Predator: Hunting Grounds

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There is a shell of a good game in Predator: Hunting Grounds that's hindered by perplexing design and questionable technical performance.

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Critic Reviews for Predator: Hunting Grounds

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High Score - 85/100

Low Score - 30/100

Chris Tapsell (Eurogamer)

Not Recommended

“A predictably grim spin on a legendary action license that really deserves better, Predator: Hunting Grounds is unworthy prey.”

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Simon Cardy (IGN)

5/10

“Predator: Hunting Grounds offers brief moments of blockbuster action, but ultimately underwhelms more than it excites.”

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Alessandro Barbosa (GameSpot)

4/10

“Predator: Hunting Grounds’ lack of variety and shallow gameplay make it difficult to stick with beyond a handful of rounds.”

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33bits	Jose Antonio Calvo Ceniceros	70 / 100	05-05-2020	Predator Hunting Grounds offers an interesting yet limited online experience. The marked difference between the human combatant side and the relentless star hunter creates a consistent and enjoyable gameplay experience. But, for now, also limited in scenarios and ways of playing. Nor does the current problematic matchmaking help. Time will tell how this promising proposal from Illfonic and Sony evolves.	Read review
Atomix	Sebastian Quiroz	70 / 100	05-02-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds has several good ideas that result in a quite fun asymmetric multiplayer that, unfortunately, falls into monotony rather quickly, and does not meet many of the objectives it sets.	Read review
Attack of the Fanboy	Kyle Hanson	2.5 / 5 stars	04-30-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds feels like a rough and empty game that is held up by its adherence to the original film’s tone and atmosphere. But the overall quality hits more like the forgettable sequels, unfortunately.	Read review
Checkpoint Gaming	Omi Koulas	3 / 10	04-29-2020	…despite the dedicated appreciation for the franchise, Predator: Hunting Grounds is poorly made and not fun to play.	Read review
Chicas Gamers	Álvaro Bustío	Recommended	04-30-2020	Predator: Hunting Ground is a quite fun and entertaining game and one of which, without becoming a follower of the franchise, we will spend very great moments. If, on the other hand, you are a fan, this is undoubtedly your game, since the feeling of playing like a Predator and feeling like you are hunting humans is priceless. The feeling of immersion is brutal and the graphics, quite correct, contribute to it.	Read review
COGconnected	Garrett Drake	60 / 100	05-03-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds has remarkable potential. It has all the right ideas in place but desperately needs further polish and a dedicated player base to flesh it out. The thoughts I’ve shared probably sound incredibly critical, but I oddly feel like sticking around to see where it goes.	Read review
DASHGAMER.com	Dan Rizzo	7 / 10	05-01-2020	Illfonics respectable efforts are recognised here, and have shown slight improvement over their survival horror title. It certainly is in need of improvements, but you will have a fun playing this title. For however long though, is at your discretion.	Read review
Destructoid	Jordan Devore	6 / 10	04-30-2020	I’m curious where Predator: Hunting Grounds will go from here given Sony’s backing and IllFonic’s takeaways from its prior game, Friday the 13th. Despite all the glaring issues, numerous nitpicks, and small scope, I have a real soft spot for this game. The concept deserves to grow and thrive for years.	Read review
Digital Chumps	Alex Tudor	6.5 / 10	11-07-2019	Predator: Hunting Grounds looks and sounds like Predator, but lacks the soul of the 1987 classic film. For being one of the most iconic hunters in the galaxy, the Predator feels weak compared to the vastly overpowered Fireteam. I never felt terrified of the Predator, and I think that’s Hunting Grounds’ most glaring issue. I’m invested enough in the Predator franchise to see what Illfonic has up their sleeves in terms of additional content for the game, but I find it hard to recommend to those who are looking for the ultimate Predator fantasy.	Read review
Digitally Downloaded	Tyler Treese	2.5 / 5 stars	04-30-2020	Returning players will feel the same sense of déjà vu they would upon watching a disappointing movie sequel… and to be blunt that’s something that Predator fans know all too well at this point.	Read review
Echo Boomer	David Fialho	Recommended	04-27-2020	There’s a lot to like in Predator: Hunting Grounds. It’s faithful to its source material, hella fun and addicting. However it lacks the content and technical punishment to be a must have at its launch.	Read review
EGM	Josh Harmon	4 / 10	04-29-2020	On a superficial level, Predator: Hunting Grounds succeeds at translating elements of the original 1987 movie into a four-on-one multiplayer game, and the matchups are occasionally tense and thrilling. But shoddy game balance, sloppy design, frequent bugs, and significant technical shortcomings squander most of the potential.	Read review
