One of the reasons it took so long to make was they spent the first couple of years making a new game. They showed off what they had done, and the backers and original fans said in one loud voice: "This is absolutely not what we want, not what we paid for. What have you done?", and the devs went back to the drawing board and started over.

All those "cons" actually got me even more excited

Nitpicky correction about the inventory: You can upgrade it! There are two upgrades as far as I'm aware which each add one-half of a row of extra space, but they are quite troublesome to get to (one even being locked behind a significant challenge based on a completely different game). I am loving the remake so far. It really captures that post-catastrophy feeling, if a bit cartoonish by modern standards. The updates are fresh, and I feel like they really succeeded in bringing a classic to modern audiences.

You really have to approach this game like an RPG. You can go anywhere. And if you do, you'll die a LOT. Right from the start you can easily wander into a hopper in minutes, and it'll wreck your shit. But it's cool that you can do that instead of that area being completely off limits until the game lets you unlock a door or something.

Oh, I for one am GLAD that they stick to the original up to a fault. Jeebus, they could have messed this up SO bad. "We made Citadel anew, so it makes sense now" would've been a horror not seen yet in SShock series.

I never played the original nor it's sequel and I absolutely fell in love with the remake. It's probably not only going to be in my top 5 games of 2023 but also amongst my favorite games of all time. I'm 23, so by the time I started playing video games the whole "you need a pen and paper to write notes" wasn't a thing anymore. Having to actually take notes was surprisingly fun and I felt very accomplished whenever I would cross something no longer needed out. Fingers crossed Night Dive stays around for a long time and is able to make remasters and enhanced editions of many more amazing games. Personally I would love to see the Thief trilogy get enhanced editions or remasters. Especially so for Thief 3. A version of Thief 3 with less segmented maps would be amazing.

I thought destroying the security cameras also removes the respawners for that level, making backtracking that much easier since you won't essentially be wasting anything but time. Edit: I noticed that a number of people say that the game doesn't tell you anything, but that's not true. Rebecca's voicemails/communications are mandatory, and she tells you each of your goals. The literal first goal is turning off the laser and go find d'Arcy's office. The holotapes tell you everything else, which I personally enjoy. Most of them are voiced so players simply have to listen, you don't even have to read! You get a nugget of information for each goal you do from both SHODAN and Rebecca. Shodan inadvertently guides you when you're close to some story point--i.e. when you're nearing the cpu nodes you have to destroy. I feel like if players aren't fond of exploring or used to just running and gunning, then they are going to have a hard time with this game. I like reading, exploring and lore, which is why i got into the SS series to begin with.

"Who is this game for?" Well, me. Literally - I'm one of the people who backed this game at a fairly high tier, and who nearly rioted when Nightdive began going off the rails into a complete reimagining, before they stopped production and went back to square one. We wanted System Shock with modern controls and a fresh coat of paint. That's largely what we got - some additions weren't the best (you actually commented on them), and some things that could have been updated weren't, but for what it is, it really does represent System Shock built to be accessible to newcomers without actually changing the core game (I would absolutely never recommend the younger generation play the original game except as an academic exercise - '90s dungeon crawlers could charitably be described as 'quirky'). I really appreciate this review for multiple reasons. It seems that ND wasn't able to squash some of the bugs from the backer beta prior to release, so it's good to know what's coming. Also, I really appreciate how fair and even-handed you've been. System Shock is a game that can't properly be remade to suit the sensibilities of today, because tough-as-nails dungeon crawlers that never hold your hand or give you more than basic hints as to where to go and what to do just don't fly these days - if you suggest a player drag out a pen and paper, you get crucified. However, this remake at least sands off the rough edges of the original UX, incorporating many of the improvements to controls and interface that have been made over the past thirty years (oh god, it's really been that long...). Pointing out what people should expect, why they might not like it, but also what is great about it, is the best way to review something like this. People who might be interested in playing this game need to be aware that this is not a modern game by any standards, so they're going to experience something very old and 'mature' in the sense that the game expects you to do the work - it's not going to hold your hand and feed you objectives, you have to be the adult in the room. Going in with eyes wide open, I think there are plenty of people who will find something they never thought they wanted, while others will be fairly warned away from what can be a frustrating experience if you aren't willing to stick your nose into every crevice, write down notes, and really pay attention to the world around you. This game fills a niche that's been ignored for a very, very long time. System Shock isn't an Immersive Sim - it's a Dungeon Crawler. It just happens to be the Dungeon Crawler that birthed the Immersive Sim genre via its sequel and grandchildren (Deus Ex, BioShock, Prey 2017, etc.). It's an important piece of history that is now much more approachable. I also enjoyed the hell out of the remake backer beta, even though it was in an incomplete, buggy state. I'm eager to see how it looks when working 'as intended'. Might still need some patching though. Great review! EDIT: Oh, forgot to mention - for anybody who wants a bit more of that old-school feel in the remake, cutting out a lot of that neon bloom and stuff, set your graphics options to low. It's still high-res and has a ton of detail in the world, but it cuts back the bloom to nearly nothing and makes the textures chonkier. Give off that classic vibe without being absolutely flat.

