System Shock

Played the original back in the CD-ROM days. Loved the original. Now, this remake. The first couple of levels gave me a flat feeling and was wondering if i blew $55 bucks. As the game progresses, I started getting into it and there were some new suprises. I played on hard mode and was using a lot of save scumming for time savings. Now, play this on Ironman and you'll have a serious experience. I didn't enjoy the limited inventory space which forced me to create item camps but I didn't mind the currency system. The later levels, the difficulty ramped up and had to plan accordingly with item transfers. I wish the interface could toggle like the original with three different windows on the bottom. The mouse/key control worked out great for the remake. i also wish you could type on the map but they only give you flags that you can use. I really liked the cyber space visuals, real nice. Next time i play this, will hook up to my oculus virtual desktop and then wear a diaper. Really enjoyed the remake.

Instantly after I beat the game the first time, I started a second playthrough with the story, combat, and puzzle difficulties maxed-out. Determining your objectives and piecing the story together from scattered logs is engaging, exploration is fun and rewarding, and the aesthetics have been perfectly transplanted from the original. While the wait was long, the game is a polished and complete product. I never encountered any serious bugs, and the game ran fine. The gunplay is basic, hacking is boring (do yourself a favor and turn the hacking difficulty down to 1), and the showdown with SHODAN is disappointing, but I still wholeheartedly recommend this game.

I'd say this is the definitive version if you want to play the original System Shock, it just makes the whole game so much more enjoyable to people that might not like the original as much/are able to handle the DOS-era gameplay. If you feel you want a fun romp through the guts of a claustrophobic space station filled with horrible creatures of bio-mechanical horrors, I highly recommend this game, the last seven years was worth the wait!

The game has no bugs and is superbly optimized. Not very common nowdays.

*reviewing version 1.1.17082 of game* The System Shock 1 Remake is almost perfect as far as remakes go. It captures everything we loved about the original game and added some tweaks and improvements. I recommend it for fans of the original or any sci-fi FPS fans that enjoyed games like Alien Isolation or Prey (2017). Here are my praises and nitpicks: + fantastic audio quality: the voice acting (some people didn't like it, but i did!), weapon sfx and ambient tracks are top-notch and really well done! + Fancy Retro Visuals: The visual fidelity is great despite it emulating the aesthetic of a super old game. There's a couple spots where the game stuttered and dropped to ~45-50 FPS (executive level and grove mini levels). Otherwise this is a well optimized game with numerous graphics settings to ensure it will look incredible on new machines and run just fine on old setups. + Tons of fun weapons!: I tried 75% of the weapons and they all had great animations with fantastic sound quality. The remake kept all the weapons (i think?) with the various ammo types and I really appreciate having such a wide variety of guns to choose from. + Cyberspace/Cybercombat isn't perfect, but a billion times better than the original: The original game had some gameplay mechanics that aged horribly. In my opinion, the Cyberspace combat was one of them. The remake's Cyberspace was much much better, but nothing to go nuts over. - Lame Boring Final Boss: I won't spoil anything, but basically, you can't die and the mechanics in defeating the final boss aren't obvious. I personally hated the original game's final boss, so this wasn't anything to complain too much over. - Enemies only react a little to being hit: No obvious stagger or pain state. Kinda annoying, but nothing game-breaking. Keep in mind this replicates the old game pretty well, so the levels are still quite a maze to navigate through (a FUN maze, however!). All in all, a fun remake and easy recommendation!