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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 93.2 hrs on record
Posted: 2 Aug, 2024 @ 9:02pm
Updated: 2 Aug, 2024 @ 9:04pm

After finally getting all achievements on this game I'm absolutely in love with this game and this will forever be one of my favourite games that I've ever played. The fact I got this on sale for 5-10 dollars is absolutely criminal for how big of a steal it was. I've never played a game ever like this before. The map design is so cleverly intricate, the enemies both feel like a real threat in the early game and a nuisance, which can force you to play stealth if you prefer guns blazing until you can come back to deal with it later. Everything about this game feels so cleverly designed and intricate in a way that makes it possible to play through the game in tons of different ways. The replay value on this game for me was unmatched, and the world building and theme this game portrayed was extremely immersive and there were always new rooms to discover how to unlock. I guarantee there's still rooms out there that I've never been in after 80-ish hours on the main game and multiple full playthroughs. I love this game series to death and I honestly think that this might be one of the most underrated masterpieces of all time. The level of creative freedom and branching paths to unlock alternative ending dialogue is something I can really respect, and I wish that this game got the attention it deserves. I never even talked about how incredible the soundtrack is and how well it works with the game, Mick Gordon absolutely nailed the atmosphere for the soundtrack, and nothing ever feels out of place. 11/10 game and I hope to discover more games similar to this one, if there are any out there.

Mooncrash for me was still a solid experience, although I got it at a discount through Fanatical, I still think it was relatively decent for what it's worth. It's a step down from the base game, and it was an attempt to try something new which ultimately didn't do so well in my eyes. It gets much more repetitive and boring for me compared to the base game because I didn't feel an emotional attachment to any of the characters, I had no reason to care about them or the stories they were a part of. There was never any twists, and there was no real "story" other than getting some short bits of dialogue from Basilisk every now and then from completing specific story missions. I wasn't a big fan of the Moonshark, but I dig the idea of it. If you just want more Prey, it will fill that void, but if you think it's an expansion to the story or anything, it's just its own isolated set of stories about characters that never really make an appearance in the main game other than one super small story where Alex Yu says a few things and that's it.
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