Really could only bear to watch the first 4 minutes of this, don't want to see too much of the new stuff. So so so so SO EXCITED, I'll come back to this in a few days after I've played it myself.

In german we have a saying, its "Gut ding will weile haben" and roughly translates to "a good thing needs its time." As for your rant at the end: theres an audience, and hey lucky for you , as you already founbd out, it has a huge overlap with this type of game and genre in general - that actually prefer you taking your time , because they will too. Those who are excited will play it anyway, those who are on the edge will gladly wait.

Shout out to snacktron. he was my only friend in the dark dismal depths of space. My girlfriend and I came up with one pretty valid complaint Diego says nothing when you enter the room or when you kill him. And Shodan says nothing after you've beaten her. I guess that was kind of disappointing considering her dramatic defeat in the second game.

Overall I'm pretty happy with the final product. I think it was worth it in the end and I hope it does well for Nightdive and reinvigorates them, hopefully for System Shock 2.

47:47 hard relate to this on so many levels Nth. Absurd is the word, and I have this problem often too. This is why you're a strong inspiration for me, cramming reviews and pushing games to completion is horrible. I have made my best videos and reviews that take longer, that I've taken time to play and enjoy. 2 weeks, just isn't enough for life, and most of us don't do this fulltime, we have lives, work work, and sleep. I loved your work here, while I didn't agree with all your points, I think that's healthy too. Love your channel, and please don't stop.

Are you excited for this remake? Edit: and yea, I understand you can expand the inventory, thank you, noted lol.

For a two week turnaround, this is an EXCELLENT video. Honestly, there are only two video essayists who I want to hear thoughts on the remake, you and Trav Guy. Thank you for making this one, bud. I hope the results speak for themselves. ♥️

39:56 There is a way to track the progress in that 4 way split subsections of cyberspace mentioned in the vid. Each section loops back around and reconnects w/ the hub room on the same wall w/ 4 doors blocked off by firewalls/shields (or w/e you want to call them). These doors are directly aligned w/ which subsection they are linked to. So the left subsection connects to the left shielded return door, the top subsection to the top door, etc. So in order to figure out which way you have gone and which way you haven't just look at the wall w/ the return doors. If the shield blocking the return door is still there, you haven't gone that way yet. And if its not there, you have. The game doesn't hold your hand, but it almost always provides you with the info you need to progress if you take a moment to look for it.

One of the things I should note is, that the place is designed like a maze on purpose. There's a note that you can find where a psychiatrist basically asks the company to make each level as confusing as possible so the effects it has on employees can be monitored. So while the design is still old school. They added a world building reason as to why that is.

