Posted on: June 20, 2013

IAmSinistar
Verified ownerGames: 1573 Reviews: 15
Platonic ideal
The finest game of its genre, at least in my experience, and the template for everything done right in games that followed. System Shock 2 (SS2) takes everything that System Shock did and improves upon. (The only exception being cyberspace, whose omission is either a negative or positive depending on your opinion of it in the first game). There is of course combat, as well as psionic abilities. This is enhanced by the addition of research, resource gathering, and weapon maintenance (which is another potential negative to some players). The plot and subplots are relayed to the player via communications, recordings, and "ghost" sightings, all of which immerse you in the events. Extra touches, such as the way enemies will talk to themselves, also add to the experience. Ostensibly an FPS, SS2 is deeper and smarter than that label first implies. Virtually everything that made the console game Bioshock such a hit happened here first, in a game that remains superbly playable to this day. By all means get this game if you are even remotely interested. I recommend you download the patches that upgrade the graphics and character models, as they do a fine job modernising the look of the game. And there are a number of fan missions of high quality that keep the fun going once you finish the game proper.
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