Prey

Item: Prey
Rating: 86
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-12-23

Summary

High replayability and unmatched player freedom
Exceptional exploration and discovery mechanics
Engaging storytelling with immersive atmosphere
Repetitive and tedious gameplay loop
Frustrating difficulty spikes and imbalance
Confusing early-game experience for newcomers

Emotions

Frustration17%Excitement14%Satisfaction9%Admiration8%Disappointment8%

Sample precision
Helpful reviews: 55%
Unhelpful reviews: 44%
Protest reviews: 1%

86%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
14%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1213
Negative points: 464
Gameplay points: 951
Perf. points: 52
Rec. points: 155
Misc points: 22

Point	Description	Importance
High replayability and player freedom Description The game offers multiple playstyles, mission paths, and endings, ensuring high replay value. Players appreciate the freedom to approach challenges in diverse ways, from stealth to combat or creative problem-solving. Importance 97%	The game offers multiple playstyles, mission paths, and endings, ensuring high replay value. Players appreciate the freedom to approach challenges in diverse ways, from stealth to combat or creative problem-solving.	97%
Exceptional exploration and discovery Description Players consistently praise the game's exploration mechanics, rewarding map design, and satisfying puzzle-solving. The world is richly detailed, encouraging players to explore every corner for hidden secrets, resources, and lore. Importance 70%	Players consistently praise the game's exploration mechanics, rewarding map design, and satisfying puzzle-solving. The world is richly detailed, encouraging players to explore every corner for hidden secrets, resources, and lore.	70%
Engaging and immersive storytelling Description The narrative is compelling, with surprising twists, philosophical depth, and strong world-building. Players highlight the story's ability to hook them and unfold naturally through gameplay rather than cutscenes. Importance 51%	The narrative is compelling, with surprising twists, philosophical depth, and strong world-building. Players highlight the story's ability to hook them and unfold naturally through gameplay rather than cutscenes.	51%
Atmospheric sound and visual design Description The game's audio, including its soundtrack and sound effects, creates a deeply immersive atmosphere. Visuals are highly detailed, with lighting and environmental design enhancing the horror and sci-fi tone. Importance 38%	The game's audio, including its soundtrack and sound effects, creates a deeply immersive atmosphere. Visuals are highly detailed, with lighting and environmental design enhancing the horror and sci-fi tone.	38%
Diverse combat and skill systems Description Players enjoy a wide range of weapons, abilities, and combat approaches, allowing for personalized playstyles. The game rewards strategic thinking and adaptability in confrontations. Importance 35%	Players enjoy a wide range of weapons, abilities, and combat approaches, allowing for personalized playstyles. The game rewards strategic thinking and adaptability in confrontations.	35%
Polished and well-designed mechanics Description Gameplay systems, from combat to environmental interactions, are intuitive and well-balanced. Players appreciate the attention to detail in mechanics like the GLOO cannon or gravity ball. Importance 24%	Gameplay systems, from combat to environmental interactions, are intuitive and well-balanced. Players appreciate the attention to detail in mechanics like the GLOO cannon or gravity ball.	24%
Survival and resource management depth Description Higher difficulty settings introduce survival mechanics, such as resource scarcity and permadeath-like elements, which add tension and strategic depth to gameplay. Importance 17%	Higher difficulty settings introduce survival mechanics, such as resource scarcity and permadeath-like elements, which add tension and strategic depth to gameplay.	17%

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