Thank you for this review!! I didn’t know that the remake was already out, I’ve been waiting for it, I’m part of that casual base that it’s interesting in experiencing this classic and now I know I’ll probably get lost and confused but I gotta admit that it’s been a while since I played a game that actually got me thinking, nowadays every game has a nav point or an unnecessary exposition dump for the story, I think it’s gonna interesting to go back to those early days of gaming with a notepad and a game magazine (in this case more like an internet guide) in order to move forward in the game. As always such an amazing review and thank you for keeping it spoiler free

It was better than expected, but still needs the original music, at least as an option.

Made the grave mistake of putting this on our big TV in our living room, and my cousin walked past and sat down to watch it with me. He showed genuine interest in the original game after I described it as the predecessor to Bioshock and a major influence on the Dead Space series and soulslikes to an extent. I broke down the story and gameplay for him and he seemed to really dig it, and I was happy he did. Then you started lambasting it. He went 'oh so it's shit and outdated like the other games you like to play, nevermind' and promptly left. So thanks for that, I guess.

Awesome! I recently subscribed to your channel because of your comprehensive Thief reviews and I just gotta say that you are a fantastic creator! Thank you

I’m so glad to hear someone mention Cyberspace, I thought i was crazy but honestly, they would be fine but they’re sometime 10x longer then they ever were in the original, somehow felt harder to navigate because it was too labyrinthian. Yes they played worse in the original but they were quick and painless, these ones just draaaaaag and now they actually feel like a chore.

One of the things I love about the original System Shock was the sense of scale that the levels gave you, each one was designed on grid paper to maximize the usage of the space available (and also exploit the limits of the engine), exactly how a station would be designed. Wasted space is wasted mass. But you're right in that the greebling on every wall is intensely distracting. You'd think a flagship corporate station would try to keep non-engineers away from all the mechanical guts. System Shock 2 went halfway for the Star Trek TNG aesthetic instead with its blandly paneled walls, and it's only through variety, intent, and set design that each deck managed to have an identity. Still, all in all it's been a long time coming, and I think they've pulled it off well enough to call it honest.

The fun thing about games that require notes is that we've got useful tools we didn't have, back when System Shock was first released. Ever since I've had a tablet with a pen and stylus, I've loved using it as a scratch pad for, well, everything - including game-related scrawls. I remember destroying the notebook that was included with Myst's initial release and ran through reams of paper for Riven and all other games afterward. The last game that really forced me to jot things down was SMT: Nocturne. Really looking forward to this. Counting down the hours...

there's nothing quite like gunning down a corridor of Cyborgs with a scorpion in the original while a screeching high energy Midi OST blasts your ears out. System shock is not a survival horror game. its an action romp. by the end you're a rollerblading jetpowered armory on cyberlegs roaring through the station to utterly Wreck Shodan, who has to use backup plan after backup plan to stop you.

Im following the development of this game since its Kickstarter. Im happy to see that we finally get the remake that we hoped for. For a time, about halfway throughout development , Nightdive lost its way and slowly drifted away from its original promise of a faithful remake towards a totally reimagined game. They started to talk about "expanding" the original game, making changes to the story, introducing new characters etc. showcased screenshots of completely new enemies and entire new levels which were never part of the original game. This created quite some trouble with the Kickstarter community, and worried me aswell, for that matter. Luckily they listened to the criticism and after a short halt of development, returned to their original plans as layed out in their kickstarter.

honestly i was quite surprised to see your review on launch day, looks like it was an interesting challenge from which you learned that it's just not for you. i appreciate your approach and wish you all the subscribers!

Thank you for opening yourself like that at the end. Just shows also how much work goes into being youtuber. Keep up the good work!

i havent played either of the original games, but i am excited to try this one despite some of the outdated mechanics. the rough part about old games to me are usually the audio, visuals, controls, and UI which all look to be good in the remake. i will miss some more modern fps movement mechanics like ledge vaulting and sliding but it still feels slick enough to me. Thanks for the review, i hope the industry gets better about getting review copies out

There's a log in game that hand-waves the labyrinthine design of Citadel station as being purposefully designed to induce stress among the non-executive staff so they can study its effects on a long term basis, like accelerated aging of products in harsh conditions to test their durability. This only works because the entire executive floor is very straightforward with wide corridors and big rooms that just feels so much easier to navigate to the point where I started storing my weapons and extra ammo in one of the meeting rooms. It's my little oasis in the rats nest of Citadel Station. I also stockpile any alcohol I find there.

