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Posted September 22, 2015
L-look at you, hacker. A pathetic creature of meat and bone. Panting and sweating as you search for your wallet. How fast can you purchase a perfect, immortal game?




<span class="bold">System Shock</span>, the breakthrough FPS/RPG hybrid - one of the most influential video games ever produced - is back and enhanced, premiering DRM-free on GOG.com. Get 20% off the title, or 40% off if you already own System Shock 2.


On release, System Shock forever changed the face of action gaming - it ushered an era of storytelling, choices, and RPG elements unlike ever before - directly influencing all-time classics like Deus Ex and Bioshock.
Today, the legend returns in better shape than ever.
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System Shock: Enhanced Edition now comes with official support for resolutions up to 1024x768 (compared to the original 640x480), and a native 854x480 widescreen mode. Gameplay is streamlined with a toggleable mouselook mode, including more intuitive inventory and item management. Combined with assorted bug-fixes and remappable controls, System Shock is now truly enhanced. Still, some gaming experiences are truly worth preserving, so you can also return to the authentic 90's gameplay with System Shock: Classic - ready for modern systems, completely unaltered in all other aspects, and available in both the CD and Floppy editions!



See the System Shock Enhanced Edition trailer:

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Reset the system in <span class="bold">System Shock</span> - Enhanced Edition and Classic available in a single package, with a 40% discount for all System Shock 2 owners on GOG.com - and 20% off for everyone else. The discounted offer will last until Tuesday, September 29, 6:59 AM GMT.





Stream watch:
Join Stephen Kick (founder and CEO of Night Dive Studios), Daniel Grayshon (Lead Technician in charge of QA at Night Dive Studios) and Paul Neurath (creative Director at Looking Glass Studios, and industry veteran credited on System Shock 2, Thief, Neverwinter Nights and more) for an in-depth, roundtable discussion on the System Shock phenomenon and its many influences in game design to date - on Twitch.tv/GOGcom - September 23, 6:00 PM CET, 4:00 PM GMT, 9:00 AM PDT, 12:00 PM EDT.
Posted September 22, 2015
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Smannesman: Great game, of course I bought the enhanced CD edition for less two decades or so ago.
lol, inflation is a bitch ain't it!
Post edited September 22, 2015 by bignick277
Posted September 22, 2015
Nice! A good game, I like it more than the sequel (at least with the mouselook mode which this version apparently also contains).
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GOG.com: <span class="bold">System Shock</span>, the breakthrough FPS/RPG hybrid - one of the most influential video games ever produced
Errr, really? I'd say it is a cult classic with devoted followers, but that's all. It is nowhere near as influential as, say, Super Mario Bros, Baldur's Gate or Morrowind.

Anyway, a good game, especially for the atmosphere. As long as you can get over the rather crude pseudo-3D graphics (and why wouldn't you).
Post edited September 22, 2015 by timppu
Posted September 22, 2015
Thanks but if you could also port to Linux this would be amazing.
Posted September 22, 2015
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JudasIscariot: The Enhanced Edition gets rid of a lot of the 90's clunkiness regarding the UI so it's like a brand new game now :)

In any case, the first System Shock has tons of secret doors so it would behoove you to look for them like you would in an old-school shooter, read the logs for clues, and check your mini-map :)

Also, watch out for berserk patches :)
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javihyuga: Is the enhanced edition a renaming of the portable version or has ND added something of their own?
It's a mix between System Shock Portable as some of the modders are involved and some Night Dive fixes.

Take a look here for specifics:

https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=8030.0
Posted September 22, 2015
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Grargar: Here.
I don't know if I am multireplying, but nothing shows up :(

Thank you very much my good sir! GOG should thank you for another sold copy ;)
Posted September 22, 2015
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Klumpen0815: ftfy :-/

I'll buy when it's available for Linux or at least WinXP, which probably won't happen.
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mk47at: Oh. Sorry about that. You're right. It's even worse than Windows only. But there is still the posibilty that it could work on older Windows version if they used another compiler.

