System Shock

...but these days, well it's just not fun, that the game world is so unclear, basically you run around until stuff happens correctly by accident

As a huge System Shock 2 fan who found the original System Shock hard to get into, I was *really* looking forward to playing this so I could revisit the System Shock universe. I have three major complaints with this game: - The enemy animations are laughable. The death animations - and you need to understand I'm not joking or exaggerating - are literally just 'ragdoll + spark/blood animation', And they're not much better animated when they're alive. I don't care about graphics at all - unless they break immersion. And my word they do. - Many of the design choices are questionable. If you're going to update the graphics, why not the gameplay systems too? Why should they remain unevolved? For example, the lack of a meaningful quest log reeks of padding out the gameplay hours. Having to delve through tens of minutes of notes and audio logs for one single code is just painful. - The Cyberspace sections, some which can't be avoided, are just plain annoying. In Cyberspace you can move forward, backward, left, right, up, and down. You can also look in any direction and move forward. You get the full sphere of rotation to use. But you do it INCREDIBLY slowly, and you don't get a dodge move or anything similar (either that - or you're allowed to progress to the point where you need it before you've gotten it). Meanwhile your enemies is allowed to gang up on you AND spam their attacks, some of which cast a VERY wide net. Every single Cyberspace battle I've done has devolved into 'tank, heal, tank, heal' - all while my little pea shooter water pistol joke gun is plinking away at the frankly cruelly implemented enemies. This is genuinely some of the most mind-numbingly turgid 3D combat I've ever had the misfortune of being subject to. AND IT CAN'T BE AVOIDED. -------------------------------------- I was rooting for these guys, dammit. They got Shodan's old voice actor which is the only reason this travesty didn't get 2 stars.

Elecrical box puzzles are bugged

controls won't work with steam deck

I cant believe they made the game more tedious than the original which was already a bit too tedious. Everything takes too long for no good reason (animations, puzzles, virtual reality, even opening doors is more complicated than in the original...) and it has the exact same maze-like corridor map which is just stupid and makes the remake completely pointless. Casual players should get SS1 Enhanced Edition instead. This is made just for the hardcore fans of the first game.