Agreed. Anyone who says the Unity version looks closer to the original is either high or drunk. It's actually amazing how faithful the remake is. Not something one normally sees in current year. Most of the time current devs think they can do better. This genuinely looks like work done with respect.

@@flushfire how I feel. The Unity version was more “modern spooky space station”. It looked great…. But didn’t have much of its own identity. Could’ve been a lot of games. This reminds me of the System Shock era way more. I’m hoping this does well. I’d love to see an original spin off from devs that understand what makes System Shock great. Immersive sims need love (and sales….) right now. Just look what’s been done to Arkane :(

That "homage to the pixelated look" is one of the points against it. Don't want that, want modern graphics. Because the "pixelated look" is not something you should pay homage to, since IT WAS NOT A CREATIVE DECISION! The graphics back then were that "bad". I really don't get all the "retro look" bullshit.

@ respectfully disagree. System Shock is an OLD game, many of its systems are of its time. If they took out all those systems it wouldn’t be SS1 anymore. It’d be SS3 or something. The *slightly* throw back look communicates that this is built on an old game, while still having modern lighting and better UI/controls. The entire affair is a “split the difference” approach rather than a complete reimagining. I think what Nightdive did is the smartest move they could’ve made. They were never gonna make everyone happy, gamers like different things. I think where they landed is as close to a sweet spot between “pleasing the purists” and “attracting a new audience who never played SS1 because of how dated it is” as anyone could’ve got. My 2 cents. If you want “full modern System Shock” go play Prey. Dishonored 2 and Mankind Divided are also in a similar wheelhouse and are extremely pretty on PC. If SS Remake sells well we may eventually get a System Shock 3 🙏

Well said. Another review I watched did a scene for scene comparison and I actually found it surprising - most modern devs would find something to "improve" instead of staying faithful to the original.

You're gonna have a blast :)

@@LoneVaultWanderer I can confirm I'm having a blast

Awesome!

Hell yeah!

You are correct

Even if u never played the OG?

I never played the OG either! It's difficult to in 2023. Hasn't aged the best

@@LoneVaultWanderer its true

@@LoneVaultWanderer as long as the remake is cool then i’d get it. I just dont want the OG to be a reliant factor to enjoy it

I think you'll love it!

I was the same with Homeworld. When that came out, I was like 14, and it was too hard for me, played the remaster of Homeworld and loved it. 1994, I was playing Warcraft, the idea of System shock, was too complicated. I am super keen on this remake/remaster.

That really means a lot mate. Thank you for watching

Thanks so much for watching Sally!

I replayed the original and 2 a few years ago and really struggled, like the graphics and overall we've come soo far that it made it hard to actually finished... So I can't wait to replay this!

Let me know how you go!

@@DarkKitarist Yeah know what you mean loaded up Baulder's Gate and I kinda struggle to play it. Not that there's anything wrong with it but your eyes are so used to something more refined I guess. Same with some of the Ultima games. Demo was a blast though I highly recommend it.

@@LoneVaultWanderer Will do ^^ I picked it up actually before I saw your review hoping it would unlock at midnight here but I see I got 16 hours to go.

Pretty sure the months of chaos onboard whilst you are unconscious has screwed the place up

@@chrispekel5709 For sure. And I for one haven’t been in a space station in the far future, so who am I to say this or that. :) But the ambiance really fed my imagination in the original, and it could be a good style even today.. like 2001 but with shocks of gore in places :D

@@clipsolo remember all the pitch black areas? Especially on maintenance level?

@@clipsolo I get your point, it felt like fluorescent lights with pitch black

@@chrispekel5709 Yeah, that's what I mean. These days offices are mostly lit like a solarium or just no lights at all.

You should... PS. It's faithful, it's beautiful and it's actually completed. PPS. And it costs 39.99€ where I live, and it's an actual full AAA game... PPPS. Have you bought it YET???

Yes. Absolutely.

@@LoneVaultWanderer then why the “don’t ask”?

@@84bombsjetpack23 Pretty sure it was rhetorical…

My attempt at clickbait 😂

Oh mate, thank you so much. It seems no matter what I try, you're all always here to support it 🥹

@@LoneVaultWanderer 100% brotha 🙂

Is the enhanced edition on consoles?

