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Game Info
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter 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 dig into the dark secrets of Talos I and your own past, you must survive using the tools found on the station, your wits, weapons, and mind-bending abilities.
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Total Reviews: 115
Silver TIER
44% of scored reviews fell within the range of 80 to 86 / 100
RELEASE DATES:
GENRES:
- Shooter, Adventure
DEVELOPER(S):
- Arkane Studios
PUBLISHER(S):
- Bethesda Softworks
SERIES/FRANCHISE:
- Prey
GAME MODES:
- Single player
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RATING & REVIEWS
Ratings & Reviews
115
Critic Reviews
81
Average Critic Score
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CRITIC REVIEWS
All reviews are from professional critics. Learn more about the critics VSG aggregates.
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Dan Stapleton (IGN)
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9/10
“Prey’s space station is fantastically explorable and its shape-shifting enemies maintain tension when combat doesn’t.”
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell (Eurogamer)
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Recommended
“An ornate and clever if slightly under-cooked System Shock successor, which makes the most of a truly magnificent space station setting.”
Rile MacLeod (Kotaku)
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Recommended
“The worst version of Prey is the game its ending thinks it is, an action-y game with stealth elements about humanity and moral choices. The best version of Prey is the game that happens in between, one where you ignore its plot completely, take your time to explore every cranny, and hide in a tree to look at the stars. It fails itself when it tells you what to do, but you have plenty of opportunities not to listen to it and have a great time in the process.”
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Score Ranges
Read the Reviews (115 total)
| Outlet | Author | Score | Date | Quote | Read |
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| 3DNews | Алексей Лихачев | 8 / 10 | 05-12-2017 | Prey feels like a ‘Greatest Hits’ collection of various artists’ songs. It offers almost nothing new, some tracks you won’t ever listen to, but every other song sounds great and brings positive emotions. Prey isn’t perfect, but overall it’s a good game, and hopefully its shortcomings will be fixed in the next Arkane’s release. | Read review |
| ACG | Jeremy Penter | Recommended | 05-03-2017 | Video Review | Read review |
| Arcade Sushi | Luke Brown | 8.5 / 10 | 05-10-2017 | Arkane takes its time unfurling all of Prey’s secrets, but that methodical approach makes every moment worth it the deeper you dive into the world the developer created. | Read review |
| Areajugones | Víctor Rodríguez | 9.2 / 10 | 05-08-2017 | Prey is a masterpiece of the science-fiction genre. A game that hooks the player from begining to end and creates a wonderful experience for everyone that plays it. | Read review |
| Atomix | Alberto Desfassiaux | 90 / 100 | 05-08-2017 | Prey is highly sophisticated game in terms of gameplay, level design and narrative. It’s graphical and artificial intelligence problems are easy to notice, although, we have a great sci-fi experience. | Read review |
| Attack of the Fanboy | William Schwartz | 4.5 / 5 stars | 05-04-2017 | Proving that Arkane Studios has no shortage of interesting ideas, Prey is the perfect blend of thrilling action and thought provoking story.. | Read review |
| AusGamers | Joaby | 9.5 / 10 | 05-08-2017 | I loved every minute of it. I woke up early to play it and went to bed late because I didn’t want to stop. Play it now so we can talk about it. | Read review |
| BaziCenter | Kaveh Eskandari | 8 / 10 | 06-17-2017 | Mix in Dishonored, System Shock, Death Space and Deus Ex, and you have a new game named Prey! And although it suffers from some underdeveloped gameplay mechanics and lack of weapons, if you give it time, it’ll give you satisfaction. | Read review |
| Cerealkillerz | Gabriel Bogdan | 8 / 10 | 05-07-2017 | Prey takes much from BioShock and Dishonored but it never manages to emerge from the shadows of these titles. Arkane Studios did find some innovative ways to revive this genre in a good way but never really uses its full potential. | Read review |
| CGMagazine | Elias Blondeau | 6 / 10 | 05-09-2017 | Prey is a game that is a patchwork of other titles with no swatches of originality added to the mix. | Read review |
