Prey ripping off Geist? (vice versa apparently)

Dasilva · 07-02-2006, 12:27 PM

Geist, an exclusive Nintendo Gamecube game seems to be what Prey is getting its concept from. Just my thoughts.

Once A Villain · 07-02-2006, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Dasilva

Geist, an exclusive Nintendo Gamecube game seems to be what Prey is getting its concept from. Just my thoughts.

I don't really see the connection, and I played Geist. Geist is all about possessing humans, dogs, objects, etc. You are a ghost basically. In Prey you don't possess anything. The only connection I see is the "spirit" thing, but it serves a different purpose in Prey.

custard · 07-02-2006, 12:41 PM

Prey, which was started in the late 90's?

Once A Villain · 07-02-2006, 12:44 PM

Yeah I forgot about that, heh. Prey has been in development since 1996.

Jazhara7 · 07-02-2006, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Once A Villain

I don't really see the connection, and I played Geist. Geist is all about possessing humans, dogs, objects, etc. You are a ghost basically. In Prey you don't possess anything. The only connection I see is the "spirit" thing, but it serves a different purpose in Prey.

Well, of course. "Geist" is the German word for "ghost", after all.

(Actually one of the German words for "ghost". There's several others, including "Gespenst".)

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[toj.cc]Phantom · 07-02-2006, 01:04 PM

I was gonna say that Prey was started before the Gamecube even came out, but I was beat to it.

Lucien21 · 07-02-2006, 01:20 PM

Isn't Geist just a Messiah rip off anyway.

RLacey · 07-02-2006, 01:23 PM

And aren't they all just a Space Invaders rip-off?

Lucien21 · 07-02-2006, 01:28 PM

Bah Space invaders.

What a rip off from Pong.

Dasilva · 07-02-2006, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucien21

Isn't Geist just a Messiah rip off anyway.

Everyone knows Messiah is a Lemmings rip off.

[toj.cc]Phantom · 07-02-2006, 02:04 PM

But Lemmings is a Yar's Revenge rip off...

MoriartyL · 07-02-2006, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucien21

Bah Space invaders.

What a rip off from Pong.

Ooh, but that's a rip-off of table tennis! No, that's a rip-off of real tennis! No, it's a rip-off of the very first ball game! No, it's a rip-off of rock-throwing! Ha- top that!

RLacey · 07-02-2006, 02:34 PM

Well, rock throwing is a rip-off of throwing in general, which is in turn a rip-off of the very first arm movement... and of movement in general... and thus of life.

So, basically, all games are just a rip-off of the very first atoms. Or something.

Lucien21 · 07-02-2006, 10:52 PM

Before life started molecules used to join together into small paddle shapes and bounce atoms back and forward for fun.

Once they got bored they decided on life.

Dasilva · 07-03-2006, 10:57 AM

So God is the source of Prey & everything else?

MoriartyL · 07-03-2006, 11:44 AM

Okay, let's make this simple. You know that law of physics that says that no new energy can be created?

SoccerDude28 · 07-03-2006, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucien21

Before life started molecules used to join together into small paddle shapes and bounce atoms back and forward for fun.

Once they got bored they decided on life.

So pong is really the source of all life????

MoriartyL · 07-03-2006, 01:10 PM

No, I think he's saying that life came billions of years late because of it.

Dasilva · 07-03-2006, 01:56 PM

*twitch* Pong stole my childhood. *twitch*

LimpingFish · 07-03-2006, 02:05 PM

Another difference between Geist and Prey:

Geist is really, REALLY, bad.

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Dasilva Hitch-Hiker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Mediterranean Sea Posts: 4,364	Prey ripping off Geist? (vice versa apparently) Geist, an exclusive Nintendo Gamecube game seems to be what Prey is getting its concept from. Just my thoughts. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Regards, DaSilva "If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is." - Angelina Jolie _ <Susan falls through the floor and gets stuck> <Paco looks at her blankly> "Whats wrong with you?! Lassy would of had a firetruck here by now!" - Susan Mayer, Desperate Housewives Last edited by Dasilva; 07-02-2006 at 01:53 PM.

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RLacey The Thread™ will die. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 22,542	Well, rock throwing is a rip-off of throwing in general, which is in turn a rip-off of the very first arm movement... and of movement in general... and thus of life. So, basically, all games are just a rip-off of the very first atoms. Or something. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ RLacey \| Killer of the Thread™ I do not change to be perfect. Perfect changes to be me.

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Lucien21 Psychonaut Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 5,114	Before life started molecules used to join together into small paddle shapes and bounce atoms back and forward for fun. Once they got bored they decided on life. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ I'm not insane, my mother had me tested!

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Dasilva Hitch-Hiker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Mediterranean Sea Posts: 4,364	So God is the source of Prey & everything else? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Regards, DaSilva "If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is." - Angelina Jolie _ <Susan falls through the floor and gets stuck> <Paco looks at her blankly> "Whats wrong with you?! Lassy would of had a firetruck here by now!" - Susan Mayer, Desperate Housewives

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Dasilva Hitch-Hiker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Mediterranean Sea Posts: 4,364	twitch Pong stole my childhood. twitch Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Regards, DaSilva "If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is." - Angelina Jolie _ <Susan falls through the floor and gets stuck> <Paco looks at her blankly> "Whats wrong with you?! Lassy would of had a firetruck here by now!" - Susan Mayer, Desperate Housewives

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