

When caught attempting to hack into files related to the space station, you’re given the option of hacking into the dangerous artificial intelligence that controls the space station in exchange for your freedom. The game is a first-person action RPG in which you play as a nameless hacker on a space station in the year 2072. With the help of the original concept artist, the original vision of the Citadel Station and its inhabitants will finally come back to life. We will keep the new game true to the classic experience, keeping all the things you loved, while updating the user interface and graphics to use a modern day engine (Unity). You can check it out below.Īfter two decades, we are remastering and re-imagining the original System Shock. The finished product is still off in the distance a bit, but the first peek at pre-alpha gameplay footage has now been released. But thankfully a chance to remedy that appears to be on the way.Ī few years back Night Dive Studios acquired the rights to System Shock and began working on remastering the original game. Unfortunately I’ve never had the pleasure of playing those games, which were released in 19 respectively. That’s definitely a consequence of my concern for your enjoyment, and has nothing to do with the original’s pre-mouselook controls giving me a stress headache.BioShock is one of my favorite games of all time, and I’ve always been aware that it was a spiritual successor to the System Shock series. These shots are all from early in the game, so if the System Shock remake is likely to be your introduction to SHODAN and her spacefaring army of chrome-faced meat men, don’t worry about major spoilers. Well, System Shock Classic, which is basically the original except it runs on my PC. In other words, the 2015 System Shock: Enhanced Edition, also by Nightdive, and the original.


Nonetheless, Nightdive Studio’s System Shock remake stays resolutely faithful to the Looking Glass original even when giving it a modern 3D makeover, with a retro flourish in its intentionally pixellated textures.Īs a snappy little After Eight to the main course of Jeremy Peel’s review and OG System Shock oral history (both great, do go read those first), here’s a look at how the 2023 remake’s visuals compare to the trailblazing immsim’s previous iterations. You didn’t hear it from me, but games look different now to how they did in 1994.