@Stockpile Thomas nope it's PC only.

That's a good shout. How exactly would I go about that?

@@LoneVaultWanderer quickest way is to just run the game as admin I.e right click the shortcut and choose that from the menu. If the option doesn't show hold shift and right click on it

Should release tomorrow

Thanks for watching!

To be fair, the original is not scary or moody either

You'll likely enjoy it as much as I have :D

Only occured after reloading a save for me, but quickly disappeared

A lot of the pixelated text and art is from the original game too. Very much a throwback and a lot are intentional.

We got there haha

Hahaha yes if you like Immersive Sims!

It think it does! But the option seemed to be hidden for me because I don't have a HDR monitor

@@LoneVaultWanderer thanks for the reply! Good review also.

Really appreciate that mate :)

@@LoneVaultWanderer 💪

It's sort of a remake and remaster. The original is 2d, this was built from the ground up, but they ineed re-use textures...all intentional of course.

It'd be perfect for it!

You're gonna have a blast!

Haha plus Prey

Yeah that's my mistake, I didn't realise it wasn't a simultaneous release

@@LoneVaultWanderer No worries I believe it was delayed because they want it to be perfect I can’t wait to play it on ps5 hopefully we know the date soon

@@sadmarinersfan8935 Which makes no sense since the whole point of migrating to Unreal was so the game would be easily ported to consoles.

@@LoneVaultWanderer Consoles are a bigger market than PC is. They’re losing a lot of money by not releasing day 1 on PS5 and Xbox.

@@frankaliberti I don’t know for certain that’s why but it’s my best guess so many games have been coming out running like shit after all

My bad 😂

​@@LoneVaultWanderer Haha stay frosty! Your System Shock Remake review was otherwise very solid. 👍 Edit: forgot to add the "neural" part to the implant. 😮

Really appreciate you saying that mate :)

That's what people also preferred about unity too. Combat felt like it had a nice level of impact

its not that bad as ppl make it appear, but I agree that melee is underwhelming, but you dont have to run with wrench all the time... u not supposed to. Also, with the improved dismemberement etc, the game got quite brutal, so its not as bad as it used to be.

A cool idea would have been if they kept the little "hit" pop-ups on your HUD from the original game. I understood that was mostly for gameplay reasons to offset the primitive graphics and animations which made it hard to tell if your attack connected or not, but it felt fitting for the game's universe. Like the Hacker's military grade neural implant is giving him visual feedback for successful hits against a target

Yeah, I admitted not playing the original. Unfortunately I've been time poor and only had enough time to play the remake

@@LoneVaultWanderer hence me mentioning it. As I said, I generally liked the review I just wanted to mention those two things because I felt it might meaningfully add to the discussion. I'm guessing you played System Shock 2 just from the vibe I got from the video and it was actually very interesting to see a review from someone who hadn't played the original as opposed to all the other like 20 reviews I've already watched bc I literally own the game but cannot yet play it. I wouldn't have necessarily known if you hadn't specifically mentioned it in the video but since you did I just wanted to comment on those two points specifically which felt more like points coming from the sequel that the original.

@@LoneVaultWanderer also I haven't yet got round to the sequel so these are my own guesses about what that's like. Figured it was probably worth saying.

It's not bad! Watch the review 💪🏼

@@LoneVaultWanderer I am. It’s not bad in terms of gameplay or technical issues. IT’S BAD BECAUSE IT’S A REMAKE. This points to deeper issues that not only effect this game, this dev, the studio, this here, or even the gaming industry in exclusion. This is a common problem across many creative industries.

@@mattparker9726 Devs have run out of creativity.

@@acehood9953 that's the thing, it's not just devs, it's every one in a creative environment. When was the last time you went to the movies and enjoyed yourself?

@@mattparker9726 well u right but at the same time, at least I can play proper games in 2023! I never played SS1 (but a lot of SS2) and Im very glad I can do so now, in this version! Same as lets say Resident Evil remakes, especially 2 and now 4. It has the old skool gameplay and depth and lack of hand holding, with a modern graphics. This actually TEACHES the devs how it used to be done, and success of these games make it possible, that such deeper games will return more frequently. It also teaches players about the ways of the past - ITS CULTIVATING THE GAMING ENVIRONMENT. So stfu :D