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  • Summary: You awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject in an experiment meant to change humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted. As you delve intoYou awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject in an experiment meant to change humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted. As you delve into the dark secrets of Talos I and your own past, you have to survive using the tools found on the station, your wits, weapons, and mind-bending abilities. [Bethesda Softworks]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 38
  3. Negative: 1 out of 38
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 5, 2017
    100
    Prey offers one of the best gaming environments in the history and builds on it its sophisticated, exciting, and unusually entertaining gameplay. A weaker story and sometimes too high difficulty does not change the fact that Arkane studios has once again produced something special. [Issue#275]
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  2. Areajugones
    May 9, 2017
    92
    Prey is a masterpiece of the science-fiction genre. A game that hooks the player from beginning to end and creates a wonderful experience.
  3. Games.cz
    May 24, 2017
    90
    Excellent first person action with a strong RPG element allows countless gameplay approaches with its sensitively set systems and fantastic game- and level- design. It brings an eye-catching story, a great scriptwriting, a mercilessly exciting atmosphere, and it does not allow criticism of logical deficiencies because it explains everything carefully. Technically, it is flawless and runs smoothly. A handful of minor flaws can be overlooked with no regret.
  4. Gaming Age
    May 15, 2017
    83
    All in all I would definitely recommend Prey to anyone interested. It is very reminiscent of Bioshock with some hefty Dead Space elements thrown in and some solid Deus Ex mechanics driving it all. It is a well-balanced, lengthy game with a substantial story that is intriguing enough to keep you interested for an extended period of time. Lackluster combat can make some stretches a drag, but that next room to explore and that next secret to uncover keeps you going. If you are on the fence, I would suggest you pick this one up. In a year that seems to just keep on delivering, Prey is yet another success story.
  5. DarkStation
    Jun 20, 2017
    80
    It is difficult to overstate what an achievement Prey's environmental and gameplay designs represent, nor the elegance and real ingenuity behind the many interlocking systems that the player accesses throughout. Whether you approach it as a horror-action game, a stealth-puzzle game or a run-and-gun shooter, Prey will accommodate you. Although it lacks narrative drive or memorable characters, Prey will engage you for hours as you realize the potential for creativity that the developers baked in to every area and moment in the game.
  6. IBTimes UK
    May 13, 2017
    80
    Prey's greatest success is its approach to choice and exploration. For players looking for a direct and focused single player shooter experience, this will undoubtedly disappoint and perhaps even frustrate, but for players looking for a smart and immersive world rife with intrigue and tension, Prey is a quality companion for some true classics.
  7. IGN
    May 10, 2017
    40
    If the PC version of Prey hadn’t become completely unplayable from crashes and save-game corruption just as it was hitting its stride, I’d have called it a very good or perhaps even great game. Its strange alternate-history universe, sidequests, hidden threats, and detailed environmental storytelling make Talos I a joy to explore, one that’s well worth slogging through combat that doesn’t feel fresh enough to sustain it throughout a long game.

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  1. Positive: 227 out of 319
  2. Mixed: 61 out of 319
  3. Negative: 31 out of 319
  1. Blackdung7
    Jul 11, 2021
    10
    This game story is amazing with fantastic gameplay mechanics. I definitely recommend getting this game!
  2. Enile
    Jun 2, 2017
    10
    Good old memories.

    Half-Life+Bio Shock+Dead Space+etc=Prey Don't miss it if you love that kind of games, and genre. 60$ for AAA    Good old memories.

    Half-Life+Bio Shock+Dead Space+etc=Prey

    Don't miss it if you love that kind of games, and genre.

    60$ for AAA shooter? Yes. It's worth it. The level design, quality, sound, music, combat, and OMG that thrill and survival horror...

    Go. Buy it!    … Expand
  4. DaemonXHUN
    May 6, 2017
    10
    This review is based on the game after completing it with all the side-quests available, except two (as far as I know). I played it for aroundThis review is based on the game after completing it with all the side-quests available, except two (as far as I know). I played it for around 25 in-game hours.