Absolutely fantastic review! I can't wait to play the game xD. I discovered your channel through your video on system shock, as I was getting hyped for the remake, and I am so glad I did. You have a great presentation style, and I've been greatly enjoying watching your videos, they are very informative and entertaining looks into such great games. Thank you for such great content!

I played both the enhanced edition and SS2 back to back my first month of college and of the two i enjoyed SS1 more as its maze like layouts and non linear progression gave it a very metroidvania feel that i was disponted SS2 didnt have and was more of a straight shot. My ideal ss game would be a mix of the metroidvania open layout of ss1 with the class progression and shodan presence of SS2 but this remake already is something im hyped for

I tried to play the OG and had a hard time with the bullshit interface. I did play System Shock 2 though and absolutely loved it. So, I was happy about the remaster being a lot more playable. And honestly? I actually much prefer the more action horror atmosphere. But that's probably also because I already play games towards that tone such as STALKER/STALKER-likes, Metro series, Atomic Heart, Half-Life/Black Mesa... so I'm more used to that kind of vibe to begin with

The Thing about Villains is so true. My favourite in That regard will always be Char Aznable from the Mobile Suit Gundam Series

chuckled at the "We only play games for six hours and then review them" comment because there actually is a channel that specifically only plays games for the first five hours and then reviews them. (it's pretty good actually)

Thanks for the review. The best one I've seen on this game by far. I have tried and failed to get into both System Shock and System Shock 2. But I was able to get into the demo for this remake. So I've got it preordered, and am very excited for this release, finally! I love immersive sims and am so eager to experience Terri Brosius as Shodan in all her glory. And this lets me put off Ultima Underworld and the mainline Ultima series just a little bit longer. I have a deep, deep respect for games like System Shock that are older than I am, but man that does not make them any less intimidating.

The amount of hate this game is getting just for being what it propose to is sad. Another Immersive Sim that will flop and only in the far future people will look back and say: whoa, that one was good but made no money, how could this happen?

Eyy I appreciated the review and rant at the end about video game reviews. It's best to take time on crafts so you can be happy with them too!

I really appreciated your rant at the end about the state of gaming journalism. I think all of your points are good, and honestly the "grind" aspect that you bring up is a big part of why I stopped reading game reviews years ago. And I continue to think your very channel title is really clever in this regard. First to print and press embargo style reviewing schedules lead to little more than cursory overviews, and can't tell you much about the soul of a game, but an analysis that comes out years after launch is really the only kind of gaming journalism I trust these days, and is basically the primary avenue for me finding "new" games these days for any developer other than Fromsoft. (That and fully Newtonian space flight controls. I bought Outer Wilds and both Void Destroyer games on no other information than that, and I have no regrets.) That said, I appreciate you still managing to pack an hour into this video and getting deep enough into the game to give it a strong comparison to previous versions. I picked up the demo and was kind of immediately turned off. It didn't run very well on my middling gaming laptop, and the graphics didn't really wow me enough to make up for it, (plus, "neon everything," isn't an aesthetic I find particularly compelling to begin with,) and the thing that looked most exciting from trailers was cyberspace. Having heard that the primary thing I was interested in is actually a tedious slog now, (somehow worse than the original,) I think I'm fine with just continuing to play the Enhanced Addition. Honestly, given that I'd never really played SS1 *until* the Enhanced Edition, I was surprised at how approachable that version alone was. My primary exposure to the original game was Hacker's Guide to Sin, and as hilarious of an anti-walkthrough as it is, it was obvious that the little 400x300 screenshots weren't doing the game justice, and I was amazed by how comprehensible the game was when I saw live gameplay footage at HD resolutions. To me it remains the definitive version of the game, though I'll probably eventually pick up the remaster and fumble my way through minimal graphics settings.

