Pretty much exactly what I was hoping for. Glad they decided to restart development when they realized they were straying too far from what they originally set out to do. It was the right call.
honestly can't love that fact enough plus it has that art look of those good ol boomer shooters (dusk, ion furry) and in terms of data space I'm glad they took a look what doom eternal did with it's data space
I've read some reviews and most of them seem to be docking the game for the remaster being too conservative, but as someone who's never played System Shock but loves RPGs and immersive sims I take that as a big positive rather than a negative? Just give me the same game with better graphics and some QoL changes, that's it.
Facts the original was great for its time but DAMN it’s TOUGH to play it nowadays. More of this & less remakes of PS2/Xbox/GameCube games you can still play them just fine
@@thegaminglord2190what about ff7 remake and resident evil 4 or dead space? Those seem pretty awesome and they are remakes? What you gotta say now? Huh? Ya that’s what I thought lol you don’t.
they actually just remade it system shock was an amazing game and they had faith in it being a strong game and so didnt feel a need to completely reinvent it
One of my favorite details is how the station rotates, so the direction of light and shadows casted through windows is always changing depending on the angle of the sun.
@@CasualG-mer Dead Space Remake is worse than Dead Space though I would have taken Dead Space with better graphics with no changes to the characters but the addition of the side quest and detour is welcomed
Loving the remake so far. The only thing that has me bummed is the music. YES the new music fits the tone better and is good in it's own, but my nostalgic brain misses the weird techno. I suppose this isn't even a gripe, just me being an old woman refusing to let things die. But really, you can tell this is a project of love and it's done wonderfully.
@@igorthelight Noted, but I would prefer official patches still. Mods tend to be sometimes finicky, gimmicky, fanfic-y, and *ugh* Thomas the Train Engine nonsense.
@@michaelandreipalon359 Agree! Mods are different tho: there are some weird ones and there are even better that official DLC's (that's rare but still happens).
@@igorthelight Oh, I know, as the likes of FreeSpace Port+Silent Threat: Reborn (for FreeSpace 2), Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines' Unofficial Basic Patch, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod have shown; also mayhaps even Portal Stories: Mel, Black Mesa, and the Entropy : Zero duology (Portal 2 and the Half-Life duology respectively).
It's funny how original released in 1994 could almost look as Minecraft because that square pixelated design or graphics are pretty close to each other.
@@FirstnameLastname-py3bc Greg Lopiccolo was the primary composer for the first System Shock. Eric Brosius provided some compositional assistance, but mostly handled sound design in that game. FYI Trivia: Eric's wife Terri Brosius is the voice of Shodan (and even returned to voice her for the remake).
The art style looks so unique because it looks like it has the mid-budget indie jank but the lighting looks AAA quality. I'm going to download and play the Steam demo now
This is exactly what people want when they ask for remakes. So many companies seem to not understand that they're remaking a game and instead do a reimagining or a reboot or make an entirely different game and slap the old name on it. A remake should be faithful to the original.
There are games that can't be faithful to the original and in most cases a reinvention suits them perfectly. For me the Remake is a usable tool in a variety of ways, they can reinvent a game that at the time did not work for bad business decisions and create a masterpiece based on it, or simply update it to the modern era as with this system shock that the truth for its time was already a great game.
@@Glenn_QuagmireNo, a remaster is the same game just with better textures/models/fps. A remake is when the whole game is rebuilt from the ground up. And a GOOD remake is when it's built to remain faithful to the original in its style and mechanics, like System Shock.
I wish there was an option to switch the new music with the old OST. I know they're going for a more "horror" approach with the remake but the original game music is (imo) very iconic, the new soundtrack is so in the background I can barely notice it.
The texture quality is an odd choice, but I love the look of the nearest neighbour scaling. It's not just like low quality textures in other games which become blurry
@@chinezut1942 8GB GPUs can easily run the best looking games, it is more than enough. Its clearly an aesthetic choice. Majority of the Devs simply don't prioritize optimization anymore.
That is not nearest neighbour scaling. Those textures are purposefully made to look like that. Nearest neighbour scaling simply looks like shit making textures more like low res noise.