    I'm one of those people who was heavily disappointed when Bethesda cancelled Prey 2 (2006's Prey's sequel, which I played and very much enjoyed). In a way, even if I wasn't one of them, I totally understood the people who started bashing and boycotting this new Prey game. But was the hate justified?

    The short answer is no. Not at all. Based on my experience so far, I have to say this game is simply amazing in every possible way. The music is phenomenal, thanks to the talented Mick Gordon who also did the soundtrack for 2016's Doom and for Wolfenstein: The New Order.

    But what is more important though is that the game is full of very smart and intelligent gameplay design ideas. It's more than obvious that the devs well thought out every little gameplay aspect and tweaked them to achieve perfection. This game has a very high production quality.

    Also, I think I never saw a game before that so well utilized the enviroment such as this. In every single area I spent a very large amount of time to be able to discover everything, and it was a whole lot of fun. Prey mixes verticality and platforming very well with the usual, more horizontal gameplay.

    And if I mentonied exploration: the exploration/discovery is fantastic, the game is very complex and deep in terms of world building and gameplay, in fact it's more complex in a way than most AAA games out there today. The story and the lore looks promising, and I like the visual design the artists went for.

    The game clearly took inspiration from the best movies in the sci-fi genre (Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, or Ridley Scott's Alien). Other than that, it reminds me some of the best games I've played, such as Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Bioshock, Dishonored, and of course, it also has a very strong System Shock vibe. In fact, it could be called System Shock 3. It has a Dead Space feeling in a way too.

    The good news won't end here. This game is perfectly optimized. I have a rig that is around the recommended specs, and I manage to hit 100FPS average at 1080p on the absolute highest settings (EVGA GTX970 FTW, 16GB DDR4 2400Mhz RAM, i5-6500).

    This game is a joy to play. It's very impressive that it managed to grab me this much under only one hour and never let me go till I finished it. In fact, I'm still not finished (even if I completed the story). I'm starting a second playthrough now and I'll try to get the remaining achievements.
    I definitely recommend checking out this game, it well worth the money!

    If I have to say a con, it's a minor thing, but normal human-sized enemies will provide unpleasant difficulty spikes every time you face them as long as you don't get a shotgun. Fighting against them with the Glue Gun, Pistol, or Wrench is not easy, and they kill you in 3 hits on Normal difficulty. The easiest is to avoid them and/or try to throw explosives at them from a distance (red pipes).    … Expand
  5. C45513
    Jan 13, 2021
    9
    First-person sci-fi immersive sim with exceptional environmental storytelling and incredible ambience.
  6. Exth
    Oct 27, 2017
    8
    Fantastic game! Superb atmosphere. Love the gameplay. Old school type of level desing (OG Deus Ex, Half Life, System Shock). InterestingFantastic game! Superb atmosphere. Love the gameplay. Old school type of level desing (OG Deus Ex, Half Life, System Shock). Interesting Story. Great sound desing. Good Graphics and great asthetics.… Expand
  7. Mullon
    Jun 18, 2022
    7
    It's okay? It's a perfectly serviceable immersive sim with all the bits you like that work competently. If you can't play Deus Ex or SystemIt's okay? It's a perfectly serviceable immersive sim with all the bits you like that work competently. If you can't play Deus Ex or System Shock or BioShock or Dishonored and need an immersive sim fix you should give Prey a shot. It has all the stuff you like, the email reading from Deus Ex, the stealth parkour from Dishonored, the history buff lore from BioShock, the space station crawling with alien monsters from System Shock, the weapon and ability upgrades from Deus Ex, the audio logs from System Shock, (the headcrabs from Half-Life), and the morality choices from Dishonored. Just don't play Prey if you want something novel, or a mystery that pays off, or an ending that's satisfying.… Expand
  8. tunahan43
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    bethesda ve arkanenin yaptığı oyunlardan beğenmediğim overrated bulduğum nadir yapımlardan .bunun fanboylarıda çok kanser.3 kere denedim yokbethesda ve arkanenin yaptığı oyunlardan beğenmediğim overrated bulduğum nadir yapımlardan .bunun fanboylarıda çok kanser.3 kere denedim yok olmuyor .finalinede baktım iyiki devam etmemişim dedim .çöp ve overrated bir oyun.… Expand

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