System Shock

This is how I remembered playing the original one back in the 90s. Thank you Night Dive for helping me like its 1995.

System Shock 2 is one of my favorite game. But SS1 was always a problem for me because of out-of-date graphics. Even Enhanced Edition on GOG is still difficult to play. And now with the remake released I finally got a chance to touch that classic game! I’ve read some people mentioning the System Shock remake in a negative way because developers did little changes comparing with original. But for me it is a huge advantage that gives a chance to feel that old good game atmosphere with just better graphics! The level design stays almost the same as it was. And that’s great! I am enjoying discover Citadel Station! The game gives real feeling of isolation while wandering an abandoned space station levels. Unforgivable Atmosphere! Visual style of the game is perfectly balancing between reminding about it’s old school roots and modern requirements. I like pixel textures style that increase the feeling of playing the classic. And what must be mentioned the game optimization is the best I’ve seen among the recent releases!!! Shooting is not ideal. Could be a better impact, but can’t call it bad also. Puzzles are simple as far as you understood the way of solving. What I don’t really like is too many loot on the levels! So at some point I just stopped to pick it up. Would be great to have an option to reduce the amount of loot with increasing the game difficult level. The game have things to improve. That’s why my 5 start it is 4 + extra 1, very emotional star for the game experience I enjoy so much!!! Just love it despite mentioned issues! And many thanks to the developer team. They did a grate job. Wish they do SS2 remake with exactly the same way as they did this one!

Well, it's tough for me to talk about SS1 after 30 years. It was amazing back in the day. I played it in 1994 when it first dropped, and I still think there are very few games in the FPA genre that can come close to its greatness. When I think about the level of atmosphere, only HL2 and Portal 2 pop into my mind. First of all I really hope that playing it in 2023 will still be an epic experience for those who didn't get a chance to play it originally. This game never got the recognition it truly deserved. When SS2 came out, people had already played and praised it more than the original SS, but I always disagreed with that. SS1 was straight up superior in every aspect. The atmosphere, the level design, the cyberspace, the cyberpunk music, the citadel, SHODAN, that claustrophobic and lonely feeling, everything was on another level! And SS2 was still a great game (even though I despise the enemy respawn), but that's just a testament to how awesome SS1 was! To put things in perspective, when SS1 came out in 1994 (and you could play it in 640x480 resolution), Doom 2 also dropped with its fake 3D WADs maps and low resolution. That's why it's hard for me. I'll give it 4 stars because, sadly, in 2023 it feels like it's missing some modern standards. Plus, I've already experienced it and know the story. Overall, the only thing I didn't dig about the remake was the fact that they changed the beginning. It was perfect just the way it was in the original title.

I've never played the original System Shock, but I can definitely see that Nightdive have put a lot of passion and heart into this game. It runs flawlessly with the only actual glitch I've discovered thus far is that my mouse will stutter randomly; I'm not sure if this is even the game though since it could just be my wireless mouse acting up. The game absolutely does not hold your hand. No objective markers, no "quest log", no journal telling you what to do. You had better listen to those audio logs because they're the only thing that will give you an idea of what to do. From what I can gather this is in line with the original game, which I definitely enjoy. Too many games today hold your hand and guide to directly to your next objective. You WILL be confused at points, but don't worry since you can always come back. ULTRAWIDE SUPPORT. Holy crap this game actually has ultrawide support and it does it extremely well. I am able to play at 5440x1440 with no issues. I cranked the FOV up to 120 and there is absolutely NO STRETCHING on the sides. What a miracle it is when the developers actually put effort into their games. Ignore the joker who gave it 1 star and claimed "no wide screen support". That simply is not true. I kept the game on level 2 difficulty for everything and, boy-oh-boy does it get difficult if you don't manage your resources properly. Exploration is rewarding; I was able to either purchase or find upgrades for myself and my weapons simply by being a kleptomaniac. I haven't beaten the game yet; I've put about 8 hours in to it and only cleared 4 levels out of 10 (I think). One gripe I have so far is that enemies will continuously respawn even when SHODAN's security level is 0%. These guys don't drop enough materials to make up for the ammo they absorb, so eventually I just started running away from them. Some puzzles are legitimately difficult to figure out, but just keep looking around and you'll find that one switch you didn't see before.

True to the original while providing much needed accessibility and graphical updates. Glad to see it finally released.