System Shock

dont think i ever played a remake with this amout of polish. there are few, and i mean few. things that could have been different but it get overshadowet by everything else the game has going for it. dont buy on sale. they deserve every penny

I love older system shock 1. Remake is a fantastic. Graphic, gameplay, soung, music everythin greming me legend in new polished coat. I used 50 percent render in option. P.S. For new players who like clear objectives listed in menus and labeled maps with navigation, SS1 can be confusing. It's a bit of an old game style. You learn what to do in hints and calls, also codes. But don't give up. This is a fascinating experience of one of the best games in the world.

A good remake on a great story! Despite not being a fan of pixelated art, and pixelated remakes in this case, I did enjoy this remake quite nicely indeed. I believe that System Shock remake is a good starting portal for those who have yet to try out the System Shock series. The lore is really good. Have a good computer that can run the game flawlessly and you will enjoy the experience no doubt. Have a good one!

As someone who owned the CD version and beat it probably 20 or so years ago now; I say without reservation that it's a great remake. The things it changed, and the things it kept are almost all positive. The only issue I have is the "game over" screen. This is only an issue in a handful of places, depending on the difficulty, but it having to watch it every time you fall to a grenade spewing boss really slows down the pace. That is the only complaint I have, though. The texures look pixelated, but I guess that's an aesthetic choice, so I'll give it a pass. Overall, an excellent update of an excellent game.

In the end, I have a feeling this remake will be fairly divisive to those who like it and those who don't. It's very old school and things we take for granted like a quest list to keep track of our goals or auto-notes for important details being kept by the game simply do not exist. The game will not stop you from doing things that will screw you over and get you stuck for hours (like toss key items into dark corners and forget about them without knowing they are key items yet). It will demand your attention like few games made today will. And yet these are traits I can see some gamers who are tired of modern games holding their hand every step of the way seeing as a breath of fresh air and drinking in that freedom. But the moment to moment gameplay is absolutely fantastic with snappy controls, enemies to learn and gunplay that just makes sense and is a lot of fun. Add to that some logic puzzles and some dips into cyberspace for floating combat like we haven't seen in ages and this is the real deal. If only the game gave you more inventory space it would have been even better. If it had not made you watch the same 15-20 second death sequence every time you died to a boss (which are rather challenging) before you loaded up to figure out what you did wrong and try again, I would have rated it even higher. This is simply put so close to a masterpiece it's painful.