Pretty much exactly what I was hoping for. Glad they decided to restart development when they realized they were straying too far from what they originally set out to do. It was the right call.

@selemanecu

Жыл бұрын

honestly can't love that fact enough plus it has that art look of those good ol boomer shooters (dusk, ion furry) and in terms of data space I'm glad they took a look what doom eternal did with it's data space

@kiririn7780

Жыл бұрын

Wait what, they restarted the development?? Source for this?

@TurboLight

Жыл бұрын

​@@kiririn7780 They passed from Unity to Unreal

@Dwesk

Жыл бұрын

I've read some reviews and most of them seem to be docking the game for the remaster being too conservative, but as someone who's never played System Shock but loves RPGs and immersive sims I take that as a big positive rather than a negative? Just give me the same game with better graphics and some QoL changes, that's it.

@MichaelTroyOwen

Жыл бұрын

@@kiririn7780 it’s somewhere in their long line of kickstarter updates.

One of the few games where a remake actually makes sense.

@harlemraider3347

Жыл бұрын

Facts the original was great for its time but DAMN it’s TOUGH to play it nowadays. More of this & less remakes of PS2/Xbox/GameCube games you can still play them just fine

@thegaminglord2190

Жыл бұрын

@@harlemraider3347 yeah it makes sense to remake a 30 year old game but they still remake a game that came out on ps3 ( looking at you tlou1 remake)

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

So, the RE1 REmake all over again?

@ihavenoname.6078

Жыл бұрын

@@thegaminglord2190what about ff7 remake and resident evil 4 or dead space? Those seem pretty awesome and they are remakes? What you gotta say now? Huh? Ya that’s what I thought lol you don’t.

@TheRadioSquare

Жыл бұрын

The fact that they changed almost nothing outside of the graphics shows that it didn't need a remake. At least not one like this.

One of my favorite details is how the station rotates, so the direction of light and shadows casted through windows is always changing depending on the angle of the sun.

@supersaiyanvaper5026

9 ай бұрын

I noticed that too today while playing. It’s little details like that that make the atmosphere of a game so good!

Even though it’s a “from the ground up”-remake, I love how it still feels like a 90s game

@thesatelliteslickers907

3 ай бұрын

they actually just remade it system shock was an amazing game and they had faith in it being a strong game and so didnt feel a need to completely reinvent it

Great to see they maintain the aesthetics from the original game.

@ericrhodes5174

Жыл бұрын

Old habits die hard

@rpzseries-2256

Жыл бұрын

no, they don't

@jimsmith3715

Жыл бұрын

​@@rpzseries-2256 yes they do and they do it incredibly well

@CasualG-mer

Жыл бұрын

They did what the Dead Space Remake did but they kept super closely with the original style.

@krellio9006

Жыл бұрын

@@CasualG-mer Dead Space Remake is worse than Dead Space though I would have taken Dead Space with better graphics with no changes to the characters but the addition of the side quest and detour is welcomed

I think the texture being slightly pixelated is genius as it does make game feel a bit retro whilst modern at the same time

@rusigogov6738

Жыл бұрын

Exactly my though as well.Great artistic choice .

@thesha7447

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, playing it right now and I absolutely love the graphics

@tanikaze7697

9 ай бұрын

honestly it takes out a lot of atmosphere for me; i get the why but i still wish it was a "toggle on/off" thing in the settings.

@haroonp8842

9 ай бұрын

@@tanikaze7697 fair enough....and im not against a toggle option since if the player has more control...the better.

@greatexpectation6456

3 ай бұрын

It's funny how original released in 1994 could almost look as Minecraft because that square pixelated design or graphics are pretty close to each other.

Loving the remake so far. The only thing that has me bummed is the music. YES the new music fits the tone better and is good in it's own, but my nostalgic brain misses the weird techno. I suppose this isn't even a gripe, just me being an old woman refusing to let things die. But really, you can tell this is a project of love and it's done wonderfully.

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

Will hope there'll be a patched option to switch to the old music then, not unlike what Command and Conquer's Remastered Collection did.

@igorthelight

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelandreipalon359 Mods for the rescue ;-)

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

@@igorthelight Noted, but I would prefer official patches still. Mods tend to be sometimes finicky, gimmicky, fanfic-y, and *ugh* Thomas the Train Engine nonsense.

@igorthelight

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelandreipalon359 Agree! Mods are different tho: there are some weird ones and there are even better that official DLC's (that's rare but still happens).

