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Borrowed a friend's copy for a weekend, got maybe three hours in before the inventory management annoyed me out of it.
Game entry
Prey
2017 · FPS, Horror, Action-adventure, Survival, RPG, Puzzle · PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One · Bethesda Softworks
After 460 duels settled by the community, Prey stands no. 383 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,728 ELO points and 69% of wins. Of the 7 duels that pitted it against Far Cry 3, it has won 6 and lost 1. In its strongest family it holds position no. 20 out of 223 (2017).
World rank
no. 383
ELO score
1,728
Wins
69%
Duels played
460
About Prey
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.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,728 ELO points over the last 170 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Far Cry 3 86% 7 duels played · 49 points behind
- against Doom 80% 5 duels played · 11 points behind
- against BioShock Infinite 40% 5 duels played · 21 points behind
- against Disco Elysium 40% 5 duels played · 46 points behind
- against Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 40% 5 duels played · 28 points behind
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The standing
Where Prey ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Prey stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 20 out of 223 (2017).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 383 | 5,035 |
| FPS | 43 | 451 |
| 2010s | 162 | 2,050 |
| 2017 | 20 | 223 |
The community
The debate
49 comments
LootNinja25
Borrowed a friend's copy for a weekend, got maybe three hours in before the inventory management annoyed me out of it.
stephen_schumm
The atmosphere and the station design are genuinely excellent, probably some of the best environmental storytelling in the genre for that era. My issue is the back half, where the pacing sags and a lot of backtracking starts feeling like padding rather than tension.
LuckyHunter
The environmental storytelling got me too, though I'd take the station over anything Doom offers on that front, it just breathes differently.
Frame_Rippin
same here, the vents stuck with me more than the boss fights ever did
IronDragon41
Undertale beats it in some polls and that's fine, they're not even trying to do the same thing.
RachelleLegend
Ppl keep comparing it to Bioshock Infinite like it's some huge insult when honestly the comparison does Prey a favor most of the time.
Donato_1990
Doom's pacing never sags like that, but Prey's systems run deeper than anything Infinite tried to do.
Crit_Becker
It's a good game but the constant backtracking wears you down after the halfway point honestly.
NoémiRex
Le backtracking dont tu parles, moi je l'ai vécu comme une raison de rester, j'y ai passé des soirées entières à explorer chaque recoin, perso ça change tout.
Kuphal99
Reminds me of my own first playthrough actually, I stopped noticing the backtracking because I was too busy hoarding every scrap I could find.
Thiel1995
Doom never lets you get tired lol
LaurySniper
Replying to Kuphal99
honestly the hoarding thing wore me out fast, i ended up dreading every new room instead of enjoying it.