I don't know, would rather not want another Revision. Besides, it still looks good, and plays in a lovably weird fashion (though if one isn't into that, there's the GMDX mod).
@@michaelandreipalon359 if they are gonna do it, i hope they reimagine the game into a proper remake to make it look and play modern (still in a faithful way tho) for specifically pissing off fans like you that complains like brats when there are even good changes, and no the og its very outdated in every way (sadly)
nah if you run vanilla deus ex in revision and disable everything it's a masterpiece and everything work greatly, still playable nowadays it doesn't need a remake
One thing to note about the pipe attack animations, in both the original and the remake: the hit scan direction is based on the particular animation used. For example: If the animation shows the pipe being swung from right to left, the scan will start on the right side of the scan area (usually the screen, though in the non full screen view it does not scan all the way out to the edge of the screen) and end on the left. When the animation goes the other way, the hit scan switches direction.
@@andrybetancourt8142 nice name drop😎🕹️🎮 there's a bunch of badass old school games that companies just need to remake in 4k or HD They redid homeworld looks super dope 🍻🔥🔥🔥
Wow, they did an excellent job with this remake. It's heartening to see more developers sit down and do the hard work to nail the remakes for these classic games.
This game was so much a labor of love. Every inch of it just tells you of the care and meticulousness that NightDive put into making it. I really and truly hope they will do the same with System Shock 2.
great video! I actually played enhanced edition back in February (when I thought the remake was coming out in March) just so I would be primed to appreciate the changes, and what hasn't changed, cleared about 3 floors or so. But it's nice to see a side by side like this :) I'm absolutely loving the remake and have already gotten further than I had in enhanced so its all new to me from here :D
Y'know, Nick, I think it was your Deus Ex retrospective that first brought my attention to System Shock in the first place, and Nightdive Studios too by extension. And now three years later, and preordering the remake for myself, I'm legit excited to see what they've been cooking.
Looking Glass was the company that made me sell my Amiga 500 and get a VGA PC 386DX 40...via Ultima Underworld but it was System Shock that really sold 3d for me for the first time. Just an amazing game and so happy this tribute remake is out.
One thing I'm trying to find. Does this remake have that "dynamic" soundtrack? Iirc original soundtrack changed if you ie. attacked something. Also in the beginning remake doesn't appear to have music at all?
Impressive review of a very interesting remake. I was especially surprised by the audio comparison section between SS1 and the remake. Perhaps they will add a few more updates to help with the "damage" feel and the enemy variety.
Got this game a few days ago now I cant stop playing it. Amazing remake!!! Well done Nightdive Studios thank you for such an awesome game. The delays and running jokes that this game was never gonna come out was all worth it in the end. The AI in this game is actually really smart. Shodan is basically always watching and enemies will do everything they can to flank you, outnunber you, outshoot you, and they'll hunt you until they find you. Shodan will even send out more enemies to deal with you. Ive noticed they even send out more enemies in the spots you frequent the most like an energy station. Shodan had like 3 or 4 enemies guarding it because she knew I kept going there to recharge my weapons. Its been a long time since Ive dealt with a game that has such a damn good AI its like always adapting to you Im having a hard time finding a game with AI similar to Shodan. It was way scarier than I was expecting ( love horror but Im a big baby and scare really easily) The grandfather of survival horror games. Games like Bioshock and Deadspace probably wouldnt exist if it wasnt for System Shock.
I recently just picked it up and am getting mad bioshock and prey vibes, amazing game, never played the original myself but have seen reviews of it.I can definitely see how this game is the inspiration behind games like that.
I bought this game, and oh my god, I just reached the second level and I'm already shitted out so many bricks I could build a house using them. The atmosphere is amazing. Sound is vivid, graphics are great, enemies are nasty. Really well done. Amazing game
19:00 okay this was clearly a mistake with the remake, having the elevator doors look and be shaped like the trioptimum logo is clearly a LOT cooler, they should have kept that in!
I like how it pulled off having relatively conservative geometey and pretty retro textures its not in your face. the objects you interact with regularly, enemy models, weapons, consumables, the hacker themself, all have a high polygon and a high resolution. its not screaming it at you, but eventually ypu notice and apreciate how everything is intentional a but scruffed
I hope this becomes a trend... its the exact same game but made with modern developing software. It's what pretty much everyone is hoping for when a remake of a classic is announced. I miss those styles of games. Its not trying to be anything but a video game.