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

@@igorthelight Oh, I know, as the likes of FreeSpace Port+Silent Threat: Reborn (for FreeSpace 2), Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines' Unofficial Basic Patch, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod have shown; also mayhaps even Portal Stories: Mel, Black Mesa, and the Entropy : Zero duology (Portal 2 and the Half-Life duology respectively).

whoever was cooking up those TASTY beats in the original deserve some credit, those were BANGERS

@FirstnameLastname-py3bc

Жыл бұрын

I believe either Eric Brossius or Greg Lopicolo (ex Tribe band members)

@senditall152

Жыл бұрын

Would be good if we could switch to those I like them as well. (maybe there will be a mod for this?)

@GreyWolfLeaderTW

Жыл бұрын

@@FirstnameLastname-py3bc Greg Lopiccolo was the primary composer for the first System Shock. Eric Brosius provided some compositional assistance, but mostly handled sound design in that game. FYI Trivia: Eric's wife Terri Brosius is the voice of Shodan (and even returned to voice her for the remake).

@diahaidificbs

Жыл бұрын

@@FirstnameLastname-py3bc Eric did the music for System shock 2 with Ramin Djawadi

@DespairNemesis

11 ай бұрын

@@diahaidificbs No, that was Josh Randall and Ramin.

Now this is a love letter of a remake

I never played the original. This looks nice though, I love the art style. I'll definitely check this out when available

@kambyyy

Жыл бұрын

It releases tomorrow!

@khemistrytheredplanet

Жыл бұрын

@@kambyyy Oh nice!

@KratosisGod

Жыл бұрын

​@@khemistrytheredplanet So what did you think about it?

@Zeqweery

Жыл бұрын

@@KratosisGod not good

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

​@@Zeqweery *raises eyebrow in suspicion*

The art style looks so unique because it looks like it has the mid-budget indie jank but the lighting looks AAA quality. I'm going to download and play the Steam demo now

@cyberpope2137

11 ай бұрын

Its sometimes very indie looking and other times absolutely stunning. I think that they did a 10/10 job, best remake possible.

1:25 In 1994 the basic intro animation was hugely impressive. I had Amiga 1200 at the time.

They did a fantastic job. they even made the remake look a bit retro in a way.

This is exactly what people want when they ask for remakes. So many companies seem to not understand that they're remaking a game and instead do a reimagining or a reboot or make an entirely different game and slap the old name on it. A remake should be faithful to the original.

@thegaminglord2190

Жыл бұрын

spitting facts

@maxidis3941

Жыл бұрын

There are games that can't be faithful to the original and in most cases a reinvention suits them perfectly. For me the Remake is a usable tool in a variety of ways, they can reinvent a game that at the time did not work for bad business decisions and create a masterpiece based on it, or simply update it to the modern era as with this system shock that the truth for its time was already a great game.

@Glenn_Quagmire

Жыл бұрын

What you're describing is a remaster

@JC-kl3uc

Жыл бұрын

They understand things very well, but chose to target wider aduiences instead. This remake, sadly, will not sell that well outside of small niche.

@JF-vz1ju

Жыл бұрын

​@@Glenn_QuagmireNo, a remaster is the same game just with better textures/models/fps. A remake is when the whole game is rebuilt from the ground up. And a GOOD remake is when it's built to remain faithful to the original in its style and mechanics, like System Shock.

Deus Ex deserves a remake like this

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

I don't know, would rather not want another Revision. Besides, it still looks good, and plays in a lovably weird fashion (though if one isn't into that, there's the GMDX mod).

@richardellis8193

Жыл бұрын

Nope

@Spillow-C

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelandreipalon359 if they are gonna do it, i hope they reimagine the game into a proper remake to make it look and play modern (still in a faithful way tho) for specifically pissing off fans like you that complains like brats when there are even good changes, and no the og its very outdated in every way (sadly)

@CYB3R2K

Жыл бұрын

never asked for that

@Filthyyyyyyy

Жыл бұрын

nah if you run vanilla deus ex in revision and disable everything it's a masterpiece and everything work greatly, still playable nowadays it doesn't need a remake

I wish there was an option to switch the new music with the old OST. I know they're going for a more "horror" approach with the remake but the original game music is (imo) very iconic, the new soundtrack is so in the background I can barely notice it.

@GOVAUS1

Жыл бұрын

+1000. The original System Shock was 50% awesome music.

@slynt_

11 ай бұрын

The original soundtrack is absolutely terrible.

@glockinmyrari445

11 ай бұрын

@@slynt_ it is if you dont use a soundfont

System Shock 2 Remake is going to look nuts when they eventually decide to get to that next.

