My Steam profile | Prey Digital Deluxe on Steam
Hey there, hope you're doing great and feeling even better today!
Lemme ask you a quick question: do you guys remember E3 2016? I sure do! I remember watching Detroit trailer in awe (only to watch on YouTube later, though, but it's okay) and seeing Norman Reedus in some Kojima's game, Mafia III (sorry to remind you) and God of War... I was really happy to see new titles mixed with some familiar names, you know. I was happy to see something familiar even more when I saw Prey. The trailer hadn't started yet, but I knew I was hyped because, to be honest, I was hoping to see the remake of the Prey (2006) or a sequel or something with that universe. Well, as you probably know, none of us didn't.
First few seconds gave a faint taste of disappointment and I felt like I've just been lied to and, you know, that honestly did the good job because what I saw next blew me away. That Groundhog Day feeling got me, it got me how the protagonist's eye got more and more red, the test chamber, some weird thing approaching the camera, the microgravity, the black,dysmorphic threat on a space station, protagonist talking to his own self, that gun he used to freeze the dysmorphic little thing... Now, I'm not that easily impressed, but it just felt like this one game had a lot to offer to my taste - it, supposedly, had something to do about the protagonist's memory (Total Recall, anyone?), had the test he supposedly underwent, the space station and an actually fresh feeling for a horror title with the threat so - to me, at least - unique. Once the trailer ended I felt that I was actually happy it had nothing to do with the Prey (2006). Then a gameplay trailer came out and it reinforced my shock, my desire to try it out and explore the game, and then they had a release one just to kill me... Unfortunately, I couldn't afford it and still can't. I'll stop on that later.
Prey really got me. After its release I was watching various gameplay videos, but I was so careful with that not to spoil anything to myself (and I somehow managed watching only some battle scenes), but at some point I knew that if I wanna see something new, I'm going to have to see something important in terms of the plot. Oh boy, I remember spending days watching the same locations over and over again with different approaches from different people... I wanted to try so bad. At some point I didn't want to watch it anymore, I wanted to explore it myself and seen what I can do, build my own story, you know. I managed to stop watching it at last... I'll be honest with you, it wasn't easy! My hands were itch to search and click on some videos about the game, but I did my best to resist, hoping that one day I get to play it myself.
Slowly, but surely, though, as my life took a few unexpected turns, Prey moved lower and lower on the list of priorities or things to do, basically. I've been listening to my friends discussing it (none of them liked it, for some reason, but from what I've seen, it's hell awesome! It must be!), I avoided video reviews as to not to spoil a single thing, but it simply made me wanna play it even more. I couldn't pirate it. It felt way too great to 'rob' the Arkane Studios like that, so I never thought about downloading it actually. Either way, it went down the list and so did my desire to play the hell out of it... Until I saw their Mooncrash trailer with all the updates and now New Game+ feature, Survival Mode. They brought the desire back with the new strength. I can't stop thinking about it and I felt something like only once when the DOOM (2016) was announced and came out since I was a huge fan of the series.
Unfortunately, I can't afford it. I'm a student and my university isn't the cheapest one (glad it's not the most expensive one either, though) and the degree I'm aiming for is, you know, important to me, I truly believe in it and want a career in my field, so I can't neglect my studies to work (even at part-time because most of my studying is about the homework or, as they put it there, 'Self education' or something), I still live with my parents and they're not making good money (we're not starving or anything like that, but still, it's not like we may spare some cash for something so unnecessary as a video game). I've been trying to find a job for Summer (or at least a month) and got something for August, but due to certain circumstances, I'm going to have to put all of the money I'll make away (and I mean all of it, that's a touchy thing).
Anyways, there's that! If you've read my post to this point, I must say I really appreciate taking some time to read through that wall of text, really, thank you! I hope to find luck here and enjoy the game I've anticipated so much, but if that's not happening, it's all right.
P.S. Feel free to point out my grammar or anything like that, I'd appreciate that, too!
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