0:01 Preamble 4:59 Intro to Citadel Station 6:30 Difficulty and Plot Set-Up 7:11 Retro Level Design 8:41 Enemies, Weapons, Inventory and Puzzles 10:58 VERY Faithful Remake (For Better and Worse) 16:13 SHODAN 17:09 New Visuals 20:47 Performance 21:40 Darkness and Horror 24:08 Intro to Combat (and Ragdoll Physics) 25:57 User Interface (and Intro Cutscene) 28:13 Sound, Music and Voice (and Pacing) 30:54 Combat, Melee Impact Feel and Drugs (and Poor Controller Set-Up) 33:01 Boss Battles and AI 34:24 Junk 37:36 Cyberspace Sequences (and their length..) 41:40 Conclusion (and Should You Still Play the Original?) 45:43 Making Game Reviews (and thanks to Patreon supporters!)

I was curious how this was, thank you! Love all your work, nice surprise on a holiday morning. Cheers!

Im not gonna lie i jumped on board the preorder train with this game like 3 or so years ago despite my hate stiffy for the act of preordering, but I was really impressed by the then current build of the demo and ended up playing it over and over several times over the course of a year. This is probably the only time I prepurchased a game and got exactly what I was expecting years down the line, I am rather pleased with the launch of this game

This is the first review I watched because I've already seen your other system shock content and trust that you know your stuff.

It may be because I've only played Medical level one, but I don't think the levels/design of the level is repeatative at all. I do appreciate what you're saying here, and I've not finished the game yet, so hoping this isn't an issue later.

didnt play the originals but i absolutely love this game. its the most fun ive had w a game besides squad in years. and absolutely scratches that immersive sim itch even if its not necessarily or even technically an rpg. such a blast, and there is NO modern analog to clicking on a random wall and just having it open to reveal a secret room. so fucjimg good

I’d argue that the original enemy designs are still very good The level layout I think is mostly fine, aside from parts of engineering

I'm a huge System Shock fan but hadn't played the original in many years so I was very excited to get the remake and im very happy with it. Nightdive is going to remaster but not remake Ss2 and I can't wait to see what's possible in that old engine

I absolutely LOVE Cyberspace parts - really enjoying them as they remind me one of my favourite games - Descent

“We only play games for six hours and then review them.” Oof, how accurate that feels sometimes.

The laser rapier is OP even without berserk patches lol I used it on every boss

This is the first video of yours I've come across. Subscribed. At the end you go on about how tough it is to do all of this but remember a lot of channels have multiple people doing work, big enough to support employees. Your production quality is wonderful. Your content and critique are spot on. I really do appreciate all the work you put in and will continue to follow your content. Don't let the world get you down. With the quality you put out you'll be doi g this full time in no time and soonenough you'll maybe even get some help with editing etc. Keep it up man, you do great work. I just hope you know how much we all appreciate it.

first thing: thank you for doing a real, in-depth, and truly loving review. as you mention at the end, it takes a huge amount of time and dedication. i've got over 30 hours in the game and i'm not even halfway done yet- the work you've put in is evident. i don't have the means to be a patron at this point, but at least i can feed the algorithm by commenting, right? i think you're spot on with the commentary about review culture and i hope that you're able to take a break once in a while. i very much enjoy your longform videos, but i know a huge amount of work goes into those that is never seen on the viewer's end. please take care of yourself. second thing: i think you're right about quite a lot here re: the game. as someone who hasn't played the original (yes, my Modern Eyes look at the interface and just glaze over, it's a character flaw) i LOVE that the remake doesn't hold my hand. it's a risk that nightdive took to keep that (among other things), and i love them for it. there are few other games (Pillars of Eternity comes to mind as another modern example) that reward those who explore and simply wait for you to figure shit out (PoE also lets you just make decisions without full knowledge- not a viable way forward for a game like System Shock, but still an interesting decision). that said- yes, i would *very much* like to know how many doors (that i've already discovered) are locked by fucking cyberspace locks, and whether i've actually completed all those goals. third thing: i very much enjoyed the video. keep rocking, man.

