That just goes to show how necessary was for this franchise to land back in the modern gaming space. As massive fans of the original, we can’t get through this review without being subjective and at times, nitpicky. However, Nightdive has put out, and oh, put out they did! System Shock (2023) is a faithful recreation of the original, retaining all its charms and some quirks. 8 years of development, multiple delays, a change of engine, and drop-dead silence from the team at Nightdive almost made the game a Vaporware. It’s been 30 years since then and the wait for System Shock remake has been even more longing. It cemented Immersive Sim as a genre and gave us SHODAN, one of the most menacing villains in all gaming. In fact, it came out the same year as Doom, another hallmark FPS with System Shock‘s polar opposite design philosophy. System Shock, the groundbreaking FPS/RPG/Adventure hybrid (affectionately termed an “Immersive Sim” these days) came out during the golden age of PC Gaming in the ’90s. Much like Marc LeBlanc, I was in disbelief when I hopped into the System Shock Remake two weeks ago.
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