Edit: spelling.

Edit2: Is anyone adventurous enough to test if it is at least compatible with Wine?
I tested an internal build with Wine on Mint 17.2. This is the stock WINE configuration that comes with the OS, nothing sourced or added on my own and it worked out of the box. Your results may vary with different Wine versions etc. etc.
Posted September 22, 2015
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JudasIscariot: It's a mix between System Shock Portable as some of the modders are involved and some Night Dive fixes.

Take a look here for specifics:

https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=8030.0
Grargar ninja'd you, but thanks for the answer. Downloading right now :)
What an awfully nice lot of extras too! Thank you for this release!
Posted September 22, 2015
Cool!

Right?
Posted September 22, 2015
Seeing this released here = GOOD NEWS!

Getting it for "free" because I got a refund on all those pinata gift keys = BEST NEWS!

Would be nice if gog could add an additional Super Ultra Classic Redux Version (that being the floppy version with the awesome midi rendition of the System Shock theme during the intro intact)
Post edited September 23, 2015 by fronzelneekburm
Posted September 22, 2015
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mk47at: Oh. Sorry about that. You're right. It's even worse than Windows only. But there is still the posibilty that it could work on older Windows version if they used another compiler.

Edit: spelling.

Edit2: Is anyone adventurous enough to test if it is at least compatible with Wine?
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JudasIscariot: I tested an internal build with Wine on Mint 17.2. This is the stock WINE configuration that comes with the OS, nothing sourced or added on my own and it worked out of the box. Your results may vary with different Wine versions etc. etc.
Same here on Ubuntu but no music is playing. I can hear audio effects though. Any idea what could be the problem?

cheers
Posted September 22, 2015
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Gnostic: I remember quite a number of GoGer are clamoring about System Shock.

So any good things I should know about it to overcome its age?
1. Use it with the new mouselook and remapped (WASD) controls. The original controls were quite clumsy, even clumsier than Ultima Underworld 1-2 if you have played those games. Those integrated mods make it play much more like a modern 3D game.

2. Get over a bit crude graphics, like enemies and objects which look like cardboard cutouts. If you are fine with e.g. Duke 3D or Blood level graphics, then this shouldn't be an issue.

3. Don't enable story timer in the beginning (I think it is the "story difficulty" setting, don't maximize it). At least I enjoy these kinds of games more when I can advance at my own time and don't have to fear of seeing Game Over because I didn't play through all the levels fast enough. Naturally there may still be some instances where you are in a hurry, but that is different...

I think the game has a great atmosphere and setting, I enjoyed replaying it through one or two years ago. And I think it has less gameplay annoyances than the sequel.

Ps. I'm surprised this is apparently not running in DOSBox, but is a native(?) Windows version? I have no idea what that means in practice unless they had the source code and made the Windows version from that or something, but I would have been quite fine even if they had just re-released System Shock Portable. At least there is maybe some incentive to buy this now even over SSP.

(I originally played my CD version a long time ago, then replayed some time ago the Portable version.)
Post edited September 22, 2015 by timppu
Posted September 22, 2015
Hey guys, I will host our special guests on GOG.com Twitch tomorrow, so check out twitch.tv/gogcom at 4 PM GMT / 18:00 CEST for us. I'll probably mute my microphone for the duration of roundtable session, so the playthrough will be done in the background, not disturbing the conversation of devs.

Hope you will like it! :)
Posted September 22, 2015
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JudasIscariot: I had the CD version back in the day :P
I still have the CD version...
Posted September 22, 2015
Whoops, just go two identical newsletters GOG?

"System Shock premieres on GOG.com - the legend is back, better than ever."
"Your wish is our command - System Shock premieres on GOG.com."
Post edited September 22, 2015 by ShadowOwl
Posted September 22, 2015
A really intersting news. System Shock was one of the most requested games. Cheers on Night Dive Studios, specialized in bringing back old classics.
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