Predator: Hunting Grounds Reviews

Predator: Hunting Grounds is ranked in the 12th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
8 / 10.0
Oct 23, 2024

I already loved this game on PS4 and now that IllFonic has been freed from the Sony exclusivity; Predator: Hunting Grounds for the Series X and PS5 feels like such an improvement over the original. With its upgraded visuals, enhanced performance and engaging gameplay, it offers an exciting experience to the asymmetrical genre. If you are a fan of the Predator franchise then this should already be on your list, but even if you just want a thrilling multiplayer shooter, Predator: Hunting Grounds is worth checking out.

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GameMAG
Top Critic
4 / 10
May 11, 2020

Predator: Hunting Grounds is difficult to advise even the most loyal fans of the franchise. The game is not worth your time, even if it will be distributed on a PS Plus subscription or sold at a huge discount. It is almost impossible to get pleasure here. Terrible graphics, unbalanced gameplay, poorly developed mechanics and broken matchmaking leave only a deep sense of frustration.

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60 / 100
May 3, 2020

Predator: Hunting Grounds has remarkable potential. It has all the right ideas in place but desperately needs further polish and a dedicated player base to flesh it out. The thoughts I’ve shared probably sound incredibly critical, but I oddly feel like sticking around to see where it goes.

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Chris Wray
Top Critic
4.5 / 10.0
Apr 30, 2020

Predator: Hunting Grounds reminds me very much of Evolve and Illfonic's previous Friday the 13th game. That is to say it has a lot of potential. The core gameplay can be fun, though the time between the fun

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6 / 10.0
Apr 29, 2020

Predator Hunting Grounds could have been a good product, thanks to the franchise from which it draws inspiration, staging an engaging show capable of bringing to the field one of the most fascinating alien in the Hollywood history. Unfortunately, the realization of this title, as its brother Friday 13: The Game, makes it hard to be bought at full price, leaving us only the hope a good post launch support to save it from auto-destruction.

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6.5 / 10.0
Apr 27, 2020

Predator: Hunting Grounds has a lot of charm and respects the source material. However, it is a flawed experience, and can be frustrating to play at times. Regardless of those flaws, I can still see myself returning especially to play as the Predator.

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Apr 27, 2020

A clever premise can't meet the expectations of its ever-evolving namesake. The end result: a most tedious and ugly game.

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Push Square
Top Critic
4 / 10
Apr 27, 2020

Predator: Hunting Grounds wouldn't look too out of place amongst the tacked-on multiplayer modes of the PS3 generation. It offers a handful of hours packed with enjoyment but quickly comes apart at the seams as you realise how lacking in content it really is. While playing as the Predator and a good amount of customisation may be its saving graces, this is an experience you can safely skip.

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6.5 / 10.0
May 18, 2020

It's not a bad game, and is fun for a weekend, but it doesn't offer enough to justify it's price tag.

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GamePro
Top Critic
65 / 100
May 2, 2020

The perfect alien hunter only gets a mediocre game with a lot of optimization

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May 1, 2020

At its best, Predator: Hunting Grounds is a tense asymmetrical shooter that forces you to pay attention to your surroundings in a dense, jungle environment. At its worst, it’s a mess of waiting, loading and gunning down shoddy AI-villains in forgettable missions.

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70 / 100
May 2, 2020

Predator: Hunting Grounds has several good ideas that result in a quite fun asymmetric multiplayer that, unfortunately, falls into monotony rather quickly, and does not meet many of the objectives it sets.

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May 2, 2020

Similar to a cloaked Yautja hopping through the jungle canopies above, you'll have to look pretty damn hard to see the fun in Predator: Hunting Grounds.

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2 / 5.0
May 1, 2020

Playing as the Predator is a wonderful idea, it just deserves a better game around it. Bugs, mediocre first-person gameplay, repetitive missions, an ugly setting, and a reliance on playing with friends mean Predator Hunting Grounds is boring a lot more often than it is enjoyable.

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Justin Woo
Top Critic
6.8 / 10.0
Apr 28, 2020

The game occasionally creates wild, stupid situations that feel a lot like an 80s action movie, but that’s not enough to sustain a multiplayer game for a long period of time.

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7 / 10.0
May 2, 2020

When it wants to imitate the 1987 movie, Predator: Hunting Grounds is a lot of fun, but doesn't really have anything past that

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75 / 100
Apr 28, 2020

Predator: Hunting Grounds is a 4v1 asymmetrical multiplayer game that pits a fireteam against the deadly Predator. Gameplay is tense and enjoyable on both ends, but if you want to play as the Predator, then queue times are currently much longer. It's best played in bursts of a few hours at most.

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3 / 10
Apr 29, 2020

...despite the dedicated appreciation for the franchise, Predator: Hunting Grounds is poorly made and not fun to play.

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6.5 / 10.0
Nov 7, 2019

Predator: Hunting Grounds looks and sounds like Predator, but lacks the soul of the 1987 classic film. For being one of the most iconic hunters in the galaxy, the Predator feels weak compared to the vastly overpowered Fireteam. I never felt terrified of the Predator, and I think that's Hunting Grounds' most glaring issue. I'm invested enough in the Predator franchise to see what Illfonic has up their sleeves in terms of additional content for the game, but I find it hard to recommend to those who are looking for the ultimate Predator fantasy.

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8 / 10.0
Apr 27, 2020

Predator: Hunting Grounds is a great addition to the multiplayer shooter genre, with plenty of fun to be had regardless of which side you choose to play.

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