Special Thanks:
Very big thanks to Heart Under Blade for allowing me to use footage from this incredibly poignant video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZy8caTTwIY
It's a Space Engine video set to the droning tones of Spiritualized! Check it out and as well as HUB's other content too!
Episode Notes:
Oh god. Prey. Dope ass game. Def my number one of 2017. Great lore, sublime gameplay, incredible location. Yes, I'll admit it's got issues (it takes FOREVER to get your first Typhon ability and the military operator bonanza at the end of the game is a major drag), but for everything it does meh, it does a hundred things ace!
This video covers the real world history, as well as the alternate history of Prey. I also go over the creation of the Talos 1, which I know Arkane officially covered in their "History of TranStar" video, but since that had more than a few inconsistencies, I figured this would serve fans better. Hope you enjoy.
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A Declaration:
Welcome to the Gameological Dig, a channel devoted to playing games with obtuse and interesting stories. The aim of this channel is to treat these game worlds like an archeological site, meant to be unearthed and studied, so that we may better understand their plots, characters and themes.
Game Notes:
Prey is a first-person shooter video game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game was released worldwide on 5 May 2017, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
In Prey, the player controls Morgan Yu while exploring the space station Talos I, in orbit around Earth–Moon L2, where research into a hostile alien collective called the Typhon is performed. As the Typhon escape confinement, the player uses a variety of weapons and abilities derived from the Typhon to avoid being killed by the aliens while looking to escape the station. The player gains access to areas of the station through a Metroidvania-style of progression by acquiring key items and abilities, eventually allowing the player to fully explore the station in an open world setting.
Arkane's Prey is largely unrelated to the 2006 game Prey developed by Human Head Studios, and is considered a reimagining of the intellectual property set in a wholly new narrative. While Prey 2, a sequel to the 2006 game, had been planned by Human Head, it fell into development hell following transfer of the intellectual property from 3D Realms to Bethesda Softworks, and was eventually cancelled in 2014. Arkane's game does not use any of the planned sequel's assets, and only incorporates the previous game's name and the broad theme of the protagonist being hunted by aliens. Arkane built Prey as a spiritual sequel to System Shock, providing the player with several potential means of progressing within the game.