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[Chris]

This is one of the best, maybe the best Origin game ever.
Thanks for the update, TC! :thumbs:

[Guderheinz]

Well, what more can I do, than repeat after everybody else: THIS GAME IS THE ****! Not a year passes without me trying it out again. Everything about it is great, from the mind-blowing intro, through inspired, atmospheric music, good gameplay (well, the interface IS a bit lacking) and on to the main part - awesome story. And Shodan is the best villain I've ever met in a computer game. (In SS 2 she's also quite hot! )

It may be a little off-topic, but I remember playing the second part and thinking "Ok, everything's nice, but where's Shodan?". And when I reached the scene in which she finally re-emerges... I mean WOW , I was totally blown away! It was one of the most intense moments in my gaming history!

By the way, I'm not sure if it's true, but I've heard, that in the diskette version of the game they refer to Shodan as "him". Not until the CD version (which has digital voice) did they change it to "her".

[jesters.ice]

Glad they made Shodan a... female.. computer.. system.. uh, you get the point.
Else I wouldn't use some samples for shutting down my computer and alike :nuts:

I'd even dare to say that Glados from Portal was inspired by System Shock.

And is it just me or do old games are way better in scaring the **** out of me when it comes to atmosphere, despite the graphics are everything but "realistic"?

[superjamie]

Oh wow, I've you've never played this before, then do it asap!

Definitely one of the best games ever released. Such an awesome story with a great gaming engine too. If you're a fan of Ultima Underworld, you'll feel right at home getting around in System Shock.

I've been playing this again a bit lately. God those mutants can scare the crap out of you at 3am when you run face-first into one around a corner.

DOSBox settings
This game can chug with the wrong settings, even stuff that works well for Ultima Underworld can bog down badly with System Shock. I've got best results from this game by setting my .dosboxrc as such:
frameskip=1
core=auto
cycles=50000
Using OpenGL with no scalers.

[AlumiuN]

You will notice that I've added this to Wrath of Earth's recommendations (and hence vice versa). This is because they've often been likened to each other and have similar gameplay (although System Shock is further ahead graphics-wise). [/plug]

I would be downloading this NOW, but 120 mB don't get along well with dial-up.

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by AlumiuN

I would be downloading this NOW, but 120 mB don't get along well with dial-up.

Try the remake we have on Reloaded. It's only 64 MB.

[AlumiuN]

64 mB don't get along well either. Even 10 mB takes about an hour.

[HailToNietzsche]

This fps game requires far more than just eye-hand coordination. In fact it perfectly combines adventure, role-playing and action elements. In my humble opinion it’s a milestone in game history.

[Blood-Pigggy]

Originally Posted by HailToNietzsche

This fps game requires far more than just eye-hand coordination. In fact it perfectly combines adventure, role-playing and action elements. In my humble opinion it’s a milestone in game history.

It's Ultima Underworld with a horrible interface and insane system requirements for its time (as though UU's weren't high enough already).
The game was overlooked because there was about 5% of the gaming population that could actually run it on their PC, not to mention how difficult it was to actually configure in the first place.

System Shock was just Ultima Underworld with guns and more textures, I never understood the obsession with it, the sequel was far better and actually managed to do something different with the UU formula by fleshing it out far more than the original System Shock did.

Going from UUII to System Shock is a step down.

[CorruptMylar]

Holy Jumped-up Jesus Zombie Cyborg Christ! It's System Shock!

:nuts:

A new crown jewel for Abandonia.

I may have to load and finally try to beat this game. (I never managed to quite finish it. I got stuck near the very end and had to return to college or some other such nonsense). Thanks for brightening my weekend. I shall donate today.