Awesome video, Alex! I'm glad you enjoyed the game, and thanks for the shout-out! As I've said before, this is a rare case where I still prefer the original to the remake, but I still think that Nightdive did an excellent job with this game. It was pretty buggy at launch -- for example, I had to wait for them to patch a bug that caused the game to crash if you tried to enter the Flight Deck -- but, once they made fixes, it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience for me. This is my personal ranking: 1. Medical 2. Bridge 3. Security 4. Executive 5. Research 6. Engineering 7. Flight Deck 8. Storage 9. Reactor 10. Maintenance I feel like my placement of Maintenance and Reactor is due in large part to how annoying those areas were in the original game. As irritating as the Inviso-Mutants are in the Remake, they were much worse in the original. They were much harder to hit, continuously attacks, and Maintenance absolutely spammed them. I always dreaded visiting that floor for that reason. I can definitely understand why you didn't like Security, as it can have a lot of cheap enemy placement. I personally just love the more vertical design of it and thought it served as an epic build-up to the Bridge. Greg LoPiccolo's soundtrack from the original was definitely the most sorely missed aspect of the Remake for me. There were some absolutely amazing tracks on there -- "Energy S., Engin., Flight Deck" and "Medical" are my favorites -- and playing through the levels just wasn't the same without them. Greg LoPiccolo was actually part of the same band as Terri Brosius (Shodan's VA), and Terri's husband, Eric Brosius (who was also a member of that band), composed the OST for System Shock 2. Anyway, excellent video! I'm thoroughly enjoying your content as always and look forward to your future uploads!

Very, very valid tier list, one that I pretty much agree with every single placement of every single level

Congrats again on being asked to cover yet another game on the channel! This is one I've always heard about and with a stunning new remake it seems like no better time for me to get my feet wet. I love the Dishonored games and I'm sure it'll be easy to see where a lot of the inspiration comes from (as well as Thief which it has much more in common with but I haven't played the originals either). I know there's been a bit of a content drought but you gotta do what you gotta do man, we'll be waiting because you always make it worth it. Prioritize yourself

how does this channel not have more subscribers

The bridge is the worst for me purely because they got rid of the original game's HR Giger breathing flesh walls

One of these days I gotta play the remake. Unfortunately right now my time is being taken up by armored core 6, sea of stars, and Astlibra revision. But glad to hear it’s a good remake

I still find it interesting that System Shock 1 has such an incredible final level since System Shock 2 dropped the ball hard in that department. The second game is great, overall, but it takes a serious nose-dive with the final two levels. The final level of SS2 is like a rushed homage to Medical from SS1, and it just comes off as an underwhelming mess. In fact, a lot of immersive sims tend to falter in their final acts (including Thief I & II, both of which I adore), making System Shock one of the few that not only sticks the landing but delivers an excellent final level. While I'm at it, I'll go ahead and rank the Looking Glass Games I've played. They're possibly my all-time favorite developer, even though I've only played four of their games (unfortunately, haven't played Ultima Underworld 1 & 2 yet). 1. Thief II: The Metal Age (2000) 2. Thief: The Dark Project (1998) 3. System Shock (1994) 4. System Shock 2 (1999) It's interesting that System Shock 2 is by far the most famous of their games because I definitely consider it the weakest of those four titles by a pretty significant margin. I think part of that stems from the fact that many fans of SS2 haven't played SS1 (due to its dated UI, controls, and graphics), but I believe opinions about it might shift now that a more accessible version of the game is available with this Remake.

really cool you guys can also ranked levels in others games😊

Systems Engineer was pretty damn fun. It's when the combat intensity ramps up but you are still stretched for resources. Very tense and fun. After that in the Bridge and Security you are pretty overpowered and its fun but not as intense. Therefore my favorite would be the midgame starting around Maintenance to the end of Systems Engineering.

I dumped all the medi patch on bridge level loooooool. Who needs that when you have 15 syringes

Bridge was a little too combat focused for my taste. Not that I found it particularly challenging even on max difficulty, its just that I think the game really shines brightest when its leaning into its exploration and problem solving elements. Still a very fun level though. To me the real meat of the game are decks 2-8 and reactor, im sure i could probably rank them in a specific order of least to most favorite, but the important thing is that taken as a whole they represent a pretty much uninterrupted chunk of interesting and challenging gameplay.

Of all the cyberspace areas, I hate Executive's the most. The gauntlet they put you through is ridiculous

My personal favorite is engineering

I agree, the game needed the original soundtrack