The station has superb atmosphere, and each deck and area has its own theme. There are plenty of weapons about, and energy stations for recharging, and you can also modify weapons as you get further into the game, as well as finding implants to buff up your character. Health does not regenerate automatically, so eating food bars or drinks will replenish health, or there is a machine back in the med-bay which fully restores your health and auto-saves. Survival side of things is again old-school, as there are no checkpoints as such and you have to remember to manually save your progress. It makes the survival element and stealth, where possible, have you on the edge of your seat. You will notice security cameras on each level, and if you destroy them, this lowers Shodan’s threat on the level slightly, and stops monsters and enemies from finding you as quickly. Now Shodan is always watching you, and occasionally talks and taunts you.
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System Shock Remake – Full Game Walkthrough | No Commentary – The Game Archivist Once you find said machines, they thankfully do get marked on your map.
You will pick up a whole host of items, most of which are scrap and can be broken down and exchanged for tokens at a recycle machine, which you can then use at a vending machine. The lift, itself, doesn’t get marked on your map, so exploring each level is a must. As an example, an early one says a survivor is on another deck, so get to the lift. You will find various audio logs scattered around the station, some of which will give clues as to what to be doing in that specific area, or you will find others that will kind of give you guidance. You wake up, and then off you go, exploring with little to no information on where to go or just what to do. The gameplay transfers over nicely to the modern visuals, and is old-school as in far as no hand-holding at all. Of course, upon doing this, Shodan goes rogue and it is up to you to sort out the mess, waking up in the med-bay, there. Taken from your apartment, you are then forced to hack Shodan the AI on Citadel Station, and disable various systems. The premise is that you are a hacker which gets caught while breaking into a corporate system.
However, why play the original when Nightdive have literally knocked it out the park with this remake?!
The original game is still available – with a remastered version with modern controls and upscaled visuals – and is still worth playing regardless. So, pretty much, this takes us to where we are today, and with a Kickstarter to fully remake System Shock. Nightdive then, later, also obtained the rights for the original game. This, for many myself included, was something thought would never happen (much like Grim Fandango), and dived right in when it hit store fronts. In 2012, Nightdive Studios bought the rights for System Shock 2, which finally after many years and was re-released on GoG and Steam.
Looking Glass assets, which included rights to System Shock, were acquired by an insurance group at the time. Looking Glass Studios – also known for Thief: The Dark Project and Thief II: The Metal Age (two of my favourite games of all time! – DVD fever Ed) were behind the original release, but they shut down in 2000. System Shock Remake is out now, and the original was an absolute instant classic when it released 1994.
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