An actual honest to god spiritual successor to System Shock that doesn't feel dumbed down to appeal to a wider audience.

Prey does have a bit of a rough start, but once you explore more and find more weapons and abilities, it really starts to shine. When I found out how certain abilities worked and how many different options I had to solve certain problems, it made me want to try out all kinds of builds. What if I invested purely into Typhon abilities? What if I wanted to try turning the game into a pure shootbang and invested entirely into the security skill tree? What if I went full unga bunga and tried a wrench build? There's a lot a potential here to make individual playthroughs feel like entirely different games if you want to. It's been a while since I played a game like this that made me want to dive right back in just to see what I can do.

The story is decent overall, if a bit rushed towards the end. Wasn't a big fan of the Half-Life-esque "military goes in to kill everyone" part. Felt a bit out of left field compared to the rest of the game. I did enjoy reading all the emails people sent to each other. Felt a lot more realistic and immersive compared to Bioshock's audio logs that often made me think "why the hell did this person record this?" This game does have audio logs too, but I felt like they had much more of a purpose other than just world building.

Overall just a fantastic game. Arkane, please make more stuff like this and less like Deathpoop.