Recently, I finished the main storyline of Arkane Studios' Prey . The accomplishment did not bring with it the sort of happiness and fulfillment I usually experience when finishing a game. I didn't enjoy my time with Prey .

Prey is a franchise I come to fresh, having never played the first one, so I read up and spoke to friends to find out more about it. Bethesda bought the franchise and have changed it considerably, by more understanding the only similarities between this game and the original is that it is about some...

Arkane have, in just a short amount of time, mastered their craft. The Dishonored games did a great job at throwing a bunch of tools at the player and letting them navigate rich deep worlds the way they want to. Prey feels the same, only amplified.

The Prey series has been through many changes over the last decade. Originally released in 2006, and then slated for a sequel in 2011 before getting canned by Bethesda it's seen multiple teams of developers attached to the name, when finally it was revealed last year at E3 that Arkane Studios would...

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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

Wouldn't an all-new NBA Jam be a lovely thing Let's briefly put aside the fact we had a perfectly serviceable revival as recently as 2010 and wallow instead in the warm nostalgia that fuels NBA Playgrounds, Saber Interactive's characterful spin on a much-loved 90s classic.