The upcoming System Shock from Nightdive Studios is still coming, and a brand new trailer was recently shown off during the PC Gaming Show 2022. We don't know when it will release though.
Originally released in 1994, this remake was crowdfunded on Kickstarter and it hasn't been without trouble with development at one point being paused but it seems they're close to the finishing line now. Linux support for it was a stretch-goal at $1.1 million USD that was hit, so hopefully they will come through with a good version of it.
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ElectricPrism Jun 13, 2022
I'm tempering my excitement because of the development history of this, however I am highly anticipating this. They should take a page from the UNIX philosophy and just release it -- if they want to improve it with 1.1 and 1.2 milestones -- that's definitely the way.
Working copy works? Good -- ship it. Just imagine all the changes since Terraria was released, or Stardew Valley. It's okay to push perfection & details off after release and actually interact with the community to get to that perfection.
Working copy works? Good -- ship it. Just imagine all the changes since Terraria was released, or Stardew Valley. It's okay to push perfection & details off after release and actually interact with the community to get to that perfection.
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I'll be amazed if this ever releases, let alone the Linux/Mac versions.
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TimeFreeze Jun 13, 2022
I'll be surprised if the promised Linux version will actually happen. Would not be the first time that a Linux version gets promised or via milestone [Kickstarter] and then the Devs wont deliver. Especially since we still wait for System Shock Enhanced Edition, and lets be real that will never happen, but hey at least they gave us false hope for that one, same with Blood: Fresh Supply. And Turok 2 on GOG still has not got the Linux version. So yeah i'll be VERY surprised if they actually give us a Linux version.
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Looks definitely like a big improvement compared to what we saw last time. Fingers crossed it all goes well.
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Lo lo lo look at you, hacker. a pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine?God I want this game. The original, and Deus Ex six (!) years later, sandwiching Half Life - these games defined my love for PC gaming, committed me to it completely. Sure, Doom and Quake helped, but these three were actual stories where you were the star. They were phenomenal.
Despite myself, I have such high hopes, based on that trailer. My fingers are very much crossed.
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dziadulewicz Jun 13, 2022
I'm tempering my excitement because of the development history of this, however I am highly anticipating this. They should take a page from the UNIX philosophy and just release it -- if they want to improve it with 1.1 and 1.2 milestones -- that's definitely the way.
Working copy works? Good -- ship it. Just imagine all the changes since Terraria was released, or Stardew Valley. It's okay to push perfection & details off after release and actually interact with the community to get to that perfection.
maybe this should be brought to devs awareness. i don't have twitter or anything myself but, yeah.
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Trailer looks really nice.... but that is what trailers are designed to be and we have all been bitten to many times by flashy trailers to fall for them anymore....
I really want this to be good, but i have so many doubts.....
I really want this to be good, but i have so many doubts.....
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TheRiddick Jun 13, 2022
Games been in development forever!
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Trailer looks really nice.... but that is what trailers are designed to be and we have all been bitten to many times by flashy trailers to fall for them anymore....That is right. There is a beautiful demo on Steam though...
I really want this to be good, but i have so many doubts.....
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Trailer looks really nice....Yeah, although when I think about it, it's just a trailer of an FPS, with a mocking voiceover.
Last edited by Purple Library Guy on 14 June 2022 at 5:57 am UTC
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Lo lo lo look at you, hacker. a pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine?God I want this game. The original, and Deus Ex six (!) years later, sandwiching Half Life - these games defined my love for PC gaming, committed me to it completely. Sure, Doom and Quake helped, but these three were actual stories where you were the star. They were phenomenal.
Despite myself, I have such high hopes, based on that trailer. My fingers are very much crossed.
System Shock 2 shouldn't not be forgotten as it was bit more accessible version of the original, but wasn't simplified too much. Deus Ex though quite soon took immersive sims to whole another level.
Luckily it wasn't last of its kind, but there's not too many immersive sims out there.
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Deus Ex though quite soon took immersive sims to whole another level.
Luckily it wasn't last of its kind, but there's not too many immersive sims out there.
Can you recommend some other games that are similar?
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Deus Ex though quite soon took immersive sims to whole another level.
Luckily it wasn't last of its kind, but there's not too many immersive sims out there.
Can you recommend some other games that are similar?
I haven't played all of these, but as far as I know, they should be fine examples of the genre: Both Ultima Underworlds, Bioshock series, Dishonored series, Prey (the Arkane game, not the earlier one), Deus Ex series and Thief series.
There's even more, but the list was getting quite long already. From the Linux native side, only Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Bioshock Infinite are native. Rest should work with Proton as there's nothing very recent in the list.
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CyborgZeta Jun 14, 2022
I tried playing System Shock, but it's too archaic for me (and before anyone calls me a "zoomer", I'm 32). If they keep SHODAN's voice and remain true to the original, the remake (if it's ever finished) might be what I need.
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They also started collecting the backerkit fee. Of course my card info was already a few years obsolete...
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They also started collecting the backerkit fee. Of course my card info was already a few years obsolete...Oh, thanks for the reminder & let me check mine...
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Looks promising. I'm a backer so I'm looking forward to the release.
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I'll be surprised if the promised Linux version will actually happen.
Night Dive are usually good at releasing Linux versions. But I guess we'll see.
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TheRiddick Jun 14, 2022
System Shock 2 was a little less claustrophobic which probably helped it being more playable for many people. It felt less like traditional Descent like games.
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I tried playing System Shock, but it's too archaic for me (and before anyone calls me a "zoomer", I'm 32). If they keep SHODAN's voice and remain true to the original, the remake (if it's ever finished) might be what I need.
You were 4 when the original came out, "Get off my lawn!" 😜 J/k.
It does stand on the other side of the line where the traditional WASD with mouse look took over. It has the older interface (like Daggerfall) that can be really hard to use, especially if you are more used to fast paced FPS.
It also had that "old school" difficultly BS:
Spoiler, click me
like to beat the game you have to go back through the entire station to get 1 digit of the self destruct code from every level, wtf?
Or
Spoiler, click me
Diego ambushing you by the exec elevator
And some truly good old school difficulty, like the wiring schematic mini game, and a few of the traps.
I didn't back it, but if the reviews are good, I'll buy it.
Last edited by denyasis on 14 June 2022 at 11:34 pm UTC
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