Prey's nebulous, darkly swirling enemies, the Typhons, are distinctly alien and appropriately grotesque, if a little repetitive.Īll that said, Prey comes off pretty well in the first round of critiques, posting Metacritic averages of 80, 83 and 88 on PS4, PC and Xbox One at the time of writing. There are, however, enough assessments out there to have a decent stab at establishing a Critical Consensus - just don't expect the usual contributions from some of the bigger consumer sites such as IGN or Polygon.

It also makes these article a pain in the proverbial, as, nearly a week after release, several major outlets still don't have a review published. Nonetheless, there's no doubt that Bethesda's reasoning for the policy still rings a little hollow. Many have diagnosed these figures as a symptom of Bethesda's ongoing policy of not sending out review code until the day before release, believing that consumers prefer to read professional reviews conducted at a sensible pace before buying, particularly given that both Doom and Dishonored 2 also saw similarly slow first weeks.īoth of those games had a less precipitous drop-off in second and third weeks than similar titles, and also received considerable critical acclaim once reviews did appear, so Prey may still see the same sort of long tail.

Already set a stern target by being measured against the likes of System Shock, BioShock and the studio's own Dishonored, the space-based immersive sim struggled in its week-one sales, at least in the UK, losing out to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the top slot in the boxed releases chart.

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