@davidkirinic9463

Жыл бұрын

No need for remake. Just remaster. Ss2 still looks good

@JF-vz1ju

Жыл бұрын

​@@davidkirinic9463Looking forward to System Shock 2 Enhanced Edition.

System shock is the reason Bioshock exists 🔥🔥🔥🍻

@andrybetancourt8142

Жыл бұрын

Deus Ex either

@robotbender7438

Жыл бұрын

@@andrybetancourt8142 nice name drop😎🕹️🎮 there's a bunch of badass old school games that companies just need to remake in 4k or HD They redid homeworld looks super dope 🍻🔥🔥🔥

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

And the Thief original trilogy. Also, Arx Fatalis, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Dishonored 1 and 2, Prey 2017, the list goes on and on.

One thing to note about the pipe attack animations, in both the original and the remake: the hit scan direction is based on the particular animation used. For example: If the animation shows the pipe being swung from right to left, the scan will start on the right side of the scan area (usually the screen, though in the non full screen view it does not scan all the way out to the edge of the screen) and end on the left. When the animation goes the other way, the hit scan switches direction.

The texture quality is an odd choice, but I love the look of the nearest neighbour scaling. It's not just like low quality textures in other games which become blurry

@fpalas

Жыл бұрын

That pixelated texture is looking better than some textures in AAA games released nowadays.

@chinezut1942

Жыл бұрын

They chose these textures to run good on 8gb gpus

@BabaGamerGuy

Жыл бұрын

@@chinezut1942 8GB GPUs can easily run the best looking games, it is more than enough. Its clearly an aesthetic choice. Majority of the Devs simply don't prioritize optimization anymore.

@spectre722

Жыл бұрын

@@chinezut1942 the AMD mafia has brainwashed you.

@anteshell

Жыл бұрын

That is not nearest neighbour scaling. Those textures are purposefully made to look like that. Nearest neighbour scaling simply looks like shit making textures more like low res noise.

Shodan is definitely one of the cooler antagonists out there

I hope that they include remastered versions of the original songs, as well as the iconic "your memo, your memo" quotes of the cyborg drones.

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

May ongoing patches help that out.

@Filthyyyyyyy

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelandreipalon359 they said they was working on a patch with new features, im waiting for it to start a new playthrough

Y'know, Nick, I think it was your Deus Ex retrospective that first brought my attention to System Shock in the first place, and Nightdive Studios too by extension. And now three years later, and preordering the remake for myself, I'm legit excited to see what they've been cooking.

@Nick930

Жыл бұрын

I havent done a deus ex video, but ive covered system shock a lot in my bioshock documentary

@mailman019

Жыл бұрын

@@Nick930 That may have been it lol

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

Still, you should try doing an actual Deus Ex vid or two, even if others have already done their own takes.

Impressive review of a very interesting remake. I was especially surprised by the audio comparison section between SS1 and the remake. Perhaps they will add a few more updates to help with the "damage" feel and the enemy variety.

great video! I actually played enhanced edition back in February (when I thought the remake was coming out in March) just so I would be primed to appreciate the changes, and what hasn't changed, cleared about 3 floors or so. But it's nice to see a side by side like this :) I'm absolutely loving the remake and have already gotten further than I had in enhanced so its all new to me from here :D

Excellent video. Great communication. Perfect assessment. Exactly the video I was looking for.

I forgot this was coming out, thanks for making this video, definitely buying this tomorrow

All those old sound effects woke some memories of playing this late into the night back in the day 😄

Wow, they did an excellent job with this remake. It's heartening to see more developers sit down and do the hard work to nail the remakes for these classic games.

The original was released a year before i even existed! Now it has a remake, that's crazy!

I love the music of the original

Looks incredible. Nightdive does it again.

Excellent video and comparison. Thank you!

I don't know how they managed to make Shodan even creepier this time around.

3:29 That bot took some notes from R.O.B. from Super Smash Bros.

One thing I'm trying to find. Does this remake have that "dynamic" soundtrack? Iirc original soundtrack changed if you ie. attacked something. Also in the beginning remake doesn't appear to have music at all?

Looking Glass was the company that made me sell my Amiga 500 and get a VGA PC 386DX 40...via Ultima Underworld but it was System Shock that really sold 3d for me for the first time. Just an amazing game and so happy this tribute remake is out.

@sefrasus7360

11 ай бұрын

I made the same switch back then, A500 to 386/40 in 1992. Can't remember if I already had a 486 DX2/80 in 1994 when System Shock came out.