| Cheat Code Central | Lucas White | 3 / 5 stars | 05-08-2017 | Ultimately, I doubt I’ll remember Prey much after I stop playing it. There’s too much else going on in games in 2017, and Prey does not stand out amongst its peers. Its fiction is self-serious, despite being so derivative, and its systems are frustrating and constantly in conflict with each other. It feels like dozens of other games I’ve played already, but enjoyed more. | Read review |
| COGconnected | Michael Chow | 84 / 100 | 05-12-2017 | Prey’s level design is one of the best I have ever experienced, and it is a result of the overall gameplay, physical level design, atmosphere, and sound that make it extraordinary | Read review |
| ComiConverse | Alan Stock | 5 / 5 stars | 06-06-2017 | A highly polished immersive sim that although on first glance looks generic, has lots of good ideas and real depth. The star of Prey though is the amazing space station it’s set on, a joy to explore. | Read review |
| Critical Hit | Alessandro Barbosa | 7.5 / 10 | 05-15-2017 | Although Prey’s combat and narrative fail to fill the shoes of the games they’re so obviously taking inspiration from, the visit to its Talos I space station is a marvel in interconnected level design and presentation. This is environmental storytelling and mechanical tension done to a tee, even if Prey is working hard to try and yank you out of its immersion far too often. | Read review |
| Cubed3 | Gabriel Jones | 8 / 10 | 05-11-2017 | Despite its issues, which should be addressed in short order, Prey is a stunning gem. Not since the venerable System Shock 2 has there been an immersive simulator that succeeds in everything it sets out to do. Talos-1 is masterful in both its construction and design. Players are given limitless freedom to approach every possible situation, lending the game unparalleled levels of replay value. Also, it’s rare to see a purely single-player experience retain its freshness in the face of a lengthy play-time. This is just as compelling in the 30th hour as it is in the first. | Read review |
| Daily Dot | AJ Moser | 4.5 / 5 stars | 05-10-2017 | Prey is an excellent, atmospheric shooter that’ll get under your skin | Read review |
| Destructoid | Brett Makedonski | 8 / 10 | 05-15-2017 | Funny enough, I leave Prey happy and content with everyone’s story but my own. | Read review |
| Digiato | Shayan Ziaei | 65 / 100 | 05-29-2017 | After playing Prey and experiencing its nonprogressive and unbalanced gameplay, all I can think of is if Prey was the exact reboot which Bethesda was looking for and whether such a mediocre game was worth the cancellation of Prey 2 or not. | Read review |
| Digital Chumps | Steven McGehee | 8.8 / 10 | 02-12-2017 | Prey establishes an interesting atmosphere early on and maintains that, with only a few disagreements along the way. Lengthy load times are likely going to get reduced with patches and combat is sometimes more annoying and pace-breaking than I would like, but overall, Prey gives more than enough back in return to offer a compelling experience. | Read review |
| Digital Trends | Will Fulton | 4 / 5 stars | 05-17-2017 | Arkane Studios’ Prey is a master class in the immersive simulation, and perhaps its breakout title for this generation of consoles. | Read review |
| DualShockers | Tyler Fischer | 8.5 / 10 | 05-09-2017 | Prey often feels like mash-up of some of the best sci-fi survival horror games of yesteryear and Arkane’s previous work. And it is. But it also a title with some wildly unique ideas, an incredibly thick and unnerving atmosphere, and an exemplary soundtrack. | Read review |
| Easy Allies | Michael Huber | 4 / 5 stars | 05-14-2017 | Video Review | Read review |
| EGM | Nick Plessas | 8 / 10 | 05-11-2017 | Prey is mildly limited in scope and replay value, but everything that is there will hook players almost immediately. In terms of quality over quantity, Prey made the right trade off. | Read review |
| Eurogamer | Edwin Evans-Thirlwell | Recommended | 05-10-2017 | An ornate and clever if slightly under-cooked System Shock successor, which makes the most of a truly magnificent space station setting. | Read review |
| Forbes | Paul Tassi | 8.5 / 10 | 05-11-2017 | Prey has come out of relative nowhere to be a truly great campaign experience that succeeds despite some of the game’s more muddled aspects. I’d recommend giving it a shot. | Read review |
