Prey: Tips and tricks for beginners

Tips and tricks for beginners are very useful in Prey as Bethesda's new shooter is anything but easy. After waking up on the Talos I space station, you will find that it has been overrun by extraterrestrial life forms. Your task from now on is to wipe out the enemy typhons and uncover the reason for their invasion. After just a few minutes of play, however, you will find that your opponents are not so easy to beat, which is why you should take the following sections to heart before playing.

General tips for beginners in Prey

Prey is a game where you are always unsure whether a monster might not be lurking around the next corner. In this section we give you the best general tips for your first few hours in Bethesda's new title.

• Save more often than in other games: Strong opponents can transform themselves into everyday objects in Prey and attack you from the ambush. It is therefore important to have a relatively up-to-date game that can be used in an emergency.
• Use the surroundings and heal yourself: medication and healing foods are hidden everywhere in Prey. You can also refresh your life energy by drinking at a fountain or sink.
• Pay attention to your condition: In Prey there are different conditions that affect you positively and negatively. If you are well saturated, you will get more life points while walking with radiation contamination and getting slower life points back.
• Expand your inventory: With the things you can find in Prey, you can do many useful things. Picking up each of these items also means that your inventory will quickly fill up. Therefore, you should invest in upgrading your inventory to carry more items with you.
• Prey is difficult: If you want a challenging gaming experience, you can rest easy. Prey also offers a decent challenge on the "Normal" setting.

Tips for exploring Talos I

Talos I is a huge space station with a lot to discover, which is why beginners quickly lose track. In Prey you should therefore always keep an eye out for possible secret rooms or alternative routes. Here are some tips that can help you:

• Prey always offers you an alternative solution to its challenges. If you land in front of a closed door and are not able to hack well enough, you can try to search the surroundings and you will probably find another way or a chip card that acts as a key for the door.
• The GLOO Canon can be used to make your way to seemingly inaccessible places. When you use the GLOO to build stairs on a wall. With this trick, you can reach higher levels, for example.
• If you see a computer, you should check its content. In addition to details on the background story of Prey, you can also discover passwords or alternative routes that can help you in the game.
• You cannot complete many side quests at first because they are in areas that you cannot enter. This is completely normal. Try to get ahead in the main story of Prey and keep your ears and eyes open for items that could help you with the side quests.

Behavior in combat: With these tricks you defeat the opponents in Prey

A big aspect in Prey is the fight against the Typhons, which turns out to be more difficult than expected, especially for beginners. It is therefore worthwhile not to confront the opponents directly, but to proceed with cunning and trickery.

• The GlOO Cannon is your most important tool in your fight against the Typhons. With this weapon you can paralyze the extraterrestrials, split groups of you and escape from them in an emergency.
• Save ammunition and use the environment: Many beginners waste their ammunition in Prey, but it is a valuable asset. It is therefore advisable to lure the typhons in traps and ignite explosive canisters or puddles of oil at the right moment in order to damage them in this way. Prey offers you all kinds of interaction options with your environment that you should use.
• Escape from hopeless battles: The battles in Prey require a good self-assessment from you. If you are too weak for a typhon, you should always go far and never waste all your ammunition on an enemy you cannot defeat.
• Be sneaky: As long as you can ambush a typhon, you should. Use this trick to do more damage to your opponent and gain an advantage. You can also use certain traps to lure the aliens out of the reserve and then stab them in the back.

Prey: Official gameplay trailer

In the following article we show you the system requirements of Prey.