Amazing replayability, level design and story. Bought on Steam but get GoG for a brill price
Having owned and still do, both system shock 1 & 2 *since* release. Plus I bought GoGs SS1 remake, this isn’t a patch on both those titles. Why people *think* it’s got anything to do with SS, without even having played them, just annoys the heck out of me. Just because some of the team from those titles worked on it does not make it a spiritual successor. For a start, the mimics are nothing be respawning annoying, with no variations of them. Compare that to SS with mutant crew, rogue robots and cyborgs! Then of course you have the superb hacking of SHODAN. Compare that to the abysmal attempt by Prey. I bought this on steam and it’s little wonder Arkane and this flopped and the CEO sacked himself. It’s a brilliant game *if* you haven’t played SS1 and 2. Leave it at that, but it’s not SS anything, it’s heavily built around a console interface which is nothing short of clunky. Sadly I bought this on steam because I fell for the hype.. great price on GOG though
Gorgeous graphics, brilliant cutscenes and Voiced. for once it's objects in scenes that are more or less part of the game, rather than some random drawn picture full of objects as per the norm. There's not a lot of 'hand holding', which i like. There's also a map to instantly find what you need to do in areas -if you've put the game down. You also get some helpers in the form of animals -again better than the *one* animal you get if your lucky. Well worth the money.
My wife owned all these when i was playing flight sims. I remember us going to PCWorld to buy Under a Killing Moon, it being the largest game of it's kind, at the time, on 4CDs costing a bloody fortune! Tex (Chris Jones) is just hilarious! The film noir style has never been equaled or bettered. The interface is simple to use, the help system also. Someone mentioned being colour blind? That's *not* the games fault. There's no *running* back and forwards as it's a simple click on 'visit a location'. If you get lost or are are not sure what to do, the help system is instantly intuitive and provides full dialogue and inventory 'what to do's'. If you follow the series right through, the same or similar cast are used throughout I'm so glad that i got *all* Tex murphy now, as i remember my wife disc-swapping on our old Pentium 100 x4 CD-ROM, which took ages to load. lol Put simply, you have to have been 'around' these classics to understand that they were cutting edge and the interface of the move,examine,use,open/close etc. was just standard then. All in all, a funny classic franchise that never grows old and never punishes you either. My review is for them all. Apart from the stand-out 'Tesla Effect'. which for a kickstarter is a monster! Tex, your a LEGEND!!!
https://youtu.be/7et0o50qsqA explains the tutorial very well
I really don't need to add to what has been said from clearly passionate players like myself, other than lose yourself in a pure classic story that was made by a bunch that loved games. Those were the days. 'Do the monkey'!!
I've played,replayed this up to 21hours on steam. It's got a great story,voice acting, paths and locations. The power abilities you get also set this apart from the 'ordinary' HOG. A BIG game.
When cars were full of holes and you could repair them with some cataloy resin and not worry too much about the MOT. Before i say anything, buy the following; engine repair kit, jack, crowbar (you need this to break the locks on loot crates) ,two-stroke oil (keep the oil to petrol mix optimum) , gallon fuel container(filled), water bottle and as soon as possible a spare tyre. This will get you from one destination to the next. Your car handles differently depending on terrain and tyres. In wet weather with normal standard tyres it will slide all over the place at corners and flooded roads. By driving slower you can navigate safely still. With wets on it will naturaly drive fine through floods. If however you want to go 'offroading' -there's hidden loot crates in these areas -you will need offroad tyres. but these wear quicker -like wets- in drier conditions. Routes are important too. Icons with the car leaning over in a rut are to be avoided unless you have offroad tyres. Driving on normal tyres can result in burst tyres -You will see mounds on the road and exceedingly rutted surfaces. Likewise grey cloud and a smooth road means wets are idealy needed. Sun means, well sunny and dry road and a fuel pump means -yep, garage along the route. A '?' means there may or may not be a garage. Probably due to it's proceduraly generated game engine. When you reach a motel, sell your found loot and top the car up -fuel/oil- and use an engine repair kit -it can be used on 3 items; engine,carb,air filter. Keep them from going to 1 point (3 being the fully repaired for all items) sleep will save the game, if you collect more loot on a journey outward and get stuck; wrong tyres or general issue, try unloading the stuff in the boot or change a tyre, it sometimes gets you unstuck. Then put it all back in boot. If that doesn't work, save and reload will put you back at the motel with your loot/boot content intact! So no loss try again. Topup what items you use and replace in boot
