→ A modern take on System Shock, a faithful reboot it’s not Citadel Station as it was, but as you remember it. You can have a hint of that in the first page of the kickstarter campaign: Stephen "Reverse Midas" Kick clearly stated when asked about his vision of the game. They call the game remake but is more of an hybrid of SS1, SS2 and Bioshock thing of a mess, the man himself: Mr. The idea, from the very beginning, was to turn System Shock into a soulless, generic, one-of-the- many-with-already-seen-mechanics-and-features title, no more, no less.įeatures that modern, casual gamers are familiar with while cutting off all that belongs to the original title which make it stand above the mass. But Nightdive have removed that choice, and force you to play as 'blast everything that moves'. Or if you wanted to turn it into a 'blast-everything-that-moves', and not care about the story or puzzles, you could do that either. If you wanted to concentrate on the story and puzzles, you could increase the difficulty for those aspects, and it's more of an adventure game. The original allowed you to set each element to your own preference. Nightdive have taken away a crucial element that made the original so great - choice! Of course you won't please everyone, but people who want a radically different game should push for exactly that - encourage devs to make more actually new games.įrodoBaggins: What really annoys me, is that they keep calling it a remake. With reimaginings / remakes though, it's often the worst of both worlds with new writers 'creativity' being little more than trying too hard to "make their mark" by bad ret-conning that doesn't fit at all. People complained about newly added bugs but no-one said "Bioshock Remaster is too much like Bioshock!" Likewise, if they're truly filled to the brim with creativity, there's also no substitute for making a new game that simply gives extensive "nods" to the old titles without being constrained by them (Prey 2017 was good precisely because it had several System Shock "Easter Eggs" but also wasn't trying too hard to be System Shock 3). With remasters people know what to expect. It's often the worst way of 'refreshing' old games. That's the problem with "reimaginings" / remakes rather than people's "memories" though. Too many people with too many different memories of the game. If they stay too close to the original, one faction is disappointed for them not being bold or creative enough, if they change too much, purists are pissed. Neumi5694: They would never be able to please everyone. So for me it's definitely not a Remaster and Reboot is a strong word as well. System Shock Remake fits perfectly here.Īnd there is one game called Shadow of the Colossus, originally released for PS2.įor better or for worse the port to PS3 is a Remaster, but the game for PS4 is a Remake because Bluepoint Games remade most of the game assets from the groun up but the game retained the original feel. Some minor changes to the core game might be done of course, but nothing major.īlack Mesa (Half-Life), Doom 3 (Doom), Metroid: Zero Mission (Metroid), Final Fantazy 7 Remake (FF7) are some of the better known examples for Remake. Remaster can't provide anything more than a base game with better compatibility and enhanced graphic plus bonus materials. Remake means a game was created from a ground up with OR without any significant changes to the end product usually fueled by the power of modern tech.įor example in addition to a more powerful game engine and graphical effects, there may be added enemies, tweaked puzzles, retconned / enlarged lore, secret areas, director's cut materials, bonus quests and even a complete change of characters' roles (looks) and events. Unless you really want them to call it a Reboot.Īnd with the upcoming System Shock 2 EE | VR plus the System Shock 3 game technically wasn't canceled to this day, it's hardly a Reboot either. Why is that? It's definitely not a Remaster either. Didn't get an email either, but used the link you'd posted and found the launch key at the bottom.FrodoBaggins: What really annoys me, is that they keep calling it a remake. Still it's disappointing that people who never supported the developers can buy the game now for less and can enjoy it now, while I can't even download the darn thing. It's bizarre that I gave $50 to support the game and waited for all these years, while I could have waited for the Gog release and get it for less. Now what do I do with this key? How do I use it to add System Shock Remake to my Gog library? There are also direct links to some bonuses but there is no link to the game itself. However I managed to log on to this page:Īnd here I can see at the very bottom " GOG System Shock Launch Key" and a number. Fdr182: Never got an email with the key from Kickstarter/Nightdive (somehow no surprize for me here).
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