You may have read elsewhere that a System Shock remake is in the works. The game, in development at Nightdive Studios, took to Kickstarter some three weeks ago – without a PlayStation 4 version on the cards. It's since accrued over $1 million in crowd funding and has passed its target, but many refused to fund it until a version for Sony's new-gen system was announced.
Fortunately, the platform holder has been working with the developer behind-the-scenes, and it's now confirmed that the game will be coming to the PS4 in Q1 2018. More to the point, it isn't asking for more money to get the port done – though donations are still, of course, kindly appreciated by the company. That bit goes without saying, doesn't it?
There's some pre-alpha footage of the new version below. For those who aren't familiar with the original, System Shock was a Warren Spector joint, and had you assume the role of an unnamed hacker working to take down an evil AI named SHODAN. In many ways it served as the precursor for games like Half-Life, so was a pretty freakin' big deal.
No pressure with the remake, then.
[source kickstarter.com]
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Great news! I found it oddly curious that the PS4 was left out initially, as in why would a Dev purposefully exclude the console that games sell best on? Then I though maybe Microsoft had a hand in it, but all my paranoia aside we are getting the port. For this one millisecond all is right in the gaming world. And that's over.
Already back it on kickstater, if anyone want to try it, this game has alpha demo on steam, it's good.
Not to come off as a PC elitist, but I'm worried that they'll dumb down the game to fit consoles. It has to do with the inventory management which wasn't something that was designed for a controller in mind in SS2. I can only cross my fingers in hopes that they'll redesign it in an unique way for it to work well on both PC and console. Or perhaps just make it different on consoles. As long as none of the versions suffer.
Cool, would definitely be up for giving this a shot!
That's pretty good, never did play this
Awesome.. really kuds for them for not making PS4 a stretch goal.
I bought System Shock on Steam, and I just couldn't get into it... It's so clunky with it's tank controls, so maybe the remake will be more akin to what I like?
This is a pleasant surprise
Few days ago I typed in "Top 20 scariest PC games" in to google. S Shock came up so downloaded it. Played it yesterday .... It's an ugly, unplayable, pixelated relic!!! Gamepad mapping is a no-no with these controls but, even with the mouse, the controls are awful. Couldn't even turn to thump the first robot that attacked me. I'll buy the PS4 remake as I'm definitely still curious bout it.
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