Who knew, walking on the ceiling and shooting aliens on all four sides of a room could be such a cool idea?
STORY: You are Tommy a Native American who wants to get away from his tribe and take his girlfriend with him. Although things are not what they seem and on that very night you become a God among your people. The beginning of the game, takes you through a slightly darker tone then you would expect. Seeing people being slaughtered like sheep is not the most pleasant of experiences with the Unreal Engine and naturally you will truly be appalled at what will be announced around the end of the game. One other thing is the uniqueness as playing an Indian. Not very many games stray from being a Cop of the month that takes down a bunch of mobsters as being, just your plain average John Wayne popular guy. It puts a certain new and interestingly refreshing feel to the experience, which would otherwise make it an average game. ENTERTAINMENT: The real cool and most interesting thing about this game is the Sprit walk and the gravity or teleportation boxes. The way you can teleport from a little box on a ground to another that’s on the ceiling is rather strange but is really what makes this game unique. Not very many games pull off these types of new ideas well but Prey certainly handles them as its own. Some of the puzzles they introduced in this game are truly spectacular and deserve props for giving a one-two punch at the Half Life series. Another thing that is interesting addition is a mini when you die in which you go to the sprit world and shoot sprits until your body floats down again but no matter what you can never die. So you instantly learn you are a god.
PROS: The new ideas that are introduced in-game are brilliant, the story is decent and helps deliver the alien atmosphere, Graphics are not spectacular but they still come up to par with some good 360 games, the sound is great and the Art Bell segments were a great addition to the game but the real points go to using one of the best songs ever, "Don't Fear the Reaper" plus some other classics, a thoroughly entertaining ride which should not be missed.
CONS: Very disappointingly short story; which I finished in about 10 hours.
OVERALL: This great game and one worth your while but its short game play discredits its brilliance in many ways. That’s not to say this game is not playable or rent worthy; because for its very short campaign. Its defiantly one of the best FPS's for the 360 and some of the most clever new puzzles and useful powers in a FPS since Half Life 2.