SHODAN still relevant all these years especially with Artificial Intelligence taking the world by storm in 2023. Who knew....
SHODAN is honestly without a doubt one of the best villain's in gaming history. System Shock remake certainly lives up to what Nightdive studios was dreaming about when they announced this game back in 2016-2017. A faithful remake with some great Quality of Life additions. It's a great game if you are familiar with the 1994 version of the game. Combat is where it changes the most here. Now that we have established where First person shooters are in Gaming History we can now go back and give the good ol games more of the identity and proper care which is what Nightdive studio does well. With that the enemies are also updated and are more aggressive than the 94' counterpart. Also changing how to "Hack". I really enjoyed this as much as the 94' counterpart as it had a lot of wiring and I wasn't sure where the wall was lol. I really appreciated the art style here where it looks modern from a distance but it retains its pixelated architecture from the Original. Cyberspace will always have a place in my heart and I really owe it to Warren Spector who produced the original to getting me into Immersive Sim games.
The difficulty is what you expect with the tweaks on Mission, Combat, Puzzles etc. I did 2 all the way through and there were times I was confused where to go since its been so long and Old Guides still work on this game to my surprise lol. I do wish that there was a more QOL improvements in the Objective base difficulties. Although I heard switching to 1 on mission gives you generic waypoints, I do wish that was overhauled to give new players who have never played System shock a comfortability into understanding what OBJs have been completed so they do not run around for an hour forgetting weather or not they turned on a switch or forget to write a number they saw on a screen. This is probably my only gripe I have with remake honestly which is it remains too faithful in the difficulty which may turn off some folks.
I really LOVE System Shock Remake! SHODAN presence throughout the game make its seems like she is toying with me at every corner as the "Hacker". A pathetic insect infiltrating Citadel Station. A pleasant surprise to be sure!
SHODAN is honestly without a doubt one of the best villain's in gaming history. System Shock remake certainly lives up to what Nightdive studios was dreaming about when they announced this game back in 2016-2017. A faithful remake with some great Quality of Life additions. It's a great game if you are familiar with the 1994 version of the game. Combat is where it changes the most here. Now that we have established where First person shooters are in Gaming History we can now go back and give the good ol games more of the identity and proper care which is what Nightdive studio does well. With that the enemies are also updated and are more aggressive than the 94' counterpart. Also changing how to "Hack". I really enjoyed this as much as the 94' counterpart as it had a lot of wiring and I wasn't sure where the wall was lol. I really appreciated the art style here where it looks modern from a distance but it retains its pixelated architecture from the Original. Cyberspace will always have a place in my heart and I really owe it to Warren Spector who produced the original to getting me into Immersive Sim games.
The difficulty is what you expect with the tweaks on Mission, Combat, Puzzles etc. I did 2 all the way through and there were times I was confused where to go since its been so long and Old Guides still work on this game to my surprise lol. I do wish that there was a more QOL improvements in the Objective base difficulties. Although I heard switching to 1 on mission gives you generic waypoints, I do wish that was overhauled to give new players who have never played System shock a comfortability into understanding what OBJs have been completed so they do not run around for an hour forgetting weather or not they turned on a switch or forget to write a number they saw on a screen. This is probably my only gripe I have with remake honestly which is it remains too faithful in the difficulty which may turn off some folks.
I really LOVE System Shock Remake! SHODAN presence throughout the game make its seems like she is toying with me at every corner as the "Hacker". A pathetic insect infiltrating Citadel Station. A pleasant surprise to be sure!