And that's the reason for the low score. If it had been promoted as "Thief: Deadly Shadows in space", I'd give it a solid 4.5. But being promoted as "SS2 alike", it gets a 3. I'll just put the cons ahead so that any SS2 fan knows the issues: It's excruciatingly slow and boring. Combat is trash. Rarely do you feel "in the story", you just feel like you're moving though "quest markers" but with little sense of "personal investment" for the most part. (which is doubly egregious given the game's end) There, that's it. While SS2 makes you move at a decent pace throughout but forces you into careful considerations at points, Prey is a sloghfest until you suddenly have enough neuromods that it has ZERO challenge. It's like playing Thief:DS, but unlike Thief:DS where there's always a challenge, in Prey eventually there is none, because you went from "glass not cannon" to "whatever dude... I'll sneeze on you and kill you" The pros: Beautiful aesthetics. If Art Deco in space is your dream, Prey has it. Unlike SS2's grim oppressive Sci-Fi interior, Prey's environment is a thing of beauty. With this in mind, if at discount, it's OK'ish value. Just don't expect SS2 as it is not...
Just finished the trilogy, only the DLC's to go, so feel i can write a review. It's a decent game, with a fun if dark'ish storyline. A little bit more linear than i feel it had to be, and that makes it feel like the story is moving you along instead of you moving the story along. Overall a good title with a good story, only real "bad cons" would be: Weapons aren't all that great. You could just use your souped up revolver the whole game if you could carry more ammo. There's really no need for any other weapon. You end up using your assault just for extra long shots and the railgun is... lulz. Endings. While multiple endings are an OK thing, you feel "punished" by any small deviation from the intended path. Way too easy to get the bad ones, way too hard to get the good ones. A very decent addition if discounted and you enjoy story driven stealth shooters.