| Game Debate | Jon Sutton | 7.5 / 10 | 05-21-2017 | If you aren’t overly familiar with some of the immersive sims that are out there right now, you’ll be in for a heck of a ride. There are precious few games right now which do what Prey is trying to do, preserving the core single-player FPS experience for those who don’t want to just blast everything in sight. I wouldn’t say Prey is the thinking man’s FPS, but it’s certainly got plenty of substance. In the absence of BioShock 3, this is going to be as good as it gets. | Read review |
| Game Informer | Javy Gwaltney | 8.3 / 10 | 05-06-2017 | Though it lives a little too comfortably in the shadows of its influences, Prey is a quality horror-action game | Read review |
| Game Revolution | James Kozanitis | 4 / 5 stars | 05-08-2017 | Rather than simply aping the superficial elements of its influences, Prey gets down to the core of what made them great and adds its own imaginative flare for good measure. While I may not remember its convoluted and potentially meaningless story, and can’t forget soon enough its incredibly long load times on the PS4, I will always remember Prey’s intricate level design, layered combat and the joy I got from exploring Talos I. Hopefully the day comes when I can say the same about Talos II. | Read review |
| Game Volt | Moustafa Gad | 8.1 / 10 | 05-19-2017 | Prey presented the same key features that were a major reason for the success of previous Arkane studio games, such as absolute freedom in the style of gameplay, the list of skills with many choices, a world that is perfectly designed and rich in detail and hours of to roam and remunerative exploration, but there are other elements that have not been given the same quality like combat, the story that has lost its luster in the middle of the events, also suffering the futility of the stealth system or the existence of significant differences between the enemy factions. | Read review |
| Gameblog | Gianni Molinaro | 9 / 10 | 05-07-2017 | If you’re looking for a good science-fiction survival game with a ton of fresh ideas, deep and satisfying mechanics with a lot of replayability and, of course a great setting… Well, look elsewhere, because Prey is not good : it’s amazing. | Read review |
| GameCrate | Nicholas Scibetta | 9 / 10 | 05-08-2017 | Prey is the best BioShock-style game we’ve seen in years. It gets better the more you play it, and hides secrets that encourage repeat playthroughs. For fans of single-player titles, Prey is a game that belongs in Game of the Year discussions. | Read review |
| Gamefa | Hossein Sadri | 7 / 10 | 05-20-2017 | Prey is a game that focuses on looting and discovering items. But these giant cockroaches called mimics are a serious problem. The horror elements never should’ve been added to a game with this style of gameplay. The level design is not as good as what we’ve seen in Dishonored and The enemies and the battles even worse. The role-playing elements and the player’s choices are still fun but sadly Arkane studios really didn’t make it this time. | Read review |
| GameGrin | Andrew Wowk | 9 / 10 | 05-23-2017 | Prey is a deep, challenging sci-fi adventure that is more than the sum of its various influences | Read review |
| GameMAG | xtr | 7 / 10 | 05-08-2017 | Prey offers to explore an interesting world of the space station with a very rich background, but occasionally prevent you to find out its mysterious vastness. Characters without depth, awkward inventory, a huge number of backtracking and too strong and annoying enemies, deprive you of the pleasure from the examine of environment. Unlike BioShock Infinite, Prey’s main plot has no sharp emotions, shocking discoveries or memorable scenes. The game is absolutely bland and trying to copy the ideas from other projects, except for the first spacewalk or thirty minutes from the start. But it has something magical about it, forcing you to explore each area and solve the next side mission. If not for that strange charm, we would hardly spent as much time untangling the mysteries of the space station and its unfortunate crew. | Read review |
| Gameplanet | Toby Hills | 9 / 10 | 05-19-2017 | Prey’s systems collide delightfully as the player moves through its magnificently designed interiors, and the stories within are also something extraordinary. Hunt it down with haste. | Read review |
| GamePro | Petra Schmitz | 85 / 100 | 05-04-2017 | Demanding action game, which is prevented from getting higher scores by frustration and shapeless characters. | Read review |
| Gamers Heroes | Captain Camper | 9 / 10 | 05-07-2017 | Prey is Arkane Studios’ best work to date, and is a thrilling sci-fi journey into a world of question and uncertainty. | Read review |
