Prey

[Squeek]

http://www.prey.com/

This game is insanely awesome. NO IDEA what's going on, but it's awesome. I'm almost done with the first part, or so I've heard.

---Synopsis / Spoilers---

Basically, you're a Native American on an Indian ranch/casino. Life sucks. Then you get abducted by aliens. Interesting. Turns out they pretty much want to destroy the planet and use its resources for themselves. Uh oh. While on the craft, you are set free by another person who managed to escape. You set your sights on rescuing your girlfriend, who was on the ranch at the same time. As you run through, you see just what the aliens are doing and experience their technology.

This game is TRIPPY. Seriously. Portals appear out of nowhere sometimes. Sometimes portals are totally invisible from one angle, but move to the other side and you can see it. Sometimes portals open only to have enemies attack you and prevent your escape. But that's not all of course. There are organisms on the craft that use it as their home. In fact, the craft is like a symbiote of metal and organism. It's hard to tell one from the other at times.

Then you die. But your spirit lives on. You can leave your body behind and travel around in spirit mode. But your body can be attacked while in this mode. So even if you die, you can't really die unless something destroys your spirit (I like this).

---End---

I've spent an hour on this game and I love it. I recommend getting the demo to see if you'll enjoy it (and to see if it can run... pretty graphic-intensive). The video trailer for this game proves that it will be intense. Anything and everything in the environment is a separate entity. You can destroy anything. Blow up trees if you want. Clear grass. Yeah. Awesome. The storyline is interesting too, which is the most important part, of course.