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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
Thank you GOG and NDS for getting it here. When I bought it on CD back in the day my computer was not powerful enough to ran it in full res (640x480?) and I had to run it in 320x200 I think, Because of that I never completed the first level. When I got a computer powerful enough then other games took my time.
Post edited September 22, 2015 by justanoldgamer
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?
Much respect for the GOG PR team, they always do brilliant press releases! I look forwards to the humorous announcements at least as much as the games themselves!
Posted September 22, 2015
I may get downvoted for this, but GoG advertises (as they do every game) this by putting DRM-Free in the OP (premiering DRM-free on GOG.com) but did the original game actually have any DRM?
Posted September 22, 2015
Another game I've been waiting to see here for quite a while. Being able to do a full System Shock series run in between chewing through a pile of Gold Box items and Id shooters should make for a nice change of pace.
Posted September 22, 2015
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synfresh: I may get downvoted for this, but GoG advertises (as they do every game) this by putting DRM-Free in the OP (premiering DRM-free on GOG.com) but did the original game actually have any DRM?
XD That's actually not a bad question. My only possible retort would be if other vendors have it with their DRM stuck onto it at which point I think GOG would have a good reason to make note of DRM free.
Posted September 22, 2015
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synfresh: I may get downvoted for this, but GoG advertises (as they do every game) this by putting DRM-Free in the OP (premiering DRM-free on GOG.com) but did the original game actually have any DRM?
I really doubt it; it's just PR-speak, mentioning "DRM-free" whenever they can because that's what they want to be fully associated with.
Posted September 22, 2015
So how this game holds up in 2015?

The people who are currently giving it 5 stars seem to be more interested in writting nostalgia filled essays about how this game blew their mind in the 90's rather then how it holds up today.
Post edited September 22, 2015 by Mr.Caine
Posted September 22, 2015
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IronArcturus: So GOG finally got the first System Shock! So does this game only use a glide wrapper, or is there an OpenGL/DirectX mode to use instead?
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zorach: The Voodoo came out in 1996. System Shock came out in 1994. It predates widespread consumer 3D; software rendering only.
But doesn't GOG's version of System Shock use glide? Or is there a way to use OpenGL instead? I want to make sure it has a windowed mode, since games that use glide have no windowed mode unfortunately.
Posted September 22, 2015
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Dev_Chand: Hmm.. what do you think about the rest of the changes in the enhanced edition?
I don't know, haven't played the enhanced version. Widescreen is nice I guess, don't know how intuitive the inventory is.
I also finished the game a few years back using Dosbox, no mods, as I got stuck on my first playthrough when the game was still relatively new.
Post edited September 22, 2015 by Strijkbout
Posted September 22, 2015
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IronArcturus: But doesn't GOG's version of System Shock use glide? Or is there a way to use OpenGL instead? I want to make sure it has a windowed mode, since games that use glide have no windowed mode unfortunately.
GOG's version has two versions; the enhanced which supports windowed mode and the classic original, which uses DOSBox.
Posted September 22, 2015
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apehater: yeah, thats really great ... for night dive ... i'm sure its worth 10 bucks
here is a little quote from kolya and no money from me night dive [..]
Uh.. I don't know why you're angry.

If I understood correctly:
1- the game was in the grey "abandonware" area.
2- fans improved it and offered it fully for free (illegally, even if nice).
3- a company bought the rights, so the game lost its "abandonware" status.
4- fans had to remove the download.

Does it seem so strange?
Did ND ask compensation or steal their project?
Can't they transform it in an unofficial patch as suggested?
I'm puzzled..
Posted September 22, 2015
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IronArcturus: But doesn't GOG's version of System Shock use glide? Or is there a way to use OpenGL instead? I want to make sure it has a windowed mode, since games that use glide have no windowed mode unfortunately.
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Grargar: GOG's version has two versions; the enhanced which supports windowed mode and the classic original, which uses DOSBox.
So which API does the enhanced version use? Is it still using a hardware mode?
Posted September 22, 2015
Instabuy! Thank you GOG and Night Dive!
Posted September 22, 2015
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synfresh: I may get downvoted for this, but GoG advertises (as they do every game) this by putting DRM-Free in the OP (premiering DRM-free on GOG.com) but did the original game actually have any DRM?
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tinyE: XD That's actually not a bad question. My only possible retort would be if other vendors have it with their DRM stuck onto it at which point I think GOG would have a good reason to make note of DRM free.
That's the thing though, I don't think it's sold digital anywhere else (wondering why they didn't put digital premiere). Just curious.
Posted September 22, 2015
Thank you GOG. Maybe I can finally finish it this time.
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