Prey

not every side story connected to the main narrative or the lore in a meaningful way, but they still manage to provide a certain sense of intrigue, which is enough to earn acclaim i guess. playing on console, loading screens are really unbearable after a point -especially towards the end trying to cross almost all parts of the station to finish only one layer of a mission. otherwise, it is a great sci-fi game story, gameplay, weapon, style-wise.

It's easy to forget, amid the glut of turgid open-world games that have the player roam a meretriciously large landscape filled with generic interactions, what was once the promise of video game spaces: extraordinary but plausible environments whose every detail can be acted upon according to consistent rules, crafted with enough care that the observations and deductions you could make about an actual place (and its inhabitants) apply. Prey isn't perfect, but it tries its damnedest to get there.

superb exploration, combat and level design, partly hampered by too many so-called "quality-of-life" features. saving anywhere, markers everywhere, full heals manywhere. operators aren't as bad as bioshock's vita chambers, but it still ruins balance, where individual encounters can crush the player in an instant yet still lack challenge due to minimal consequences. art direction and writing are blandly competent, but it's still the three qualities up top that make prey engaging, despite flaws.

It's mimicking a reboot of a forgotten 2005 game for some reason but System Shock 3 is finally here

Prey should have been considered one of the best RPG's released in the last few decades, it's now obvious that Bethesda's constant meddling with Arkane's development is a prime example of how the 'business executive' mindset can utterly ruin the reception of a product they have no hand in creating. Forcing the reuse of the name 'Prey' to imply a connection with the 2006 game just screams "I made a bad move buying the rights to this name, now my... - Full Review

Few resources. You've no bullets, when you do have bullets it feels like they do no damage. The enemy teleports behind you and slaps you once - you die instantly. You respawn, try to run, and get to the door, but it's non-functional because the enemy is electric - you die. It's a cool game with interesting sci-fi concepts, but not very fun. The most fun I had was sprinting and vaulting past respawning enemies in familiar areas. Spacewalking is painful and it's very easy to get lost.

I don't get pleasure because of the overly high difficulty level. The gameplay itself is also overly simple. You're mainly looking for ways to enter different rooms. The plot seems interesting, but I would rather watch a movie like this than play.

✰ I like the beginning intro. Great grafix & UI polish. I almost quit the game because I didn't realize gloo gun is essential for killing in the early game. Wench by itself is nothing against phantoms. I really enjoy exploring the interconnectedness of Talos (3d metroidvania). And the scale of Talos is rather impressive. Switching guns is very satisfying. Avoid survival mode: has annoying trauma sound. I like the "good" ending. But the end ending seems unnecessary & ruins the ambiguity. 92-95

The exploration and level design are as great as you would expect from Arkane. The combat difficulty is brutal. The Typhon tend to look the same, but you have to use different weapons and strategies for each, especially the bosses. Like a CRPG, it's all about resistances and immunities. If you've used up all your emp or Null wave weapons when you need it, you'll be in for an experience in frustration.

A somewhat welcome addition to what precious little there is in the immersive sim canon, but that's all it is. Twice I had to bodge my save files because the game forgot the map states, the enemies get boring and annoying by the latter half of the game, and that asspull ending just about snuffed any praise I had left for the story. I still like the setting and the atmosphere (obviously informed by that of Bioshock.)