Originally Posted by CingularDuality

I'm debating on whether or not to buy Prey or buy The Ship. I wish The Ship had a demo...

The Ship. I haven't had as much fun playing a game for a very long time. Sorry to hijack this thread, but it is an incredibly entertaining title.

It differs from most of the other games available on Steam in that it requires a fairly high level of thought and tactical adeptness. In order to succeed, you must be able to subtly stalk your kill, survive as you are slowly hunted down by another player as well as balance out your character's needs (think The Sims). A keen sense of timing and a willingness to watch and wait is required.

There are a huge number of ways to kill your quarry, and an immense variety of weaponry is strewn around the various areas on each ship. Of course, some weapons are easier to obtain than others, such as the ubiquitous axe, but the amount of cash you get for each kill depends on how highly your weapon of choice is ranked in the "money for kills table". If everyone is using axes, you'll only get a paltry $100 for embedding it in your quarry's back. On the other hand, a frying pan to the neck or a flare gun to the face might net you something well in the $5000 range. As a result, if you want to be successful you're going to have to venture into off-limits areas, and be hit with a small fine for tresspassing, or just have to go where the other players aren't.

In the last hour or so I have:
- Dropped a lifeboat on the sick sick man that was hunting me down.
- Trapped my quarry in the sauna and turned up the heat to reduce him to a pile of molten goo.
- Manipulated the jets of steam in the ship's engineering department to roast an unsuspecting victim.
- Sniped someone on the deck below me as they sipped coffee.
- Used a remote-control "wallet bomb" to catch the over-eager masses unaware.
- Slapped someone to death with a "mannequin arm".

Also, you won't be starved for playing space. I think there are around 5 or 6 ships, each different in their layout and varied in their size. Any server with 4 or more players is a blast.