System Shock

I haven't played the original, but this remake hits in all the same ways as BioShock, Prey, and the other games inspired by the original System Shock. Nightdive has done a terrific job in making the game feel modern, and it looks absolutely incredible.

If you like Prey 2017 you will love this! excellent music, the graphics are pretty unique (modern 3d models with textures evoking old games)

Honestly a really solid game, I never played the OG mind you so I can't directly compare it to that so I am looking at it more on its own merits as a game. It's generally well balanced but some of the enemies are a little too resilient for the tight resource limits IMO, particularly the ones that are effectively an oversized virus phage - they take a tremendous amount of abuse for their early placement in the game and are no slouches in damage themselves while having several other abilties that make them irritatingly evasive. It ain't perfect but its definitely above average. The good: Atmosphere. Fantastic, it's a shock game. Your on your own in an isolated survival SHTF scenario. The mutant enemies are eerie mockeries of human beings. The setting is really good - the station itself is creepy and disorienting at times but once you figure out your surroundings you can navigate pretty easily. It's not so labyrinthine you get completely lost. Which is just skilled level crafting/environment design. The puzzles are pretty simple logic puzzles - usually just completing a circuit or routing the correct ammount of energy. And there's a finite (I assume) number of bypass items to brute force them. The bad: Really minor personal gripes The shotgun feels underpowered which is just a videogame sin IMO - especially if the ammo for it is going to be as rare as it is this time (System shock 2 its a pretty viable ranged weapon for most of the game given solid damage output and the fact that many enemies use them - here it often feels like a liability in that it takes up a MASSIVE chunk of inventory space). The character audio is annoying. As in I had to mod it out because the noise just got on my nerves when you encounter poison gas, radiation, or any of the plethora of environmental hazards. Your character just launches into this really irritating gagging noise over and over. It got so annoying I looked up a mod to shut them up given how often you encounter it.

A fun remake that is actualy quire true to the original game in terms of story, map layout, and "vibe", but, it's considerably more difficult than the original or the enhanced edition. I just came off completing the Enhanced edition and this is consistently harder. There is less ammo, and the enemies hit harder and fight smarter. Cyberspace sections are longer and combat is more difficult, particularly in later levels. I'd recommend this to anyone, though skew more toward new players with modern gaming expectations. For anyone old enough, or who already played the original game, or who enjoy old school game mechanics, I'd recommend the Enhanced Edition first (or even the original depending on your patience), then this. All are worth playing, for different reasons.

I love this game, but for someone who never played original from 1994, could be hard to find out where to go, what to do and what not. As a fan of an original game i can say that people that work on this remake did a realy realy great job, thank you so much!