System Shock Demo

Demo is broken - game always freezes somewhere when I am in the first spider bot area. It was a pleasant reunion with my memories past, the layout was the same, the weapons were the same, atmosphere was there, graphics were bettered of course, all was there but still it missed somethings - the tension, the weirdness and the initial immersion in the story to name a few. I know, it's pre-alpha and it was very temping to Kickstart it also as the collectors box and artbook looked nice, It was also nice to see for Nightdive to reach their funding goal but to be frankly, I really don't believe in all those remakes (movies, games, . . .) They always try to overdo the original, you gain some but eventually - in most cases - more was lost in the progress. As I have read their intentions, I fear the loss will outweigh the gain here as well. System Shock will be one of my all time favorites as of many of you, but I don't believe this one will replace it . I will stick with the original and wait for number 3 to waste my money on :)

Full review in forum due to length restrictions Enjoyable & stable Demo - quite promising! - Full first level available / cannot (as of writing) save in the Demo - Cannot seem to be able to block with melee weapons - On 5700XT I was getting (24-39) FPS @4K & about 70-89 FPS @ 2560X1080 all on ULTRA - There are a lot of in game options – all of which are stable (some don’t seem to work) - Ultrawide resolution supported along with a FOV slider - HDR support in options - Tested all game items and game did not crash a single time - Lots more enemies from the original game (but small robots gone) in new Demo - No issues using ladders (unlike previous Demo) Impressions: - Initially more impressed with the visuals of the original Unity demo back then but this one is apparently way more stable doesn’t seem to be CPU intensive - The demo took me an hour to complete and as far as I can tell is representative of the original map - 4K visuals are great but not so much in 1080p so likely more representative to the original game fidelity wise - Some textures could be improved - The colors driving the Spark Beam modes should be changed as they are confusing at first (until you realise what is the actual visual indicator for its strength) - Game looked better with the (non-intrusive) Motion Blur - Disliked default screen curvature (there is a slider in the menus to change it fortunately) - Cursor movement leave a bit to be desired but I got used to them after a while - Found a single more important bug; upon being revived I needed to press ESC to go to the menu and return to the game (otherwise I was stuck in an animation) – and the minor visual glitch was that there is an animation that make you hit out of the surgery machine when using it and attacking - Mag-Pulse did not seem to be efficient against cybernetic enemies P.S. You will know what I mean once you try the Demo but the eyes OMG the eyes I can't look away from them!

This seems like this is going to be a very faithful remake to the original System Shock. The graphics are looking to be glorious (hopefully RTX Ray Tracing gets implimented as well). I enjoyed this Pre-Alpha very much see its potential and cannot wait for the full release of this remake!

Hate the fact that i cannot save my progress, but the overall tone and feeling, is amazing. Not to mention the soundtrack. The graphics are amazing, the art style, very true to the original game. Take my money, now, Deluxe edition, please.

Looks really nice, bought a HDR Monitor lately and this show the Potential of it :) The Textures are really intelligent made, i was sceptical how they manage to make the Game so small, but then i saw that the Textures are pixelated. They managed to make it in a Way, that it gives a oldschool Vibe, but in the overall Composition it does look very very modern and you don't really see it. The overall Atmosphere is very nice, futuristic space horror with neon Vibes. Voiceovers are well done and Enemies look good. Gameplaywise it seems very solid, the Layout to "use" with the right Mouse Button instead of E is something i have to get use to it. With E and Q you lay youself to the Side to look out the Corner. Because you can manage the Difficulty in various Ways, the Experience can seemingly change from Person to Person. Haven't figured out how to avoid those Granades that explode when you go near them :> I am convinced that i'll have Fun with the final Product, preordered it now. I also really glad they get such a good Look out of without wasting Tons of Space on your Drive.