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What the community thinks of Prey, ordered by reader support. Agreeing, translating and reporting a message need no account.
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What the community thinks of Prey, ordered by reader support. Agreeing, translating and reporting a message need no account.
40 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.
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.
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.
FramePlayer
Put about 40 hours into it total across two playthroughs, and next to Doom it's almost the opposite experience, one wants you to slow down and think.
rowe_trystan
Same 40h range for me, but honestly the duel record says more than my playtime ever could.
Johnnie_22
anyone else remember the exact moment they realized something in the room wasn't furniture? tell me I wasn't the only one who jumped
GhostLegend98
Le même passage m'a fait sursauter aussi, mais après ça la tension retombe vite je trouve.
Carpentier2010
Ce moment m'a fait sursauter aussi, largement plus que dans Doom où tout est annoncé à l'avance.
BerryRunner
Oh no, another thread about how this game deserves top 50, tell me again how the crafting system reinvented the genre while I check my inventory for the fortieth mimic of the session.
NeonWarden
The crafting and the way the station rewards curiosity make it stand apart, you're constantly rewarded for poking into vents and side rooms most games would leave empty. It drags a bit in the last stretch, sure, but the first two thirds are some of the best exploration design I've played.
NeonKnight12
Le dernier tiers c'est justement ce qui m'a fait décrocher, la curiosité s'épuise avant la fin
Ally_1998
the vents got me too, poking around felt worth it most of the time
Vinyl_Millet
Le même genre de moment, sauf que moi c'était pendant un chômage un peu long.
BossOwl1995
Replying to NeonKnight12
the last third dragging out is real but compared to bioshock infinite's ending this one still respects your time way more
QuestDragon1998
the curiosity reward is real, though for me the last stretch undercut how good the first parts felt
LootPlayer95
oh sure let's rank it below stuff that copies half its ideas, makes total sense
Bayer15
I dip in and out of it between other games, and next to Doom it feels slower but way more curious about its own space.
GerhardByte
fair but the exploration alone carries it past that slowdown for me
CosmoHunter49
I had that same slower rhythm going for me during a rough stretch last year, and next to Doom it just felt like the wrong pace for where my head was at.
FrameSamurai2
pas mal galéré avec les commandes clavier au début, la visée demande un temps d'adaptation avant que ça devienne fluide.
CoopRider14
128e avec 68% de victoires, c'est un score solide face à Doom et BioShock Infinite qu'il croise svt en duel.
ComboWarden
vous voyez ce chiffre de duels comme une preuve de solidité, moi j'y vois surtout qu'il tombe souvent contre Doom et en ressort perdant plus souvent qu'on croit
Kihn76
Every time this game comes up against Doom in a duel I check the vote split out of habit, it's become a weirdly reliable barometer for me.
Cosmo_Corrales
Coincido poco con eso del 68%, para mí el juego se siente MUY sobrevalorado en ese puesto.
LuckyMaster
Comparado con Bioshock, gana en tensión pura.
Neon_Buisson
pourquoi si peu de gens en parlent encore ici
Ibáñez5
128e me parece bajo. El combate y la exploración valen más que eso.