| GameSkinny | Ty Arthur | 9 / 10 | 05-04-2017 | Exploration, puzzle solving, combat, lore, story twists: Prey has it all! | Read review |
| GameSpew | Chris McMullen | 9 / 10 | 05-11-2017 | Prey expertly blends a compelling narrative with open level design, a fear-inducing mechanic and near-unparalleled player freedom to deliver an appealing, atmospheric and aesthetically pleasing chunk of sci-fi that will get sink its spiky teeth into you and never let go. | Read review |
| GameSpot | Tamoor Hussain | 6 / 10 | 05-11-2017 | Prey squanders its narrative opportunities but develops into an engaging open-world shooter. | Read review |
| GamesRadar+ | Zoe Delahunty-Light | 4.5 / 5 stars | 05-11-2017 | With a setting that tells a story better than any human voice, Prey’s combat and quests will suck you even deeper into its world. | Read review |
| GameZone | Tatiana Morris | 8.5 / 10 | 05-09-2017 | While Prey’s influences aren’t hard to miss, the game maintains its own identity. Prey brings the best of sci-fi to the table and offers plenty of replayability. | Read review |
| Gaming Nexus | Matt Mirkovich | 8 / 10 | 05-19-2017 | Prey gets a lot of things right, but it has a few technical hiccups and some balance issues that keep it from being a truly stellar experience. Let’s hope we see some improvements in the next Prey. | Read review |
| GamingBolt | Aaron Main | 9 / 10 | 05-09-2017 | Prey can be best described as the ultimate hybrid of Resident Evil, Deus Ex, Bioshock and Dead Space, along with its own set of original features that sets it apart from other games. | Read review |
| GamingTrend | Jay Malone | 65 / 100 | 05-17-2017 | Prey’s sound design and soundtrack are some of the best to come from a game this year. Unfortunately, a lot of the aspects surrounding that hamper the potential set up from the game’s impressive opening hour. The combat is a source of frustration, and the load times neuter exploration. But if you’re able to look past that, Prey can provide some thrills. | Read review |
| GBAtemp | Pranavsingh Dhunnoo | 7.8 / 10 | 05-15-2017 | Prey is a game that borrows strongly from its predecessors in the genre, mashes up several play styles with heavy exploration and delivers a surprisingly satisfying experience. | Read review |
| GearNuke | Khurram Imtiaz | 8.5 / 10 | 05-16-2017 | Prey is a bold entry in sci-fic genre of first person shooters that takes inspiration from classics like System Shock. Despite a lackluster combat system, the game offers plenty of exciting moments with its brilliantly designed inter-connected world of Talos 1 that is a joy to explore. | Read review |
| Geeks Under Grace | Maurice Pogue | 9 / 10 | 06-21-2017 | Adapting the best of emergent gameplay mechanics from the classics like System Shock, Prey raises the bar for the standard of space adventure-thrillers. | Read review |
| God is a Geek | Nicola Ardron | 8 / 10 | 05-12-2017 | Prey is a game that meshes together a variety of ideas into a game that rewards exploration and experimentation and provides players with a fun toolbox with which to do so. | Read review |
| Guardian | Hirun Cryer | 3 / 5 stars | 05-08-2017 | Bethesda’s reimagining of the popular shooting game combines the best of Bioshock, Dead Space and Dishonored but does little extra with them | Read review |
| Hardcore Gamer | Kyle LeClair | 3.5 / 5 stars | 05-14-2017 | Overall, Prey is a fun game with its highlights rooted in beautiful yet creepy levels that contain a lot to explore, but its lack of originality sadly holds it back quite a bit. | Read review |
| Hobby Consolas | Álvaro Alonso | 88 / 100 | 05-10-2017 | Prey honors all the great games that served as inspiration, but also manages to be it’s own thing. It’s not perfect, but science fiction and space horror fans will surely love it. Once it clicks, it will take full control of your mind. | Read review |
| IBTimes UK | Sam White | 4 / 5 stars | 05-13-2017 | 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. | Read review |
| IGN | Dan Stapleton | 8 / 10 | 05-13-2017 | Prey’s space station is fantastically explorable and its shape-shifting enemies maintain tension when combat doesn’t. | Read review |
| IGN Italy | Marco Salvaneschi | 9.1 / 10 | 05-06-2017 | Prey means deep space, and deep gameplay. A huge space station hides thousands of game mechanics and dynamics ready to be explored by the solitary player. Its warfare is not infinite nor predestined, but makes part of a bigger picture, a bigger game, where gameplay means much more than gunplay. | Read review |
