Settings:
-Dot reticle
-Played on Very High graphics preset with 90 FOV
-Played on Normal Difficulty

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• One of if not the best environments in gaming; Wonderfully interconnected and whole and LIVING. Open world as well. There's a surprising amount of variance in looks and structure within the space station, which is impressive
  
• Really strong introduction sequence; total ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (also neat intro credits); the tutorial is excellent and I didn't even notice it was a tutorial until I watched Joseph Anderson's review and he pointed it out
  
• Interesting and thrilling story
  
• As you get better, you have access to new places inside old areas; Gives you reasons to revisit
  
• Fully rewarded for exploring
  
• Prop hunt: Looting is tied to a source of danger, so searching rooms gets even more interesting
  
• All weapons are useful in certain scenarios. The upgrade system gives weapons that may not be too useful an incredible amount of versatility
  
• Enemies are interesting to fight and the game stays surprisingly difficult but fair for Normal; Combat is alright, but isn't the best
  
• Neuromod system is super interesting
  
• Developers accounted for a ton of paths and choices. Really impressive. So much content you just may never experience
  
• Game knows how to have fun, how to scare you, how to build ambience, and how to be campy. There's a lot of variance

• Moving and fighting in space is clunky and unfun even after getting used to space movement; fighting enemies in space (vs inside the station) is generally much harder to do
  
• Difficult to understand which difficulty is the right one for you (it's usually normal)
  
• The prop hunt mechanic is pretty much destroyed later on in the game by an upgrade. It ran its course, but I wish there was more to this
  
• The vignette when you crouch is annoying and lame
  
• Some areas have dialog triggers right next to encounters with enemies, and most live conversations aren't saved as audio logs, which is really lame. I missed a few pieces of dialogue due to this
  
• The Nightmare is a fantastic concept but ends up being really poorly done. Nearly every time I interacted with the Nightmare it somehow glitched out in a very noticeable way. It also doesn't hunt well enough. It also just straight up disappears when the timer ends.
  
• There's a bug with a golden gun you can obtain via a sidequest where it shows the wrong damage numbers, which makes it look worse than the default pistol.
  
• Another bug where the fire in the shuttle bay was invisible, with only the light surrounding it informing you where the fire is generally
  
• Some side quests are just lame (DnD one; it ends with you guessing passcode combinations (there are 24))
  
• PONR without directly spelling it out to the player which locks you out of sidequests is lame and no amount of muh immersion cope will ever fix it
  
• Sometimes objective complete notifications or calls will interrupt serious or scary moments, breaking the tension
  
• Hacking is far too simple and overstays its welcome. It's not horrible, it's just not fun the 80th time you do it. Also the time allotted for level 3 and 4 hacking is too much. Level 2 is actually the hardest, so poor balancing as well
  
• Notification system is lame and overbearing at times. Sometimes it needlessly holds your hand as well, but that's an incredibly difficult thing to balance. I personally would wait before entering combat or entering a zone for notifications and story beats to fully play out so I didn't miss anything. Sometimes if you move into an area with a dialogue trigger it would overwrite previous dialogue that was queued up to play.
  
• Suit and scope chipsets are mostly underwhelming due to a few chipsets that are much better than the rest
  
• The actions your parents take is not nearly explored enough
  
• NPC interactions are poorly done; talking to others face to face is reminiscient of older games where merely walking by an NPC will cause them to regurgitate the same dialog at you; they're also kinda glitchy
  
• End cutscene and credits are weirdly low quality; like 720p
  
• Some audio logs won't play automatically when you pick them up when they should

• Crosshair is noticeably low; it ends up working out fine but just kinda odd.

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• 24h30m
  
• Good Ending
  
• Rescued 17 humans
  
• Killed 2 humans
  
• Installed 218 neuromods
  
• Acquired 52 human abilities
  
• Acquired zero typhon abilities

Mooncrash doesn't really interest me so I won't be playing it. I played this game by painstakingly searching every single room, so trying to do that with a timelimit would break me.

