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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
h-hhh--hhh-ow c-c-can I w-work now???!!!
Posted September 22, 2015
Impressive, most impressive. Bought, of course.

That makes it one of the three big games I wanted. Let's see if GOG can get Blood Omen and The Neverhood next. They sound a lot more difficult, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed here!
Posted September 22, 2015
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thejimz: I'm a purist when it comes to old games, and I'd rather play an old clunker than a slick remake any day.
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phaolo: I feel the same.
If you're an old gamer, a weird (but not bad) UI won't a big problem.
Same here.

I don't particularly like the sentiment of making every single game play exactly the same.
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
Holy hell, what a SHOCKER.

I'll be here all night.

(BTW awesome job GOG/NDS)
Post edited September 22, 2015 by JKHSawyer
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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cyboff: h-hhh--hhh-ow c-c-can I w-work now???!!!
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JudasIscariot: If you don't work, you get no money sooo there you go :P
heh, it's really surprising I still have money for all those awesome releases :D
Posted September 22, 2015
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cyboff: h-hhh--hhh-ow c-c-can I w-work now???!!!
swell a blood oath to vladimir putin because apparently communist don't work. :P
Posted September 22, 2015
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NightDiveStudios: This is not the same as System Shock Portable, it's completely different :)
Mac- and Linux version when?
Posted September 22, 2015
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JudasIscariot: 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 :)
This is a quality about GOG I really love, lots of games here have their various versions of it on offer. Windows versions, DOS versions, Enhanced versions. Now you guys just need to figure out how to get Amiga versions of certain games.
Post edited September 22, 2015 by JKHSawyer
Posted September 22, 2015
Great game, of course I bought the enhanced CD edition for less two decades or so ago.
Posted September 22, 2015
Well, well... looks I might actually get further than the first 15 minutes on this :)
Posted September 22, 2015
By the way, everyone should watch this:

Ancient Dos Games - System Shock
Post edited September 22, 2015 by InfraSuperman
Posted September 22, 2015
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NightDiveStudios: This is not the same as System Shock Portable, it's completely different :)
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HiPhish: Mac- and Linux version when?
Probably never. The link that Judas posted makes it sound like it is based on System Shock Loader, which means that it will only work on Windows. :-(
Posted September 22, 2015
Thanks for the realease! Instantbuy!

One of my all time favorite games :)
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