JohnnyTheWolf on 20/2/2009 at 16:58
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
For some reason I'm more inclined to believe Ken Levine's opinion here.
You have to remember that Irrational was a small company, which typically means a lot of people performing tasks outside their job descriptions, pitching in where help is needed. With specific regard to multiplayer, implementing that sort of thing has a huge QA impact (as hinted at in the Gamasutra postmortem).
I guess we'll never know for sure.
Still, if you think about it, Bioshock didn't have co-op, yet the retail game felt just as rushed as SS2 in many departments.
Moon Hoplite on 21/2/2009 at 10:05
I wouldn't like it on Xbox, otherwise it would have to have fps combat similar to doom 3 or something, which I like but system shock 2 doesn't fit that category... Bioshock tried that, and I didnt like it for that reason...
I'd rather want a system shock 3, more fan missions for system shock 2 or even an expansion.
Yakoob on 21/2/2009 at 15:57
Quote Posted by JohnnyTheWolf
I guess we'll never know for sure.
Still, if you think about it, Bioshock didn't have co-op, yet the retail game felt just as rushed as SS2 in many departments.
Really? Bioshock has many flaws, but "rushed" is far from what I would describe it.
Maddermadcat on 21/2/2009 at 17:15
After Hephaestus, I started to feel like I'm playing SS2 again -- the maps progressively started to become a lot more recycled and rushed. The big daddy vat things made me go "ugh" especially.
Moon Hoplite on 24/2/2009 at 07:35
You guys are right with Bioshock, it was rushed in gameplay terms at the end.
But no, not system shock 2, you realise that it is 9 years old? Though it's gameplay is still far superior from today? I mean comon, the presentation is still good for today's standards, the graphics (with mods) acceptable, sound (acceptable) and overall it is still a good game in today's standards.
kidmystik101 on 24/2/2009 at 09:50
I wanted to post a long post detailing why you're wrong, but I think this is a job best left to the shockgen vets.
Which makes this post kind of pointless.
shit
