Prey still really holds up. This is on my list of favorite games. The atmosphere and story telling is great. The combat is a little clunky and you can die super quickly, but it teaches you to outthink your opponents, using hazards, traps, and the environment.
This game is a brutal, beautiful masterpiece. It can be too difficult, or random at times to be considered fun. If you are willing to let yourself have fun the way you want, the game offers a slightly faster/easier mode and there are mods out there that allow you to tone down the challenge. I played through it on normal and found that some parts were a little too much for me and it became more frustrating than fun. I tweaked some of the settings and dabbled with a few mods and it became a game that was brutal, but not hair-ripping frustrating.
