The most singularly arresting aspect of this game is most certainly its atmosphere. That coupled with an intriguing and heavily thematic story, brilliant intrinsically connected level design, and an absolutely aces soundtrack by Mick Gordon made this game an incredibly compelling and memorable experience. It so masterfully manages to mix several seemingly disparate gameplay elements from other immersive sims of its ilk while still feeling mechanically cohesive and retaining an incredibly unique identity. It’s flawlessly paced from start to finish and it fluidly mixes rewarding exploration, challenging and well wrought puzzles, engaging side missions which contribute meaningfully to the overarching narrative, and combat that feels immensely satisfying and fun to ensure that the core moment to moment gameplay loop never becomes boring or repetitive. Prey is quite simply one of the coolest games that I’ve played all year and i’m already itching to give it a revisit.