On this day, exactly 20 years ago, aliens sucked up the Earth in a game called Prey and started experimenting on humanity. Fortunately, we were rescued by Cherokee Indian Tommy.
At the beginning of this century, linear first-person shooters were still being made, and next to established franchises like Doom or Unreal Tournament, games tried to be as imaginative as possible. One of the products of that effort was Preya game that came out on this day in 2006. In it, as Domasi “Tommy” Tawodi, we saved the country from abduction by some vile aliens.
Prey traces its roots back to 1995, when it was created by the creators of Duke Nukem. However, the concept of the game changed several times. Until the nineties changed designers three times, and after being put on hiatus, it didn’t come back until 2005, when it was announced, that is, a year later when it was launched for PC and Xbox 360.
Prey is remembered for its imaginative weapons and portal mechanics that make level were dynamic and varied, although the whole thing was linear. The interesting thing was that in this game there was no Game Overbut the main character after dying moved to the spiritual world where he fought to return to life. Also interesting was the protagonist who did not belong to the group of silent characters but expressed his sufferings loudly.
Prey was remembered for the mechanics of passing through different portals, which made the levels dynamic and varied.
Prey received great reviews upon its release and sold a million copies in its first three months. However, the future was not very bright for this series. The sequel was in development for a good seven years before they canceled it, and instead we got a completely different game. 2017’s Prey was also a great game, but still had (almost) nothing to do with the original from 2006. Unfortunately, the original Prey is no longer available digitally today.