Either way, you can muck around with the Alpha demo over at GOG or Steam. The System Shock remake is supposedly still due out this year, although with COVID and how everything’s unfolded, I’d still be expecting a 2021 release. Plus, and I know I’ve mentioned it before, but that music is killer for the setting. It’s a hell of a lot easier to parse visually, and hopefully less headache inducing for most people. If you needed a refresher, this is what cyberspace looked like in the original game - or at least the Enhanced Version, which runs at a nicer frame rate and is a bit easier to follow.Īnd here’s where Night Dive are going for their System Shock remake. But it works! The music’s absolutely excellent, which totally helps. The 6-degrees-of-freedom gameplay isn’t new for the original System Shock, although for anyone who grew up thinking of System Shock as System Shock 2, then this might seem like a radical departure.
In short, Night Dive’s basically rebuilt a convincing little version of Descent or Terminal Velocity, with the player basically navigating through a series of small, neon-lit corridors. 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.The developers premiered a video this week highlighting cyberspace for the first time, showcasing what the game’s visualisation of their internet (or intranet?) looks like. 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.
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