![]() ![]() If you played the original and are currently having an apoplexy from excitement I suggest you get yourself to Steam, GOG, or the Epic Games Store as soon as you finish reading this. So we can take something really creepy with poor graphics, (by today’s standards,) and turn it into something modern and truly creepy. The clever souls over there have decided to take System Shock and give it a bit of an overhaul. Nightdive Studios have done something that some of us have been waiting for, for a very long time. If you think the idea of being stuck on a ship with a completely insane computer that wants to do really horrible things to you sounds like a good time you need to read on! For the meat bags amongst you that haven’t played any of these games, you’re about to be in for a treat. ![]() Pre-orders also come with an incentive: Drop $45 on Steam, GOG, or the Epic Games store, and you'll get Nightdive's upcoming System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition for free.Who remembers System Shock, then? If you do you’ll know just why an entire generation, myself included, has an abiding distrust of A.I. ![]() They'll also be giving away copies of Nightdive's System Shock: Enhanced Edition, a version of the original game that plays nice with modern PCs. The demo is available starting today at 1 pm EST, but if you don't want to wait, you can watch Nightdive stream the game with Alienware starting at 11 am EST. Something that we really value is making sure that the player has a choice in how they tackle the game, so we're trying to make sure however they choose to play it, there are ways they can work in their own playstyle and have fun playing the game however they like." There is not a huge amount of variation in how you play when it's built that way. "We're trying to make the combat a bit more meaningful, rather than just trying to blast the enemies as quickly as you can. "Certain weapons were hugely preferred over everything else, and a lot of enemies you'd end up killing incredibly quickly," said Mansell. ![]() That remains the goal, but Mansell explained that balancing the enemies and weapons was an important change. When Nightdive rebooted its remake back in 2018, its goal was to refocus on creating a game faithful to the original. Cyberspace in System Shock (Image credit: Nightdive Studio) ![]()
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