System Shock 2
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Someone should really bring back the glory that is System Shock 2, or at least attempt a sequel. I would, but Im way to busy these days. However, I may try to get a team together to make a full mod (kinda like the Black Mesa Source).
Too bad EA is hogging the license so that System Shock 3 will never be made.
Too bad EA is hogging the license so that System Shock 3 will never be made.
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Same studio. Pretty good game too.
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pure awesome.
I would LOVE to see just a full on remake of SS2 though...That game was awesome, one of the best co-op experiences I've ever had. If someone could make that happen I'd have money ready in a heartbeat.
That said, it's one of the best games ever made (#3 in my list). I'd love to see a true spiritual successor. None of this vapid BioShock nonsense.
It's the sound and music that really make SS2 what it is. As for the graphics... just use your imagination
"We are we are one, we are the Many..... Join usssssssss......"
Bioshock was great - but too different for me to see it in the same way as SS1 + SS2.
I was involved with a mod group years ago who were making an SS 2.5 (if you will) using the doom 3 engine - called 'Sapphire Scar'. It kinda fizzled out - as these things do,
I still play System Shock 1 and 2 on a pretty regular basis.. They were about when I started getting in to PC gaming - so they hold a special place for me.
To bad the game ended with a horribly cliched and boring bossfight....same as Bioshock!
the mind behind SS2 is ken levine... who also made my favorite thief games. if u liked ss2 + bioshock, don't skip thief! atmosphere and story to the max.
eidos montreal is currently working on thief 4... (also infamously known as thi4f)... we'll see how that goes erk
yes the psychic monkeys make me crap my pants!
and someone should have made a dungeon keeper tower defense game by now
one psi-ops, one marine, one engineer, and the fourth abundant guy who will be abundant
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Yeah Bioshock is dumbed down System Shock 2 (which is really sad, i blame consoles).
And Audio side of things was way ahead of its time.
Lets hope the supposedly upcoming Thief game isn't a pile of shit (For the record, I thought Deadly Shadows was good)
But yes yes yes yes, I loved System Shock 2. SO good. I remember being trapped by one of those giant sentry bots, and hiding from it, frantically searching for Armor Piercing rounds, and then realizing the only way out was to run for my fucking life. In Bioshock, I could wrench a big daddy to death no problem. While awesome, this took out a huge portion of the fun that system shock had. Which reminds me of the time I accidentally crippled my legs in Deus Ex and had to crawl around for the rest of the mission, knee capping people. Oh the good old days.
Still Rapture was an awesome location for a game and hopefully the sequel will go some way to capturing what made System Shock 2 great. I mean, Bioshock 2 is gonna sell regardless so why not make it a deeper game experience?
One more thing, I installed Bioshock again the other week just to check out Rapture and how they'd lit the environments. I found it funny how quickly the graphics have started to age in it. Still, was good for the time and am really looking forward to Bio2.
Oh man, System Shock 3 would be a dream game to work on (although Mass Effect 2 is looking pretty sweet if I do say so myself)
a character in the original was mostly optimized down heavily to one single 128x256 texture, the artificial limitation is at 256x256 textures, but you can use as many materials/textures as you want, I put mine at 256 for the body and 128 for the head.
the polycount for originals were also at like 600-800 triangles, I've upped it to slightly 1500 if I remember right.
I would love to see a _consistant_ graphical makeover on this game, since the audio is already topnotch, and the user-interface is still easy to use with the fire and shoot, click and drag inventory, rightclick to use standard, very much like deus ex.
"Pleasedon'tfuckitup, pleasedon'tfuckitup, pleasedon'tfuckitup..." is a near daily chant for me with regards to both those games.