| IGN Spain | David Soriano, Juan García | 8.5 / 10 | 05-09-2017 | Prey is a solid gaming experience in which we will discover the secrets of the alien DNA investigation committed by TranStar. Its emergent narrative and cohesion between main and secondary missions augur us more than 25 hours of interesting and varied search of the truth aboard the Talos I. | Read review |
| Impulsegamer | Sean Warhurst | 4.1 / 5 stars | 05-13-2017 | I really, really enjoyed Prey. A pitch perfect marriage of Science-Fiction and Horror, Prey is close to what I imagine a modern, FPS Dead Space would be like, with a liberal helping of System Shock sauce sprinkled on top. | Read review |
| JVL | L_sK | 7.5 / 10 | 05-12-2017 | Prey could have been more than a good game, but will not exceed this status, to our deep regret. It’s the fault of script, narrative and writing problems, the three nemesis of Arkane Studios. We can fortunately rely on an always inspired level design, giving to the player a liberty, and an efficient gameplay. The last part of the game and the end spoil the party too, icing an already very slow rythm. Prey remains a good choice if you’re looking for a less boom-boom FPS and if you like the sci-fi atmosphere. | Read review |
| Kotaku | Riley MacLeod | Recommended | 05-12-2017 | The worst version of Prey is the game its ending thinks it is, an action-y game with stealth elements about humanity and moral choices. The best version of Prey is the game that happens in between, one where you ignore its plot completely, take your time to explore every cranny, and hide in a tree to look at the stars. It fails itself when it tells you what to do, but you have plenty of opportunities not to listen to it and have a great time in the process. | Read review |
| Leadergamer | Kaan Gezer | 9 / 10 | 05-07-2017 | Prey is a great game with great gameplay mechanics and a decent scenario. It plays like Deus Ex and Dishonored with some pros and cons. I think, it’s Arkane Studios’ best game so far. | Read review |
| LevelUp | Luis Sánchez | 9 / 10 | 05-12-2017 | Deep, systemic and old school, Prey is a beautiful and haunting world to explore and overcome. A reminder of long forgotten design philosophies applied to modern game design. | Read review |
| M3 | Niklas Alicki | 7 / 10 | 05-09-2017 | It’s easy to see that Arkane Studios have been looking quite a lot on Bioshock and Dead Space with Prey. It might not be quite as good as those, mainly due to some poor combat mechanics, but it has an interesting story and a well-designed world. | Read review |
| Metro GameCentral | GameCentral | 6 / 10 | 05-08-2017 | A wasted opportunity to create a modern take on System Shock, with the dull storytelling and action overshadowing the otherwise effective puzzle elements. | Read review |
| Nerd Much? | Collin MacGregor | 7.5 / 10 | 05-09-2017 | Prey is not a perfect game, but the excellent world building, characters, and stories kept me invested enough to see the credits role. | Read review |
| New Game Network | Ben Thomas | 81 / 100 | 05-12-2017 | Prey’s dynamic gameplay adapts beautifully to players as they explore an interesting space station crawling with bizarre alien life forms. Its involving action proves entertaining when combined with a solid base of resource management. Despite a few presentation problems and minor issues, Prey is one mind-altering trip that should be played by fans of the genre. | Read review |
| Nexus | M.A. Ligocki | 6.5 / 10 | 05-11-2017 | Prey is aesthetically pleasing as its stylised art deco design, very much Bioshock in space, keeps the game running at a great pace while giving you just enough visual fidelity and variety to enjoy the architecture. | Read review |
| NZGamer | Bronwyn James | 8.5 / 10 | 05-11-2017 | It’s not a new story, but it’s told really well and that makes up for a lot. Not the hacking though. | Read review |
| OnlySP | Marley Hannan | 4 / 5 stars | 05-19-2017 | From OnlySP’s first impressions of the demo, Prey stood out as, perhaps, one of the best games of the year. Though the title does contain glitches that should not be expected after release and the progressive values of the narrative may unintentionally complicate the message the game espouses, Prey stands up to scrutiny. The stellar aspects of the game outweigh the negatives by a large margin. Fantastic writing, intelligent casting, comfortably difficult combat, and several bits of innovative game development make Prey thoroughly enjoyable and, undoubtedly, one of the better games that 2017 has produced thus far. | Read review |
| Oyungezer Online | Yasin İlgün | 8.6 / 10 | 05-07-2017 | Prey’s strong start, captivating story, fantastic atmosphere and satisfying ending makes it one of the must play games. Gamers who are looking for a 15 to 20 hours of adventure shouldn’t miss this one. | Read review |
