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5.0 out of 5 starsAn amazingly well-realized immersive sim
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2021
Hey, do you like System Shock 2, Bioshock, Deus Ex or Dishonored? Never heard of those games and still reading this review? Hurray! You should play those games too, but in case you haven't, here we go!
Prey 2017 is an immersive sim like the games I've mentioned above, play how you want and make the choices you want. These aren't just binary menu choices like "Save or Kill" or "Press X to Salute" after shooting guys in a corridor for a few hours, it's a lot more engaging than that. You want to freeze someone in plaster, turn into a coffee cup, launch yourself at their head? You want re-animate a corpse and have it fight for you? Maybe recycle your enemies into their base materials, then use those materials and craft a lure to recycle their friends?
There's actually a great story here too if you're interested, there's a ton to explore and good amount of side content to engage in if you so choose. Character upgrades are all about choice as well: upgrade towards stealth and sprint down hallways without a sound, build up your strong hand and hit things really hard with a wrench, or light things on fire with your mind.
With that choice and exploration comes a slowdown of pacing from time to time (to explore, solve puzzles, etc.), if that bothers you, this may not be the genre for you. Otherwise, check it out.
