If you’ve played any PC shooter in the past decade you pretty much know what to expect. Much of the effort in this remake has been put into making the game feel more modern, with a control scheme that feels much more natural. Log files are used to flesh out the world with these character stories being told over the course of the game. However, what makes System Shock special is the attention to detailed placed in the enviromental storytelling. Remember, this was originally released in 1994, when storytelling wasn’t as developed in games as they are today. An AI has gone rogue and you must stop them is something we’ve seen plenty of times before. You must explore the Citadel Station to put a stop to SHODAN before she attacks Earth.Īs far as stories go, System Shock is pretty straight forward. As you would expect, things go horribly wrong, as SHODAN has gone rogue, releasing a bioweapon across the station and turning the security systems against the survivors. You are asked to remove the ethical limitation from the stations artificial intelliegence known as SHODAN.

You are arrested and brought to Citadel Station, where you are offered an opportunity. Set in the far future, you play as a hacker looking to steal technology from the TriOptium corporation.

If you say “they copied Prey” I will punch you.

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