Prey - Review After 100% 

Found this hidden gem last year, snagged it super cheap on sale with little expectations… had heard nothing about it… needless to say I was completely blown away.

This game is stupidly underrated and is to me one of the best immersive sims I have ever played, there is just so many different options and I think it's criminal that it didn't sell as well at it need to in order to get a sequel.

Just for the record: story goes that Arkane actually pitched this as "System Shock 3" and it's Bethesda that decided to tie it to the Prey IP.

Seems like an amazing game, I've always wondered if I'd waste my time on it. Guess it's good to have reviewers you trust. Thanks, man

Spoilers end at 14:20. Amazing game, beat twice on the ps4 and finished the dlc. Playing through on the Xbox series with updated visuals and performance is a treat. Great review, subscribed.

This basically became my favorite game of all time.

This is Akarne’s best game 10/10. Both endings are good in my opinion. I think the ending might imply that the Typhoon DO have empathy towards one another but not other species??? Hence if your have empathy it’s instilled from your fellow typhoons to something else? Idk it’s aliens you know lol 😂

Prey is my favorite bioshock game. (Never played systemshock so I don’t get the comparisons) But really, super underrated, I’m amazed it didn’t do better. Pretty much everything arkane puts out has been great.

I may be a simple guy but walking around and hitting things with a wrench in a sci-fi world just gives me ratchet and clank vibes and I loved it. [edit] empathy isn't required for cooperation. If the typhon recognize that numbers equal better chances of survival, then working together is better for each individual and doesn't require empathy.

I actually also played it just a few weeks ago for the first time and enjoyed it way more than I thought I would (even though I liked the first Prey, but it's so long ago). And yes, especially the shotgun and the typhon abilities were so much fun!

Why aren't ants cannibalizing eachother? Same thing, has nothing to do with empathy in my opinion. Even humans with no empathy usually don't start killing other humans.

I actually bought this game on release, I still pay it now in 2021. I have 100% completion and have spent a few months now learning to speed run the game. Prey in my opinion is a masterpiece of a game.

I like to think of the typhoon as super intelligent ants that are able to work together like a hivemind maybe they are following some sort of natural instinct like how ants respond to pheromones from other ants. Maybe the typhone are responding to signals from the coral.

Absolutely love this game, you did a good job with this video, I still need to get into Mooncrash more, I’m not a huge fan of roguelikes and it deterred me from continuing my playthrough at the time but I feel like it’ll be fulfilling when I really push through the start of it. I’ve replayed the base game maybe 10 times now and the start until Hardware Labs is a bit frustrating to have to go through multiple times but once it opens up it’s so much fun just exploring several times attempting new techniques.

This was a great review! I'm looking forward to checking out your other reviews

I remember one of the gameplay trailers which made me go "Hey that's like System Shock!" and it so similar to those games and some blatant references like the Looking Glass tech. Really enjoyed it back then when it released. Wasn't really a fan of the dlc due to the roguelike nature though. I'm surprised you didn't like the zero-g sections since I'm a huge fan of the Descent games and I think it's a neat callback to System Shock 1's hacking minigame but that was a nightmare to play, at least for me.

In Mooncrash there are two ways how Typhon escaped shows. One showne there, but other is that one of the test subjects is "convinced" by Typhon Telepath to disable safety on Escape Pod gate and Escape while carrying a Mimic. Problem I found with both base game and Mooncrash is step change in difficulty levels. While in Mooncrash you can just grind a bit until you infuse more stuff (mechanic later used in Deathloop), in base game you start like: hard (buth OK) -> Medium -> Brutal ->Very Hard -> hard -> brutal again etc. Problem is with introduction with new more powerful type of typhon. Telepaths and Technopaths are just so powerful... and then the Nightmare. In Mooncrash problem is similar, but like I said - you will never get blocked, maybe irritated, as you always progress due to timeloop mechanic.

Just found your channel and I dig your review vids

When I first played dishonored it became my favourite when I was used to the usual codlike games and for the longest time it was my favourite game. Playing prey was like playing dishonored for the first time tho I am a little more critical these days, it is a really good game and I'm sure it will age to be a cult classic.

