No, its completly new, in fact its such a different game there is NO comparision, except it has aliens in it. Not even sure the name 'Prey' suits it lol.....but it is a great game. Very much a survival game on a space station. Im looking forward to the plot twist I know is coming, I have my theory's.

Is the lastest Prey a remake of the one released back in 2006? Had some good concepts but too short.

LOL - yea I saw you on it more recently. I am pretty powerfull at moment, so using all sorts of combo, but 2H is very cool, need heavy armour to go with it I think. One combo I use is something like a fire sword and in the other hand a 'steal health' sword. If I do get damaged too much I quick key to as you say 1H and heal combo. I tend to find different creatures best on different tactics...though I am pretty much one hitting people at moment which kicks the slow motion death in, so I am very dramtic at fighting lol...oh and am loving the 'disarm' shout...the bosses tend to try fisting you to death....hardly hurts...its funny!

Watcing you play Skyrim has got me back into it again... Very tempted to try to get a 2H warrior working as never had a successful one - love the 1H shield / 1H heal combo though...

Cheers for explanation, only problem is I am crap at stealth, so I expect I will die alot. From what I remember of playing before, I did about 3 mission and I messed every one up. Thats why I found the "stand by corner and wait for dumb AI to walk by head shooting them all" method better, but less satisfying and emersion breaking.

I shall reload if I mess up and try to complete each mission properly.....oh god, its a port....I hope I can save when 'I' want and not dictated by 'check points' were I have to re-play half an hour of gameplay each time I make a single mistake.

Anyway, will def give it another go soon :)

The XP thing - yeah you get some xp going one way and some the other, dont worry about collecting both routes, XP is not that hard to come by - each level has atleast 2 or 3 different ways through, some have more - They are set up so that you can play the game to your strengths i.e. if you like sneaking and non-lethal takedowns there will be a dark route with vents and dark corners. If you like gun-ho mode there will be a route with lots of cover. If you can hack of destroy walls there will be subtle routes (yes... punching through a wall is classed as subtle). Play to your strengths and spec accordingly - no good specking into the typhoon weapon pack unless you like like sprinting into the middle of a room whilst blasting people (rarely do you come across a stealth situation that requires you to blow up...).
In short, I really enjoyed the story and would suggest you play through as you like but dont get too hung up about xp. Thats not to say you shouldn't explore ;)