this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2025
76 points (95.2% liked)

Games

41411 readers
1728 users here now

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Rules

1. Submissions have to be related to games

Video games, tabletop, or otherwise. Posts not related to games will be deleted.

This community is focused on games, of all kinds. Any news item or discussion should be related to gaming in some way.

2. No bigotry or harassment, be civil

No bigotry, hardline stance. Try not to get too heated when entering into a discussion or debate.

We are here to talk and discuss about one of our passions, not fight or be exposed to hate. Posts or responses that are hateful will be deleted to keep the atmosphere good. If repeatedly violated, not only will the comment be deleted but a ban will be handed out as well. We judge each case individually.

3. No excessive self-promotion

Try to keep it to 10% self-promotion / 90% other stuff in your post history.

This is to prevent people from posting for the sole purpose of promoting their own website or social media account.

4. Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts

This community is mostly for discussion and news. Remember to search for the thing you're submitting before posting to see if it's already been posted.

We want to keep the quality of posts high. Therefore, memes, funny videos, low-effort posts and reposts are not allowed. We prohibit giveaways because we cannot be sure that the person holding the giveaway will actually do what they promise.

5. Mark Spoilers and NSFW

Make sure to mark your stuff or it may be removed.

No one wants to be spoiled. Therefore, always mark spoilers. Similarly mark NSFW, in case anyone is browsing in a public space or at work.

6. No linking to piracy

Don't share it here, there are other places to find it. Discussion of piracy is fine.

We don't want us moderators or the admins of lemmy.world to get in trouble for linking to piracy. Therefore, any link to piracy will be removed. Discussion of it is of course allowed.

Authorized Regular Threads

Related communities

PM a mod to add your own

Video games

Generic

Help and suggestions

By platform

By type

By games

Language specific

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

You fell in love with a game and it's characters, sunk hundreds, maybe even thousands of hours into it. It became a comforting, immensely satisfying part of your daily life. Then you heard a sequel was coming and got really hyped but when it came out it was utter rubbish...

Which game(s) was that for you?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I know the atmospheric design is doom like (aliens, weapons, paltforms..etc.) but gameplay mechanics were totally inovative and original (wall walking, portals, spirit walk) and chracter focus was also cool (native american).

I'm not saying Prey 2016 is a Bad game, I just found it sad that they totally changed the franchise spirit ๐Ÿ˜„

[โ€“] moody 4 points 1 week ago

I thought the original Prey was boring as hell. It's not like it didn't have any interesting features, but the lack of penalty for dying meant that failure is impossible.

Prey isn't really a franchise at all, just two completely unrelated games with the same name.

The newer one was supposed to be a sequel when it was being made by the original devs, but in the end it's a completely separate game with no connection to the first.

[โ€“] evujumenuk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I don't deny that Old Prey was an innovative game. But stating that everything that wasn't Doom was stripped out while implying that nothing else was added in feels a bit disingenuous.