I really like these kinds of thorough reviews, but I have a bit of a problem with how spoilers are handled. I wanted to listen to the review to get me back into the game, but since I never finished it I couldn't really grasp where the spoilers started and where they ended. It would help a lot if you could put time stamps for where the spoilers end in the videos. That's just my two cents, most of the time people watch reviews when they are on the fence about buying the game or not... ;) Other than that thanks for you videos, been enjoying them a lot these days. Keep up the good work!

Amazing game, I recall it being one of my favorites from the year it was released. It felt like the closest thing to a modern first-person metroidvania. I will eventually go for the platinum in this. I played it when I wasn’t actively trophy hunting. The ending music was so fire too.

TL;DR: They are a hivemind, hence why they don't need mirror neurons. Robots don't need hearts. Prey was called prey because bethesda wanted to use the IP they had saved. A little bit late for the comment considering when the vid was posted, however for anyone that also happens to come across it, a few things: The game Prey was called like that because daddy Bethesda said so. They had the IP, and they told them to call it that, so they had to adapt the original story to fit the name as best as they could without changing the original story too much. It was proposed to be called Typhon before that, but imo that wasn't the best name either lmao Also, they lack mirror neurons and work together because they aren't individuals like you and I. They are a complete hivemind entity, controlled by a mega typhon called Apex. So they don't need to feel to work together, they are just ordered to do so by the Apex and they do so. This is because of their life cycle, which in summary is: 1- Apex releases millions of mimics into space. 2- Mimic encounters organic life and devours its consciousness. 3- Multiplies (Occasionally an 'elite' mimic is created) 4- Some mimics evolve into Weavers when population is vast enough 5- Elites supply energy for Weavers 6- Weavers create various entities: Phantoms, Cystoids, Telepaths and Technopaths. It can also turn phantoms into Nightmares. 7- Weavers create 'coral' from prey's consciousness Weaver's creations (Phantoms, etc.) defend the coral. 8- Once enough coral has been created, it begins sending a signal that calls upon the Apex 9- The Apex receives a signal and goes there to devour EVERYTHING 10- See step 1 So it's not like they work out of the goodness of their hearts. Like ants, it's the only thing they know what to do. Robots don't need hearts, and typhon don't need to feel. So they lack them neurons. Just a little something for everyone who's interested!

I don't remember anything about the brain mapping process killing the person, where does it say that?

Hey Mort, I got a gaming-related question for you. Since you seem to play a LOT of games, what kind of chair or PC desk do you use? I have an old computer chair from Office Depot and its starting to break down. I think its throwing my back out of alignment.

Typhoons are all parts of a mega organism called the Apex. It's the giant typhoon that appear when you meet Alex near his room.

I liked everything except the combat (though I'm *really* bad at action games). Unfortunately, I overcame my love-hate relationship with Pathfinder: Kingmaker after figuring out how builds work and getting to the difficulty spike where fights get interesting, so I'll probably look into Prey again after another 250 hours or so.

Great video, I enjoy your content immensely! That being said, you only have to tell us about spoilers once in the beginning of the video =)

Once I finally played this game, I was enthralled. Problem was that I ignored it for soooo long because my brain kept tying it to the original prey IP that I wasn’t interested it. So every time I saw it come up and thought it was the old game. When I finally 100% it, it was one of those games I kept wanting more of but there was nothing left to do.

Just beat this game. I almost quit it several times because the navigation can be a little confusing. The waypoints can be weird if you don't understand exactly what's going on. But I'm glad I stuck with it because this was truly a unique experience.

This game was a joy to 100%

I def think if you analyze the irks you have with the game you could have an endless back and forth with explanations and counter-arguments. I don't think the plot really needs to be perfect. But anyway, Typhon seemingly having empathy for each other and not for other races makes sense to me. The Typhon don't have a hive mind but they have as close to one as you can get without actually having one. The power of this ability sharing is that inevitably you could have every member of the race with every available ability, at which point they're all equal and working for the same goal, and might even consider themselves part of a whole. Idk if I'm explaining this well but basically, even though they don't have a hive mind (shared senses), that doesn't mean they see themselves as individuals. Typhon see other Typhon as another organ in the same body. I don't have confirmation of this from the game so much as it just seems like the natural result of mass-sharing of abilities. It's communism, but instead of money, it's skills that are wholly shared. Typhon lacking empathy doesn't mean they should kill each other because even something like an ant (assuming ants have no empathy) wouldn't ever think to kill itself or cannibalize it's own organs to aid the brain. Typhon having no empathy means they kill humans in order to reproduce in the same way humans cut grass to avoid catching ticks. There's no thought beyond survival. A corporation buying the space station from a gov (with a healthy dose of corruption involved) isn't a stretch for me personally given that we already live in a world where SpaceX seemingly has more support than NASA from the general public and gov. It's also possible that the corporation bought the station when typhon were thought to be no more useful than a random bacteria on Europa, and upon inventing the neuromod using typhon, the corporation was too large and prominent to be dismantled. I personally draw parallels with Airline companies, which have failed so often and yet never been nationalized even though that'd be entirely cheaper and healthier for everybody, simply because those airline companies got into the market before the government thought to do so and are now so large that they just bribe the right people to get bailed out using the public's tax dollars. "give me a problem and $1000 of someone else's money and I'll have no qualms about spending that money to fix the problem."