I never played the og, so how noticably true to it theyve made the remake is really impressive that i can pick up on it. This is the epitome of a love letter to the original remake and how all of them should be
It’s been a great experience so far for me. While I was playing it, it brought me back to the days of playing Quake 2 on 64 before I played it on PC when I was just a kid. The atmosphere and its melancholic tones, brief sounds of what sounds like music but it’s the space station. The tight claustrophobic corridors turning in odd fashion, and the old look of what the future thought it would look like (80s-90s) esthetic walls and technology. The creatures groans and lines they’d speak to themselves. Heck, even the Mantis cyborgs felt like old Quake to me. Absolutely amazing.
Never played the original and just picked up the remake on GoG. Having played originals and "remakes" of games from years gone, I'm very impressed with the updates they've done. Worth a play imo! Great vid showcasing everything they've done, and I particularly enjoyed hearing the difference in soundtrack. EZ sub!
I’m really excited for this to come out on PS5 later this year. I played the original when I was very young and I know for a fact I didn’t appreciate the way I would as an adult. I barely remember anything about the story since it’s been so long, and the remake looks really fun. Thanks for the video!
I think i will buy this game! I knew the original Game before, but never played it. But after i played Prey (which was influenced by System Shock) last week i saw that an remake of system Shock is coming. ❤
Damn, I wish Zero Tolerance have remake someday like this. System Shock is greatest classic with incredible style, desigh, music and atmosphere. And Yeah, Shodan is greatest antogonist ever.
Never played the og coz wasn’t alive but always heard of its greatness. This is what all remakes should be like, clunky mechanics removed, faithfully spicy with a bit of class sprinkled on top!
9:50 This is incorrect, even for the original version. You can put items in inventory while fullscreen, you just have to click them on the very bottom where the gray and blue bars are.
I love these trapped on a space station style games. _Prey_ and _Alien Isolation_ were great and I hope we get sequels as well as a System Shock 2 remake!
It's a great remake. Couple of minor issues with it - the pipe attacks need more audio feedback for hits (it's hard to tell if you hit at all against mutants), and using the aim zoom breaks the FOV setting if it's anything other than default. But otherwise, its quality takes a big steaming dump on the so-called "AAA" releases of the past year.
Some random information to people never playing the original or being alive back then ;) ... Nick's "Classic System Shock" on the left is a highres/upscaled version with smooth edges/vectors without showing any pixels. The original didn't look that great. The highest resolution was SVGA aka 800x600 that was only possible on a P90 and some good graphics card like a Matrox Millennium. Looking Glass / Origin System games were always very demanding to hardware ..at least if you wanted to enjoy the game in its full glory. They were Crytek from the 90s.
thanks for this very entertaining and useful comparison review which definitely convinced me to play the remake i love the perfect detail orientation in the vid - everything important covered and explained well the only thing i'd love to see is if using the Berserk melee drug looks as crazy as in the original game where all the colors on the screen just went mad! but that's a very minor detail
I'm yet to play the remake myself, but the OST uploaded on UA-cam suggests the presence of dynamic combat tracks that actually sound like excellent energetic remixes of the originals, did that concept not make it into the final game?
Masters of atmosphere and storytelling, we've missed this in video games. This game goes back to being a true title without ten million hand holding scripted events/items in order to make sure the most casual of gamers may never "feel discouraged". I missed these times in video games, glad at least one title did the remake properly as opposed to a cash grab for simps. This passion project shines as the antithesis of what CBP2077 is/was. ant 2023 terminated. System shock will kick you in the nuts and spit robotic acid in your face, while gladly claiming your corpse for Shodan. ON EDIT::: also the sound design now is more in line with another great game StarCraft (1998), in being more neo-noir and ambient, a welcome change.
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Pretty much exactly what I was hoping for. Glad they decided to restart development when they realized they were straying too far from what they originally set out to do. It was the right call.
honestly can't love that fact enough plus it has that art look of those good ol boomer shooters (dusk, ion furry) and in terms of data space I'm glad they took a look what doom eternal did with it's data space
Wait what, they restarted the development?? Source for this?
