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[Draugoth]

A brand new trailer for the upcoming System Shock remake from Nightdive Studios, followed by an interview with Warren Spector, produce of the original System Shock.

 

[R6Rider]

Looking good!

 

[SJRB]

Fucking SICK.

 

[CitizenZ]

Deserves better, I mean this is a classic title in gameplay and design that thousands have copied. This update needed to be equal to The Callisto protocol. Im sure it will be fine but just disappointed.

 

[Kataploom]

Never played it but people say it's good... Gonna give it a chance

 

[Killer8]

Still no release date...

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Are they planning on releasing this game? Fuuuuuuuuuu…

 

[Doczu]

PLEASE CONFIRM IF THIS IS STILL COMING TO PS4!

 

[Arachnid]

Fuck. Yes.

Good to see this still chugging

 

[Lux R7]

looks amazing

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[LazyParrot]

Deserves better, I mean this is a classic title in gameplay and design that thousands have copied. This update needed to be equal to The Callisto protocol. Im sure it will be fine but just disappointed.

Where are those thousands of games that copied the gameplay and design of System Shock?

 

[Buggy Loop]

I think I backed this game before started university for electrical engineering, then get a job to become a professional engineer later and also start a family with now 2 kids…

I think I don’t even remember my kickstarter password..

 

[CitizenZ]

Where are those thousands of games that copied the gameplay and design of System Shock?

You mean story driven narrative FPS shooter? Too many to name.

 

[Ogbert]

Is this a remake?

I liked the game when I played it decades ago, but it goes batshit crazy about half way through and I’m not sure it would hold up today.

 

[Moses85]

 

[winjer]

Looks cool.

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

HYPE

 

[The_hunter]

Day 1

 

[brian0057]

Where are those thousands of games that copied the gameplay and design of System Shock?

Is this for real?
Alien: Isolation, SOMA, Bioshock, Prey (2017), Deus Ex, and many more.
System Shock, like almost every Looking Glass Studios title, has been a massive influence on the industry.

 

[March Climber]

Deserves better, I mean this is a classic title in gameplay and design that thousands have copied. This update needed to be equal to The Callisto protocol. Im sure it will be fine but just disappointed.

Graphically it looks like it was developed for last gen but was unfortunately delayed too much. Regardless it's System Shock so I'll be happy to play it when it releases.

 

[Buggy Loop]

You mean story driven narrative FPS shooter? Too many to name.

Immersive sim Ala system shock being compared to the “story driven” shooters a dime a dozen?

 

[Relique]

This looks like it has a lot of soul. Just disappointed that there is still no date on it.

 

[LazyParrot]

You mean story driven narrative FPS shooter? Too many to name.

Is this for real?
Alien: Isolation, SOMA, Bioshock, Prey (2017), Deus Ex, and many more.
System Shock, like almost every Looking Glass Studios title, has been a massive influence on the industry.

Yeah, they're influential. You won't find me arguing against that, I'm probably the biggest Looking Glass fanboy on this board. But I don't think being influenced by a game (either directly or indirectly) is the same thing as copying that game, and there are of course plenty of shooters out there that are nothing like System Shock in terms of gameplay and design, even though they're clearly narrative-driven (think games like Jedi Knight, Spec Ops: The Line, or Call of Juarez: Gunslinger).

Games that explicitly copy System Shock in terms of design and gameplay do exist, of course, and you've named a good chunk of them, but yeah... there aren't thousands of them, unless you set the bar so low that any shooter with a story will count. Hell, maybe not even then.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Put some respect on Warren Spector's name. OG right there!

Looking forward to this one for sure.

 

[jaysius]

I thought this one was vaporware, this is looking amazing though.

 

[DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy]

If it comes to console too I’m down.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Where are those thousands of games that copied the gameplay and design of System Shock?

Kids these days have no respect for history.

 

[YuLY]

I saw in the trailer there were a few moments where a futuristic city is shown , is that area actually playable? does anyone who played the original know this? I thought the entire game was on a space station, would be really cool if we had some playable sections in that city also.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

I saw in the trailer there were a few moments where a futuristic city is shown , is that area actually playable? does anyone who played the original know this? I thought the entire game was on a space station, would be really cool if we had some playable sections in that city also.

No, that’s most likely New Atlanta. The city from the intro. Cinematic only.

 

[Barakov]

I'll be there whenever it releases. New footage looks excellent.

 

[Con-Z-epT]

Can't wait. Lets hope it is not to far out. Atmosphere is insane.

 

[Wohc]

Count me in, i buy everything from Nightdive Studios.

 

[baphomet]

Fuck that looks sick

 

[AV]

Looks so damn good. Really excited.

 

[k_trout]

Warren f*cking Spector .... great vid

 

[LazyParrot]

Kids these days have no respect for history.

Well, where are those thousands of games, then? And where do you draw the line? Is any single player shooter released after 1994 with a narrative more complex than "find all the keys, get to the end of the level" automatically going to be guilty of having "copied" System Shock?

Would Halo count? How would you prove that the narrative elements in that game were "copied" from System Shock rather than, say, Bungie's own Marathon series or its predecessor Pathways Into Darkness, a game that shares a ton of features with the first System Shock (free travel between interconnected levels, an inventory system, a narrative relying heavily on messages left by dead NPCs) but released a year earlier in 1993?

 

[IbizaPocholo]

System Shock Remake Unity 2017 vs 2022 Unreal Engine 4 Demo Graphics Comparison - Steam Next Festival 2022 Demo

 

[Rickyiez]

Glad they ditched Unity . I don't care about whatever graphical comparison from the engine change but one thing for damn sure is that Unity always manage to run like crap .

 

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Day 1

 

[March Climber]

They should have just taken more liberties with the attacking animations and attacking reactions since they took liberties changing a ton of other things. I'll still play it but it feels like one foot in the door one foot out. Even if they upset older fans a little hopefully it will be polished enough for those new to the franchise to enjoy.

 

[RPS37]

I can’t be the only one that couldn’t stop staring at the reticle.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Spoiler

 

[ACESHIGH]

When is this thing releasing ffs

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

Spoiler

Wait, did they have the ending leak before there's even a fucking release date?

 

[Captain Toad]

Wait, did they have the ending leak before there's even a fucking release date?

That happened with Crisis Core too.