Eurogamer	Chris Tapsell	Not Recommended	04-28-2020	A predictably grim spin on a legendary action license that really deserves better, Predator: Hunting Grounds is unworthy prey.	Read review
Explosion Network	Dylan Blight	5.5 / 10	04-29-2020	There’s love for the franchise here for sure, it just needed more time in the oven to produce a quality product of that love.	Read review
Game Informer	Jeff Cork	7.3 / 10	04-27-2020	Hunting Grounds sets the table for thrilling cat-and-mouse battles or embarrassing farces; the quality of each match is ultimately up to players. When everyone’s dialed into their roles, it’s a lot of fun	Read review
Game Revolution	Michael Leri	3.5 / 5 stars	04-28-2020	Much like a real hunt, Predator: Hunting Grounds rewards patience. Wading through the questionable technical performance and perplexing design gives persistent Predators a multiplayer experience that flourishes as its cat-and-mouse gameplay reveals itself like a newly uncloaked Yautja.	Read review
GameCrate	Justin Woo	6.8 / 10	04-28-2020	The game occasionally creates wild, stupid situations that feel a lot like an 80s action movie, but that’s not enough to sustain a multiplayer game for a long period of time.	Read review
GameMAG	Unknown	4 / 10	05-11-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds is difficult to advise even the most loyal fans of the franchise. The game is not worth your time, even if it will be distributed on a PS Plus subscription or sold at a huge discount. It is almost impossible to get pleasure here. Terrible graphics, unbalanced gameplay, poorly developed mechanics and broken matchmaking leave only a deep sense of frustration.	Read review
GamePro	Sven Raabe	65 / 100	05-02-2020	The perfect alien hunter only gets a mediocre game with a lot of optimization	Read review
Gamerheadquarters	Jason Stettner	5.8 / 10	04-27-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds is a lot of fun to play, but it does have many technical problems that really drag it down.	Read review
GameSkinny	Daniel Hollis	4 / 10	04-29-2020	Despite delivering on nostalgia, Predator Hunting Grounds lacks the punch to make it stand out.	Read review
GameSpew	Richard Seagrave	5 / 10	05-01-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds isn’t a terrible game. Not at all. But it’s just not good enough.	Read review
GameSpot	Alessandro Barbosa	4 / 10	05-08-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds’ lack of variety and shallow gameplay make it difficult to stick with beyond a handful of rounds.	Read review
Gaming Nexus	Rob Larkin	6.5 / 10	05-18-2020	It’s not a bad game, and is fun for a weekend, but it doesn’t offer enough to justify it’s price tag.	Read review
GamingBolt	Alec Benner	8 / 10	04-27-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds is a great addition to the multiplayer shooter genre, with plenty of fun to be had regardless of which side you choose to play.	Read review
GamingTrend	Codi Spence	75 / 100	04-28-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds is a 4v1 asymmetrical multiplayer game that pits a fireteam against the deadly Predator. Gameplay is tense and enjoyable on both ends, but if you want to play as the Predator, then queue times are currently much longer. It’s best played in bursts of a few hours at most.	Read review
Geeks Under Grace	Andrew Feistner	8 / 10	05-11-2020	Outside of some obvious glaring issues, Predator: Hunting Grounds is a fun multiplayer game that is still one of the best uses of a license since the Arkham series.	Read review
God is a Geek	Chris White	6.5 / 10	04-30-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds is adecent asymmetrical online shooter, despite lacking the polish of bigger, more established games. Although there aren’t a lot of modes, and load times to play as the Predator are too long, it’s still a lot of fun.	Read review
GuiltyBit	Isaac Toro	6.1 / 10	05-12-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds offers us a simple, direct and concise gameplay, that sins of simple past a few games. The truth is that it can be addictive, since if you do not care which side you are you can play games quickly, and the tension, as well as the development of the mission, are very well reflected.	Read review
Hardcore Gamer	Sam Spyrison	3 / 5 stars	04-30-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds is bolstered by its unique gameplay dynamics and beloved license, but falls flat thanks to unbalanced and repetitive matches as well as a general lack of polish.	Read review
Hobby Consolas	Álvaro Alonso	60 / 100	04-28-2020	Wether you’re the hunter or the prey, Predator: Hunting Grounds is a fun asymmetrical game that honors the legacy of the Predator franchise. Sadly, technical problems and lack of content hurts the overall sense of enjoyment.	Read review
IGN	Simon Cardy	5 / 10	04-27-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds offers brief moments of blockbuster action, but ultimately underwhelms more than it excites.	Read review
IGN Italy	Alessandro Apreda	5.8 / 10	04-27-2020	Few contents compared to the competition. Various structural, as well as technical, issues. Fun only in the short term, and only with the right company.	Read review
