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Rumpleforeskin
Member
Still no release date...
MidGenRefresh
Member
Are they planning on releasing this game? Fuuuuuuuuuu…
LazyParrot
Member
Where are those thousands of games that copied the gameplay and design of System Shock?
Buggy Loop
Member
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..
I think I don’t even remember my kickstarter password..
CitizenZ
Banned
You mean story driven narrative FPS shooter? Too many to name.
ProgenitorCastle
Member
HYPE
The_hunter
Member
Day 1
brian0057
Gold Member
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
Member
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
Member
Immersive sim Ala system shock being compared to the “story driven” shooters a dime a dozen?
LazyParrot
Member
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
Gold Member
Put some respect on Warren Spector's name. OG right there!
Looking forward to this one for sure.
Looking forward to this one for sure.
DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy
Member
If it comes to console too I’m down.
MidGenRefresh
Member
Kids these days have no respect for history.
MidGenRefresh
Member
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.
LazyParrot
Member
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
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March Climber
Member
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.
