Thread 724008787

Okay, so what do we think of System Shock, is it good?

Original was THE OG imsim, the legend that defined the (sub-)genre.
Remake is a bit dumbed down for modern audiences, but still decent enough. If you wanna run it on switch you basically need the dumbed down version, old controls would be too complex.

>let's remake the game with modern graphics
>but also, like, make the textures pixelated for no reason
And there are people actually defending this.

>>724009321
It looks better than Legends Z-A

>>724008787 (OP)
7/10. There's a lot to like. I do find it annoying though that they changed some of the audio dairy dialogs and it's less obvious what I needed to do in some early parts of the game.
>>724009321
I hated this decision as well. It doesn't work well.

>>724009526
That's a terribly low bar.

>>724009592
Didn't they also change the music to something completely forgettable ambient thing?

>>724009526
Anything looks better, even your mom.

>>724008787 (OP)
I hate cyberspace, it's cool to look at I guess, but its simply not fun.

>>724010223
for the original sure, but if it's the remake then skill issue

>>724008787 (OP)
Yes

>>724008787 (OP)
I don't think it's a bad remake, they really messed up by going with more ambience sounds instead of music though.

>>724010106
original music is trash

>>724010295
It's just a mindless slog shooting unskippable waves of enemies, no skill at all is expected. Cyberspace in the original is better lol, sounds like your skill issue on that game.

>>724011120
It was okay, not really my jam either, but at least some of the tracks were memorable.

>>724008787 (OP)
WHOA NELLY IT'S NOT A GAME KEY CARDD

It's pretty good. I have no idea why you're planning on playing it on a console though.
>>724009321
It's made worse by the terrible UE particle effects. Also melee still feels very floaty.

>>724012013
hell yeah

>>724008787 (OP)
i like to piss off system shock fans by saying bioshock absolutely mops the floor with it, but i have never played system shock in my life

>>724013061
We are fighting a culture war, with the game key card shit. Also, Switch 2 is shaping up to be the best console ever made with a library like this.

>>724008787 (OP)
I thought it was superb
>>724009321
It's an aesthetic and it works... okay

>>724008787 (OP)
Why in god's name would anyone buy a game like this on a nintendo.

>>724008787 (OP)
>game cart included
how fucking sad we got to the point they can use this as a selling point

>playing a demake
>ever
you have to go back

>>724013683
Why the fuck wouldn't you

>>724013849
God imagine in 2025 you defend the original System Shock. You're such a zoomer you're oblivious to how everyone loves the sequel not the first one.

>>724013849
original blows, it's like marathon for poorfags without a mac

>>724009321
I liked it

Yeah I just replayed it again for spooky season and it's fun. My complaints are;
>Terrible AI pathfinding
>Not enough fast enemies like that melee cyborg.
>FUCK FLIER-BOTS
>Cyberspace gets old pretty quickly despite being breddy cool.

>>724013849
The only thing the Remake needed was the OG OST as an option and the cool first person view where you can move your cursor around your screen (SMOD had this and I've been addicted to that style of aiming ever since)

Play the original and just get used to the controls. The remake removes some major plot elements and unique aesthetic choices because the nu-devs were too lazy to do it.
>no biological infestation in Diego's lair and the Bridge
>no implied storyline about Shodan turning Citadel Station into a giant cyborg body with her main computer as the brain
also the new music is boring

>>724013189
You didn't need to clear up that last part bro, everyone can infer it.

>>724013912
Probably because PC is better in every way.

the remake explicitly genders shodan as female when xir was genderless in the original. unforgivable.

>>724014739
Shodan referred to herself as female and so did the cyborgs under her control.
The people on Citadel usually referred to Shodan as "Shodan" or "it" until she went crazy, then they would accidentally personify the AI program by sometimes calling it "he" or "she."

The point really was that Shodan became a personality and had a conscious will of its own. Some crew didn't want to dignify Shodan by referring to the AI as if it were a person even when they would do so without thinking after being under siege for so long.

>>724013849
>"do I fit in yet?"

>>724014639
Except the ones that matter