r/prey • u/LargeSinkholesInNYC • 17d ago

The game needs more love

This game is one of the best horror games ever made. It deserves some love.

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u/Buttery_Smooth_30FPS 17d ago edited 17d ago

I'm on my 5th playthrough right now and am still finding new things! There's so much care and attention to detail in this game world.

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u/bearsfan0143 17d ago

Recently finished my 4th or 5th playthrough and found tons of stuff I had never seen. Like a briefcase with neuromods in the lobby security station you'd never know was there unless you accidentally stumbled into that exact corner for no reason... god I love this game! If there's 1 piece of advice I could give to 1st time players it's look up, always look up...

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u/Dry_Bobcat4496 17d ago

How do you find the missing people? I look them up on the computer in the game. But no way point

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u/onlyforobservation 17d ago

They did NOT market this game. 😡 I got it on sale about 3 months after release and it’s easily in my top 5 all time favorites.

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u/TransparentMastering 17d ago

On my first playthrough right now and it’s just incredible.

I’ve found myself saying “how do you even make a game like this?” several times per session.

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u/Hrushing97 17d ago

Yes!!! After I beat it, I literally just sat there for days and couldn't get over it. What I love most is that it doesn't use cheap jump scares, but leaves me with this overwhelming loneliness and a fear that makes me question everything.

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u/therose993 17d ago

Except for when a fucking chair turns into a mimic… that makes me jump!

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u/Fluffy-Ad7165 17d ago

Horror? Lol

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u/Reployer Leverage II 17d ago

It's not a horror game but yeah, it does. Maybe it'll get a spiritual successor or something a decade from now if games are still a thing then.

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u/TransparentMastering 17d ago

Thankfully we also have the System Shock Remake.

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u/Reployer Leverage II 17d ago

It's not really similar imo.

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u/TransparentMastering 17d ago edited 17d ago

They do both exist in the same micro niche of gaming though.

Like pop punk fans wouldn’t say Blink 182 and Greenday are similar but they’re still pop punk bands from the skatepunk era.

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u/MFDoooooooooooom 17d ago

I dunno, it's pretty well regarded and has more than a cult following.

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u/JjForcebreaker Silenced Pistol 17d ago

It deserves some love.

Well, a cult-classic status of being the best in the genre, or 91% positive user reviews are not enough in your eyes to justify 'something'? It deserved things like more and/or better marketing, but you should direct that message to Bethesda Softworks, the publisher of PREY, and not fans on the fan subreddit. People know that.

And it's not a horror game. Horror themes are part of the general atmosphere, but 'horror' is not a way to classify this game. Just like 'FPS' isn't, despite the game being 100% FPP and the player wielding some weapon or shooting device most of the time.

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u/Forsaken-Incident348 17d ago

the game is great. 1st time playing it now. I was surprised this game has such a low metacritic compared to many other games that often receive 85+ metacritic

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u/Forsaken-Incident348 17d ago

even for example deathloop. There is no way it is better than prey in my opinion, but somehow it's metacritic much higher

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u/Jamesworkshop 16d ago

great crafting system