen and trying to become relevant imagine if prey2 came out and tommy was still the protaganist but he had to flee from earth due to the events in the 360 game. he turns bounty/vigalante in a alienated cyberpunky type world. and since he is cherekee, he has that cyberpunky bounty with a taste of native american look to him. bam new xbox character logo name next to marcus fenix and master chief. thanks for the nostaglic videos

@lucascoval828 2 жыл бұрын

Bounty Hunter Tommy would've been cool.

@whskyhamr 2 жыл бұрын

Christ this reawakened a desire to play the Prey sequel. One of the first times I played so much attention to a game development cycle and updates. The original prey was so much fun and different to what had I played at point. There was so much potential.....potential we will never see again.

@l.r.7505 2 жыл бұрын

This still breaks my heart. Although prey 2017 was my favorite game of that year it would have been awesome to play prey2. Anyhow let's hope Microsoft brings her back with the new protagonist from 2017.

@trevorcoyle517 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll never forgive ZeniMax/Bethesda for killing 2.

@TheDracopire 2 жыл бұрын

My heart still yearns for Prey 2, oh well.

@roycesong6620 2 жыл бұрын

You guys do an awesome job with research and hitting interesting topics. It's a wonderful peek behind the curtain of game development!

@Swordslinger-hb1ns 2 жыл бұрын

I still want Prey 2 that was being helmed by the defunct Human Head studios and being published by Bethesda before being out right cancelled in the end. That game was shaping up to epic. Like Cyberpunk 2077 hyped epic without being betrayed in the end.

@iamfuturetrunks 2 жыл бұрын

I got the newest Prey on sale about a year or two ago on steam. At first it looked like a horror game which is probably why I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but I think I had seen a trailer or some gameplay later on that caused me to seek it out plus it was on sale so figured why not. It turned out to be a pretty fun game and was kinda upset that they didn't seem to market it that well. And because of all that it probably didn't sell well enough for them to make a sequel to it so now we wont get one and that stinks.

@jakestocker4854 2 жыл бұрын

The OG Prey is one of the best shooters I've ever played outside of a few annoying missions

@lillyclarity9699 2 жыл бұрын

Just finished up my second playthrough of Prey (2017) a few hours ago. I really loved Prey 2006 and was really excited for Prey 2, and I think that disappoint is what kept me from giving Prey 2017 a try. I'm glad I did. It's my favorite game. I haven't fallen in love with a game this much since i played the original deus ex.

@RobPaulson88 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll never understand why prey 2 never got the support it needed, it’s a shame

@davyheijlands1956 2 жыл бұрын

I remember both games fondly, but I'm really curious what Prey 2 could have been.

@simpleton6813 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video as always. Both the 2006 video game and the Arkane Studios game are great games. The world needs to learn more about Prey because the games have such an interesting history.

@Mathmachine 2 жыл бұрын

I find myself wondering if the name "Prey" is just cursed. Each game had their own version of development hell somehow, which would normally make sense if all 3 came from the same place, but 1 of them was completely and totally separate from the other 2.

@Argoon1981 2 жыл бұрын

No is not cursed, it only add the misfortune of its fate being in the hands of one of the most greedy companies.

@Mathmachine 2 жыл бұрын

@@Argoon1981 Sounds like a curse to me.

@NoExplosionsMcgee 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much

@Reloaded2111 2 жыл бұрын

The Prey name isn't cursed, Prey 2 is. The first Prey 2 got cancelled, and I very much doubt there will be another one because Prey 2017 flopped hard.

@mikaelespath7624 2 жыл бұрын

@@Reloaded2111 Prey 2017 didn't actually flop hard. Yes, the launch was rough, due to very poor marketing from Bethesda, but the game still sold over a million copies eventually, and with its release on Game Pass with a 60 FPS boost, the game is currently in its best state and is being played by many more people now.

@d1jal 2 жыл бұрын

Omg I can’t get enough of Prey Videos. Thankyou so much for covering these

@agrashh 2 жыл бұрын

Both games are really awesome and need to be played by everyone. I played the first one a couple of times, and it was really innovative when it came out. Prey by arcane studios is just a masterpiece

@AdriftLegend 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely great video. I'm currently scouring KZfaq looking into the Prey video game franchise's influence on Prey, the 2022 film, since there's definitely some connection with it, at least thematically. Regardless, I'm blown away at this documentary style approach to the history of this franchise's development. Great work!!

@Texelion3Dprints 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, more videos about Prey ! The more people get interested in Prey 2017, the more chances we have to see another immersive sim. It's such an underrated genre... Still waiting for the System Shock remake I backed years ago btw...

@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 Жыл бұрын

F*ck Arkane's "NoPrey"! The game I wanted was Prey 2.