Wait…is this FINALLY coming out? I remember hearing about it back when I was in college (2017) and never hearing much about it again

@Nick930

Жыл бұрын

Yup! Tomorrow on steam, gog.com, and epic :)

@chancylvania

Жыл бұрын

@@Nick930 I’ve seen no advertisement for it beyond this…

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

Either way, you've been timely exposed to it regardless.

O am glad that they sponsored you, I love the new textures as well, look very stylish

Got this game a few days ago now I cant stop playing it. Amazing remake!!! Well done Nightdive Studios thank you for such an awesome game. The delays and running jokes that this game was never gonna come out was all worth it in the end. The AI in this game is actually really smart. Shodan is basically always watching and enemies will do everything they can to flank you, outnunber you, outshoot you, and they'll hunt you until they find you. Shodan will even send out more enemies to deal with you. Ive noticed they even send out more enemies in the spots you frequent the most like an energy station. Shodan had like 3 or 4 enemies guarding it because she knew I kept going there to recharge my weapons. Its been a long time since Ive dealt with a game that has such a damn good AI its like always adapting to you Im having a hard time finding a game with AI similar to Shodan. It was way scarier than I was expecting ( love horror but Im a big baby and scare really easily) The grandfather of survival horror games. Games like Bioshock and Deadspace probably wouldnt exist if it wasnt for System Shock.

thanks for this very entertaining and useful comparison review which definitely convinced me to play the remake i love the perfect detail orientation in the vid - everything important covered and explained well the only thing i'd love to see is if using the Berserk melee drug looks as crazy as in the original game where all the colors on the screen just went mad! but that's a very minor detail

gotta love remakes made with love and caring

Yess they kept the elevator song!!!

Sound design and level design seemed to be handled very faithfully here i’ll check it out tomorrow when it comes out

I love how bright and colorful the visuals are, unlike most horror games that look muddy and dark. its refreshing to see

Mixture of retro 2d and 3d is really cool

It’s been a great experience so far for me. While I was playing it, it brought me back to the days of playing Quake 2 on 64 before I played it on PC when I was just a kid. The atmosphere and its melancholic tones, brief sounds of what sounds like music but it’s the space station. The tight claustrophobic corridors turning in odd fashion, and the old look of what the future thought it would look like (80s-90s) esthetic walls and technology. The creatures groans and lines they’d speak to themselves. Heck, even the Mantis cyborgs felt like old Quake to me. Absolutely amazing.

It's such a simple detail but I always love when tense games like the remake add cheesy elevator music. There's something about it that tickles me

Always incredible to see how much gaming has progressed. Hope to see a final fantasy xv ff16 direct comparison in the future

Ive never played this game, but I appreciate how the remake still manages to look old school.

@greenheart5334

Жыл бұрын

Why did you never try?

@ItsJustRyansChannel

Жыл бұрын

@@greenheart5334 I'm not a PC gamer.

@froggin-zp4nr

Ай бұрын

@@ItsJustRyansChannel Coming to console soon, you'll have your chance

looking good. if arkane wont make another immsim, i'll take whatever i can get

Never played the original and just picked up the remake on GoG. Having played originals and "remakes" of games from years gone, I'm very impressed with the updates they've done. Worth a play imo! Great vid showcasing everything they've done, and I particularly enjoyed hearing the difference in soundtrack. EZ sub!

Now, for the love of God, please someone make a remake of Thief Gold and Thief 2, damn it! And as good as this one here!

I really like the crunchy texture look.

The start of that sound design section had me cracking up - my days, lol :)

I’m really excited for this to come out on PS5 later this year. I played the original when I was very young and I know for a fact I didn’t appreciate the way I would as an adult. I barely remember anything about the story since it’s been so long, and the remake looks really fun. Thanks for the video!

@tomaszzalewski4541

Жыл бұрын

Personally my favorite was System Shock 2 and I hope they'll also make a remake of it.

@magnubeido8832

Жыл бұрын

​@@tomaszzalewski4541 they are making a remake

This looks great!!

imagine a Deus Ex remake like this

@michaelandreipalon359

Жыл бұрын

Hmm, no need for another Revision.

This game was so much a labor of love. Every inch of it just tells you of the care and meticulousness that NightDive put into making it. I really and truly hope they will do the same with System Shock 2.

