"But if you’ve an appetite for space dungeoneering in the company of one of gaming’s most iconic and influential villains, you’ll find the remake cleaves close to that original pitch. Ken Levine, who worked at Looking Glass when it making System Shock, certainly never stopped trying to make System Shock, eventually giving BioShock: Infinite an ending that suggests there are thousands upon thousands of variations on this theme." - Gita Jackson Rock Paper Shotgun - "Bestest Best" It’s easy to understand why people played this game and then became obsessed with it, why you can trace some people’s careers through the game. "There’s always a discovery - a new weapon or a vending machine or a shortcut - or at least a useful lesson lying in wait. I suppose it's only appropriate: SHODAN demands faith above all else." - Joshua Wolens Polygon - Recommended
There are a few new additions, but this is no sweeping overhaul, and it leaves most of the best and worst of the original game intact. It's a project that aims to upgrade, beautify, and smooth down some rough edges. Nightdive's System Shock is still very much that game from 1994. "How do you change-up the game that first used the 451 code, the one that every immersive sim still uses to mark itself as part of the tribe to this day, without being accused of sacrilege and blasphemy? The answer, to the remake's benefit and detriment, is 'faithfully'.
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Okay it's old and clunky but what it does makes far more sense in the context of being the original, old, and clunky, rather than a completely new game built from the ground up thirty years later." - Leon Hurley PC Gamer - 80/100 Because of that, I'm almost inclined to recommend Nightdive's own Enhanced Edition of the original over this, as a fairer representation of the original game's intention and ideas. That might in part be due to my expectation of a modern reinterpretation over a straight replication, so temper your own expectations accordingly. It leaves this feeling more like a Remaster+ than a remake. "But I feel conflicted by the fact that almost everything that lets it down stems from the original game, copied exactly and failing scrutiny under a modern lens. But ultimately, the System Shock remake faithfully recreates a classic, retains most of its appeal, reframes everything with a horror tilt, and as a result, makes it more playable for everyone." - Kaan Serin GamesRadar+ - 3/5 As a result, there aren't any wildly dynamic abilities or playful ways to move around the station (a la Prey) that some newbies might expect.
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But Nightdive doesn't take the Capcom or Square Enix approach with this remake they're actually pretty uncompromising in their mission to update the original.
Thankfully, the original's impenetrable Excel sheet menus are gone. "SHODAN is what makes parts of this game truly special, even with some warts. For more, check out the reviews linked below: Eurogamer - 4/5
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System Shock is now out on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. Now Playing: System Shock Remaster Demo - 20 Minutes of Gameplay By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
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