IGN Spain	Unknown	6 / 10	04-29-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds is a multiplayer game to enjoy with friends. Sowing terror as a Predator by going through the jungle could be great, but the game needs to improve a few points. Although the title has major shortcomings, such as the lack of maps or long matchmaking times, the studio has designed a game that will please fans of Friday the 13th: The Game.	Read review
Impulsegamer	Sean Warhurst	3 / 5 stars	05-20-2020	I was really hoping that this game would make me feel like a “goddamned sexual Tyrannosaurus” but unfortunately I’m sure Jesse Ventura’s character would compare it to a wildly politically incorrect and anachronistic slur instead.	Read review
INDIANTVCZ	Petr Duppal	7 / 10	04-29-2020	The game have hunted down a recommendation of 7 points out of 10. It’s a nice surprise to watch how the developers took over other famous film brands, worked it out greatly and added a couple of easter eggs, which will make fans all the more happy. However, the game has its mistekes, which reduce its quality. Players can leave the game soon, so developers must try to fix any bugs and deliver new content on a regular basis. Either way, good luck hunting! Or actually escpaing… you know what? Just enjoy the game.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	GameCentral	5 / 10	04-28-2020	Easily the most authentic Predator game ever made but also a paper-thin multiplayer game that offers far too little content and variety for its asking price.	Read review
New Game Network	Alex Varankou	52 / 100	05-02-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds occasionally offers a satisfying and violent asymmetrical multiplayer showdown, but doesn’t look or play well while doing so. Hardcore fans of the series might get some value out of this title, if they’re patient enough to wait in the long matchmaking queues.	Read review
NoesPaisparaFrikis	Oscar Garcia Mompean	8.5 / 10	05-06-2020	A very careful artistic design, a “movie” sound section and a very addictive gameplay we can say without fear of being mistaken that Predator Hunting Ground holds the title of being the best adaptation made of the 1987 film.	Read review
Pardis Game	Babak Ahadi	8 / 10	05-12-2020	The predator is back	Read review
Player2.net.au	Adam Rorke	Not Recommended	05-12-2020	“Predator Hunting grounds actually does a half-decent job of capturing some of the awesome that was the first Predator movie. But its gameplay as content is spread really thin and has many issues, which makes the game feel a little unfinished”	Read review
PlayStation LifeStyle	Chandler Wood	5.5 / 10	05-01-2020	Predator: Hunting Ground is a haphazard collection of intriguing yet incomplete concepts slapped together into a mediocre experience. It feels as aimless as the floaty first-person controls it boasts, with dull generic jungle levels that one can hardly tell apart. It begs for replayability, but long queue times and repetitive objectives outweigh the carrot of any new unlockable gear. There’s a salvageable core of a game that needs a massive wave of quality of life refinements to motivate and engage players. On paper, the idea of pitting a Predator against a group of soldiers is a novel concept, but in execution, Predator: Hunting Grounds is far less exciting or engaging than its property suggests it could be.	Read review
PlayStation Universe	Tommy Holloway	6.5 / 10	04-27-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds has a lot of charm and respects the source material. However, it is a flawed experience, and can be frustrating to play at times. Regardless of those flaws, I can still see myself returning especially to play as the Predator.	Read review
Push Square	Unknown	4 / 10	04-27-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds wouldn’t look too out of place amongst the tacked-on multiplayer modes of the PS3 generation. It offers a handful of hours packed with enjoyment but quickly comes apart at the seams as you realise how lacking in content it really is. While playing as the Predator and a good amount of customisation may be its saving graces, this is an experience you can safely skip.	Read review
Rock, Paper, Shotgun	Steve Hogarty	Not Recommended	04-28-2020	There’s a really excellent Predator in here, waiting to be set free.	Read review
Rocket Chainsaw	Joseph Rositano	2.5 / 5 stars	05-07-2020	Unfortunately, the lack of overall content, poor optimisation for the PS4 system, lacklustre AI, repetition and questionable design choices means the title just doesn’t stack up against other shooters on the market.	Read review
Screen Rant	Ty Sheedlo	2.5 / 5 stars	04-27-2020	A clever premise can’t meet the expectations of its ever-evolving namesake. The end result: a most tedious and ugly game.	Read review
SECTOR.sk	Branislav Kohút	6 / 10	05-20-2020	Predator is very popular movie and game character. But this time even his hand blades can’t persuade to buy Hunting Grounds. Becouse lack of content and poor stability.	Read review
Shacknews	Brittany Vincent	6 / 10	05-04-2020	In its current state, however, it’s best left to hardcore Predator fans insistent upon adding any related media to their collection.	Read review
Sirus Gaming	Lexuzze Tablante	4 / 10	04-29-2020	I enjoyed Predator: Hunting Grounds, no doubt, but the glaring issues it has as an overall package is difficult to ignore. This would have been a great game if it had a single-player campaign. Do you know what would have been an awesome 4v1? Ridley Scott’s Alien.	Read review
