It also didn’t help that several levels, while complex, were very similar, and I got bored of navigating them quickly. The level design is incredibly intricate - almost too intricate in fact, as I found myself losing track of where I was and where I was going and had to consult the map more times than I would care to admit, which was annoying.

The game sports crisp visuals, detailed models, vibrant lighting, and dynamic reflections on PC. Upon starting, the first thing I noticed about the game is its incredible visuals that, when compared to the original, are almost night and day. While I prefer a fleshed-out story in games, the game still managed to engage me thanks to the occasional catty and menacing voice lines from SHODAN, who is by far the best aspect of the game. Instead, players will need to pick up voice logs, several of which are surprisingly well-voiced, and listen to dialogue from SHODAN and other characters to piece together what is going on. The protagonist is silent, and there aren’t many cutscenes and characters to talk to. System Shock‘s story and narrative structure are not unlike what you’ll see in many other sci-fi games. Powered by his new tech, it’s up to the Hacker to stop SHODAN’s evil plot to wipe out humanity while trying to survive the station and all of its daunting threats and hurdles. Upon doing so and implanting his new tech, the hacker wakes up six months later in the Citadel Station from a surgery coma but finds that the station’s employees have all been turned into cyborgs and mutants by SHODAN, and the halls filled with murderous droids. In exchange for his freedom and some cool military-grade neurotechnology, Diego tasks the Hacker to hack into the Citadel’s new AI SHODAN and disable its ethical constraints. System Shock follows the Hacker, a capable tech junkie who one day, while trying to hack into the database of the Citadel Space Station, is quickly caught by the shady TriOptimum Corp executive Edward Diego. While I never played the original, especially since it was released years before I was born, playing through the remake provided an experience unlike any other I’ve had in a game despite some very noticeable flaws. Now, in 2023, developer Nightdive Studios had the massive undertaking of remaking the game for newer platforms for both new and returning fans to experience. The game was regarded as a massive critical success, was highly innovative for its genre, and was placed in several Hall of Fame lists. System Shock is a cyberpunk-themed, first-person shooter adventure game that was first released back in 1994 for PC.

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