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A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
System Shock is a action, immersive sim and adventure game
developed by Nightdive Studios
and published by Nightdive Studios and Atari.
Released on May 30th 2023 is available only on Windows
in 13 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Portuguese - Brazil.
It has received 10,514 reviews of which 9,602 were positive and 912 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 10.99€ on Instant Gaming.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit only)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2400/AMD FX-8320 or better
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 670 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 10 GB available space
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Overall of course, amazing game, but i wanna highlight that this game is gorgeous. Its the only game I've ever seen utilise unreal engine rather than just be made in it. Its also CRAZY optimised, unlike 99% of UE games this game runs like butter at max settings. 0 glitches throughout my entire 27 hour game, save for some rare minor ragdoll weirdness.
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This game is great. It feels rough around the edges and polished at the same time. It was very hard for me at times. My main complaint is that there is so much the game doesn't tell you and I don't think it is always clear or hinting well to many objectives. I have a few examples such as the beta grove section, without spoilers I thought I needed an item! It is extremely charming though, and I downloaded a few mods that made the game a bit easier, such as energy slowly recharging. I would recommend this game if it peaks your interest. It seems very metroidvania to me in a weird way! I had a blast and rate it highly but cannot come up with a specific number because I played this game when I should have done my math class.
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Really enjoyed this game. I never played the original, but this one stands on it's own and was a lot of fun. The inventory space is a little frustrating for the number of enemies you have to kill. But it's a minor complaint. Would happily recommend this to anyone that enjoys a thoughtful FPS. It's not on rails, and makes you strategize and plot to a degree. If you play, learn to add map markers early to things. Find a neat gun but not ready to pick it up? Map marker. Find a door that requires lower security? Map marker. Elevator? Mark it with the levels it goes to. Computer Node room? Map Marker. etc. etc. It's a big help. when you have to back track or want to quickly find something.
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I recommend this game VERY cautiously. It does NOT hold your hand. I thought I knew what I was getting into and I didn't, not one bit. System Shock shirks modern game design sensibilities even when it would be in its best interest to keep them. It's an extremely faithful remake with only a modern control scheme, UI, and audio/visual. There is a lot of design here that feels like it is only there to pad game length and waste time, such as enemy respawns, the very limited inventory, and the amount of backtracking you have to do to find that one key item you didn't think was a key item and dropped off somewhere, leaving it to be forgotten. Cyberspace has no continues and no saves, so if you die at the end of it, even in a sometimes cheap manner, then tough luck... you'll have to start over. It is ruthless, but it still plays by its own rules and respects your freedom to screw yourself over. The longer I played, the more frustrated I got, and it felt like the game was dragging on. I was always interested in System Shock but the original was prohibitively obtuse. I was pretty excited for this one because of that, since the modern control scheme alone was going to really help things along. My main interest with System Shock was exploring the space station and experiencing the story with SHODAN and how things went down. The things I didn't like about the game started to stack up, and I went from using mods to just straight up gifting myself god-mode in the last act because I wanted to finish the game already and a lot of what I was doing just felt like tedium. Why save scum around when I could just not worry about health/ammo, you know? Why drop items just to pick up other items to turn into scrap and then pick up the items I dropped... over and over and over again... when I could just lower the sizes of all the items to one square and not have to worry about it? The enemy respawning was getting in the way of exploration and just felt a little cheap, especially with how much ammo I was wasting on them (and if you go for melee, you WILL get hit, so if you don't want to have even MORE tedium of going all the way back to a restore bay you're going to be wasting medpatches as well). That being said, I still love the atmosphere. The story is awesome. You can tell that the game was very lovingly crafted as a perfect homage to the original, right down to the unique, pixelated textures. The weapons all felt pretty satisfying to use, although enemies didn't react to them very much until their ragdoll upon death. The music is great, although the elevator track does get pretty grating after a while. I'd still recommend this game, but you REALLY have to know what you're getting into. You have to be extremely patient and make sure you note down everything you do. Make sure you have strategies for what you're going to do with your items, even the ones you might think are pointless. I've seen a lot of people now say it's good to drop them next to elevators since they won't disappear. I wish I hadn't gone into the game completely blind because it definitely hampered my experience and I had to use not only a walkthrough, but mods and even cheats to help me finish the game if I didn't want to spend double the time on it. I've got other things to do, other things to play, and I did feel like the game didn't respect my time all that much. Still, it's a well-developed game and it has a lot of good things going. It might just lean on those old design fundamentals a little too hard at times.
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Do I like this game? Yes. Did I enjoy this game? For the most part, yes. Do I recommend this game? Yes. However, would I pick it up again and replay it? No. For the simple reason of the Boss fight, which really is one of the two points of criticism. The Boss fight, as it is now, is doable but so so difficult. You cannot skip Shodans monologue and sequence, no healing - feels kind of wonky if you ask me - no checkpoint there. Oh, and you have to "alt + f4" out of the end credits since they are non-skip, which feels like a odd note to end a game on. Apart from those two points, i had hellofafun playing it. For the most part: Good job, Nightdive! But please add a checkpoint after that mentioned part of the boss fight, it would really add to the game experience.
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System Shock is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.
System Shock is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 39.99€ on Steam.
System Shock received 9,602 positive votes out of a total of 10,514 achieving a rating of 8.88.
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System Shock was developed by Nightdive Studios and published by Nightdive Studios and Atari.
System Shock is playable and fully supported on Windows.
System Shock is not playable on MacOS.
System Shock is not playable on Linux.
System Shock is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for System Shock. Explore additional content available for System Shock on Steam.
System Shock does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
System Shock does not support Steam Remote Play.
System Shock is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Nightdive Studios
Publisher
Nightdive Studios,
Atari
Release
30 May 2023
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