This review is spoiler-free.

Good AND fun, in a surprising number of ways, not all of which are immediately evident.
A work demonstrating the state of the art in hybrid FPS/RPGs, and a true piece of science fiction, Prey (2017) asks questions about human nature and allows for individual choice in a surprising number of directions. The game has notable consequence for each organically-made decision point without underplaying their consequences or tipping its hand. Vastly better than its in-title-only predecessor in every way. Provides an excellent, challenging experience that requires a variety of strategies to get through any situation. Like any good survival game, there are fat and lean times and resource management is always on your mind. Deus Ex wants you to think that there are "three paths", and while that's true for many games in the FPS/RPG subgenre, it comes off as the developers intending you to build for one of the three paths and use it constantly.
Not here. You'll find yourself switching between shooting, running, hiding, and ... we'll say unconventional solutions frequently. The shooting, when there is shooting, is excellent. The hiding, when there is hiding - and there WILL be hiding - is also very good. The running feels right, the unconventionals are definitely unconventional and just as fun. All paths are equally viable, and the difficulty is dynamic even within its categories. The game never speaks to you as though it's dumbing its concepts down, and it allows for engaging play in a variety of spaces.

Buy this game. It's good. It's fun. Effort 10. Result 10, that's a full-points 10/10 for me. Arkane knocked it out of the park.

I'ma play again.

This review is spoiler-free. Good AND fun, in a surprising number of ways, not all of which are immediately evident. A work demonstrating the state of the art in hybrid FPS/RPGs, and a true piece of science fiction, Prey (2017) asks questions about human nature and allows for individual choice in a surprising number of directions. The game has notable consequence for each organically-made decision point without underplaying their consequences or tipping its hand. Vastly better than its in-title-only predecessor in every way. Provides an excellent, challenging experience that requires a variety of strategies to get through any situation. Like any good survival game, there are fat and lean times and resource management is always on your mind. Deus Ex wants you to think that there are "three paths", and while that's true for many games in the FPS/RPG subgenre, it comes off as the developers intending you to build for one of the three paths and use it constantly. Not here. You'll find yourself switching between shooting, running, hiding, and ... we'll say unconventional solutions frequently. The shooting, when there is shooting, is excellent. The hiding, when there is hiding - and there WILL be hiding - is also very good. The running feels right, the unconventionals are definitely unconventional and just as fun. All paths are equally viable, and the difficulty is dynamic even within its categories. The game never speaks to you as though it's dumbing its concepts down, and it allows for engaging play in a variety of spaces. Buy this game. It's good. It's fun. Effort 10. Result 10, that's a full-points 10/10 for me. Arkane knocked it out of the park. I'ma play again.