System Shock

So, as a fan of the second installment, this game was just a love letter to my soul. I was immediately immersed in the environment. The feeling of loneliness and isolation was predominant. Shodan was just amazing. Whenever she made an appearance, I was just excited. She was so engaging, sending monsters and cyborgs your way, even after previously exploring the area, like you never felt safe. She is constantly watching you. Technically the game looks great. The interface is easy to manage, inventory management is amazing, a bit of commerce is well appreciated, weapon upgrades are a plus. The game is not easy, it doesn't help you with obviously placed objectives, or where you need to go or do. In my opinion this is great, it is an old school type of game, which expects the player to pay attention to audio logs and e-mails to figure out what to do. However, there are also multiple difficulty levels which increase puzzle difficulty, enemy numbers and Cyberspace challenge. The game has some very small bugs, mostly with the rag doll effect of dead corpses, but nothing game breaking, I had no crashes of the game. Everything runs smoothly though. It is a highly stable game. which overall shows that a lot of effort and love was put into this project. So thank you Night Dive Studios, and everyone that was part of this Remake.

Played the original back in the CD-ROM days. Loved the original. Now, this remake. The first couple of levels gave me a flat feeling and was wondering if i blew $55 bucks. As the game progresses, I started getting into it and there were some new suprises. I played on hard mode and was using a lot of save scumming for time savings. Now, play this on Ironman and you'll have a serious experience. I didn't enjoy the limited inventory space which forced me to create item camps but I didn't mind the currency system. The later levels, the difficulty ramped up and had to plan accordingly with item transfers. I wish the interface could toggle like the original with three different windows on the bottom. The mouse/key control worked out great for the remake. i also wish you could type on the map but they only give you flags that you can use. I really liked the cyber space visuals, real nice. Next time i play this, will hook up to my oculus virtual desktop and then wear a diaper. Really enjoyed the remake.

Instantly after I beat the game the first time, I started a second playthrough with the story, combat, and puzzle difficulties maxed-out. Determining your objectives and piecing the story together from scattered logs is engaging, exploration is fun and rewarding, and the aesthetics have been perfectly transplanted from the original. While the wait was long, the game is a polished and complete product. I never encountered any serious bugs, and the game ran fine. The gunplay is basic, hacking is boring (do yourself a favor and turn the hacking difficulty down to 1), and the showdown with SHODAN is disappointing, but I still wholeheartedly recommend this game.

I'd say this is the definitive version if you want to play the original System Shock, it just makes the whole game so much more enjoyable to people that might not like the original as much/are able to handle the DOS-era gameplay. If you feel you want a fun romp through the guts of a claustrophobic space station filled with horrible creatures of bio-mechanical horrors, I highly recommend this game, the last seven years was worth the wait!

The game has no bugs and is superbly optimized. Not very common nowdays.