He was a reporter for The Miami Herald from 1971-78, and then a reporter for the St. Army from 1966-68, worked as a reporter for the Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian from 1968-1970, and went back to the University of Iowa from 1970-1971, where he received a master's degree in journalism. In 1966, he married Susan Lee Jones of Cedar Rapids, a fellow student at the University of Iowa. He then spent four years at the University of Iowa, graduating with a bachelor's degree in American Studies in 1966. He attended the public schools in Cedar Rapids, graduating from Washington High School in 1962.

PS: I'm legitimately afraid that System Shock 3 is going to be a stinker next to how good Prey is.John Sandford was born John Roswell Camp on February 23, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. If we never get a Prey 2, I'd love to see what game, 10-20 years from now, markets itself as the spiritual successor to Prey. (And a prototype for DEATHLOOP's mechanical and narrative conceits.) Mooncrash was so obviously 'more Prey' for people who had licked the original plate clean and sucked every bit of marrow out of the core game. Seeing the way Arkane is going with moving more and more into the action/multiplayer end of things (the shallow end of the immersive sim pool) with DEATHLOOP and Redfall, do you trust that they would make Prey 2 up to or beyond the standards they set with Prey? A part of me feels like if they aren't willing to really commit and double down, then they shouldn't even try. But it had to compete with Breath of the Wild and Resident Evil 7, and it was marketed to run & gun FPS gamers who don't want to fiddle with key codes or an inventory.Īnyway, /rant. They wrapped a diamond in tin foil.įor me, Prey strikes the perfect balance between simulated systems, incredible plot, character agency, inventory management, character progression, metroidvania level progression, and parkour/mantling/local interaction elements. It's like that saying 'putting lipstick on a pig' or 'polishing a turd', what Bethesda did was the opposite: They tarnished gold. It's crazy to me that they thought that putting a crappy old branding on such a stellar game would help market it. That being said, every time I read a half-arsed news journalism article about Prey, and they bring up the 2006 game and what Prey 'keeps from it', it feels like a punch in the gut.

We all know that Prey was designed as a spiritual successor to System Shock 2, and I think it's fair to say that it outperforms its inspiration in every way. I have a very small list of 'perfect games' in my head, and very few games make the list.

Prey gets me nervous, in a good way, and I'm not even talking about playing the game.

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