Posted on: November 21, 2017

np_smash
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Still great in 2017, and a true classic.
I've played many games carrying the System Shock DNA - games like Deus Ex, System Shock 2, and newer games following the 'immersive sim' design ethos. Even having a good idea of what to expect from SS1 and having played newer games that for many improved upon the design of SS1, I still had a blast with this game in 2017. The Enhanced Edition makes it just accessible enough so that even with a few minor annoyances, after a couple sessions of play I was used to the interface/controls. I'll just say what impressed and surprised me most about this game, being a first time player in 2017 (I was too enamored with Doom in the early 90s to notice this System Shock's release). Here is a game that does not insult your intelligence - there are no objective markers except the ones you leave for yourself in your maps. There are not even explicit "objectives", there is a game world with problems that you can choose to solve as you uncover the information and the tools to do so. And somehow you get just enough of each as you progress, so that your progression feels natural, but also earned, since you are afforded such freedom without being directly guided. I can see how this could frustrate a lot of players, but for the game-literate, this is a design dream come true, a near perfect marriage of designer direction and player freedom in the semi-linear game space. No one would be brave (or stupid?) enough to do something like this now, and it WORKS. Of course, there are flaws. Some activities like combat on revisited floors become annoying in the later game, and the interface isn't bad because it's old, it's just not a good design. Some voice acting is very amateur. The environments are unique but also fairly ugly and often don't reflect their in-world purpose clearly. All that said, System Shock is an 8/10 game. In 2017! The fact it came out in 1994 really makes it a miracle. Don't miss it if you are looking for a textbook "classic". (no significant stability issues on Win7)
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