# Prey **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 6, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prey/785993 "2017-05-06T11:51:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prey/785993/21 "2017-05-11T02:40:00Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > Um, aside from being “space horror,” those two games are about as unlike as I can imagine. One’s a relatively cerebral RPG, the other is pretty much an ordinary FPS shooter. They’re both shooter-based action games, set in a derelict spaceship, that’s been overrun by body-horror monsters that have transformed most of the crew and killed the rest. You play a silent protagonist trying to piece together what happened by finding audio logs and video recordings left by the dead crew. A significant amount of the game involves repairing parts of the ship, usually at the behest of a woman on the other end of a radio link who, it is eventually revealed, is the game’s sub-villain. Both games also feature non-branching storylines and an almost total lack of NPC interaction, beyond listening to canned radio messages or occasionally seeing someone get killed through a window or on the other side of a locked door, so I’d question labeling either as an RPG. There’s differences, obviously, but there’s a _lot_ in common between these two games. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prey/785993/22 "2018-06-23T00:55:23Z")
Sorry for the zombie reawakening, but Prey is on sale at Steam for $15. For those worried about their processor, I’m playing on a Core i7-920. My GPU is a GTX-970, so that’s probably why it works fine. Seems to depend more on the GPU than the CPU. I’m only about 1/2 hour in, but it’s fun so far! Anyway, brains. RS [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prey/785993.md?page=1)