![]() It’s macabre and silly, but it’s nice to know players will have flexibility to horde body parts, if they choose to do so. One of my highlights during the demo, was collecting an entire human corpse in my inventory. The old school inventory has returned along with totally useless items to collect. Why yes, that is a human corpse I’m carrying. Later, when I found a laser pistol things became more interesting, but that feeling quickly left while I shot a crew member in the face half a dozen times before they died. There was no sense of danger at any time. ![]() Within the remake, combat was just boring. This was due to the limited resources you had, and how deadly each enemy was. In the original System Shock, I do remember a certain amount of dread with every conflict. Encounters with mutated crew members, wasn’t much different. The pipe didn’t seem to have any impact to it’s attacks, and combat was comprised of hit, jump back to avoid attack, hit again until the enemy finally died. My first combat encounter seemed rather dull. It’s not long after that when you start to find the mutilated bodies of your crew and killer robots. After arming yourself with a trusty lead pipe, you begin to explore the ship. The demo starts off within your typical sci-fi trope, you awake on a spaceship in which something has gone terribly wrong. The remake currently has a kickstarter running and a playable demo of what to expect. ![]() I’d like to be able to experience System Shock for the “first time” and thought a remake would recapture what made System Shock great for a new audience. When Nightdive Studios announced they would be doing a remake within the spirit of the original game my interests were peaked. My general impression of the game is I’m sure it was great back in the day, but it’s not aged well. About a year ago I finally played the original game, but feel alot of it’s depth and impact was ultimately lost on me as I didn’t experience it “in the moment” of 1994. The games is considered a PC gaming classic and an early masterpiece. I’ll come clean right from the start, despite being a card carrying member of the PC master race, I somehow missed out on System Shock. ![]()
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