Edited on: September 18, 2025

Posted on: February 3, 2020

FiliRoger

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Sci-fi dungeon crawler-esk

System Shock is a sort of a dungeon crawler FPS set in a cyberpunk fantasy, where you get all sorts of energy weapons, conventional ones aswell, cybernetic enhancements and consumables which glitch your PoV if used too much. it has a good story with well voiced characters, an intimidating and crazy AI antagonist and well thought out level design. Visually, it looks good for it's time. It's got all of that "cyberpunk style" with walls filled with electronic panels and wired, but also has some more fancy places with carpets and chandeliers. Each floor is different in both level design and visual aspect. Pretty much every level has doors which are locked behind "security measures" which you need to get rid of by destroying cameras and power/CPU core. However, the unintuitive UI, lack of item and cybernetic descriptions makes it very confusing and weird. The lack of direction in some parts of the game are also a bit problematic, as I got a "Where the hell do I go?" situation a couple of times because of lack of details in mission update logs and emails. But most of time, it's all laid out for you.

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Posted on: February 22, 2025

Seducer

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Great game. Ruined by nightdive $tudio$

I want to make it clear that the System Shock franchise is amazing. Both games were pioneers of their time and System Shock 3 falling into development hell before the rights were aquired and the project killed by a chinese conglomerate was extremely disappointing. Equally disappointing is nightdive'$ treatment of the "enhanced edition". Clearly put out as a quick cash grab to hype/promote their remake 2 years later at a significantly higher price. "Enhanced edition" was released in 2021. As of this review it's still currently on patch version 1.2.16. This is significant because this patch introduced horrific micro stutter that's so irritating it makes the game a chore to play, completely ruining the experience. They have also failed to fix the reactor code randomization problem that has been present since day one. Also still unaddressed. To add insult to injury, nightdive'$ support act ignorant to the problem. I have emailed them regarding this asking when it will be fixed. They play dumb pretending not to know about it. When I replied with multiple links to other players reporting the same issue, they simply closed the support ticket, choosing to do nothing. I know many see nightdive as a savior of classic games but this clearly isn't the case. CEO stephen kick talks a big game about old titles and not wanting to do wrong by them but his companies actions speak louder than his panderings. Blade Runner was released in a joke state. Blood "fresh supply" is still a broken mess and they have abandoned System Shock "enhanced edition" in a steaming pile of garbage over 4 years ago. Clearly maintaining games after the initial spike in new release sales is not profitable when you can instead move on to the next shiny toy to rinse/repeat the process all over again. Sadly, this is a patterned history. Follow the cess pit status of System Shock "enhanced edition" here: hasnightdivefixedsseeyet(dotcom) 4+ years and counting... Pathetic.

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Posted on: August 31, 2016

Kitarraman

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This was 1994

Let's face it, it's not 1994 anymore so don't expect this game to be immediate and easy as some modern generic FPS could be. Even Warren Spector is having a really hard time replaying this game, at least that's what he said himself. The pros of this game are: the narrative, which was ahead of its time back in 1994; the levels, a space station shaped as a mazy hive; the basic survival mechanics (here too he was ahead of its time); the audio logs. The cons are: the hud, I needed 2 months to get used to it, after that it became second nature but I was struggling at first; the MIDI soundtrack, for God's sake some tracks are pretty good and you'll eventually start singing along, but after 10 minutes spent listening to the same piece of music with those horrible MIDI sounds, you are seriously risking to push a bit too much you mental sanity; sometimes you'll eventually end having not even the slightest clue of what you're supposed to do. I have a cool mantra for this game: when you're impressed by something in particular, you should remember this came out in 1994; when you are having a hard time with its wonky game mechanics, just remember this came out in 1994 and is 22 years old. Still, it could easily beat the crap out of some modern FPS available nowadays. IMHO

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Posted on: October 31, 2018

pachubatinath

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A landmark game

An excellent update of one of the best PC games ever. More than an FPS, System Shock induces you to think constantly, manage your resources cautiously and keeps you on the edge of your seat. The atmosphere, tension and storyline that unfolds through logs, emails and other scraps of information help build a terrifically immersive world. You tend to 'visit' Citadel Station rather than play the game. Once you get over the unique controls, (switching between mouselook for aiming and the mouse for managing your equipment etc) and that this is NOT a run-n-gun Doom-clone, you really begin to inhabit the station and the storyline. Exploring and progressing while mutants continually spawn behind keeps the tension high but the balance of challenge and reward is just right throughout. I actually played this as a kid but was too terrified to progress very far and it was only after finishing the (actually much scarier) sequel I decided to revisit the original and -oh my -it still retains its terror and charm. Thoroughly and unreservedly recommended.

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Posted on: August 27, 2020

LATESTACORONATA

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The revolution of the FPS genre

System Shock has, without a doubt, revolutionized the FPS genre and how it will be designed and felt throughout the decade. Although the second entry is more famous ( as the other pretenders such as the Bio or Deus ex saga), the first one sets the stone that will lay foundation to a completely new way of thinking about FPS and how cyberpunk games HAVE to be conceptualized, This is one the few cases that I'll not write anything about the game ( about its mind-blowing core mechanics, masterful level design nor its magnificent way to narrate the plot) but I'll say just this : if you are aficionado of the FPS genre, a retrò gamer or just one that enjoys gaming in general, System Shock is THE masterpiece to play, period. It time to explore, hack, survive, destroy and escape the clutches of a crazy IA and to extrapolate from its difficult and complicated exterior the literal art that this game was, is and probably will be.

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