Prey, the best $5 game ever

I was bored and brought a bunch of used games that were $5 bucks last week, and the best one was Prey developed by Human head studios.

The story focuses on a cherokee mechanic and former soldier named Domasi Tawodi (also known as "Tommy"), living on a reservation in Oklahoma.  The whole reservation gets abducted by aliens, and Tommy escapes then goes on a hunt to find his grandpa named Enisi and girlfriend named Jen. His grandpa dies early but as a ghost he teaches Tommy to use spiritual powers as well as weapons to fight the aliens with his spirit guide hawk named talon. 

It sounds cheesy, but this game is hella good.  It's like the tech savvyness of Halo meets simple puzzle solving of Zelda or Portal.  You do everything from having fire fights with alien ships in space to slaughter hordes of mutants to using portals to transition to unreachable areas.  Graphics are 1st gen from 2006, but passable given the price.  I couldn't put it down.  I won't spoil the story b/c is simple but touches you in a way you have to play to experience.

All things considered, I give Prey for xbox 360 a 9/10.  It's a sleeper hit that few know about.  I saw a trailer for a sequel coming out called Prey 2, but who knows when it's going to be released.