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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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IronArcturus: So which API does the enhanced version use? Is it still using a hardware mode?
It uses System Shock Loader which supports OpenGL/D3D.
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synfresh: (wondering why they didn't put digital premiere)
Probably forgot or retired it. They also didn't put "Digital Premiere" on Al-Qadim, D&D Stronghold and Starship Titanic.
Post edited September 22, 2015 by Grargar
Posted September 22, 2015
Hmm. Instant crash, regardless of launching through Galaxy or directly (Enhanced Edition).
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 [..]
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phaolo: 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 it already: not interested in law details in this case, its a question about sustainability, consistence, reason and fairness.
Posted September 22, 2015
Huh, I hope the "Enhanced Edition" of System Shock is more worth looking at than the "Enhanced Edition" of Baldur's Gate was :P
I honestly don't know that much about System Shock 1, (the second game is the one that seems to get all the praise) but I figure for $6 it's at least worth taking a look at.
Posted September 22, 2015
Nice! I actually like SS1 more than SS2.
Posted September 22, 2015
Enhanced Edition isn't working with the downloader, I'm guessing wrong checksum in the system since it will download to about 100 megs and reset to 30 and does so endlessly. I'll just use the Browser.
Posted September 22, 2015
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Mr.Caine: 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.
I doubt there exists anything like nostalgia, if it were no one would like Mozart of Beethoven today as nobody today lived back then to be nostalgic about that music. If a game was good back then it's good now but you have to take in account the technological advancements that have been made over time, so how well you can tollerate old 3D graphics entirely depends on you. As for reviewers reliving old memories, well.....

No one can guarantee wether you like a game, new or old. I played X-COM (1993) back in 2001 when it was already old and made it to my best game list, I played XCOM (2012) and was hugely dissapointed, nice looking but a superficial representation of the original, even though it gets high praise everywhere you look, so I must be missing something.
Posted September 22, 2015
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toxicTom: Hmm. Instant crash, regardless of launching through Galaxy or directly (Enhanced Edition).
I used the Downloader first - ended with a checksum error...

I then downloaded directly via browser - installed and it runs flawless.

Maybe that fixes your problem, too?
Posted September 22, 2015
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toxicTom: Hmm. Instant crash, regardless of launching through Galaxy or directly (Enhanced Edition).
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BreOl72: I used the Downloader first - ended with a checksum error...

I then downloaded directly via browser - installed and it runs flawless.

Maybe that fixes your problem, too?
RUN!!! SHODAN has infected the Galaxy and the Downloader!!! Just hope the browser isn't next. =)
Posted September 22, 2015
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WhoKnowscs: RUN!!! SHODAN has infected the Galaxy and the Downloader!!! Just hope the browser isn't next. =)
That made me smile ;o)
Posted September 22, 2015
Yep, heard this was coming yesterday. (i.b.)
Posted September 22, 2015
Woooo!
Posted September 22, 2015
Came back for System Shock! Yay!

Now will I actually play it? Hmmmm. Haven't really played a video game since this time last year (Dragon Age 3).
Posted September 22, 2015
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BreOl72: I used the Downloader first - ended with a checksum error...

I then downloaded directly via browser - installed and it runs flawless.

Maybe that fixes your problem, too?
But I already had the game installed? Ok, will try reinstall with DD version.

Edit: Same thing. Launch, Logo, Crash.
Post edited September 22, 2015 by toxicTom
Posted September 22, 2015
I've beaten System Shock fairly recently so I'm not gonna buy it but I'm glad the game is finally on GOG. It feels like it belongs here. Now for that Blade Runner...
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