SomHráč.sk	Martin Kubeš	60 / 100	04-29-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds isn’t bad at all, but it desperately needs more content and bugfixing. The core gameplay is very promising, though.	Read review
SpazioGames	Pasquale Fusco	5 / 10	05-01-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds is, unfortunately, forgettable and despite being partly interesting when you get to play the Predator, it is plagued by some arguable design choices made by IllFonic.	Read review
TechRaptor	Tyler Chancey	7 / 10	05-02-2020	When it wants to imitate the 1987 movie, Predator: Hunting Grounds is a lot of fun, but doesn’t really have anything past that	Read review
The Angry Joe Show	Joe Vargas	3 / 10	05-28-2020	Video Review	Read review
The Games Machine	Simone Rampazzi	6 / 10	04-29-2020	Predator Hunting Grounds could have been a good product, thanks to the franchise from which it draws inspiration, staging an engaging show capable of bringing to the field one of the most fascinating alien in the Hollywood history. Unfortunately, the realization of this title, as its brother Friday 13: The Game, makes it hard to be bought at full price, leaving us only the hope a good post launch support to save it from auto-destruction.	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Jim Hargreaves	6 / 10	04-27-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds is a decent multiplayer romp with just enough content and ideas to make it worthwhile. It’s a huge improvement over Ifflonic’s last game, Dead Alliance, and one that’s definitely pumped up thanks to having a popular license to lean on.	Read review
ThisGenGaming	Justin Oneil	7 / 10	04-27-2020	I’ve been enjoying my time with Predator: Hunting Grounds but it leaves plenty of room for skepticism. For a $40 product it really lacks content right now and it needs further improvements in some key areas to be great. That said you can tell a lot of care went into making sure the Predator played great and that the game felt like the original movie. If you can get a good group together you can have a lot of fun with this one.	Read review
Twinfinite	Tom Hopkins	2 / 5 stars	05-01-2020	Playing as the Predator is a wonderful idea, it just deserves a better game around it. Bugs, mediocre first-person gameplay, repetitive missions, an ugly setting, and a reliance on playing with friends mean Predator Hunting Grounds is boring a lot more often than it is enjoyable.	Read review
Unboxholics	Θέμης Μπολτσής	Not Recommended	05-04-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds is a periodically fun experience plagued by many issues, that ultimately only speaks to hardcore fans of the original movie.	Read review
Use a Potion	Unknown	7 / 10	04-30-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds isn’t perfect, but it does a good job of offering a fun action-packed multiplayer romp with one of cinema’s deadliest warriors. It’s enjoyable playing as both the Fireteam and the Predator, so you’re in for a good time no matter who you play as. There’s plenty of gear to earn through progression too, so you’ll always have new weapons, perks, and equipment to customise your loadouts with.	Read review
USgamer	Caty McCarthy	2 / 5 stars	04-28-2020	There is a shell of a good game in Predator: Hunting Grounds, but severe balancing issues, poor console performance, and general clunkiness hold it back from standing shoulder to shoulder with other solid 4v1 multiplayer games—even the one its developer has made before. While its Predator callbacks are solid, for fans looking for another good Predator game, there’s not one to be found here. At least not yet.	Read review
Video Chums	A.J. Maciejewski	7.7 / 10	04-25-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds is a fantastic game to enjoy whenever you’re in the mood for some chaotic and overly violent online multiplayer action. With that being said, playing it in long sessions will make the experience wear thin sooner rather than later.	Read review
WayTooManyGames	Todd Eggleston	7.5 / 10	05-11-2020	Not the prettiest game on the market: Check. Absolutely needs Quality of Life improvements: Check. Comes complete with a plethora of wonky glitches: Check. However, it finds that sweet spot where the hook just plain works. The reward of leveling and loot, the stress of scanning the treetops when you hear that Preda-purr, and the satisfaction of systematically wiping out an entire fireteam; it all just works.	Read review
Wccftech	Chris Wray	4.5 / 10	04-30-2020	Predator: Hunting Grounds reminds me very much of Evolve and Illfonic’s previous Friday the 13th game. That is to say it has a lot of potential. The core gameplay can be fun, though the time between the fun	Read review
We Got This Covered	Dylan Chaundy	2.5 / 5 stars	05-02-2020	Similar to a cloaked Yautja hopping through the jungle canopies above, you’ll have to look pretty damn hard to see the fun in Predator: Hunting Grounds.	Read review

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Hunt or be hunted in this asymmetrical multiplayer* shooter that pits man against Predator. As part of a Fireteam, complete missions before the Predator finds you. Or be the Predator and hunt your prey.

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