System Shock

This sh*t had me fiending for the Shodussy like a data centre fiends for potable water.

я боюсь жить в мире где людей кто купил гранату в торговом автомате меньше, чем людей кто выиграл в шахматы у искусственного интеллекта

The System Shock remake is incredibly good. I have no idea what Nightdive tweaked in the Unreal Engine to make everything run so smoothly. Other developers could definitely learn a thing or two from this game. The weapons all look fantastic and exploring the Citadel space station is a lot of fun. The sound and music are superb. Inventory management is seamless, and everything runs surprisingly well on the Steam Deck. Overall, it plays like Bioshock. Only not underwater, but above the water. A truly excellent remake, close to perfection.

Calling all Origin Fans! This has to be the remake that defied the odds, out in 2023. All I know is that the world they created is still on the Grand Staircase somewhere. Today our emergency evacuate sounded. I looked through my library of games, as a new account holder since last year. What games came to mind? Why, one that was previewed in 2022, of course! There it was, not pure impule or simple non-linear euclidean geometry after-all, but close enough. I mean, what with the puzzle solving tid-bit pickup. A real bonus. In my experience, better than the world they created that keeps opening infinitely onto a undead platform in complete conempt of the Stygian Abyss! Great work, all the same. Keep posted, as I have a review for Underworld Ascendant which I know you will like :) xxx

fantastic for the first 45% of the game, incredible atmosphere, satisfying puzzles, surprisingly solid feeling gunplay. Then the usual immersive sim tedium kicks in. And on top of that it includes old school game design for extra tedium points. Lots of back tracking, lots of running around trying to figure out what to do next. And awful awful inventory management. Play it if you're out of immersive sims to play and you absolutely have to play one

System Shock is a shining example of what a remake should be. The original game from 1994 was one of the first games ever to use a proper 3d build, It used sprites for objects, suffice to say it's quite dated. The remake has everything you'd expect from a modern game, from amazing visuals to proper models and animations while also keeping the 90's feeling. It is also incredibly immersive, there are no loading screens, every upgrade is an item that makes sense, every ability has strength and a level of energy drain. You can use glide boots to quickly move around the corridors of the station but they use energy, the same energy used by your plasma rifle and shields. Will you have enough energy to kill a cyborg possibly waiting around the corner, or will you have to switch to normal weapons with limited ammunition, or run out of energy and run back to a charging station/use limited batteries ? The thing that elevates this above other remakes as an example of how they should be done is the level of detail they put in being faithfull to the original. Every deck has the same layout as in the original, every room feels the same despite having modern models, all the objectives stayed the same, in fact you can use the guides for the original game to beat the remake. But that faithfull representation of the original can also be its biggest weakness, this is a 90's game made in 2023. The game does not hold your hand, it has no waypoints, no tips, no highlights. You are expected to read, to listen, to remember things, even write things down at times. I've seen threads about people failing the game right off the bat in the start menu by not reading that hardest story difficulty introduces a time limit to the game. To me personaly that is such a breath of fresh air, having to figure out how to accomplish tasks by exploring, listening to audio logs and piecing together the solutions to stop the current plan Shodan exposed when mocking your efforts feels so rewarding. But of course its 2026, a game that requires thinking will not be for everybody.

Ja