Still, definitely worth your 5 bucks.

monkey_87

TechnoDestructo

gusiskirby

Phokal

ShaggE

flagg

steve86uk

just go rent it for 3 bucks.

I strongly disagree. The game looks and plays far superior on the PC. They made some beautiful set pieces that can only be fully appreciated at high settings.

Cell9song

Pantsman

It's not a bad game but the pacing is so EVEN it just feels like work after a while. Coupled with the fact that it really is just a corridor shooter at all times and it comes off feeling far more primitive than it looks.

I bought it for the 5 bucks and i think it's well, well worth that money for the artwork, music and atmosphere alone. It's just not a mindblowing experience so much as it's a series of really pretty mindfucks with a very shallow game wrapped around them.

Sunjammer

Eschguy

ca$h

If you're an FPS fan I can't see any reason for you to turn up your nose to this, it may not have been the all out success like Half Life 2 but it is miles above the usual, avoid at all costs, dross FPS like Jericho.

Anyone saying they'd only play this if free is clearly an arsehole.

Jelster

LX

I played through it back when it came out and I can certainly say I've played worse FPS'.

Seriously...for 5 bucks you could do a lot worse for yourself.

gils0n

Klappstuhl

Also, vagina monsters.

GuiltyDragon

After the machine killed Granpa did you go back and inadverdently kill the next guy because you started the machine?

oopsies!

Cell9song

dadeisvenm

XidZen

Bjern Fita

Pornosaur

However, when you put aside the baggage, it remains a good game. Not great, not bad, just good.

Certainly it's well worth $5. It even has MP.

ErskinPig

ErskinPig

Sure it aint perfect, but I'll hit you with a spoon if you don't give it props for being innovative within the genre.

Robbotron

It's more than worth the $5.

Prey's main letdown was that it failed to capitalize on the atmosphere it had. There were some parts of the game, like the cryogenics area, where I kept expecting a scary moment that never happened. Or that part with the demon children. The build-up to that scene is rendered moot the moment you realize the demon children are nothing more than your standard, boring grenadier enemy. And just like Doom 3, the majority of the game is a corridor crawl. Yes, they are slimy, fleshy corridors with sphincters on the walls, but they are corridors nonetheless. It's ironic because toward the end of the game, the scale of the rooms really opens up and makes you wonder why they kept you in the claustrophobic corridors for so long.

That said, there were a few memorable moments. The school bus sequence stands out in my mind as the creepiest moment, while the Coast to Coast AM radio segments with an amusingly skeptical Art Bell you hear every now and then were exceptionally clever.

Kyouryuu

By the way, it is very very similar to Bioshock, I felt like it was the same game with different skins and settings, and I mean it in a good way, I enjoyed both.

artistpavel

Captain Impulse

NewtonProetus

Better than that is the hack (involves copying a bunch of game files, then using a cheat to give yourself the gun, IIRC) that lets you use the portal gun in Half Life 2.

TechnoDestructo

StartRunning

Dexor

I'm guessing there aren't a lot of Wall Street analysts logging onto Steam this weekend. Crafty way to boost earnings on the sly at the last minute - it's almost a shame if all the comment hate puts a damper on that.

Aleeightone

anyways, this game has some really great gags in it that make it worth running through. the portal and gravity effects were fantastic. i loved the puzzles involving the spirit walk and the real dimension. being shrinked into the box with the tiny moon with the gravity(mario galaxy rip alert!!!!). and who could forget that intro? somebody already hit it on the head...there wasn't an intro sequence this good except for half life 1. it kicks ass, and it really gets you into the game. if you haven't played this yet, and you've got the lincoln, you need to get in on this.

beware of the massive spikey life sucking grinder machine thing of doom. GRAMPAAAAAAAAAAAA

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY...

THE SPIRITS CHIEF! THE SPIRITS HAVE GOT ME!!!

blackdice

frostcircus

However, it's still a fun game, and the gravity-bending is a cool mechanic.

Zero_Beat

Zimmbous

Zimmbous

Bobby McPresscott

I bought Prey at launch after enjoying the demo and wasn't disappointed, for the most part, by anything but the AI. Why all the hate for Prey in comments? It's easily worth the $5. Good graphics, some cool gameplay twists, some really cool twists on perspective nad portals, a pretty good plot with pretty good voice acting, good sound ... I mean, what more do you want for the price of a meal at Burger Kign?

