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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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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?
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 :)
Posted September 22, 2015
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phaolo: OMG YESS!!
Well done Gog!

Now people, if you're not scared by old UIs, play this before SS2 please.
The Enhanced Edition gets rid of some of the UI issues :) It's really well done :)
Posted September 22, 2015
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Impaler26: Neat Release but unfortunately this "enhanced edition" doesn't run on Windows XP. :(

According to the game card the classic version is also included. So is the classic version included as an extra download and does it run on Windows XP?

If not i can at least still play System Shock Portable.
It's a separate game that gets added to your account :)

And yes, the Classic version runs on DOSBox so it will run on Windows XP :)
Post edited September 22, 2015 by JudasIscariot
Posted September 22, 2015
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tinyE: Wait, is this the same series as that other game in here, System Shock 2?
Yes, it's the first one.
Posted September 22, 2015
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tinyE: I was being silly people!!!! :P

On a serious note, as someone who has never played #1 should I go vanilla or dive into the Enhanced Version?

I just hope what the folks in here say is true: if I found #2 disappointing (which I did) then #1 should be amazing because it is all around a much better game.
Try vanilla for a bit but RTFM, please :)
Posted September 22, 2015
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JudasIscariot: The Enhanced Edition gets rid of some of the UI issues :) It's really well done :)
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phaolo: Oh cool then.
Plus the original is available too.
Btw I played it at 320x200 lol.
I had the CD version back in the day :P
Posted September 22, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Try vanilla for a bit but RTFM, please :)
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tinyE: It's 3 am here Judas, cut me some slack. :P
Youuuuu casual :P

But seriously, get some sleep, if you aren't busy with the hotel :)
Posted September 22, 2015
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tinyE: I was being silly people!!!! :P

On a serious note, as someone who has never played #1 should I go vanilla or dive into the Enhanced Version?

I just hope what the folks in here say is true: if I found #2 disappointing (which I did) then #1 should be amazing because it is all around a much better game.
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thejimz: Like I said on the other page, definitely play vanilla. The updated version is just awful IMO. It ruins the tone and pace of the game, and almost turns SS1 into some kind of bastardized shooter. The game's a slow-paced Ultima Underworld successor, half-RPG and half-action.
To me, it still feels like SS1 as the mouselook still has this issue where you need to disable with the E button it in order to pick things up. Maybe it's bias or old age or whatever but the game still has the pacing of SS1 and doesn't feel like a shooter to me.

You still have to find logs, read clues, shut down the cameras and computer cores to decrease level security in the game. The only thing I noticed was that I didn't have to fight with the interface so much like I did back in the day :)

Perhaps the pacing was, more or less, determined by the interface limitations of the time?
Posted September 22, 2015
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Matthew94: YES, YES, YES!!!

Thank you GOG/NDS, I fucking love this game.

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thejimz: Like I said on the other page, definitely play vanilla. The updated version is just awful IMO. It ruins the tone and pace of the game, and almost turns SS1 into some kind of bastardized shooter. The game's a slow-paced Ultima Underworld successor, half-RPG and half-action.
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Matthew94: You couldn't be more wrong. The game is damn near unplayable without the mouselook.

Turning like a lemon while enemies rip you to shreds is just frustrating.

People, play the enhanced edition.
Especially when SHODAN drops some dudes right next to you at certain times :P
Posted September 22, 2015
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thejimz: For people who've played SSP but not SSEE, could you explain some of the differences? You've got me really curious. :)
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Matthew94: Yeah, I'd like to know too.
Let voodoo47 tell you here:

https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=8030.0 :)
Posted September 22, 2015
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cyboff: h-hhh--hhh-ow c-c-can I w-work now???!!!
If you don't work, you get no money sooo there you go :P
Posted September 22, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Perhaps the pacing was, more or less, determined by the interface limitations of the time?
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thejimz: I'd agree with that, actually! But the version with the clunky interface is the one that Looking Glass played, balanced and released. They had to work around the interface and adjust the game accordingly (obstacles, spacing of monsters, combat, look-behind-you moments, etc.), which is why I'm skeptical of updated versions--once you start changing the UI, you change what the whole game was originally balanced/paced to accommodate. IMO you end up with a totally different experience.

That said, I'm a purist when it comes to old games, and I'd rather play an old clunker than a slick remake any day. (The version of Wasteland on GOG has been updated too much for me, LOL.) If there's anyone who can only enjoy SS1 in the Enhanced Edition, more power to them as long as they buy it and support GOG!! :) Thank you guys for getting this classic.
Well, you still move at a sort of plodding pace until you get the speed boost implant. I played through the entire first level ship level (it's still huge!) looking for all the hidden nooks and crannies and I don't know, still feels like SS1 to me.

In any case, we have the original version for those who wish to play it as such so all's well that ends well in my book :)
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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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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Smannesman: So GOG does f- all to get SS1 released and yet both the community and GOG themselves pretend like it was all thanks to them.
Great.
I can see why Night Dive isn't exactly rushing to get Strife released here.
I would like to say thanks Night Dive for all your work.
Where are we pretending that this was entirely on us?
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