System Shock® 2 (1999)

I really don't see what is up with all the hype that surrounds this game. 1. This is a personal preference but I don't like being stuck in corridors for the duration of a game. It starts feeling like "rat in a maze". Give me some variety. 2. None of the gameplay features were good enough to overcome gripe #1. 3. The game tries too hard to be scary, which makes it feel like a B grade horror.

Well I realized something playing this one After beating great games like Dead Space and Bio-Shock years ago playing this one recently. I realized how much this game must of heavily influenced those ones. I can't say I really enjoyed the dated clunky gameplay, but however I did enjoy the atmosphere and story.

Truly enjoyed it, great story. Could not put it down for 4 days straight. Thanks for Linux support, too bad it's not on GOG, but the game is DRM free on other platform, too.

You wake up on a spaceship with cybernetic implants and something has gone wrong... The plot is ok with some twists, but where this game really shines is the atmosphere. Even after many, many playthroughs I'm still scared of going to some areas and hearing the whirring of cyborg midwives makes me want to run away. And you're always out of bullets. The game is outdated by now, but after 20 years there's active mod community going, with graphics patches, new campaigns (fanmissions) and balancing improvements. Despite the small flaws, SS2 is one of my favorite games, also today. Good: * Replayabilility with different styles/classes * Atmosphere, genuinely scary * Mod content Bad * Some of the weapons and skills are useless * A bit outdated graphics by now * FPS mechanics are a bit cumbersome (the Dark engine wasn't designed for shooting)

It's clearly an old game, and I highly recommend installing some mods to make it look less painful, but it is definitely worth playing even today. I suggest not going for a hard difficulty to better enjoy the story and the game loops without highlighting the part of the game that haven't aged too well ;)