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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 26, 2015
My XP computer crashed with a puff of smoke like a Warner Bros. cartoon. Like every component fried at the same time.

It was epic really.
Posted September 26, 2015
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bad_fur_day1: My XP computer crashed with a puff of smoke like a Warner Bros. cartoon. Like every component fried at the same time.

It was epic really.
Let me guess: It was an Athlon Barton and the CPU cooler broke? ;)

My System is from 2009 and was the last one that still came with WinXP-32bit and I've gotten a Notebook in 2010 for which I still found drivers for WinXP-32bit.
Posted September 26, 2015
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bad_fur_day1: My XP computer crashed with a puff of smoke like a Warner Bros. cartoon. Like every component fried at the same time.

It was epic really.
You didn't purchase it from ACME by any chance?
Posted September 27, 2015
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Draygonn: Apehater, can you do me a personal favour and stop posting with words you do not understand. Just say "I want free game for free and the owner of said rights should go to hell"

We get it. The rest of us adults live in the normal world. That one with the whole capitalism thing.....

Oh never mind. Just noticed where you're posting from... I guess it's different being from Cuba- honest question for you then - Is there such a thing as intellectual property rights in Cuba? If not how would one have a quality guarantee? Like if I can call my homemade computer peripherals 'Razer' brand and charge the same is there no legal recourse for online purchases where I have intentionally misled purchasers?
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apehater: i find your post is made up of arrogance and ignorance.
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JMich: Source for that? HiPhish already said that ND worked with the modder who created the loader to make the enhanced edition, and I don't think I've seen the contract they signed floating around.
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apehater: no i don't have a source, but we have kolya's reaction about the removal. and i find that it speaks a clear language.
I appreciate the sentiments to my arrogance, but can you explain away my ignorance? I asked an honest set of questions with the intentions of hearing a reasonable, yet differing, response. I do not live in a Communist country, ergo my understanding is limited to theoretical at best.

If it was not the Communism of your country that has generated this differing viewpoint from me, then my only other assumption would be you have a sense of entitlement- which would really only speak to your own ignorance and arrogance, to utilize words that are familiar to you. I will assume that is not the case however and continue to speak civil to you while asking serious questions.

Could you answer me on the quality assurance questions with neither poetry nor prose, as neither rational discourse nor oratory are strong suits of mine. I am a simple man who likes simple answers, if this isn't possible to explain simply I would appreciate if you could do your best to explain it to me; I am certain if it goes over my head someone else will respectfully bridge any terminology gaps for me.

I am not looking to start, nor end, any sort of argument. I hear a differing viewpoint and I would like to understand the motivation behind it, assuming it is not self serving greed or entitlement.
Posted September 28, 2015
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GOG.com: 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?
Isn't that a butchery of a quote from System shock two though? :p
Posted September 28, 2015
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Nyerguds: Isn't that a butchery of a quote from System shock two though? :p
Nope. Shodan calls you a hacker in the first game and an insect in the second one. :P
Post edited September 28, 2015 by Grargar
Posted September 28, 2015
GOG - I love you!
Posted September 28, 2015
Bought.
Posted September 28, 2015
Looks like a really nice game, I nearly bought it! (I’m a big fan of cyberpunk universes)

But then I realized that there’s no Linux version officially supported, so I’ll pass on this one.
I feel like I’m truly missing something great here… *sigh*
Posted September 28, 2015
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vv221: But then I realized that there’s no Linux version officially supported, so I’ll pass on this one.
Me, too.
Posted September 28, 2015
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vv221: Looks like a really nice game, I nearly bought it! (I’m a big fan of cyberpunk universes)

But then I realized that there’s no Linux version officially supported, so I’ll pass on this one.
I feel like I’m truly missing something great here… *sigh*
I know that it's not the real deal like official support, but:
http://www.gog.com/forum/system_shock_series/system_shock_enhanced_edition_on_linux_via_wine/page1
Post edited September 28, 2015 by Klumpen0815
Posted September 29, 2015
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Klumpen0815: (…)
Oh, I’m quite sure that the enhanced edition run well via WINE and the original version should run flawlessly through DOSBox ;)

But by buying games here that are not officially supported on Linux, I would be sending the wrong message to GOG: that I wouldn’t care about official Linux support as long as I’m able to run the game on my Linux box in the end.
That’s not the case. I *do* care about official Linux support, a lot (well, wasn’t hard to guess). So I’m sending another message to GOG: « Support my OS of choice if you want my monetary support in return. »

I managed to follow this rule during the last years with only a couple "nostalgia" exceptions. It’s no doubt good for my wallet, but I think it is also good for Linux gaming as a whole in the long term…

To make it short: my choice to pass on this game (despite wanting badly to try it) is not technical, but political ;)
Posted September 29, 2015
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vv221: But by buying games here that are not officially supported on Linux, I would be sending the wrong message to GOG: that I wouldn’t care about official Linux support as long as I’m able to run the game on my Linux box in the end.
That’s not the case. I *do* care about official Linux support, a lot (well, wasn’t hard to guess). So I’m sending another message to GOG: « Support my OS of choice if you want my monetary support in return. »

I managed to follow this rule during the last years with only a couple "nostalgia" exceptions. It’s no doubt good for my wallet, but I think it is also good for Linux gaming as a whole in the long term…

To make it short: my choice to pass on this game (despite wanting badly to try it) is not technical, but political ;)
I completely agree and only made this exception once because both versions are in there, WinXP works too and I just couldn't resist since I've got the second game too.
I haven't been buying anything without a Linux port for a while myself and hope that the many posts by several people regarding Linux support in this thread are somehow noticed.
DRM-free gaming needs the support of a DRM-free OS in the first place.
Post edited September 29, 2015 by Klumpen0815
Posted September 29, 2015
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Klumpen0815: DRM-free gaming needs the support of a DRM-free OS in the first place.
Now I want to read this on GOG’s front page ;)
Posted September 29, 2015
You guys have been better behaved than I have :(

I've bought a few Windows only games lately out of nostalgia (System Shock among them). The irony is, I'm pretty much wasting my money, because with so many great native Linux games out there, I haven't used wine in ages.
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