Despite all my hardships in this game. Despite all the unfair fights, janky game design, frustrating glitches and low FPS. After all this time after playing Prey, after thinking about it, of what it could've been, what it was and what it is.

I think Prey is The Game. The "Back in the day" kind of game. Not the best nor absolutely good or bad. And i think that you should totally try it out just for the sake of. Especially if you feel tender or just interested about old mid 2000s First Person Shooters because this one is definitely above the average compared to all the other FPS games of that time.
I don't know. I just really like it. I guess.

I remember having stark memories of watching my dad play this when I was a kid (even if I probably shouldn't have been watching this as a kid) and thought I'd check it out to see what it was like. I'll be damned cause for a 2006 game, Prey was ahead of its time.

For the first half of the game, it was just surprise after surprise as the game introduced various new mechanics and showed off some sick tricks. Seamless portals (albeit static ones) were there a year before Portal would popularize them, along with some great gravity-shifting traversal that adds some great dynamics to your standard shooter fare.

I was equally impressed by the small yet unique set of weapons, all serving a reskin of the standard shooter fare but with enough alien to them to help set them apart. These weapons hitting hard and sounding great only add to it.

And to top it off, it makes use of its engine's signature atmosphere, showcasing the bioengineered nature of the Sphere beautifully. Its texture detail may not hold up perfectly 18 years later, but the visuals at a glance hold up super well in contrast. Combine that with some great music, and it's a really solid experience.

However, there are a few things that hold it back. While I don't agree that the story is terrible, I do find it just sufficient rather than anything more. There isn't a lot of story content for a good portion of the game, and some of the antagonists aren't the most compellingly written. It's enough, but barely. The game also suffers from some weaker boss encounters, though none are particularly annoying.

Overall, still very impressed with how well this holds up. If you get the chance to play it and don't mind a mediocre story, there's truly something special here.

While the early levels were incredibly fun and the different gravity gimmicks and visuals were super cool to experience at first, it just gets really monotonous really quickly, and over-stays its welcome.

The story is also incredibly generic which doesn't help matters.

Kinda just feels like a worse Quake 4 in terms of gameplay.

c très doom 3.. J’étais vrm méga enthousiaste dans les premières heures pck c'est la que le jeu montre ses meilleures qualités qui ont vraiment super bien vieilli. L'ambiance crasseuse alien marche grave bien y a l'air d'y avoir des mécaniques originales c'est très détaillé genre wow le bonheur c'est prenant on a vrm cette impression d'immersion dans une autre civilisation bien dégueu la . Mais ça tombe très vite à plat, aucune idée de gameplay n'est réellement exploitée, le level design est trop paresseux, pas intéressant et souvent frustrant et pas clair. Le plus dur c surement les gunfights très mous, les sensations sont pas bonnes, les situations pas variées et chiantes bref la petite merveille qu'on croit originale devient très vite un shooter lambda moyen à la qualité inégale avec quelques moments de brio qui n'arrivent pas a faire oublier qu'on se fait chier le reste du temps et que l'histoire est on ne peut plus générique
MAIS c'est peut être l'une des seules représentation amérindienne dans le jeu vidéo... je sais pas si c'est une bonne mais c'est déjà ça