I completely agree with Prey.
That has become my favourite 360 game to date. I loved it! I was completely addicted to the game and its story. I stand firmly behind the fact that so many other games seem to have their ideas from Prey… (click on my name to show all of the games I have found that had aspects of their game from Prey. Or read below…)

“I played through Prey today, and realised it is the “God of Gaming.” Everything you see in your high rated games, was in Prey first. Here’s a quick list (on the left: Game, on the right: What Prey had similar):

Portal: Prey used portals a lot, plus had a boss that was wired into the whole building that affected your way through it
Half life 2: You have a wrench, which is very powerful, and gravity plays a big part in the game.
Ratchet and Clank: Gravity walkways mean you can walk on walls (gravity boots in R&C)
Resident Evil: Mutants that when you blow their heads off carry on attacking you
Resistance: Humans being harvested and some converted to aliens that do work for the aliens in the buildings
Timeshift: Very similar looking gun, and gameplay as you move and fire with default gun is incredibly similar
Halo 3: Odd gooey substances that you have to go through (the orifices on the walls no, but the gooey tunnels and gooey holes in the floor, yes. (Last Level of Halo 3 is reference here).
Halo 3 again: Very similar first-person fighting (in space as well)
Assassin’s Creed: A hawk that shows you where you need to go. (Remember the hawks on the tops of buildings in AC, flying around?)
Gears of War: Very similar shooting while crouching
Halo: Big ship-building thing which you follow around whilst getting great views of outerspace before you have to fight off flying drones…
Mass Effect: Looks similar with the surroundings on the outside bits of the game
Portal (again): For some reason, there were cubes lying around that you could move around. They however would explode if shot

There are more I have not remembered, but just from the above you can see the amount of great games that seem to have ideas that come from Prey. Hmm…. I just noticed A LOT of similarities throughout the game. So many times I would say that something I saw was in another game that came out at a later date…

I believe that Prey is the creator of 21st century gaming as we know it. To think that Prey had the original Portal idea first. And they used it fantastically as well.. worked brilliantly throughout the game, and worked fantastically with the gravity changes…

Btw, if you want to try this game, it is worth buying. In the UK, it is 10 quid, and in the US, it will be around $15-20. Definitely worth buying. Looks great in HD.”

I am very impressed that it is $10. Definitely worth the buy.

Brilliantly compiled list. Kudos to you, Doc and the other contributors.

Prey is a great game but your going a bit overboard there Cod in the Pocket. “God of Gaming” lol

A lot of the things you mention have been done years before even Prey did them. You list Half Life 2 but that was out a year before Prey…

Anyway, Interesting article. I’m off to find that free PC game

I think you missed “flOw” for the PS3. It is absolutely memorizing, immersive, the best use of the sixaxis controls to date, and it’s multiplayer.

Hehe Kotaku killed Sarcastic Gamer!

What about audio surf, its only $10 and if you get it on steam, the orange box sound track comes with it

Good value for $10

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intersting theme, very fun.

Is this game really worth the 10$?

thx for sharing.