Prey is the perfect blueprint for a killer Predator game

I’d suffered through too many bad Predator movies to get excited about Prey, but now I’m an evangelist spreading the good news: this is the best Predator movie since Arnie flexed his muscles in the jungle. It’s striking but understated, leaving plenty of room between the lavish violence to build tension and develop not just Naru, played by the superb Amber Midthunder, but her alien adversary as well. And now that we’ve finally got another great Predator movie, wouldn’t it be nice if we got a game to match?

Predator hasn’t exactly gone ignored by game developers: there’s a long list of adaptations going all the way back to 1987, though in most of them the spotlight is shared with the xenomorphs. This was the case with the best Predator games: 1999’s Aliens versus Predator and its 2001 sequel. There was even an AvP RTS in 2003. But aside from an appearance in Mortal Kombat X, there’s not been much Predator love for years. 

(Image credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment)

When Predator: Hunting Grounds came along in 2020, then, my interest was piqued. There were no xenomorphs this time—just a ruthless alien hunter and a bunch of clueless human soldiers trying to do their job while being picked off. The setup was great, and it had moments where it perfectly captured the first film’s tension, with the squad nervously walking through the hostile jungle, twitching constantly, scanning the trees for anything—but those were the exceptions. 

source: gamezpot.com