@@kirin7725 They passed from Unity to Unreal
I've read some reviews and most of them seem to be docking the game for the remaster being too conservative, but as someone who's never played System Shock but loves RPGs and immersive sims I take that as a big positive rather than a negative? Just give me the same game with better graphics and some QoL changes, that's it.
@@kirin7725 it’s somewhere in their long line of kickstarter updates.
One of the few games where a remake actually makes sense.
Facts the original was great for its time but DAMN it’s TOUGH to play it nowadays. More of this & less remakes of PS2/Xbox/GameCube games you can still play them just fine
@@harlemraider3347 yeah it makes sense to remake a 30 year old game but they still remake a game that came out on ps3 ( looking at you tlou1 remake)
So, the RE1 REmake all over again?
@@thegaminglord2190what about ff7 remake and resident evil 4 or dead space? Those seem pretty awesome and they are remakes? What you gotta say now? Huh? Ya that’s what I thought lol you don’t.
The fact that they changed almost nothing outside of the graphics shows that it didn't need a remake. At least not one like this.
Even though it’s a “from the ground up”-remake, I love how it still feels like a 90s game
they actually just remade it
system shock was an amazing game and they had faith in it being a strong game and so didnt feel a need to completely reinvent it
They did it on purpose, update, and nostalgia, combined into a great amalgamation
One of my favorite details is how the station rotates, so the direction of light and shadows casted through windows is always changing depending on the angle of the sun.
I noticed that too today while playing. It’s little details like that that make the atmosphere of a game so good!
Great to see they maintain the aesthetics from the original game.
Old habits die hard
no, they don't
@@rpzseries-2256 yes they do and they do it incredibly well
They did what the Dead Space Remake did but they kept super closely with the original style.
@@CasualG-mer
Dead Space Remake is worse than Dead Space though
I would have taken Dead Space with better graphics with no changes to the characters but the addition of the side quest and detour is welcomed
Loving the remake so far. The only thing that has me bummed is the music. YES the new music fits the tone better and is good in it's own, but my nostalgic brain misses the weird techno. I suppose this isn't even a gripe, just me being an old woman refusing to let things die.
But really, you can tell this is a project of love and it's done wonderfully.
Will hope there'll be a patched option to switch to the old music then, not unlike what Command and Conquer's Remastered Collection did.
@@michaelandreipalon359 Mods for the rescue ;-)
@@igorthelight Noted, but I would prefer official patches still. Mods tend to be sometimes finicky, gimmicky, fanfic-y, and *ugh* Thomas the Train Engine nonsense.
@@michaelandreipalon359 Agree!
Mods are different tho: there are some weird ones and there are even better that official DLC's (that's rare but still happens).
@@igorthelight Oh, I know, as the likes of FreeSpace Port+Silent Threat: Reborn (for FreeSpace 2), Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines' Unofficial Basic Patch, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod have shown; also mayhaps even Portal Stories: Mel, Black Mesa, and the Entropy : Zero duology (Portal 2 and the Half-Life duology respectively).
I think the texture being slightly pixelated is genius as it does make game feel a bit retro whilst modern at the same time
Exactly my though as well.Great artistic choice .
Indeed, playing it right now and I absolutely love the graphics
honestly it takes out a lot of atmosphere for me; i get the why but i still wish it was a "toggle on/off" thing in the settings.
@@tanikaze7697 fair enough....and im not against a toggle option since if the player has more control...the better.
It's funny how original released in 1994 could almost look as Minecraft because that square pixelated design or graphics are pretty close to each other.
I never played the original. This looks nice though, I love the art style. I'll definitely check this out when available
It releases tomorrow!
@@kambyyy Oh nice!
@@khemistrytheredplanet So what did you think about it?
@@KratosisGod not good
@@Zeqweery *raises eyebrow in suspicion*
whoever was cooking up those TASTY beats in the original deserve some credit, those were BANGERS
I believe either Eric Brossius or Greg Lopicolo (ex Tribe band members)
Would be good if we could switch to those I like them as well. (maybe there will be a mod for this?)
