Nightdive Studios has officially confirmed System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition for PS5, having previously only teased the title would come to "next-generation consoles". Along with the news, we got a fresh gameplay trailer to glom onto, making the waiting that much harder.
Not to be confused with the System Shock remake, which Nightdive released this year on PC and is still supposed to come to PS5 and PS4 in 2023, System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition is a remaster of the 1999 classic, regarded by some as one of the greatest games of all time. Rebuilt for modern platforms using Nightdive's proprietary KEX Engine, the aim here is to provide the definitive iteration of the classic game.
A list of key features, as listed by Nightdive, are as follows:
- Unknowable Horrors, In High Definition – Completely remastered visuals, extending to cutscenes and character and weapons models, with up to 4K resolution at 120 frames per second support on Windows PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
- Might As Well Make Your Death Comfortable – The game includes settings for an adjustable field-of-view, post-processing effects, and widescreen support.
- Misery Loves Company – Drag your friends into the hell that is the Von Braun starship in cooperative multiplayer.
- Interface This – Play from the comfort of your couch with gamepad support, then celebrate with an ice-cold medical stim when you unlock new Trophies and Achievements.
- If You Want Something Done Right – Full mod support on PC and the ability to implement community-made missions at launch.
What do you think of System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition? Is this something you might be interested in? Prepare for assimilation in the comments section below.
[source gematsu.com]
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The most important question. Will it include the Macarena robots in the first area? I would be totally up for the first game too, so weird and spooky
@Oz_Momotaro It’s one of the best games ever made. Famously a very good game. Bioshock’s sort of a streamlined, much worse, spiritual successor. This is a Nightdive remaster so it’s never going to be a next-gen game, although they’ve remade the first game fully so that one does look like a fully blown new game.
I didn't know they were doing one and two. Can't wait to platinum both.
This game gave me nightmare in my teen years. Couldnt sleep right for a week after shodan reveal.
Would definetly give it a shot from the comfiness of my couch if the controls are done well.
I'm interested in both this and the remake. I tried SS2 once when I was younger and it was terrifying. I gave up pretty quickly.
Curious what about this game is so special? Only thing I know about it is that Bioshock is the spiritual successor.
Deus Ex 1 next, please!
Haven't played this for a long time so no idea how well it's aged, but I thought it was amazing at the time.
@pharos_haven it had (at the time) great graphics, RPG elements which was quite novel for an FPS back then, a really good storyline, including a bioshock 1 style twist, ace music.
Also was one of the first games to use the now well known style of finding audio logs etc to add atmosphere.
I'd buy it, I hardly play games on PC these days.
@JayJ Same! I have a fairly decent PC with an RTX 3070, 5600x, 32 GB of RAM and all the other bells and whistles but for some reason, I always find myself gaming from the comfort of my bed on PS5, XSX, or Switch. Idk why?
@ArashiKageTaro I think it's because I just usually don't like to be at a desk when I'm trying to relax at home. I have a good and capable gaming laptop, but even then it's just something I'd only use on a desk, only setup that really works with the gaming keyboard and mouse that I like to use.
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