all in all, I think the remake has potential, and I actually enjoyed the demo. and obviously, most of the things that i disliked are problems, taht are related to the early stage of the game, so I am sure, that, by the time the full game comes around, most of my complaints will have been fixed. As someone who has never played the original System Shock, i went in this Demo, not knowing what to expect. I liked the immediacy of gameplay at the beginning, but i could have used a environmental tutorial. The combat feels weird, and the hit detection is terrible. Stealth also plays NO role whatsoever, as enemies will spot you INSTANTLY, if you are within their view, even if you have only your head poking out of a corner. Also, one particular piece of leveldesign had me scratch my head, as it was completely counter intuitively set up. The charge station, it has a high voltage warning sign, so obviously it is hazardous to me, right? Well, wrong and so i kept walking around for a wile without energy. I also ran into a bug, where i would be stuck on a ladder, unable to leave it in all directions, because one of these spidery repair bots has decided to setup camp right underneath the ladder. Lastly: the textureresolution is, like, really bad. Now to the things I liked: The Music: i thought the music was very good, I liked it, dramatic and majestic, creepy and kind of disturbing. Atmosphere: The first time I played the demo, I was really enthralled by the atmosphere of this spacestation. Also: the view on what I guess is Saturn, is really cool. Artdirection: Really nice. I liked the colourscheme, and especially the lighting. The animations looked good as well, and even though I did not found the enemies to be particularly scary, (actually I think they look rather funny) I liked their deceiving looks ( also the repairbots remind me of the tachikomas from Ghost in the shell, so cute^^)