| Pardis Game | Mohammad Taghavi | 5.5 / 10 | 05-13-2017 | At the opposite end of all the innovative ideas in Prey 2006, What hurts this game so deeply (besides combat of course!) is that it tries so hard to pack everything in one game: Bioshock’s narrative and atmosphere, Dishonored’s gameplay and mechanichs and a System Shock-esque setting. Prey is neither of those games; it can’t even set its fundumental ideas correctly and the flaws in narrative (if there is any!) turn Prey into one of the thousands of mediocre games out there | Read review |
| Paste Magazine | Reid McCarter | 6 / 10 | 05-10-2017 | The people and aliens who fill its space—and the reasons Morgan has for spending so much time picking through its confines—are retreads of ideas and conventions visited many other times before. As much as its opening objective prompt promises, Prey doesn’t represent change. It’s just more of what what’s been done before. | Read review |
| PC Gamer | Phil Savage | 79 / 100 | 05-09-2017 | It’s let down by lacklustre combat and some annoying enemy design, but Prey is still a compelling, beautiful immersive sim. | Read review |
| PC Invasion | Peter Parrish | 8 / 10 | 05-12-2017 | Until such time that System Shock 3 may challenge it, Prey is the follow up to System Shock 2 in everything but name. Arkane reaffirm their commitment to ‘immersive sims’ in impressive fashion. | Read review |
| PCMag | Alice D. Newcome-Beill | 4.5 / 5 stars | 05-11-2017 | Prey owes a lot to its heritage, but still offers some cool new twists on old ideas.. While it would’ve been nice to see Prey venture a little further from shore, the shooter provides a fantastic iteration of existing concepts, making it an Editors’ Choice. | Read review |
| PCWorld | Hayden Dingman | 4 / 5 stars | 05-08-2017 | With Prey, Arkane cements itself heir to the immersive sim. Exploiting Prey’s systems in order to explore and discover Talos I is a constant source of joy, even when the combat and story falter. | Read review |
| Player2.net.au | Matt Hewson | Recommended | 05-19-2017 | “Despite its disappointing final few hours, Prey is a wonderfully unique and slightly unsettling experience that deserves your time” | Read review |
| PlayStation Universe | Neil Bolt | 8.5 / 10 | 05-11-2017 | Prey gives you a luxurious sci-fi playground and a great set of tools to use within it. Combat may be underwhelming, and the main story equally so, but the level of immersion on display is still absolutely stellar. | Read review |
| Polygon | Arthur Gies | 8.5 / 10 | 05-10-2017 | As a mystery, a deep-space haunted house with dozens of stories of tragedy and humanity to tell, Prey is a remarkably successful archaeological expedition — and it manages to compellingly ruminate on what it means to be . | Read review |
| Post Arcade (National Post) | Chad Sapieha | 8.5 / 10 | 05-09-2017 | Arkane draws from myriad sources – BioShock, Dead Space, Metroid – in its reimagining of 2006’s Prey, then adds a little magic of its own | Read review |
| PowerUp! | Leo Stevenson | 9.5 / 10 | 05-07-2017 | Prey is undeniably a magnificent piece of science-fiction and a must-play videogame | Read review |
| Press Start | James Mitchell | 9 / 10 | 05-05-2017 | Prey is another win for Arkane. It’s a game where everyone who plays it will have a different experience. One thing is certain though – that Prey remains a consistent experience from beginning to end. Providing players with intuitive gameplay systems with great synergy, freedom to approach combat how you want and game design that rewards creativity are just three ways that Prey succeeds. While BioShock was heralded as the spiritual successor to System Shock, Prey feels like a much more successful attempt. An absolute joy to play and experience. | Read review |
| pressakey.com | Tim Bissinger | Recommended | 06-07-2017 | Prey is dark and grim, it asks interesting questions and with its open-end game and level design it kept me hooked over more than 20 hours where I just couldn’t get enough of exploring its world and experimenting with the systems | Read review |
| PSX Brasil | Rodrigo Ribeiro de Oliveira | 82 / 100 | 05-15-2017 | Prey is a great survival horror FPS that inherits the best elements from Bioshock and Dishonored, and although it does not reinvent the genre, it features well-polished mechanics that deliver a high level challenge for players. | Read review |