Great stuff. I love your indepth reviews for it!

also, you can 100% expand your inventory! there are two expansions, one is found in storage on the catwalk along the ceiling of one of the storage rooms, the other is in delta grove as a reward for solving the chess puzzle (winning a game) both together allow you to expand your inventory space by one full row (horizontally)

Worth the wait. Thanks for another great video, Nth! Now to play it!

System Shock was before my time so I wasn't used to the objective system. Honestly though, after finishing it, the remake was the most unique game I've ever played. It was quite satisfying to complete an objective without a waypoint marker or a Spark Notes style automatic log to tell you where to go next.

I can't believe my SSD that has the OS on it died at the worst possible time and I can't install a new one on the M2 slot of the motherboard because it's for some reason missing the screw that's supposed to hold it in place, I'm losing my mind right now, can't wait to solve that and go ham on the game. Have fun playing!

40:00 The game does indicate which ones you've gone through. By looking at the four square holes you come out of after finishing a section, you'll know which ones you've already been through.

You did it, Nightdive!

🎉 love this. Thank ❤

10:21 you can expand your inventory, one expand is in a storage, another is a gift for a chess riddle in one of the groves.

Never played the original System Shock game. However, I fell in love with this remake. Already beat it twice and once on the hardest difficulty.

Hello just a tip , you can skip the death cutscene by pressing the down arrow key + enter

I'm not cool enough for pre-release keys but I would only ever work with release versions. Stuck for a day until that comes out. Not happy to see some of my concerns come to light. The cyberspace levels in particular really should be 3-5 minutes tops.

Just finished the remake yesterday. I haven’t felt this challenged, this invested in my actions, this intense of an experience, in a video game, in years. I’m incredibly impressed with it, frothing at the mouth for a remake of the second, and terrified to try and go back and finish the achievements for this one again. Everyone needs to experience this to know how high the bar is for a good game

This was the best game I have played in years (just beat it last night after almost a month and 57 hours in total) I took my time and explored the entire map and kept listening to the audio logs when I would play the game the next day to get a feel for where I left off. It was one of the most satisfying games to complete and progress in constant writing notes on pen and paper so I could keep track of things. The combat and enemy variety was very good IMO and I never knew what enemy was going to be thrown at me next a robotic one or organic one this game kept me at the edge of my seat. Overall I think this is the best game I have played since Alien Isolation no other game has blown me away like this since Alien Isolation. I’m going to play Prey next to see how it compares! Thanks for the epic review of this masterpiece and though I respect your opinion about its flaws I think the only flaw I had with the game is how the dead bodies glitched out and kept moving. Cyberspace you disliked however was easily one of the most tense part of the entire game and I enjoyed it very much especially the one in executive which was the hardest by far.

Nth and System Shock. Name a more dynamic duo!

Awesome work Nick!

I've never played any System Shock game before this one, I had heard about how important they were tho. So when the demo popped up I gave it a try, it looked phenomenal so I decided to play it when released. It might be my second favorite game of the year so far behind TotK, and it may be one of my favorite games ever, period. Every level felt like slowly untying a knot and then bam, you understand it. I love how it looks, how it sounds, I LOVE SHODAN as an antagonist.

Ok, lets see system shock 2 remade in the same way - it would be mindblowing.

Looks nice. Glad they kept it faithful to the original. The recycle items system is a bad design move. The cyberspace colour palette could have been darker and less bright pink, changing the ammo colour to red would be nice. The game is very visually cluttered. I like the animations and the first-person perspective death animations. A shame that the combat feedback is so weak. I hope you can lean or control your posture like the original.

I just started the remake the other day and it took me a bit to get into it but it eventually clicked and next thing you know im a few hours in without even realizing it. I cant say a game has gotten me immersed like that in quite a while. I never played the originals and were only vaguely aware the series existed. I knew nothing else about it. So i took a chance and bought it, now I'm ready to play the whole series.

