System Shock-- vindicated!

ZylonBane on 16/9/2008 at 20:48

The original System Shock has caught a lot of flack over the years for its garish, cartoony, dare I say "unrealistic" design aesthetic. Well, check these pics out--

(http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/the_large_hadron_collider.html) (scroll down to the pics of the CMS Detector)

The bright yellows, and blues, and reds... it's Citadel Station come alive!

(http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7770/lhc26nf9.jpg)

Also it's seriously freaking cool.

The_Raven on 16/9/2008 at 21:57

Are you insinuating that the LHC is going to gain some sort of malevolent sentience?

ZylonBane on 16/9/2008 at 22:16

Quote Posted by The_Raven

Are you insinuating that the LHC is going to gain some sort of malevolent sentience?

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No.

demagogue on 16/9/2008 at 22:37

I believe our more immediate, or at least game-appropriate, threat is something like (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/694658/another_world_intro_remake/) this.

ZylonBane on 16/9/2008 at 22:43

And nobody push an Anomalous Materials sample into the middle of it.

rachel on 16/9/2008 at 23:02

I stumbled upon this a couple of weeks ago and lost the link... Thanks for posting ZB, these pics are fantastic. :thumb:

Also, Stargate!
(http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/lhc_08_01/lhc3.jpg)

demagogue on 16/9/2008 at 23:14

As for the aesthetic, most of scifi is either inspired by Star Wars or HR Giger anymore, and it gets cliched to death ... But another unsung pioneer was Chris Foss -- big, bold colors, very geometrical -- and that's the route that System Shock took. It's just as iconic and striking as Giger; it's a shame more designers aren't inspired by it.

The LHC once again shows how bold and striking that style can be. I'm a big fan of it.

Nameless Voice on 17/9/2008 at 00:29

Quote Posted by demagogue

I believe our more immediate, or at least game-appropriate, threat is something like (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/694658/another_world_intro_remake/) this.

That exact scene had occured to me, too.
That remake video is excellent! (Though the pacing at the end seems slightly off from the original...)

clearing on 17/9/2008 at 03:23

Nice pics :D

ZylonBane on 17/9/2008 at 15:05

Quote Posted by demagogue

I'd say Anachronox borrowed from his style (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/anachronox/screenshots/gameShotId,25596/) pretty heavily. That was one seriously colorful game.