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Prey 2006 or Prey or Prey 2017; which do you prefer? (leminal.space)

submitted 4 months ago by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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Wikipedia pages for each:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_(2017_video_game)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_(2006_video_game)

It's a bit of an apples and oranges situation but considering the history I'm curious which one people prefer in a situation where you could only have one. I believe 2006 is still considered abandonware with it previously being listed on Steam but being removed when they ran out of keys.

I liked 2017's gameplay but I felt like 2006 was more memorable and unique so I think I'd choose it.

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[–] all-knight-party@kbin.run 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

2006 was a neat game with some particularly cool bits, but 2017 is one of my favorite games of all time and pound for pound is a superior game due to 2017 being a spiritual successor to System Shock 2.

Very different games though, I don't honestly think they should be compared directly, it was already a weird choice for Prey 2017 to receive the franchise name.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

I'll second this entirely.

Prey 2006 is a slightly gory boomer shooter with interesting topsy-turvy levels, gravity tricks, a few cool enemies and guns and powers, and a campy alien abduction / invasion story. It might be a little underrated in its genre. Definitely fun.

But Prey 2017 was more of a clever stealth action / psych horror title in the vein of Deus Ex and of course System Shock. Brilliant interconnected level design, a deep story, a good (though not super original) roster of guns and superpowers, some tricky puzzles, and a few interesting and enemies. It gets a good amount of love but I still think it deserves wider recognition as an excellent game.

It's frankly stupid that they have the same name.