| Push Square | Graham Banas | 8 / 10 | 05-08-2017 | PREY continues the hot streak of big releases in 2017. While not flawless, this title offers an incredible sci-fi story about paranoia and the self, while sprinkling Arkane’s always excellent gameplay on top. While things like the psychic powers fail to justify being in the game mechanically, the creative weapons and multiple gameplay approaches help to make the exploration of Talos-I really shine. Between the rewards for searching through the environments, and the fact that the game is a visual treat, a venture through this deteriorating Cold War-era space station is definitely worth your time. | Read review |
| Reno Gazette-Journal | Jason Hidalgo | 8 / 10 | 05-12-2017 | Sci-fi survival horror can have a been-there, done-that vibe but Prey manages to add another worthy entry to a genre that has seen its fair share of titles. Thankfully, the game manages to strike a good balance between action and tension while weaving a narrative that encourages you to discover what’s next. Certain aspects of combat can feel clunky and loading times can be annoying given all the backtracking you need to do. Overall, though, Prey is a pulse-pounding addition to the survival-horror genre. | Read review |
| Rock, Paper, Shotgun | John Walker | Recommended | 05-09-2017 | Prey is a game that’s smart about almost every aspect of itself, and yet with that, so crucially modest. It doesn’t yank the camera from you, doesn’t force you to sit through cutscenes, doesn’t demand you sit still and listen to its backstory. It’s content to be itself and let you find it, which is a damned rare treat in this hobby. Even more amazingly, for all its array of abilities and powers, you can finish the game without touching them, perhaps even find a narrative rationale for doing so. | Read review |
| Saudi Gamer | صالح بازرعة | 8 / 10 | 05-13-2017 | A game that excels in giving you the freedom to pursue your own style of play, set in an interconnected world that begs to be explored and its secrets uncovered. Some of the simplistic side quests and the superficial ending might disappoint, but is still manages to be a game worth experiencing. | Read review |
| Saving Content | Justin Celani | 5 / 5 stars | 05-09-2017 | PREY is a game that didn’t seem to have a whole lot of hype or discussion about. I’ll admit, until the 1 hour demo that Bethesda recently put up, I wasn’t really tracking much excitement either. A few minutes into the demo though and I already knew I had to play this. I promptly stopped and waited for the release of the full game. Now after completing the game with 18 hours under my belt, not only did I walk away extremely happy but I believe PREY is an instant sci-fi classic people will be replaying countless times over the years. | Read review |
| Sirus Gaming | Leif Rey Bornales | 8 / 10 | 05-23-2017 | Despite the fact that there were technical difficulties, I still enjoyed the game thoroughly. And as much as I would like to talk more details about it, it is better that you explore this dangerous ship to discover them all. It was a fun game from beginning to end. It’s a game that tests your morality and compassion. A game that is tailored by how you play it and a game that rewards and punishes you for the things that you do. | Read review |
| Slant Magazine | Justin Clark | 2.5 / 5 stars | 05-11-2017 | The game is dour and oblivious that its destination is more interesting and vital than the journey. | Read review |
| SomHráč.sk | Martin Černický | 95 / 100 | 05-15-2017 | Prey is a true spiritual successor to System Shock and the best gift for all fans of this legendary franchise. Also one of the candidates for the game of the year. | Read review |
| SpazioGames | Yuri Polverino | 9 / 10 | 05-08-2017 | Prey is an amazing sci-fi game, driven by a great gameplay and wonderful story | Read review |
| Stevivor | Steve Wright | 8.5 / 10 | 05-06-2017 | Despite those rough patches, Prey is wholly engrossing, begging the player to solve Talos 1’s many mysteries. It works well as a shooter, a stealth game and carries an 70s sci-fi vibe that is nothing short of a delight to experience. | Read review |
| TechnoBuffalo | Eric Frederiksen | 4 / 5 stars | 05-18-2017 | Prey is one of my favorite games of 2017 so far. | Read review |
| TechRaptor | Alex Santa Maria | 5.5 / 10 | 05-08-2017 | Prey has all the atmosphere in the world but feels held down by its need to conform to what came before, its lack of enemy and weapon variety, and its refusal to let players choose their own path. | Read review |
| Telegraph | Kirk McKeand | 4 / 5 stars | 05-15-2017 | A hostile, exciting and smart sci-fi adventure | Read review |