Great Game. It took a while to catch me,but afterwards really nice Shooter or whatever you spec in.

What a masterpiece of a game!

Typhon must have a hive mind. No need for empathy for each other. It's about survival as a species.

Hated that they scrapped Prey 2 for this, but I did like the game enough to play twice through it.

Easy top 3 game i ever played. What i enjoyed the most, is that you dont feel at any point through the game like you are overpowered, like most games do. It keeps tension. You can't easily destroy enemies from the corner, you cannot hide behind some cargo or whatever, and enemies can destroy you if you not careful. Ofcourse i played on nightmare, but its very difficult to make difficulty right i feel like. A lot of the times games are more annoying then difficult, and just encourage some cheap tactics, and prey doesnt even have any. And difficulty is so well made. Like typhoons on nightmare move way more then on hard, teleport around the place and stuff. Anyway, combat really adds up a lot to a creepy atmosphere and keeps the tension. Ten outa ten game.

One of my favorite games. Glad to see you have a 100% review up!

I think it was originally going to be named "Psycho-Shock" (which is cooler imo) but Bethesda wanted to use the name Prey bc they owned the rights

Interesting game, what was the original about?

Just finished the game about 80% took me 47h

This game had a lot of negative reviews. Honestly it took me a couple of times trying it to finally get it. It's a complex game, and most people don't have time for complex. Best Immersive sim ever though. My only gripe is the loading zones like you said but also a save room system more like Resident Evil had would have been way better than saving at any time. Also I love the endings.

what do you mean by 100%? just asking

I prefer the original prey! Such an underrated fps!

I played this once and with no neuro mods great game

I should finish this

Imagine a sequel with no loading screens...

Really enjoy your dedication. I can tell you, you earner a sub with me. Keep going going man.

How fast do you think you could 100% Europa Universalis 4? :)

Is it me or is the audio quality really bad? I hear a constant hiss when the mic is being used.

their new game deathloop prob inspired from mooncrash

Ah yes Prey-Shock a delightful game with one of the best openings in a game that I’ve played. 👍

Yeep yep yep. Totally not system shock 3, pretty gud game ngl.

They should've named it station shock or something

This game is a pure masterpiece. Another game anology for it is like "bioshock in space".

The only gripe I had with this game was that on console it is impossible to change the FOV. It felt so claustrophobic, coupled with how fast some of the Typhons moved, it honestly kept me from finishing it because I felt like I was going to be sick at times.

Why don't you add a rating at the end of your reviews? I think it'll add more value to your reviews.

A much better title: Predator

PsychoShock

Idk of anybody had said it yet, but Arkane actually fought very hard to not name the game Prey. They had an official name picked out and then Bethesda forced them into naming it Prey and it ultimately led to it's failure. Bethesda made sure this game didn't get the press it deserved and it sucks

makes more sense if the company is illegaly researching it.

Some points Seems like you missed fast travel through the pipe or through space That's not how you pronounce 'pianist' - nvm I guess it's american🙊

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I just came back to watch this video after playing Prey. I got maybe about half way through it. To me, it's Bioshock but without the story, aesthetics and atmosphere. I'd like to hear your thoughts, and maybe this warrants a video, on the concept of "clone" games. There's a lot to be said about stealing ideas in art. It's done all the time and there's a thin line between plagiarism, hommage and evolution. The main thing I've been asking myself is: If I liked Prey, would it still annoy me that it ripped off Bioshock? Am I a hypocrite?

What a garbage ending.