@zoom0451 Жыл бұрын

@@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 Prey 2017 >>>>> Original Prey

@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 Жыл бұрын

@@zoom0451 Why? because of the boring aliens? The "complexity"? The "originalty and creativity"? Kid, Prey 2017 lacks any interesting lore and enemies and complexity, originalty and creativity are not essential to make a good game. They are just features and depending of the kind of game you are interested in playing, *_irrelevant and unimportant!_* Me? I prefer shooters over "immersive sims". In other words, Prey 2006 and Prey are, to me, far more interesting and fun than Arkane's "NoPrey".

@zoom0451 Жыл бұрын

@@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 The gameplay is really good though

@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 Жыл бұрын

@@zoom0451 It's good *_to you,_* not to *_me!_*

@user-xh3rf9qz9y 6 ай бұрын

For me this game changed everything. Shame it ended everything. A true 3d game in more ways than (well play it). Thank you all who worked on it for a truly ground breaking experience. Not repeated as yet.

@freddiejohnson6137 2 жыл бұрын

I kind of enjoyed the first Prey when it came out on the Xbox 360 and was actually hyped for the cancelled sequel as the trailer looked amazing at the time. It's good that the game kind of survived in name and concept only and wasn't just lost forever.

@Hape_Plo_Koon 2 жыл бұрын

1:20 props to who ever chose the clips

@TheWorldOfVideoGamingOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, GVMERS, Noclip and Nick930 uploaded documenteries today!

@doomguydemonkiller 2 жыл бұрын

All in all, I'm glad we still got Prey 2017, a spiritual successor to System Shock and a cult classic.

@caseyfischer7868 2 жыл бұрын

Another excellent video! I really enjoyed both iterations of Prey. But the latter one was one of my absolute favorites

@JBBoomer 2 жыл бұрын

I won the Gamespot world championships in the original Prey. Played my best friend in the finals. Those were fun times.

@unitybeing777 2 жыл бұрын

You guys are stellar and factual in documentary, thank u for covering prey and especially prey 1. You guys are great. Happy New Year. Good tidings for more honesty.

@O2TG 2 жыл бұрын

These uploads have been great here lately!!

@Revansstuntdouble 2 жыл бұрын

This is such a good channel. You've earned every subscriber you have. The quality of the editing is fantastic. Great job guy(s) and gal(s).

@DigitalContentNetwork 2 жыл бұрын

I loved the original PREY. The fictious story of the Cheerokee gave it a real story that is unique until today. ZeniMax killed the follow up for no reason in my eyes.

@ludakriss9094 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible production on your videos. Thank you for sharing this interesting and a bit sad history with us. I really liked what I saw of the bounty hunter iteration. Sad it didn't come.

@Aggnog 2 жыл бұрын

No surprise that a greedy publisher was involved yet again in many of the downfalls mentioned here. In many ways I am grateful, as the Prey we got in 2017 was in my opinion pivotal for the future of the immersive sim genre.

@torrb420 2 жыл бұрын

Sad because no game since has done "immersive sim" as well as it did. Not Arkane's future offerings or any of the "never actually going to be released" indie on Steam.

@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 Жыл бұрын

F*ck the immersive sim genre. I prefer shooters over that crap.

@dmcgo3 Жыл бұрын

Pretty funny coincidence how both Prey (the 2006 game) & Prey (the new 2022 Predator movie) feature Native American protagonists fighting an alien threat despite being completely separate IPs

@VaunaKiller 2 жыл бұрын

Intertaining and informative as always. These are top-notch documentaries. Thank you all, GVMERS team!

@ZayDrawzShit2005 2 жыл бұрын

All of the pray games will hold a strange but special place in my heart.

@kiracodinson Жыл бұрын

Love these docs. Great inspiration!

@FoxFireUnlimited 9 ай бұрын

I've always said that the cancelation of Prey 2 is one of the greatest tragedies in video gaming history.

@Domzdream Жыл бұрын

The first Prey (which I still have the DVD) I played at least about 10 times! Loved it, loved it, Loved it!

@MoonbearStartiger Жыл бұрын

The world wasn't ready for PREY. I am not even a big gamer, but I played and beat PREY when it came out and felt like it was an insanely gripping, emotional and immersive experience. I usually lost interest in shooters because I can't feel connected or immersed, and typical gameplay could be monotonous but PREY was constantly surprising and exciting and I cared about the story, characters and world. It still looks great! And the loss of PREY 2 is criminal. I dunno what PREY 2017 is, but I wouldn't have called it PREY at all...

@mrspaceman2764 2 жыл бұрын

This was the first game that put my Nvidia GTX 8800 to it's limit. It was the second gaming PC I had built, so the first time I actually knew what I was doing. I loved Prey, wish it would get a true sequel.