@@FirstnameLastname-py3bc Greg Lopiccolo was the primary composer for the first System Shock. Eric Brosius provided some compositional assistance, but mostly handled sound design in that game.
FYI Trivia: Eric's wife Terri Brosius is the voice of Shodan (and even returned to voice her for the remake).
@@FirstnameLastname-py3bc Eric did the music for System shock 2 with Ramin Djawadi
@@diahaidificbs No, that was Josh Randall and Ramin.
Now this is a love letter of a remake
The art style looks so unique because it looks like it has the mid-budget indie jank but the lighting looks AAA quality. I'm going to download and play the Steam demo now
Its sometimes very indie looking and other times absolutely stunning. I think that they did a 10/10 job, best remake possible.
They did a fantastic job. they even made the remake look a bit retro in a way.
This is exactly what people want when they ask for remakes. So many companies seem to not understand that they're remaking a game and instead do a reimagining or a reboot or make an entirely different game and slap the old name on it.
A remake should be faithful to the original.
spitting facts
There are games that can't be faithful to the original and in most cases a reinvention suits them perfectly.
For me the Remake is a usable tool in a variety of ways, they can reinvent a game that at the time did not work for bad business decisions and create a masterpiece based on it, or simply update it to the modern era as with this system shock that the truth for its time was already a great game.
What you're describing is a remaster
They understand things very well, but chose to target wider aduiences instead. This remake, sadly, will not sell that well outside of small niche.
@@Glenn_QuagmireNo, a remaster is the same game just with better textures/models/fps. A remake is when the whole game is rebuilt from the ground up. And a GOOD remake is when it's built to remain faithful to the original in its style and mechanics, like System Shock.
I wish there was an option to switch the new music with the old OST. I know they're going for a more "horror" approach with the remake but the original game music is (imo) very iconic, the new soundtrack is so in the background I can barely notice it.
+1000. The original System Shock was 50% awesome music.
The original soundtrack is absolutely terrible.
@@slynt_ it is if you dont use a soundfont
The texture quality is an odd choice, but I love the look of the nearest neighbour scaling. It's not just like low quality textures in other games which become blurry
That pixelated texture is looking better than some textures in AAA games released nowadays.
They chose these textures to run good on 8gb gpus
@@chinezut1942 8GB GPUs can easily run the best looking games, it is more than enough. Its clearly an aesthetic choice. Majority of the Devs simply don't prioritize optimization anymore.
@@chinezut1942 the AMD mafia has brainwashed you.
That is not nearest neighbour scaling. Those textures are purposefully made to look like that. Nearest neighbour scaling simply looks like shit making textures more like low res noise.
Deus Ex deserves a remake like this
I don't know, would rather not want another Revision. Besides, it still looks good, and plays in a lovably weird fashion (though if one isn't into that, there's the GMDX mod).
Nope
@@michaelandreipalon359 if they are gonna do it, i hope they reimagine the game into a proper remake to make it look and play modern (still in a faithful way tho) for specifically pissing off fans like you that complains like brats when there are even good changes, and no the og its very outdated in every way (sadly)
never asked for that
nah if you run vanilla deus ex in revision and disable everything it's a masterpiece and everything work greatly, still playable nowadays it doesn't need a remake
1:25 In 1994 the basic intro animation was hugely impressive. I had Amiga 1200 at the time.
One thing to note about the pipe attack animations, in both the original and the remake: the hit scan direction is based on the particular animation used. For example: If the animation shows the pipe being swung from right to left, the scan will start on the right side of the scan area (usually the screen, though in the non full screen view it does not scan all the way out to the edge of the screen) and end on the left. When the animation goes the other way, the hit scan switches direction.
Shodan is definitely one of the cooler antagonists out there
System Shock 2 Remake is going to look nuts when they eventually decide to get to that next.
No need for remake. Just remaster. Ss2 still looks good
@@davidkirinic9463Looking forward to System Shock 2 Enhanced Edition.
System shock is the reason Bioshock exists 🔥🔥🔥🍻
Deus Ex either
@@andrybetancourt8142 nice name drop😎🕹️🎮 there's a bunch of badass old school games that companies just need to remake in 4k or HD
They redid homeworld looks super dope 🍻🔥🔥🔥
And the Thief original trilogy. Also, Arx Fatalis, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Dishonored 1 and 2, Prey 2017, the list goes on and on.
