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System Shock 3 Pre Alpha Gameplay Teaser
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Maybe we'd been less skeptical if "this is the B team's project, silly noob" had been brought up at any point prior to U:A's release.
Oh man. I am so happy someone remembers them. They were the creepiest enemies of the entire series. XD.
Don't forget the re space ninjas.
Well, "lifted" sounds a bt strange, after all both games were made by Irrational.
It's just that they stuck to what worked before, except where they didn't. And I feel Bioshock was poorer for it
Damn, that's one pissed off A.I. Kinda reminds me of Quake and Dead Space. Not sure who inspired who between Quake and System Shock though.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Bioshock was babbie's first System Shock game.
It's not that they took a lot from it, but they also got rid of many "complicated" elements that made SS amazing instead of just good.
Bioshock belongs to an ugly period in the FPS genre when everything had to be "streamlined" because trends and consoles said so.
I don't think so.
S.H.O.D.A.N. stands for (Sentient Hyper-Optimized Data Access Network),
S.H.O.I.A.N. may stand for a newer morphed entity (Sentient Hyper-Infuriated? Data Access Network),
Thats becasue it was for casual players, a more simlpified and bastardised version of System Shock that ommited most of the hardcore gameplay parts like the analysing every part you collect, being able to read about anything in your pda, augmenting youserlf with mechanical or bionical appendicesand even play games all while being the inagme pda and having the risk being attacked by enemies (which means using your PDA doesn't pause the game liek most fo games). lso having to chosoe between different classes befroe playign and each class allow a tremdenous amount of modifications that lets you advance ina very fancy way. and many other hardcore stuff I forgot that add so much to the replayabiilty of the game.
Bioshock got all of those elemenst ommited while keeping the basic one and even copying the main story elements and knots like the main plot twist but beeing less cool sicne othing compares to the epic SHODAN.
Looking to seel more requires being more casual that is the price to pay for us hardcore gamers to get a watered down clone.
So glad the real deal is back with the creator of legends: Deus x, Thief and System Shock.
Exactly.
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Why would they ever say anything like A Team or B Team though? U:A went into production before Neurath convinced Spector to do SS3, but one thing they've been very open about - especially when talking on forums like TTLG and the Steam forums - is that Paul led his own team on U:A and Spector has his on SS3.
The events of System Shock do play into the storyline of the sequel, however prior knowledge isn't required as System Shock 2 does a good job of explaining said events. I played 2 before going back to the original, which just helps flesh out the story (pun intended :P)
Np. System Shock 2 is one hell of a great game, and its very unique in terms of how it plays out. Get misty eyed thinking about the first time I played its demo before it came out.
I played SS2 before I even looked at SS and I never felt like I was missing anything.
Recent mods make it a lot more enjoyable, too.
Recent mods make it a lot more enjoyable, too.
Which is funny because early Bioshock looked more like System Shock than the final product did.
Sure, and the game had amazing game design for beginner, but at same time, Bioshock was the master of hidden gameplay feature to make everything easy to play. Which SS didn't fall into that wheel. And SS3 better stay as survival like it always was !
Undoubtedly it will release after. System Shock 3 is still years out from release while the remake is, hopefully, releasing early 2020.
They released a September update for backers a while ago. Seems pretty good.
They'd gone with a rather generic look a couple years ago but then they did a do-over that cost them around a year of dev time I think. Now the game really looks like the first game brought back to life.
System Shock predates Quake by like 2 years. Very different thing I'm my mind though
Looking good!
Never played SS1 and my plan has basically been to check out the remake once that's out, and then SS3.
Same. SS2 still holds up really well, especially with some of the recommended mod packs.
Never played SS1 and my plan has basically been to check out the remake once that's out, and then SS3.
I was referring to the merging of flesh and metal, not anything thematic.
The atmosphere in SS2 is a great achievement and still holds up really well. Very much looking forward to a new playthrough when the remaster hits.
That's what I've been saying since 2007. I do hope the Prey formula gets more love in the future.
Tell that to casual young players who loved Bioshock and never witnessed the majestic System Shock 2. When Prey came up, I found a twig of hope in the genre that reminded me of it.
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I've been trying to, but they're not particularly receptive. Levine had a really great idea with Bioshock, setting-wise, but he pretty much squandered the potential in terms of gameplay.
I am super happy that more complex systems are making a comeback, especially in indie and AA games.