Bottom line: It's not GOTY material, but I highly recommend it for a fiver.

Strangelove

Drakulakun

pleasantly surprised to see that portals were integrated into this as well, way before Portal. definitely solid solid value for 5 dollars.

chibixleon

starscream1101

elronathon

ErskinPig

James in Dupont

Cell9song

DigiMish

psychobaka

DarkTetsuya

Pinhead

This is a decent game, well worth a Lincoln bill.

Kitsune Sniper

RudeAnimat0r

Wolfers

sparksterz (Xfire)

cybereal

Ortega

sparksterz (Xfire)

Steam should have 5 dollar games more often! It's a pretty good way to rejuvenate sales in games that perhaps didn't sell too well when they first launched. Even a CD costs more than 5 bucks. Hell, I usually spend more than 5 dollars on lunch.

Budget Non-budget games, ftw!

Angrypasta

artistpavel

Pornosaur

I had to comment on "wall vagainas" because as implosive it is, it is true. It didn't help that fetusks-look-alikes spawned from it.

The 5 bucks are worth it for the first 30 minutes and the mini-tommy and giant mob-portal-esque moment.

Best 20 minute intro since HL1.

The plane moment in Bioshock does not compare to the 52's crashing in Prey.

Then I got lost with all the eagles, out of body experience, and one of the worst level designs in one of the best environments to date. It was painful to finish the game.

Fyren

jimmy5150

frostcircus

Sathan

I just hope it runs well. The demo ran fine, (other than a few hitches here and there), but I'm sure there's some resource-sucking environments further into the game. Hell in Doom 3 comes to mind.

ShaggE

ErskinPig

diodegrey

Mustakrakish

Rented this game for 360 and loved it.

Doshi

ThisCharmingMan

TheEngineer

Tyber_Zann

I guess I wasn't the only one who sent the news in though, nobody got props for it.

Thassodar

diodegrey

Maldron

Ignatius

Aberrant Gamer was right, it's not even safe to lightly brush up against that topic.

frostcircus

MasterOfPastures

shiftkey

AverageJoes

cybereality

It also crossed the line with child-violence, and I'm surprised I rarely see this mentioned.

My memory's blurry, but there's something like this: two children are huddled in a corner crying, then one gets possessed, chases the other one (still crying) around and then tears them apart or gorily impales them on a spike or crushes them or gibs them or something like that. Either way, the main character's response is something like "well that was weird" or "this is just getting creepy" or some other asshole platitude. The way the scene's presented is pure ammunition for the 'games desensitise you' theory.

frostcircus

aghdacheat

MrAkash

JustJake

lasttimeyouaskedme

Tulkamir

HaydenTenno

Nobuyuki

drlard

AverageJoes

Haven't seen this Ripper film alas. But the start of Prey is just a really decent use of music in a video game, which is a rarity. Of course, there is the whole issue of how it wasn't on the jukebox before the whole invasion thing, but thats nitpicking...

johnny_ultimate

My only real gripe with it is what an incredible fucking douchebag the lead character, Tommy, is.

He whines constantly, treats his grandfather like a retarded sack of shit, and only really cares about himself and his girlfriend. I'm not used to greatly disliking the main protagonist. He continues to flat out deny his native heritage even while talking to his dead grandfather in the fucking afterlife. I could kind of buy him being skeptical at first, but not 4 hours into the game given all he's witnessed.

But...it's at least a $9 game, so $4.95 is a steal. ;)

Fortyseven

Maldron

我不是中国人。

Isn't it around 8 dollars to rent a console game at a local B&M?

It was hyped to death, and did fall in some expectations (especially multi), but the ingenuity of portal and the excellent storyline/premise (when was the last time you went berserk as an Indian adolescent receiving higher power from your gramps) did grant a first day purchase for me.

If you liked wolf3d, this is in some sense, a spiritual successor.

Fyren

我不是中国人。

@diablofreak: i intend to buy the pc portal stand-alone just to have.

Grumpz®

let me know when they have portal for $5. i'll jump in like crazy (already have it for 360 but would love to play with the mods that the PC gets)

diablofreak

Steam? Any help here?

Dragonis

Assau1tedCracka

Payne_IV

And best use of Don't Fear the Reaper, ever.

johnny_ultimate

jynxycat