| The Digital Fix | Peter Taylor | 8 / 10 | 05-12-2017 | Despite its issues, Prey is an enjoyable first-person shooter which begs you to explore its wonderfully crafted and at times awe-inspiring world. | Read review |
| The Game Fanatics | Ben Runnings | 10 / 10 | 05-24-2017 | Besides a map system that could be better and a few glitched side quests, my experience with Prey was flawless. There were some misteps near the end, but the final scene gave me chills and the existential implications therein made it all worth it. To me, Prey easily stands toe to toe with some of the best sci-fi games in recent years, and if the world is just, should be remembered as one of the finest gaming experiences of all time. This is an instant classic that you shouldn’t overlook. | Read review |
| The Games Machine | Mario Baccigalupi | 9.2 / 10 | 05-07-2017 | Prey is a great interactive artwork, comprised of a huge, non-linear adventure where the player is truly king, a deep and inspired sci-fi story. Probably the best title ever produced by Arkane Studios, and certainly a must-have for every gamer. | Read review |
| The Jimquisition | Jim Sterling | 5 / 10 | 05-16-2017 | It’s good to see the back of Prey. | Read review |
| TheSixthAxis | Stefan L | 8 / 10 | 05-10-2017 | Writing over our memories of the Prey that preceded it, Arkane Studios’ game is something new and yet strikingly familiar. There’s a great deal of kinship to the likes of Bioshock, Half-Life and other classic games, but it’s also broader and more expansive in what it tries to do. Regardless of its flaws and similarities, Prey manages to be an enthralling science fiction adventure. | Read review |
| TheXboxHub | Carlos Santuana | 4.5 / 5 stars | 05-16-2017 | Prey is what you would expect to find should Bioshock and Dead Space cross paths. With a great story that is full of choice and multiple endings, a fantastic atmosphere and some of the most unique enemies seen in a horror game, this is one game that’s fully deserving of praise. | Read review |
| ThisGenGaming | Jordan Phipps | 8 / 10 | 05-09-2017 | Prey is a divisive game that many will adore while others will be quick to bash. Prey is not a shooting game with fast paced action, a bevy of guns and bullet sponge enemies. It’s a slow burn, one that rewards thoroughness and efficiency. | Read review |
| TrueAchievements | Rebecca Smith | 4 / 5 stars | 06-02-2017 | If you prefer games that allow you to run and gun through a linear story then this isn’t for you, but if you like to experience a game at your own pace and in your own way, you can’t go wrong with Prey. | Read review |
| TrueGaming | خالد العيسى | 8.5 / 10 | 05-08-2017 | Prey managed to bring a very unique science fiction escapade and a lot of fresh ideas at the same time which makes it stands out over other games for the time being. | Read review |
| Twinfinite | Chris Jecks | 3 / 5 stars | 05-08-2017 | Despite its noticeable technical shortcomings, Prey still has some significant redeeming qualities. Its environment is one of the most enjoyable to explore and the way it weaves its overarching story into side quests only helps to accentuate the freedom you’re given as a player. | Read review |
| USgamer | Mike Williams | 4 / 5 stars | 05-08-2017 | Prey is a collection of past influences | Read review |
| VideoGamer | Colm Ahern | 8 / 10 | 05-10-2017 | Prey gives you all the tools you need, but allows you to decide how to get to your goal. The fear is constant, as is the joy from getting to safety. Despite a largely forgettable main story, I’ll remember my own experience in Talos-1 for some time. | Read review |
| We Got This Covered | Edward Love | 3.5 / 5 stars | 05-07-2017 | Prey burrows beneath your skin and never quite leaves your waking thoughts, but it’s also buggy and imbalanced, marrying a first-rate setting to uneven gameplay. Comparisons with Bioshock are inevitable, but with its peaks and troughs, Prey reminds me more of Alien: Isolation. | Read review |
| WellPlayed | Kieran Stockton | 7.5 / 10 | 06-02-2017 | Prey generally impresses with its intriguing setting and rewarding exploration, but stumbles in its combat and technical execution | Read review |
| Windows Central | Jez Corden | 5 / 5 stars | 05-08-2017 | Prey might not be the prettiest game, but it’s among the most atmospheric. Arkane Studios has proven itself time and time again to be comprised of world-class world builders. Prey is no different. If you’re a fan of Dead Space, Deus Ex, or Bioshock, you simply have to buy this game. | Read review |
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