Overall, Prey is a fantastic sci-fi immersive sim with some minor shortcomings that will leave you feeling totally satisfied. It's a blast from front to back, and one I will remember fondly. Goes on sale regularly, so wait for sale.[isthereanydeal.com]

[h1]Prey is a top-tier sci-fi immersive action experience with incredible polish and passion behind it; a myriad of weapons, abilities, and enemies make for engaging and interesting gameplay.[/h1] [h3]I played 14 hours in one day of this game. Seriously fun.[/h3] [b]Settings:[/b] -Dot reticle -Played on Very High graphics preset with 90 FOV -Played on Normal Difficulty [hr][/hr] [h2]Pros:[/h2] [list] [*]One of if not the best environments in gaming; Wonderfully interconnected and whole and LIVING. Open world as well. There's a surprising amount of variance in looks and structure within the space station, which is impressive [*]Really strong introduction sequence; total mindfuck (also neat intro credits); the tutorial is excellent and I didn't even notice it was a tutorial until I watched Joseph Anderson's review and he pointed it out [*]Interesting and thrilling story [*]As you get better, you have access to new places inside old areas; Gives you reasons to revisit [*]Fully rewarded for exploring [*]Prop hunt: Looting is tied to a source of danger, so searching rooms gets even more interesting [*]All weapons are useful in certain scenarios. The upgrade system gives weapons that may not be too useful an incredible amount of versatility [*]Enemies are interesting to fight and the game stays surprisingly difficult but fair for Normal; Combat is alright, but isn't the best [*]Neuromod system is super interesting [*]Developers accounted for a ton of paths and choices. Really impressive. So much content you just may never experience [*]Game knows how to have fun, how to scare you, how to build ambience, and how to be campy. There's a lot of variance [/list] [h2]Cons:[/h2] [list] [*]Moving and fighting in space is clunky and unfun even after getting used to space movement; fighting enemies in space (vs inside the station) is generally much harder to do [*]Difficult to understand which difficulty is the right one for you (it's usually normal) [*]The prop hunt mechanic is pretty much destroyed later on in the game by an upgrade. It ran its course, but I wish there was more to this [*]The vignette when you crouch is annoying and lame [*]Some areas have dialog triggers right next to encounters with enemies, and most live conversations aren't saved as audio logs, which is really lame. I missed a few pieces of dialogue due to this [*]The Nightmare is a fantastic concept but ends up being really poorly done. Nearly every time I interacted with the Nightmare it somehow glitched out in a very noticeable way. It also doesn't hunt well enough. It also just straight up disappears when the timer ends. [*]There's a bug with a golden gun you can obtain via a sidequest where it shows the wrong damage numbers, which makes it look worse than the default pistol. [*]Another bug where the fire in the shuttle bay was invisible, with only the light surrounding it informing you where the fire is generally [*]Some side quests are just lame (DnD one; it ends with you guessing passcode combinations (there are 24)) [*]PONR without directly spelling it out to the player which locks you out of sidequests is lame and no amount of muh immersion cope will ever fix it [*]Sometimes objective complete notifications or calls will interrupt serious or scary moments, breaking the tension [*]Hacking is far too simple and overstays its welcome. It's not horrible, it's just not fun the 80th time you do it. Also the time allotted for level 3 and 4 hacking is too much. Level 2 is actually the hardest, so poor balancing as well [*]Notification system is lame and overbearing at times. Sometimes it needlessly holds your hand as well, but that's an incredibly difficult thing to balance. I personally would wait before entering combat or entering a zone for notifications and story beats to fully play out so I didn't miss anything. Sometimes if you move into an area with a dialogue trigger it would overwrite previous dialogue that was queued up to play. [*]Suit and scope chipsets are mostly underwhelming due to a few chipsets that are much better than the rest [*]The actions [spoiler]your parents[/spoiler] take is not nearly explored enough [*]NPC interactions are poorly done; talking to others face to face is reminiscient of older games where merely walking by an NPC will cause them to regurgitate the same dialog at you; they're also kinda glitchy [*]End cutscene and credits are weirdly low quality; like 720p [*]Some audio logs won't play automatically when you pick them up when they should [/list] [h2]Neutral:[/h2] [list] [*]Crosshair is noticeably low; it ends up working out fine but just kinda odd. [/list] [hr][/hr] [h3]End Stats:[/h3] [list] [*]24h30m [*]Good Ending [*]Rescued 17 humans [*]Killed 2 humans [*]Installed 218 neuromods [*]Acquired 52 human abilities [*]Acquired zero typhon abilities [/list] Mooncrash doesn't really interest me so I won't be playing it. I played this game by painstakingly searching every single room, so trying to do that with a timelimit would break me. Overall, Prey is a fantastic sci-fi immersive sim with some minor shortcomings that will leave you feeling totally satisfied. It's a blast from front to back, and one I will remember fondly. [url=https://isthereanydeal.com/game/preyii0ivii/info/]Goes on sale regularly, so wait for sale.[/url]