Its an immersive sim game genre
System shock was not the start but definitely the biggest
The original was released a year before i even existed! Now it has a remake, that's crazy!
I don't know how they managed to make Shodan even creepier this time around.
I hope that they include remastered versions of the original songs, as well as the iconic "your memo, your memo" quotes of the cyborg drones.
May ongoing patches help that out.
@@michaelandreipalon359 they said they was working on a patch with new features, im waiting for it to start a new playthrough
Wow, they did an excellent job with this remake. It's heartening to see more developers sit down and do the hard work to nail the remakes for these classic games.
Looks incredible. Nightdive does it again.
I love the music of the original
All those old sound effects woke some memories of playing this late into the night back in the day 😄
I forgot this was coming out, thanks for making this video, definitely buying this tomorrow
I love how bright and colorful the visuals are, unlike most horror games that look muddy and dark. its refreshing to see
This game was so much a labor of love. Every inch of it just tells you of the care and meticulousness that NightDive put into making it. I really and truly hope they will do the same with System Shock 2.
great video! I actually played enhanced edition back in February (when I thought the remake was coming out in March) just so I would be primed to appreciate the changes, and what hasn't changed, cleared about 3 floors or so. But it's nice to see a side by side like this :) I'm absolutely loving the remake and have already gotten further than I had in enhanced so its all new to me from here :D
Who's here after watching "The Thing Remastered" trailer announcement? The studio did really stand true to system shock's original vision.
Excellent video. Great communication. Perfect assessment. Exactly the video I was looking for.
gotta love remakes made with love and caring
Y'know, Nick, I think it was your Deus Ex retrospective that first brought my attention to System Shock in the first place, and Nightdive Studios too by extension.
And now three years later, and preordering the remake for myself, I'm legit excited to see what they've been cooking.
I havent done a deus ex video, but ive covered system shock a lot in my bioshock documentary
@@Nick930 That may have been it lol
Still, you should try doing an actual Deus Ex vid or two, even if others have already done their own takes.
Buzzing this is finally coming out on the Xbox, cannot wait.
Looking Glass was the company that made me sell my Amiga 500 and get a VGA PC 386DX 40...via Ultima Underworld but it was System Shock that really sold 3d for me for the first time. Just an amazing game and so happy this tribute remake is out.
I made the same switch back then, A500 to 386/40 in 1992. Can't remember if I already had a 486 DX2/80 in 1994 when System Shock came out.
One thing I'm trying to find. Does this remake have that "dynamic" soundtrack? Iirc original soundtrack changed if you ie. attacked something. Also in the beginning remake doesn't appear to have music at all?
I really like the crunchy texture look.
I'm kind of sad that the corporate cops don't look like the Silencers from Crusader: No Remorse anymore, but it makes sense why they had to change it.
Impressive review of a very interesting remake. I was especially surprised by the audio comparison section between SS1 and the remake. Perhaps they will add a few more updates to help with the "damage" feel and the enemy variety.
Ive never played this game, but I appreciate how the remake still manages to look old school.
Why did you never try?
@@greenheart5334 I'm not a PC gamer.
@@ItsJustRyansChannel Coming to console soon, you'll have your chance
3:29 That bot took some notes from R.O.B. from Super Smash Bros.
R.O.B. originated with the Famicom/NES in 1985, he didn't originate in SSB. And that robot existed in the original System Shock from 1994.
@@Draknfyre I didn't say that.
I was referring to his Side Special move that involves spinning their arms like that.
@@SegaMario Yeah, and my point is the robot in System Shock predated his inclusion in SSB, and thus his spinning arm move.
