System Shock 2 Remaster launches June 26th

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Nightdive's remaster of System Shock 2, the peak of immersive sims, finally has a release date

And it looks ace, to boot.
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One of the best horror games ever, a actual immersive and explorable space station to explore, something even Dead Space. and RLH wasn't able to give me that feeling. Prey sort of did but the enemies weren't as interesting and I hated the whole simulation crap on that. Martian Gothic is probably the closest one. I hope there would be mods that prevents despawns on enemy corpses to make things more immersive. And of course I hope for a eventual System Shock 3.
 
Bioshock is in my top 3 favorite games of all time, and just knowing that this was its spiritual predecessor is enough to make me buy it day one. Very excited.
 
MiguelItUp said:
Excited about this, but man, I wish it was a full on remake. The game deserves it more than the first did IMO.
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Agreed 100%

I can't get into the first one cause of the way everything looked. While SS2 is one of the greatest horror games ever made and would have been beyond amazing with a proper remake. Would actually like a remake of SS2 more than even any RE remakes.
 
wait, is it me or it is far less of a revamp than the first one visually ?

I thought the second game would get a better treatment than the first but it doesn't seem to be the case.
 
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While I appreciate somebody remastering the game, this is one that really would benefit the most from a full on remake.
 
ungalo said:
wait, is it me or it is far less of a revamp than the first one visually ?

I thought the second game would get a better treatment than the first but it doesn't seem to be the case.
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Definitely. This is just a remaster, the first was a full blown remake.

The sad part is that for years there have been mods for SS2 that make it look just as good as this, if not better. So, it feels.... pretty odd. At least from a visual stand point.
 
Cool stuff. Preordered the remake of SS just so I could get this for free, hope they keep their word.
 
Hawk The Slayer said:
Agreed 100%

I can't get into the first one cause of the way everything looked. While SS2 is one of the greatest horror games ever made and would have been beyond amazing with a proper remake. Would actually like a remake of SS2 more than even any RE remakes.
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Thing is, none of the RE games really needed a remake. They were perfect as is. I'd actually argue the remakes are inferior. Except of course RERemake
 
kiphalfton said:
Thing is, none of the RE games really needed a remake. They were perfect as is. I'd actually argue the remakes are inferior. Except of course RERemake
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I did enjoy RE4 Remake more than RE4.

And for RE2 Remake and RE3 Remake, I would have actually like them even more than the OG had they did much better with the A/B scenario and if they expanded more on the city section and got more Nemesis encounters for RE3 Remake.
 
:( was excited, then saw it was just basically a texture pack for a 25 year old game and not a remake. Why the hell would they remake the first, and only remaster the second when it was the second that was really the masterpiece.
 
mdkirby said:
:( was excited, then saw it was just basically a texture pack for a 25 year old game and not a remake. Why the hell would they remake the first, and only remaster the second when it was the second that was really the masterpiece.
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They "re-released the first game" as SS Enhanced Edition before doing the full remake. I know it's a small team at NightDive so it's possible they are following the same playbook with the sequel. I think the intent of this remaster was just to get it out in an easily playable state. For instance, the Co-Op is supposedly being completely re-worked to make it work without having to use any of the workarounds on the original. I can't imagine they do all this work, learn the codebase, and not transition to working on a full remake.
 
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They "re-released the first game" as SS Enhanced Edition before doing the full remake. I know it's a small team at NightDive so it's possible they are following the same playbook with the sequel. I think the intent of this remaster was just to get it out in an easily playable state. For instance, the Co-Op is supposedly being completely re-worked to make it work without having to use any of the workarounds on the original. I can't imagine they do all this work, learn the codebase, and not transition to working on a full remake.
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fingers crossed then
 
JimmyRustler said:
SS2 is perfectly playable today - unlike the first. Sure, we can debate which one is better but the first needed the remake more for sure.
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I mean, you can play the enhanced edition of SS just fine. Sure it's dated, but that could come with the territory, haha. Eh, it's all subjective. Of course SS was dated as hell and in need of a remake. I just selfishly love SS2 more and would've loved to see it get the same treatment.
 
Considering that SS2 never made to consoles, its simply an obligatory buy.

System Shock 2 was an entire generation ahead of its time.
 
Remember it's free if you backed the remake of the first game. AND it's on console for the first time ever AND will be getting VR support eventually.

Hard to really complain about it but people will no doubt find a way.
 
I'll be buying this on PlayStation I reckon.

nkarafo said:
Is this the first game of it's kind? The Bioshock/PREY grandfather?
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It's probably the oldest game that is the closest to those that you would find. SS1 is very different, Ultima Underworld is different, Thief is different, so yea. It's way better than Bioshock.
 
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Hawk The Slayer said:
One of the best horror games ever, a actual immersive and explorable space station to explore, something even Dead Space. and RLH wasn't able to give me that feeling. Prey sort of did but the enemies weren't as interesting and I hated the whole simulation crap on that. Martian Gothic is probably the closest one. I hope there would be mods that prevents despawns on enemy corpses to make things more immersive. And of course I hope for a eventual System Shock 3.
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I only ever played the demo on pc. I couldn't get past the first enemy in the corridor lol.
 
I will pick up the physical copy if they plan on doing one later down the road, which I think they will since most Night Dive remasters have received both digital and physical releases.
 
Killer8 said:
Remember it's free if you backed the remake of the first game. AND it's on console for the first time ever AND will be getting VR support eventually.

Hard to really complain about it but people will no doubt find a way.
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VR support has been put aside according to nightdive studio. I guess if sales are good it would pop up again. I don't remember clearly the reason given. I had put the info in the other SS 2 thread a Month or so ago
 
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