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The demo for the upcoming game Prey is finally available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. I cannot play it since I only own a PC, but more on that later.

The demo, titled Prey Demo: Opening Hour, lets players experience the first hour of the game, give or take a bit; however, the demo does not have a time limit, so players can admire the scenery and procrastinate as much as they wish. Since the game takes cues from Bioshock and System Shock, which turns it into a mash-up of genres that might not be for everyone, a demo of the game is downright essential, and an hour worth of playtime is more than reasonable. What is not reasonable is that there is no PC demo.

The developers of Prey, Arkane Studios, have recently had a bit of trouble with PC games. Arkane’s previous game, Dishonored 2, was not well received on PC thanks to optimization and graphics problems. The studio tried to make amends with a free trial of the game, but the absence of a PC demo for Prey implies that Arkane might not be confident in its product. I have yet to find an official explanation, so what I’m about to say is mere speculation, but perhaps Arkane Studios has cold feet given people did not like the initial release of Dishonored 2, or maybe the PC version has a few issues that need to be ironed out. This is a shame, since Prey looks as though it just might scratch that itch I felt back when Nightdive Studios announced its remaster of System Shock.

Even though PC gamers can’t download a demo just yet, Arkane Studios was at least kind enough to provide the minimum and recommended requirements for Prey:

Minimum

CPU: Intel i5-2400, AMD FX-8320
GPU: GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB
Memory: 8 GB

Recommended

CPU: Intel i7-2600K, AMD FX-8350
GPU: GTX 970 4GB, AMD R9 290 4GB
Memory: 16 GB

On the bright side, the game does not look too demanding. In fact, both the minimum and recommended system requirements are lower than those of Dishonored 2. No, seriously, Arkane Studios recommends an Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB for Dishonored 2, but Prey requires only a GTX 970 4GB, a card that is objectively weaker than a 1060. Maybe the PC version is more optimized than I initially thought. Either that or the people over at Arkane are witches.

If you own an Xbox One or PlayStation 4, make sure you have 13.1 and 13.7 GB free on your HDD respectively. Also, if you have played the demo, tell me what you thought of it in the comments section. I would love to know how the game plays and if there are any significant performance difference between the two console versions.

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