Prey - Review @ RPG Site

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Prey Review
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While not strictly an RPG, Prey blends in a lot of familiar RPG mechanics and conventions as it unfolds from this premise. While having skill trees and a limited selection of stat options is nowadays ubiquitous among many video game genres, Prey goes beyond just incorporating these devices. As the sequence of the Talos station compromise unveils itself throughout the course of the game, Morgan will encounter the histories of the station's inhabitants, some alive, many dead, and learn about the events that occurred before the outset of the game. The player will uncover notes on corpses, read old emails and logs, and encounter living persons also looking for a way off the station. Through this process, Morgan will uncover many quests asking the player to dig deeper into the lives of the Talos inhabitants.

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The main narrative of Prey is not as strong as the smaller side stories uncovered in the email logs and quest progression, but it's still relatively solid and enough of a motivation to move the game forward. The player is initially given a certain perception of Alex Yu, Morgan's brother that is seemingly at fault with the problems that have occurred on Talos, and January, Morgan's quasi-AI operator that guides the player throughout the game. As the narrative unfolds, certain players can have different takes on which general path is more appropriate as they move towards the game's conclusion. There isn't a clear answer on which of the game's multiple endings is the most appropriate one, which is a credit to the game's solid writing. As soon as I saw one ending, I immediately wanted to see the other and loaded a save to see it as well. It's unfortunate though that the final conclusion of the game occurs regardless of which permutation of ending conditions was carried out.

Prey may borrow heavily from its predecessors but also blends them in a way and tackles a subject that comes across as refreshing and new even if the mechanics underneath are functionally derivative. The systems in place are familiar and recognizable but the machine built from these components is new and worthwhile. In this way, Prey follows up on its own primary theme in the most straightforward way: it takes common ideas and designs but out of these ingredients, still manages to form its own unique identity.

Score: 8/10​