Why Prey has nothing to do with the original Prey

"We got to see footage of Prey for the first time at Quakecon this year, and it looks good so far. It’s a sci-fi take on Dishonored’s immersive sim toolbox, it’s set in a fully explorable space station, and hey—you can transform into a coffee cup and bobble around.But why is it Prey? The original game from 2006 was fun, but after all the years since Prey 2 failed to materialize, is the Prey name worth resurrecting? How did this happen?" - PC Gamer

[-Foxtrot]

Urgh...lousy excuses

I hate when developers just leave a great game open ended and don't continue it...especially when they had a great main character to go along with it.

You literally could have said that the game is set a few months after the first Prey and Tommy has been working for a council of aliens from different species to help take down the larger threat (the one who invaded Earth) and he infiltrated one of their mother ships only to be caught...now he fights to survive as the aliens toy with him.

There...done...Tommy is main character and it's a sequel.

Not hard.

I just don't see how you can take a name of an IP and not make it anything to do with what the name already stands for, what you are creating is a new IP so call it something else. Hell set it in the same Universe or give it a subtitle.

[Simon_the_sorcerer]

I think you´re right, as it makes very little sense to do it like this. And I think that the devs should have picked up the game where Humanhead studios left it off.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

" No, in terms of a high level concept it’s like aliens, on a space station, survival kind of stuff, so it was a good fit,” he said. “But there’s no fictional connection and no universe connection if you want that.” - The above quote pretty much confirms that this game should be a new IP. Let's see which other devs decide to "reboot " IPS with no connections to the original. It's a shame Bethesda is too cheap to even brand this game as a new franchise.

[-Foxtrot]

I know, the evidence is right there.

People always say "Why do we get sequels, remasters and reboots...we want NEW IPs"

*Something like this comes out*

Then they say "Whaaa...come off it guys stop holding onto the past, it looks alright"

It's one or the bloody other. Take Assassins Creed Black Flags, that should have been a new Pirate RPG franchise especially when it's unmatched in the game market. Tomb Raider 2013 could have been a full on action adventure game to give it it's old identity and not ruin someone elses and something like RE7 could have been a new IP which fills the void what P.T left behind.

They should stop changing franchises by turning them into a shadow of their former selfs and make new IPs franchises that can grow better without being held back by the old franchises lore/roots.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

@Foxtrot I disagree with you on Tomb Raider (2013), the game felt like a more grounded and modernized Tomb Raider, also Lara was still the main character. While I haven't played any Assassin Greed games, I'm certain they all have story connects and overall similar gameplay mechanics. I am also not against existing IPs expanding into different genres, along as the titles are interconnected in some manner.

[DefenderOfDoom2]

My guess why they are using the 'Prey' title is because i believe 'Prey 2' had around 70 thousand pre-orders in USA without a release date before they cancelled the game.

To be honest, i do not care what they call the new 'Prey' game . If it is a good game, then i am on board.

[Activemessiah]

Still prefer the Human Heads Studios version... hope someone leaks it since it's a full game they shelved.

[Simon_the_sorcerer]

So do I. Btw, did you know that their office burned down at one point?

[Activemessiah]

No I had no idea..

[-Foxtrot]

Yeah.

I mean Prey 2 didn't look like a Prey sequel either with the generic looking shaven head space marine main character, only to (in my opinion) shove Tommy in as an NPC when we called them out over it....buuuuuut at least it was going to be a sequel of the original game in some form despite not really feeling like Prey. However neither does this so out of the two Prey 2 was the better version.

[Activemessiah]

Have you played Prey with Sikkmod?

[-Foxtrot]

I have not but it looks really good

Maybe they should have released a remastered Prey game to remind people what Prey actually is about.

[Antifan]

Looks mediocre. It just makes me want a Dead space sequel.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

This and Resident Evil VII were some of the highlights of E3 .. both day 1 purchases

[Bismarn]

Bethesda has actually done something like this before. Remember Pirate of the Caribbean for the original Xbox? It was actually Sea Dogs II and then Pirates came out in theaters, was a big hit, and a quick switcheroo was made. Didn't end up mattering as the game was a mess.