Got this game a few days ago now I cant stop playing it. Amazing remake!!! Well done Nightdive Studios thank you for such an awesome game. The delays and running jokes that this game was never gonna come out was all worth it in the end. The AI in this game is actually really smart. Shodan is basically always watching and enemies will do everything they can to flank you, outnunber you, outshoot you, and they'll hunt you until they find you. Shodan will even send out more enemies to deal with you. Ive noticed they even send out more enemies in the spots you frequent the most like an energy station. Shodan had like 3 or 4 enemies guarding it because she knew I kept going there to recharge my weapons. Its been a long time since Ive dealt with a game that has such a damn good AI its like always adapting to you Im having a hard time finding a game with AI similar to Shodan. It was way scarier than I was expecting ( love horror but Im a big baby and scare really easily) The grandfather of survival horror games. Games like Bioshock and Deadspace probably wouldnt exist if it wasnt for System Shock.
I recently just picked it up and am getting mad bioshock and prey vibes, amazing game, never played the original myself but have seen reviews of it.I can definitely see how this game is the inspiration behind games like that.
Wait…is this FINALLY coming out? I remember hearing about it back when I was in college (2017) and never hearing much about it again
Yup! Tomorrow on steam, gog.com, and epic :)
@@Nick930 I’ve seen no advertisement for it beyond this…
Either way, you've been timely exposed to it regardless.
Mixture of retro 2d and 3d is really cool
It's such a simple detail but I always love when tense games like the remake add cheesy elevator music. There's something about it that tickles me
Now, for the love of God, please someone make a remake of Thief Gold and Thief 2, damn it!
And as good as this one here!
I bought this game, and oh my god, I just reached the second level and I'm already shitted out so many bricks I could build a house using them. The atmosphere is amazing. Sound is vivid, graphics are great, enemies are nasty. Really well done. Amazing game
19:07 *rofl* that Elevator sound in the original Game! Incredible! I luv it!
and this is what you can call a remake
19:00 okay this was clearly a mistake with the remake, having the elevator doors look and be shaped like the trioptimum logo is clearly a LOT cooler, they should have kept that in!
looking good. if arkane wont make another immsim, i'll take whatever i can get
I like how it pulled off having relatively conservative geometey and pretty retro textures
its not in your face. the objects you interact with regularly, enemy models, weapons, consumables, the hacker themself, all have a high polygon and a high resolution. its not screaming it at you, but eventually ypu notice and apreciate how everything is intentional a but scruffed
This was such a fantastic and in depth comparison. it really sold me on the game, many thanks
I feel the slightly cartoony 80s future pulp design takes away from the "horror" aspect.
I hope this becomes a trend... its the exact same game but made with modern developing software.
It's what pretty much everyone is hoping for when a remake of a classic is announced.
I miss those styles of games. Its not trying to be anything but a video game.
I never played the og, so how noticably true to it theyve made the remake is really impressive that i can pick up on it. This is the epitome of a love letter to the original remake and how all of them should be
O am glad that they sponsored you, I love the new textures as well, look very stylish
Yess they kept the elevator song!!!
It’s been a great experience so far for me. While I was playing it, it brought me back to the days of playing Quake 2 on 64 before I played it on PC when I was just a kid. The atmosphere and its melancholic tones, brief sounds of what sounds like music but it’s the space station. The tight claustrophobic corridors turning in odd fashion, and the old look of what the future thought it would look like (80s-90s) esthetic walls and technology. The creatures groans and lines they’d speak to themselves. Heck, even the Mantis cyborgs felt like old Quake to me. Absolutely amazing.
Never played the original and just picked up the remake on GoG. Having played originals and "remakes" of games from years gone, I'm very impressed with the updates they've done. Worth a play imo!
Great vid showcasing everything they've done, and I particularly enjoyed hearing the difference in soundtrack. EZ sub!
Sound design and level design seemed to be handled very faithfully here i’ll check it out tomorrow when it comes out
I’m really excited for this to come out on PS5 later this year. I played the original when I was very young and I know for a fact I didn’t appreciate the way I would as an adult. I barely remember anything about the story since it’s been so long, and the remake looks really fun. Thanks for the video!
Personally my favorite was System Shock 2 and I hope they'll also make a remake of it.
@@tomaszzalewski4541 they are making a remake
Excellent video and comparison. Thank you!
Never played the original, but after seeing this video, I will definitely check it out.
I think i will buy this game! I knew the original Game before, but never played it. But after i played Prey (which was influenced by System Shock) last week i saw that an remake of system Shock is coming. ❤
17:48 "I will hunt down every scrap of human scum left on the station and use it to lubricate the joints of my robots"
Damn that's dark!
