Prey is to underrated as Perfect Dark Zero is to overrated...
User Rating: 9.1 | Prey (Collector's Edition) X360
I commend the programmers who literally defied gravity with Prey. Prey is easily one of the most innovative FPS games i have played in a long while. With so many twists and turns this game has the ability to make its first timers sick...but that has proven to be a damn good thing. But not only do you have this awesome physics in place but you have a story that is great in its own right. In the GS review it basicly states that "You are off to save your girl friend and surprise surprise you save earth in the process" which isnt really much the case. All though Gamespot tackled the "Trying to save the girlfriend" part this story does in fact evolve into a deeper more immersive plot. You find out as to why this large sphere has began orbiting and attacking earth, who/what rules it , Why you were lucky enough to survive , etc. with many twists stuck inbetween to make you really want to push on and put a stop to this destructive sphere. Now this has been marked by some as an average run if the mill shooter when in reality i dont see why it deserves such a disowning. This would be where i would explain my title...now from what it seems now days is that if you cant bash your enemy with the butt of your weapon the gameplay is immediately titled poor-good even when developers shift gravity, let you have out of body experiences or simplify death it is still gonna go down as an "average shooter" which is simply...stupid. now i really do hate to compare games but this is just one of thise special cases where it can be like "wtf mate?". Now playing through a game like PDZ i dont think ive ever had such a mind numbing experience with extremely little reward...ever. Now i do admit i have had fun with PDZ multiplayer...but thats it. because when it comes down to its single player story, voice acting and even at times model/audio syncing was just horrific. But I can see why people may not like preys multiplyer because of player limit and sometimes lag, but still there is much fun to be had with the multiplayer with its maps "off the wall" gravity it is an awesome game to play with people... overall i give prey a superb 9.1 out of 10.
