System Shock

I will be be beginning a process to split the pages for the games to one for each because frankly they're a mess to both read and edit right now. There will likely be oversights, so I'd appreciate any help.

Edited by UltraWanker on Dec 1st 2019 at 9:28:34 AM

It's mostly done, I believe. Though it's likely I overlooked some examples during the process of splitting. Quite a few don't really make it clear what game they're referencing.

Edited by UltraWanker on Dec 2nd 2019 at 12:27:09 PM

Oh, sweet fuck lord, I've finally gotten to the Hydroponics Bay!

It took me two saved games and eleven hours between them to finally get out of Engineering but by God, I did!

I gather (from your previous post) that you're playing a build that's not combat-focussed? If so, then I can see the game being quite challenging—but not impossible I think—indeed!

Technomancer, O.S.A with points in Hacking and one in Standard.

The Cargo Bays got easier when I mantled across all the boxes (thanks, 60+ hours of Thief II) to avoid the robots.

Edited by fredhot16 on Apr 9th 2020 at 11:42:36 AM

Ooh, the cargo bays. Yeah, even after a few playthroughs I recall those being scary. o_o;

"Let me help you." "That's the Tri-Optimum way!" o_o;

I do recall hacking being a particularly useful ability. (And the standard sort far better than the psionic sort.)

In fact, while a straightforward "weapons-focussed" build might perhaps be the easiest to play, I think that I'd be tempted to suggest a hacking build as a good "first playthrough" build, so useful is hacking.

Speaking of System Shock, I watched PatologTV play the sequel on Impossible, and he was hacker oriented with a little bit put into weapons and psychics

So meticulous, systematically eradicating enemies...and taking only damage from irradiated hallways.

That... is impressive. (Especially given that I generally found psionics to be a bit underwhelming overall—although that of course may be more a mismatch with my personal playstyle.)

My memory be spotty, its only been a year since I watched it but here you go Ars

Thank you for that; I've saved it to my "Watch Later" list for potential viewing! ^_^

According to some claims the System Shock 3 dev team is no longer employed and the game development was "critically behind".

And the dev still claims things "are on track"; I fear this won't see the light of day, not after Underworld...

I brought attention to it over two months ago. Maybe this thread was better for it

Again, it's such a damn shame

Edited by Dhiruxide on Apr 22nd 2020 at 9:51:36 PM

Ah, thank you for mentioning that it was the same report; I don't think that I'd recognised that.

As I said in that thread, distressing if true. Well, we'll see how things work out over time, I suppose...

Hey guys, you know Tencent? The one nebulous corporation that is sinking its tendrils into everything recently?

Ownership of System Shock 3’s website has been transferred to Tencent. Troubled sequel could have found investment

God damn it, which one of you made a wish on the monkey's paw?

Edited by Reflextion on May 19th 2020 at 8:14:15 AM

not me don't look me

Well, the System Shock remake has released a final demo! It's apparently available on all of Steam, GOG, and Epic.

See here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock/posts/3080200

It's also available for pre-order, I presume from the same, for those who do buy pre-orders.

I'm tempted to try out the demo, I'll confess—but conversely, I'm tempted to leave it until full release and then, presuming good word of mouth, just get the full version...

Alright, I just finished the demo!

According to Steam, it took me three or four hours, though that might be because I died a bit, didn't start saving until my third death, went through Cyberspace twice, and probably spent an hour or so wandering around, trying to find the next place to progress because I thought I got through every square inch of the place. I managed to get the Medical area to 0% Security and find extra goodies, so that's nice.

It's a Remake, I guess. Same game, but looks modern-gen. I already dread Cyberspace, though. A time limit of minutes, you're not entirely sure where to go, your sense of direction gets flipped all-around...

Edited by fredhot16 on Feb 25th 2021 at 4:02:28 AM