Premature Evaluation is the weekly column in which Steve Hogarty explores the wilds of early access. This week he’s murdering giants in Praey For The Gods.
Developer: No Matter Studios
Publisher: No Matter Studios
Release: Out now (early access)
On: Windows
From: Steam, Humble
For: 23.79, $30, 25
Praey For The Gods was forced to change its name from Prey For The Gods, after Prey publisher Zenimax opposed the new trademark. Their platoon of lawyers, who I can only imagine swung in through the windows of the tiny three-man studio and started furiously tipping over desks and tearing phones out of the walls, were concerned that consumers would confuse this game, about traipsing around a desolate tundra murdering hairy giants, with their game, about turning into a lemon on a haunted space station orbiting the moon.
It was, ironically enough for a game about fighting massive monsters, a David and Goliath situation. But if there were to be any confusion between this game and another, it wouldn t be with Prey. It would be with the PS2 classic that heavily inspired it, Shadow Of The Colossus. Praey For The Gods doesn t so much wear its influence on its sleeve, as sneak into its influence s bedroom to wear its perfume and try on all of its underwear, while strutting around in front of the mirror singing hello boys, my name s Shadow Of The Colossus, boop-boop-be-doo .