I bought this game, and oh my god, I just reached the second level and I'm already shitted out so many bricks I could build a house using them. The atmosphere is amazing. Sound is vivid, graphics are great, enemies are nasty. Really well done. Amazing game

19:07 *rofl* that Elevator sound in the original Game! Incredible! I luv it!

I am super hyped to play this!

Buzzing this is finally coming out on the Xbox, cannot wait.

I never actually played the original or enhanced editions, but I might have to pick this up. I’m also having a ton of fun watching @KarstAttempts play through it!

I never played the og, so how noticably true to it theyve made the remake is really impressive that i can pick up on it. This is the epitome of a love letter to the original remake and how all of them should be

I would like to see a comparison of the possible interactions/reactivity in the two games

Can't wait to get my hands on this !!

I hope this becomes a trend... its the exact same game but made with modern developing software. It's what pretty much everyone is hoping for when a remake of a classic is announced. I miss those styles of games. Its not trying to be anything but a video game.

Very cool remaster is that!

Great comparison

I think i will buy this game! I knew the original Game before, but never played it. But after i played Prey (which was influenced by System Shock) last week i saw that an remake of system Shock is coming. ❤

very well made remake!!!!!! Well Done Nightdive

I'm so happy that decided to play the original game before the remake. The effect of playing the new game was astonishing.

Love both versions regardless!

I miss the original soundtrack

I love these trapped on a space station style games. _Prey_ and _Alien Isolation_ were great and I hope we get sequels as well as a System Shock 2 remake!

@colbyboucher6391

Жыл бұрын

...Well, they're working on an enhanced edition of 2, like the version of the original game they're showing here, at least.

Keeping the elevator music style was a nice touch 😂

I love this art style so much. High fidelity low res.

I'm yet to play the remake myself, but the OST uploaded on KZread suggests the presence of dynamic combat tracks that actually sound like excellent energetic remixes of the originals, did that concept not make it into the final game?

Watched this JUST for the Shodan voice part. Sounds like they reused the original audio but enhanced its effects. Well done. Or as Shodan would say.... You perform well, for an insect.

So nice of them to release it on a Tuesday when we'll be at work :l

Both of them are really epic and they both make sense, maintenance is key

Finally this game has been in development for ages. It's looking like all that work paid off.

Never played the original, but after seeing this video, I will definitely check it out.

The Enhanced Edition -- at least in its current form -- does allow for a fast pickup bind to allow for picking up items without disabling freelook.

Masters of atmosphere and storytelling, we've missed this in video games. This game goes back to being a true title without ten million hand holding scripted events/items in order to make sure the most casual of gamers may never "feel discouraged". I missed these times in video games, glad at least one title did the remake properly as opposed to a cash grab for simps. This passion project shines as the antithesis of what CBP2077 is/was. ant 2023 terminated. System shock will kick you in the nuts and spit robotic acid in your face, while gladly claiming your corpse for Shodan. ON EDIT::: also the sound design now is more in line with another great game StarCraft (1998), in being more neo-noir and ambient, a welcome change.

the graphic style is so satisfying 😩

I'm kind of sad that the corporate cops don't look like the Silencers from Crusader: No Remorse anymore, but it makes sense why they had to change it.

Some random information to people never playing the original or being alive back then ;) ... Nick's "Classic System Shock" on the left is a highres/upscaled version with smooth edges/vectors without showing any pixels. The original didn't look that great. The highest resolution was SVGA aka 800x600 that was only possible on a P90 and some good graphics card like a Matrox Millennium. Looking Glass / Origin System games were always very demanding to hardware ..at least if you wanted to enjoy the game in its full glory. They were Crytek from the 90s.

I feel the slightly cartoony 80s future pulp design takes away from the "horror" aspect.

One of the most underrated game of ever.Warren Spector's instant classic.

The System Shock its the best game

Seriously hoping now they're done with this, Nightdive will release an Unreal and Quake 2 remaster!

I'm shocked at how beautiful and haunting the new game looks!

5:51 - nice Alien movies reference.

Damn that looks like a good visual remake

Never seen the original one.. but assuming from this video they kept the game kinda pixelish but.. modern at the same time! That's nice :D Great jobs devs

3:44 "Brother, i'm stuck!"

Such a cool stylistic remake. I like the stylistic graphics. I like games that don't take themselves too serious.

I'm pretty sure the lighting for the original wasn't baked into the texture, except for details. It was likely a constant that was multiplied against the texture, 1.0 being fully lit and 0.0 being fully dark. Doom did this and it was set for each chunk of the map. Ultima Underworld before that even had light levels go down based on distance from the player and the light source one had equipped.