The hub cyber level you can tell paths which you been to by going down the entrances with a blocked exit tunnel. (Already visited areas have an unblocked exit)

This review is so comprehensive and helpful. I realized halfway through that the other reviewers I watched probably played a handful of hours and googled the ending. I’m very interested in this game but some of the time inconsiderate design choices make me wary. If I still had 20 or 30 hours a week to play games, I’d be a lot more willing to jump in at full price.

"you will get lost" press tab, there is a map, there is also a mini map??? the game levels are visually easy to get lost in if you never check the map sure, but im honestly not sure who does that in this type of game. "there is no way to tell how much ammo you have left until you run out" Are you referring to clips or total ammo? A few things said in this were questionable, it is an immersive sim that rewards you for engaging in it's systems. PRESS TAB AND CHECK YOUR INVENTORY lol. "enemy physics remain upon death" again, its an immersive sim so maintaining the physics makes sense, although it looks HILARIOUS in a lot of instances, such as the stupid saucer droids who routinely scare the shit out of me because they died standing. "its hard to tell what weapon types do" okay so if you right click the weapon in your inventory it literally tells you what the modes are so im not sure if the issue is you didn't notice that, or you didnt use the system to its potential and arent aware of it. Also, i think your issue with the sparq beam is graphical on your end, i was using a 5 year old gpu but i could still tell the difference between low and medium, and if you couldnt see the energy arcing on high power i dont know what to say. Edit: oh right, you ended the video by throwing a tantrum and admitting that you dont understand how people review games in 2 weeks and how its not good for you with your circumstances after mentioning youve never done it before. Sounds like you identified the problem, its not something you enjoy doing, so stop doing it as youre the first reviewer ive seen who had a sob session pity party at the end of their video because they personally arent capable of making the content in the time frame, it sounds like you need to onboard some staff to help you instead of blaming the bad video game company for only giving you 2 weeks? JFC dude, rewatch your video and then question how much of your crunch-rage mightve affected your work and quality of your writing and even your general demeanor, and then ask yourself why you are intentionally doing this to yourself and complaining publicly.

Heh. I got both System Shock 1 (CD) & System Shock 2 when they were launched. Both are still in mint condition. Not a scratch on them.

Oh...this sounds amazing. Another great video!!

25:46 On the topic of the sparq sidearm power mode differences, the lights by the selector switch are not the only indicators of power level, the weapon itself also shows it. At regular power, it looks normal. At high power, the coils emanate a large blue glow. At overcharge, there are blue arcs of energy throughout the blue glow. Small details like these really bring the immersion in for me.

So I saw that this came out a month a go and got it during the steam summer sale. This is my first time playing anything from the system shock games. I just working my way though the bridge right now. I've used a walk through for where I should go next but took each floor with very little direction. (But I found out from a different review to write down the core numbers, that saved me) I really enjoyed the lack of hand holding the game has, but the mid to late game cyberscape stuff oof it got me mad like twice. I love this game, my favorite moment is when I found the lazer control room. I walk I'm vibing listening to the audio log in the room, then I go "OOO a button" *press*. I noticed the text next to the button changes then the sceen showing earth. Then Shodan was thanking me for doing her work. I lost like 10 mins from my last save but I had a smile on my face going back to that point because the game let me do that.

Nuh-uh! The best ladder system in any game ever-EVER is in Deus Ex Mankind Divided. Not only can you grab the ladder at any height, if you're interacting from the wrong side - Adam will just swing around.

Heard in the Original System Shock the music used your sound card to generate tracks based on the situation, since sound cards aren't around anymore it doesn't generate the tracks properly. No one noticed so it didn't come back to the sequel. Guessing nightdive didn't bother trying to implement it in the remake.

