Posted on: September 5, 2021

MrFoofles

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Immersive 90s Cyberpunk Thriller

This was on my "to play" list for quite some years. Overall, a surprisingly immersive and engaging experience. Not for faint of heart: there are mutilated bodies everywhere. World-building and atmosphere are the game's highpoints and stand strong to this day. Citadel station immerses the player easily thanks to excellent lighting design, compelling backstory, and an ever-present sense of tension and despair. The game follows a linear plot and you must explore to uncover the clues to SHODAN's schemes and how to stop them. Exploration rewards you well with plenty of additional backstory, items, and weaponry. SHODAN is a menacing villain, who instills far more dread than the typical 90s bad-guy. Between her visage, unsettling communications, and relentlessness, SHODAN is classic and memorable. The gameplay is a mx of between first-person combat, puzzle solving, and implant-driven cyberspace romps. Of course, no one in the 90s could use the internet without cybernetic implants. The game boasts a strong variety of weapons, items, and implants to aid your cause. Enhanced edition includes mouse-look but it is unresponsive; otherwise you can drive turning and moving with the mouse like an old-school dungeon crawler. It can be awkward to aim or react quickly. On the plus side, there are many interesting enemy types and plenty of ammo to go around. Puzzles are usually "you're getting warmer"-style guessing games, with a few genuine brain-teasers here and there. Cyberspace is easily the weakest part of the game; unfortunately, it is required to progress. The 6 DOF movement and wireframe virtual world might have been spectacle at the time, but it is a chore to play. Nonetheless, you can change the difficulty of each part of the game individually, in case one would break your experience. All in all, this is a journey worth taking. Though, I did find the final stretch underwhelming.

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Posted on: December 7, 2015

SlavaKosmina

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I had to say it

Though SS2 enjoys a unanimous 5-star rating, I just had to say it: Regardless of genre, this game is in my top three list of the best games of all time, equally good to Falcon 3.0 Gold and Baldur's Gate (entire saga). Overall quality of SS2 is absolutely unmatched by any similar game (the original and prophetic Deus Ex one sort of comes close, but not quite). I will not reiterate all the praise that others have already given this fantastic (in every sense) game. I just had to add my 5-star rating and comment here. NOTE: If you are skeptical about dated graphics, don't be. Just get and play this game. You will forget about the graphics 30 minutes after you start playing. Personally, I've played and completed it half a dozen times over the years and it only gets better as you explore new classes and skills (not that there are a humongous number of them, but still there's a good variety to keep things fresh for over a decade). Get this game. I rarely insist on recommending a game. I do here. Get it and discover a benchmark... WARNING: You may begin to hate despise most modern games after you play and complete SS2.

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Posted on: May 24, 2018

NoobSauce21

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Very good port.

I never played the original game before this, but I had fond memories of the sequel. Horror stories of the original UI and control scheme kept me away from this, but Night Dive Studios have made some very nice quality of life changes, Mouselook most notably. They also upscaled the resolution. Strongly recommend this version. As for the game itself, as long as you know what you're getting into, you'll enjoy it. Surprisingly immersive despite it's age.

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Posted on: July 26, 2020

Shadowruls

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An amazing game that transcends time.

As soon as you get used to the controls, this becomes one of the best FPP games I've ever played, right next to Metroid Prime, Prey, Bioshock, and a few others. Difference being we wouldnt have nearly any of them if this game didn't exist. I refuse to give games bonus credit just because they were "first" and I'm not doing that here. Yes I know it didn't invent every mechanic or the immersive sim genre, but it was the first actually good one, and it still holds up today. That isn't nostalga talking, my first time properly trying this game was just over a year ago. Can't wait for the remake though. Looking good You may not be interested if you want a more DOOM like experience, but for those who care more about depth, world building, enviromental stories, lore, and combat options beyond shotgun/pistol/AR/rocket gameplay, know that this game is something special and groundbreaking

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Posted on: August 15, 2020

Jiber14

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The Grandfather of Modern Gaming

The impact this game has had on modern gaming is almost incalculable. I originally bought this game with the intention of playing it for the soul purpose of completionism. I felt like I couldn’t get myself to play System Shock 2 without having played the first game. I beg you, don’t look at this game with that mindset. Play System Shock to play System Shock. This game can more than stand on its own. This game is a masterpiece. Sure, it has some rough edges. Sure, the game is old. But if you just give it a chance, in a very short amount of time all of that melts away into pure immersion. The enhanced edition also deserves a lot of praise. I would have never been able to experience this game on the level I did without full mouse controls.

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