ZylonBane on 12/6/2016 at 14:30
"GOG". I have yet to figure out why so many people reflexively type it as "GoG". Good of Games? Good or Games?
Jason Moyer on 12/6/2016 at 16:19
Going by their logo it's "gog", with no reason to capitalize it since it's not an acronym anymore.
ZylonBane on 12/6/2016 at 16:24
It's stylized "gog" as their logo, but officially "GOG" or "GOG.com" in all body text. Which you should have noticed.
Starker on 12/6/2016 at 16:45
WhO cArEs, ReAlLy?
Kristijonas on 12/6/2016 at 18:40
Are SS1 and SS2 stories very intermixed? Or is it relatively okay to play SS2 without finishing SS1 first?
Valet2 on 12/6/2016 at 18:54
You can play SS2 without knowing anything about SS1. And I recommend you to start right now. It's an awesome and atmospheric game!
D'Arcy on 12/6/2016 at 19:57
Although you can do it, it's much more fun playing it after playing SS1 and knowing its story. One of my fondest memories in gaming was when, playing SS2 for the first time, I entered the 'Where Am I?' level. I don't think I have ever had such a big grin on my face when playing a computer game. And that wouldn't have been possible had I not played SS1.
Also, knowing SS1 gives a much bigger impact to that moment when you finally get to meet Polito up in Ops.
Al_B on 12/6/2016 at 21:16
If you're planning on playing both then it's best to play them in sequence. There are links between the two games and although you'll have no problems understanding the plot if you play SS2 first it's more satisfying to do them in order.
Kristijonas on 12/6/2016 at 23:51
Alright, thank you all for all the answers!
heywood on 18/6/2016 at 12:25
I like the setting and story of SS1 better. I also like the fact that it doesn't lead you around by the nose and let's you figure out the puzzles on your own. But I like the gameplay of SS2 much better. To me it's the best of anything I've played. I also find SS2 to be more immersive.
Quote Posted by D'Arcy
I think you might have one serious disadvantage when compared to most of us: you didn't get to play System Shock when it first came out.
Absolutely. I didn't have a machine that could handle System Shock when it first came out, and it wasn't until a couple years later when Quake came out that I did. But Quake with a 3dfx card and mouselook spoiled me so bad, that coming back to System Shock in 1996 felt like stepping back a decade. The first few times I tried to play System Shock, I didn't get more than a couple hours to a couple days into the game before saying fuck it and giving up. My problem was that I found the controls so unintuitive and tedious that I was spending way too much brain energy on them and couldn't get into in the game world. I finally just forced myself to finish it, and came to appreciate it, but I never really enjoyed myself while playing it until the mouselook mod and higher resolution mode support. Now when I play it I get sucked in and hours disappear.
