Toby Hills warily eyes the space furniture in Prey, the latest immersive sim from Dishonored dev Arkane Studios.

Exceptional world-building and level design; An excellent, isolating electronic soundtrack; A large cast of side characters that make Talos I feel lived-in

Players looking for combat as deep as that found in Dishonored will be disappointed

Scary, builds up suspense well.

A great throwback to the days of games like System Shock and System Shock 2. A tense horror survival game.. really been enjoying this game so far, which is great since there are so many bad games today.

All I do each night

Forces experimentation; Excellent use of game mechanics; Encourages desire to replay single player to experiment

Aim Assist and hit detection still feel off; Fatigue does set in after a while running through the same space

A wasted opportunity to create a modern take on System Shock, with the dull storytelling and action overshadowing the otherwise effective puzzle elements.

Huge, well-designed game world, filled with interesting environmental puzzles and side quests; Wide range of useful weapons, gadgets, and abilities

Highly derivative premise, with a quickly wasted plot; Dull, unsatisfying combat and stealth; Equally uninteresting enemies and drab visual design; Long loading times between areas

If I asked you to make NBA Jam , there's a better than good chance NBA Playgrounds would be the end result. But, as much as it looks, sounds, and acts like a duck, it is missing the intrinsic qualities that make it a duck. For the most part, NBA Playgrounds is a polished game.