20:32 It sort of makes sense to have chairs facing windows on a space station. The crew would want to be able to relax and look out a window during a break or as they were heading to a different part of the station. It's more of a "world building" choice to have scenery like that. Overall, as a remake, I think it's a pretty successful and accurate interpretation of the original. Which I wouldn't be too hard on the developers, it's going to be different since it is different, and is trying to bring an older game from a different time into the modern gaming world. The main thing about the game that is highly important, is no hand holding. The game should be punishing and ruthless, with no floating way-points that you can see through walls.

Considering the time limit on the harder difficulties, the only way to correctly review such a mode would be within that time limit.

Im freaking souped. Im an OG bro i played in the late 90s this looks AWESOME

25:55 Worth noting that it might be an issue with your lower graphical settings, but the High mode of the energy gun does make the barrel glow and fizzle a little, just not as intensely as Overcharge. Running it at 1440p with high settings it was relatively easy to tell them apart. Though in your footage, it's definitely less defined than I remember it being 33:25 Huh, I managed to do Flight Deck without ever bumping into that guy. Might be because I didn't do the CPU cores on that level until I'd already got the jumpy boots, so must've inadvertently skipped a segment

A review that actually has great writing. The entire presentation is spot on. Thanks.

I never played the original. I absolutely fucking love this thing. This game is awesome but I do agree that the cyberspace levels are less fun than the rest of the game. After seeing the original's cyberspace levels though I think this has to be an improvement. Also, the engineering level was a total blast! Hard as hell and super maze-like. What a great game overall. I love immersive sims and I have played System Shock 2 previously. So happy Night Dive did this and did such a great job with it. I really wish System Shock 3 was actually going to be a thing. So mad that was cancelled.

Saw your vid and immediately clicked off to play the demo. This game is incredible and I can't wait to afford the full version.

I didn't think about it when I played the remake, but after watching this I realize that I completely agree about cyber space.

Never played any of the System Shock games, but i always wanted to. I was really happy about the remake when i first seen it, and it was a first day purchase for me. Im 31, and i deeply miss games being authentic in their gameplay. What i mean by that is if you are on a spacestation with a batshit crazy AI that killed all the staff there.. your time as the player should be hard there. The gameplay should reflect the story and the atmosphere, and i really miss this in modern games. Modern games fight so hard to always take your attention with shiny rewards, but an overall cheap and monotous gameplay. They try to be always fun, while older games made you scratch your head and actually solve stuff from yourself. I barely ever was stuck in SSRemake, and that is because the world sucked me in and didnt let me go. I always looked for clues in audiologs if i didnt know what to do, wrote down information on paper if i had to, and figured out how the puzzles work and it was sooo damn refreshing and stasfying. I wish the game is going to have an impact on gaming, but i feel like it will fly under the radar..

appreciate the video!! great discussion at the end

I felt no shame in installing an auto vaporizing mod for my playthrough of the remake. It just takes a little bit of that tedium out of the game. It was okay when I was younger playing the original. But as an adult, I'm glad to have the mod.

I'm just starting this, and loving it! I agree that it's a bit too much like the original in the layout, but I can forgive it because a real space station would likely be a huge maze simply because every single square inch needs to be used for something. If anything bothers me about the game its that I would have liked to have the option to use the original music, but I'm sure someone will make a mod that allows us to do just that. It's amazing how much the game reminds me of the far more recent Prey, which is a testament to just how ahead of its time System Shock was in 1994!

You can expand your inventory twice, not by much, but you can.

Well, since my name translates to "Collector", I had an absolute blast scavanging the entire station. Not a single junk item survived the onslaught so far. Good thing I dumped all the guns and only use Wrench or Rapier...

i ended the game with 271 credits on my person the first half of the game was hoarding items and recycling back to medical, second half vaporize all the way the recycle man!

Yes, it was very silly of the Citadel station denizens not to make sure and shut off the lights before they died.

Seems like Nightdive and Aspyr have a lot in common, except one was actually able to realize their potential and actually finish their remake…

I actually really loved the maze element of this game. I kinda wish they had made another thief game instead of system shock but it’s still really great

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