Always incredible to see how much gaming has progressed.
Hope to see a final fantasy xv ff16 direct comparison in the future
You can clearly see this game is being made by people who really love what they do!
Love both versions regardless!
I love this art style so much.
High fidelity low res.
Damn, I wish Zero Tolerance have remake someday like this.
System Shock is greatest classic with incredible style, desigh, music and atmosphere. And Yeah, Shodan is greatest antogonist ever.
The start of that sound design section had me cracking up - my days, lol :)
Never played the og coz wasn’t alive but always heard of its greatness. This is what all remakes should be like, clunky mechanics removed, faithfully spicy with a bit of class sprinkled on top!
The Enhanced Edition -- at least in its current form -- does allow for a fast pickup bind to allow for picking up items without disabling freelook.
I'm so happy that decided to play the original game before the remake. The effect of playing the new game was astonishing.
I miss the original soundtrack
The System Shock its the best game
Finally this game has been in development for ages. It's looking like all that work paid off.
9:50 This is incorrect, even for the original version. You can put items in inventory while fullscreen, you just have to click them on the very bottom where the gray and blue bars are.
actually the enhanced version even let you setup a shortcut key for looting without need to click on your inventory
System Shock is back!
Sound design is greatly improved in every way except the old elevator music was better.
This looks great!!
Seriously hoping now they're done with this, Nightdive will release an Unreal and Quake 2 remaster!
When I heard the original soundtrack I'm happy there is a remake version soon.
I love these trapped on a space station style games. _Prey_ and _Alien Isolation_ were great and I hope we get sequels as well as a System Shock 2 remake!
...Well, they're working on an enhanced edition of 2, like the version of the original game they're showing here, at least.
Hope you played Dead Space 1 and 2.
@@Dis-Connecdead I'll be playing the remake of Dead Space.
Im a purist, the changes seem respectful of the original, while significantly enhancing the environment , quite clever
It's a great remake. Couple of minor issues with it - the pipe attacks need more audio feedback for hits (it's hard to tell if you hit at all against mutants), and using the aim zoom breaks the FOV setting if it's anything other than default.
But otherwise, its quality takes a big steaming dump on the so-called "AAA" releases of the past year.
Just found this game and truly enjoying it!
Some random information to people never playing the original or being alive back then ;) ... Nick's "Classic System Shock" on the left is a highres/upscaled version with smooth edges/vectors without showing any pixels. The original didn't look that great. The highest resolution was SVGA aka 800x600 that was only possible on a P90 and some good graphics card like a Matrox Millennium. Looking Glass / Origin System games were always very demanding to hardware ..at least if you wanted to enjoy the game in its full glory. They were Crytek from the 90s.
thanks for this very entertaining and useful comparison review which definitely convinced me to play the remake
i love the perfect detail orientation in the vid - everything important covered and explained well
the only thing i'd love to see is if using the Berserk melee drug looks as crazy as in the original game where all the colors on the screen just went mad! but that's a very minor detail
One of the most underrated game of ever.Warren Spector's instant classic.
very well made remake!!!!!! Well Done Nightdive
I'm yet to play the remake myself, but the OST uploaded on UA-cam suggests the presence of dynamic combat tracks that actually sound like excellent energetic remixes of the originals, did that concept not make it into the final game?
Played the demo and bought instantly after my first death. I always hear about this game being so good.
Such a cool stylistic remake. I like the stylistic graphics. I like games that don't take themselves too serious.
Both of them are really epic and they both make sense, maintenance is key
Masters of atmosphere and storytelling, we've missed this in video games. This game goes back to being a true title without ten million hand holding scripted events/items in order to make sure the most casual of gamers may never "feel discouraged". I missed these times in video games, glad at least one title did the remake properly as opposed to a cash grab for simps. This passion project shines as the antithesis of what CBP2077 is/was.
ant 2023 terminated. System shock will kick you in the nuts and spit robotic acid in your face, while gladly claiming your corpse for Shodan.
ON EDIT::: also the sound design now is more in line with another great game StarCraft (1998), in being more neo-noir and ambient, a welcome change.