@jtukko 2 жыл бұрын

It`s always a good day when GVMERS uploads!

@iLex97 2 ай бұрын

Prey (2006) is one of the greatest FPS games of all time.

@Mopark25 2 жыл бұрын

While we'll never get our hands on Prey 2, the story has at least been revealed, so we do get some closure to Tommy's story.

@JohnDoe-uf3lj 2 жыл бұрын

I really liked Prey2017, but I wish we could’ve also gotten Prey2.

@Domzdream Жыл бұрын

At 20:33 - that bit of animated imagery always slays me! It's just gorgeous!

@VideoGameKillCounts 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love The first Prey game. I really wish Prey 2 was completed and released as back in the day, it’s visual concept and gameplay looked so refreshing, and still does when watching it again today! The first was a Superb game, worthy kill count too!

@Tekkenandgaming 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, love your channel!

@Siaynoq8 2 жыл бұрын

Combat really was secondary to the new Prey's appeal. I loved all the other stuff about it.

@Jzsticky 2 жыл бұрын

Prey was an incredible game for Xbox 360! I just bought the new one known it’s not a continuation but more a reboot of the franchises still excited to see what they end up with!!! *cross my finger*🙌 Thank you for making another great video in your awesome collection.

@rpg500e Жыл бұрын

Crazy how to this day High on Life has probably been the closest to what Prey 2 looked like it might be. Seeing that old footage still makes me want a version of that, and it's wild that it just went away. Future looks meh wit Redfall, even seeing it's Arkane working with ex-Human Head Studios people. Also, remembering that basically the last thing they did was The Quiet Man isn't the most faith inspiring, but here's hoping popping vamps is fun!

@rofflesvanwagon 2 жыл бұрын

Prey 2017 was easily the best game of the year. It was like finally getting system shock 3

@beefjerky7154 2 жыл бұрын

at the least a system shock 3 is in production, and the guy who created deus ex is working on it as well

@ftbfelix 2 жыл бұрын

Both are great games that I really love. The soundtrack for the original Prey from Jeremy Soule is a masterpiece. It’s a shame the 3Drealms 3D engine was never fully realised. That looked incredible back in the day. It could’ve benifitted the development of Duke Nukem forever in the long run.

@Stoonk Жыл бұрын

Excellent documentary, you seemingly try hard to be unbiased showing both sides, unlike most youtubers.

@wrldoverheaven803 2 жыл бұрын

...and right exactly when it's free on Epic - nice!

@kupokinzyt 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Thumbs up.

@freddiejohnson6137 2 жыл бұрын

Well it was only free for 24 hours the other day since they have been giving away a different game away every day for the last couple of weeks.

@iwasntlooking87 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who played the original back when it came out, over and over again. Me and my brother were quite looking forward to Prey 2 like most of you. The new Prey, imo, is far better.

@jamespaul6315 2 жыл бұрын

The first games opening in the bar with dont fear the reaper was epic.

@Kaiju-Driver 2 жыл бұрын

I always love your content! Learning new things everytime. :)

@SkyScourgeGod 2 жыл бұрын

I really adore the original Prey from 2006, I still have a copy of it for my 360. The 2017 reboot on the other hand was such a large departure from the original 2006 version I just couldn't truly enjoy it as a "Prey" game. I ended up not finishing it as I just wasn't feeling any soul the original had. I've debated on trying it again with a fresh perspective though because so many people really like the 2017 reboot, but the only way I'm personally going to be able to accomplish that is if I treat as something other than Prey. That game really should have been titled something else, calling the 2017 version "Prey" is like calling Goldeneye Rogue Agent a "007" game which is far from the truth.

@nobobonobo 2 жыл бұрын

The 2017 prey should be treated as a system shock spiritual successor, try to get over your bias against it. It's a great game with an amazing setting and cool mechanics

@YarugumaSou 2 жыл бұрын

@@nobobonobo The bias was already set when they decided to not only use a completely unrelated series but to also use the exact same name. You can like it but can't stop people from being biased.

@ElSelcho77 2 жыл бұрын

I thoroghly enjoyed this history lesson, thank you! I played the heck out of the first Prey and concurr with their assessment of Portal stealing all the Glory for, well, Portals :)

@Magerquark 3 ай бұрын

I remember many years ago reading about the upcoming game Prey in a german PC Gamer Magazine. I was fascinated by the portals, the gravity and the graphics, but sadly couldn’t play it on my bad pc. To this day I still have to play the original Prey , heard so much good stuff about it

@ProffessorYellow Жыл бұрын

I grew up on that first prey, I was so curious where the blue portal was going to leave eventually, I still remember the song in the credits "take me home" by after midnight project. First game i remember beating on my own with no help as a teen i was proud as heck.