So i bought prey this weekend for 5$ to see what all the hate was about. I'm on the last 2 chapters probably 30 mins away from the end, and don't understand why this game deserves such ubiquitous hate. Sure the story is as cheesy as any Hollywood Native American movie, but the gameplay appears to be fairly solid. The controls are intuitive, and have a good feel to them as fps controls. The weapon design seems creative, while being reminiscent of old Duke Nukem, Quake, Doom games.  I think the pacing is quite well done, i was worried the spirit walking would really kill the pace but i was wrong. The death-walk challenge again contributes to the pace well, keeping you in the action yet not giving you a 100% free revive on the spot. Also the hole gravity, portal mechanics just change it up a little form the regular corridor.

Now it is a middleware game, and for 60$ on release day i'd definitely be kinda angry. But i don't think it deserves unending hate, i think if you payed 30$ and under its a a good experience.I might even say 40$ is ok for a single player fps fan.

i played the extremely long demo and had nothing but praise for it, i thought it was solid and never heard any hate from it

Hate for Prey. Or Prey 2 which really is not a squeal at all. And has the looks for every other FPS with a White male lead with a super COD look? 

Because at the time of release it was simply 'good enough'

I really liked it :) The weapon design was great, I especially liked the rechargeable gun.

BTW, you're posting this in the Prey franchise page and not the actual game's page.

I only played a little bit of it about 3 years ago, but all I can remember is that it wasn't very fun.

Played the demo, had a blast, bought the full version, loved the fuck out of it.  The atmosphere was great, the gravity and portal gimmicks were fun, the music was good, and I found Tommy to be a very plausible character.

I liked Prey enough to get all the single player cheevos. I thought it was good, solid fun with some extra neat stuff to lift it above the norm. Great game.

I love prey

You know what most people thought about Prey before the announcement of Prey 2? They didn't think about it. Even the people who apparently, now in hindsight, loooooooooove it. Worse than being offensively bad, it was simply forgettable. Where Prey 2 sounds like something much more interesting. If Timeshift 2 was announced tomorrow, and was nothing like Timeshift 1 in that it sounded interesting, the same thing would happen. If Turok was rebooting the umpteenth time and they really went all out, the same thing would happen. Suddenly these lukewarm games would have people who insist they were amazing, who then ask about the "haters".

The character in Prey was an a**. "I have no time for you grandfather, you're dead, BUT I HAVE NO TIME FOR YOU" .. What the what the? I wonder how this guy ever get his girlfriend..

Loved the demo, still need to buy it someday when I'm through other titles.

Played the demo, had a blast, bought the full version, loved the fuck out of it.  The atmosphere was great, the gravity and portal gimmicks were fun, the music was good, and I found Tommy to be a very plausible character.

I bought it years back on 360, its not that it was horrible, but it wasn't great either. Just your standard mediocre shooter.

Never saw hate, I remember it coming out to lukewarm reviews. Never played it myself, but just see the comments here as proof that most people just thought of it as "ok"

The atmosphere and interactivity in the first few levels was amazing.

You know what most people thought about Prey before the announcement of Prey 2? They didn't think about it. Even the people who apparently, now in hindsight, loooooooooove it. Worse than being offensively bad, it was simply forgettable. Where Prey 2 sounds like something much more interesting. If Timeshift 2 was announced tomorrow, and was nothing like Timeshift 1 in that it sounded interesting, the same thing would happen. If Turok was rebooting the umpteenth time and they really went all out, the same thing would happen. Suddenly these lukewarm games would have people who insist they were amazing, who then ask about the "haters".

The character in Prey was an a**. "I have no time for you grandfather, you're dead, BUT I HAVE NO TIME FOR YOU" .. What the what the? I wonder how this guy ever get his girlfriend..

Holy i was way off on the 2 sections estimation, well anyways i finished it and it was enjoyable. But the credits song, omg what was that emo rock i was forced to listen to.....

I have to say thought the most memorable scene was the school bus glowing blue, i so was so disappointed when they turned the lights back on.
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I imagine they'll have a nod to that ending in prey 2 for those who finished prey. If not well then i guess Tommy got hooked on alien drugs and strippers and joined an alien circus to show off his spirit powers for alien currency.