heywood on 12/6/2023 at 16:43
Engineering is a hard level to remember. I saved at the beginning just in case. I've played SS1 a couple of times before, albeit not recently, and I didn't remember where the resurrection bay or the surgery bed was. I was actually looking for the latter first.
F. J. Rothchild III on 13/6/2023 at 07:49
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
No, he didn't.
Well, it was inconsistent. In most cutscene images he had none, yes, but (
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--Rs4LjgqeRc/YC6RrgiJPMI/AAAAAAABc0E/ZQGKpRV_3TgKTh9VZaWPq5Em_a_NLT8SgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/System_Shock_-_Enhanced_Edition_%2528PC%2529_Title_Screen.png) these sure look like gloves to me...
Even if he just has weird hands there and it's not gloves, my point remains that the addition of lit up gloves is such a bizarre thing to get hung up upon. We also technically do NOT know that their glowing circuits, etc. don't do anything. That's just an assumption.
Regarding his "cringey" new personality, also, the dude had a ponytail and wore a "smiley face shot in the head" T-Shirt. Night Dive clearly just expanded upon the very little that was there to make his views towards authority, etc. more palpable with one quick flip of his middle finger, something a cyber-criminal with an ironic T-Shirt (who is heavily implied to be a punk) would, in my opinion, totally do. As soon as you wake up on Citadel, he essentially becomes the blank slate character for you to inhabit again.
Perhaps you did earlier in the thread and I missed it, but I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on the remake's gameplay and design, or any changes that aren't so superficial. Those things, to me, are much more interesting to discuss or see discussed than such nitpicks. You're entitled to them, of course, but I'm just hoping they're not your main complaints. If I let small aesthetic peeves of mine tarnish a game, I'd have very few games to enjoy, because I'm picky about art style, characterization, etc. too. I just feel what's present here is pretty darn true to the original in that regard.
Just my opinion, though.
nicked on 16/6/2023 at 06:42
YouTube recommended this to me, should be a fun watch!
[video=youtube;3vL-Zt7Axes]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vL-Zt7Axes[/video]
henke on 16/6/2023 at 08:58
Watched the first 30min. Glad to see Mark being as baffled by the pipe dream puzzle as I was, at least it's not just me being a dummy.
ZylonBane on 16/6/2023 at 14:46
And not knowing what to shoot to complete the first cyberspace level, since what you're supposed to shoot doesn't look shootable.
Vancore on 17/6/2023 at 00:13
Here's a fair but vulgar review of system shock remake. It highlights a lot of the more frustrating elements of the game but more of a positive light then a negative. Most of these I'd see as a negative since I'm one of the people that would have liked a few QOL gameplay elements like being told that those numbers that stop when you destroy the nodes are important to write down or hell, have the game take a note of it automatically. My own frustrations for the game mainly come down to missing doors (The door to the node area on maintenance wasn't yellow so I had a hard time finding it until I looked at a map) and not knowing where to look for the code that unlocks the door on the executive level until after I watched a playthrough. Luckly enough they got through that point before having to stop because the game started playing choppy.
[video=youtube;hn6gb3nxeAA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn6gb3nxeAA&ab_channel=FLEEKAZOID[/video]
Also haven't beat it yet but I'm looking forward to increasing that percentage of completion.
Mr.Duck on 17/6/2023 at 07:21
Played it. Finished it. Enjoyed it.
Perfect? Nope. Would sub over the original? Nope.
I'll just play both. Nyah.
F. J. Rothchild III on 18/6/2023 at 05:38
Quote Posted by Mr.Duck
Played it. Finished it. Enjoyed it.
Perfect? Nope. Would sub over the original? Nope.
I'll just play both. Nyah.
My thoughts, exactly. The original is still king, but I'm really glad we have this remake. Two ways to play.
heywood on 19/6/2023 at 13:56
I decided to play SS1 again after finishing the remake, just to compare and contrast. But after a couple of hours of it, I went straight back to Night Dive's version for a second go. And I doubt I'll play the original game again. The remake is faithful to the original design in almost all the ways that are important to me. And where they did deviate from the original design, it was usually for the better. I still miss the original music, but now that I've gotten used to Night Dive's take on it, I think it works better to build the atmosphere.
Pyrian on 12/7/2023 at 22:04
Yahtzee/Zero Punctuation just covered this:
[video=youtube;n0vobmz2nsc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0vobmz2nsc[/video]
Quote:
MAYBE SORT OUT YOUR STAMMER BEFORE YOU DECLARE YOURSELF GOD, SHODAN MATE
:D