First time playing it, I must say I was shocked (pun intended) by how good the game is. I've always considered Bioshock as one of my favorite games ever, and since playing it in 2007 I keep hearing about how inferior it is to System Shock, I dismissed these comments as coming from fans being nostalgic and blind to the greatness that is Bioshock! I thought Ken Levine was a genius for designing the gameplay of Bioshock. However after playing System Shock, I'm convinced of the opposite, I mean how can you come up with that after having such a masterpiece, I see why fans of System Shock hate the Bioshock series, Bioshock basically dumbed down everything in System Shock. To be fair though, every game has its own unique world, Bioshock is still a great spiritual successor, but if you want to see where it all started and experience the gameplay mechanics with all its glory and realized to the fullest, this is the game to play. TL; DR If you like Bioshock, mainly the gameplay, chances are you'll like System Shock even better, if you didn't play Bioshock yet, start here.
