KickStarter System Shock 1 Remake by Nightdive Studios - actually a remake again

fucking disgusting

 

Unless they don't care if non-backers get wind. "Secret Chat with System Shock Reboot Devs" is pretty clickbaity, which might encourage some more press coverage.

 

Nein.



Old habits die hard.

Never got the line, or maybe it was in the Security Deck and I missed it, as the V3 jetpack can get you to simply avoid pieces of the level easily if you want to.

Lemme rant a little....

As a game, it's superior to SS2 in gameplay but inferior in presentation (sound design, bar some soundtrack pieces, is kinda mediocre). Bar the Cyberspace theme, ofc. Another plus, it's that it does not suffer from the lack of quality of SS2's last levels, and they are all fun until the end. Level 9 (Bridge) is incredibly easy, though, considering the array of weaponry and equipment you get (and level 9 has more medkits and power stations put together than the ... three previous decks put together? A walk in the park).

Boss fight is crap, but that was expected. Last playthrough I did ended at the Groves, bad move as the game had still some stuff to show.

About the remake, meh. SS1 won't work that well without all the details. I even liked Cyberspace, and the developers did not (it pretty much disappears from the game as a worthwile element after Level 6).

Let's see how they will manage. Badly, I presume. The sheer amount of stuff they need is staggering.

 

Thanks for posting. Beautiful interview. Really liking Mr Kick.

 

The artwork looks like shit.

 

Nothing says old-school reboot like simultaneous multiplatform release!

 

These people are getting too much coporate sponsorship. I don't trust it.

 

make sure to donate some more good goys

you want to see this oldschool revival remake done all propa dont you

 

I cancelled my pledge.

It was a hard decision, because I love System Shock, want new Shock-inspired games to happen, and would have loved the remake if it wanted to be a simple remake and not a "let's improve this old game for the ~::Current Year::~ audience" exercise that's getting further and further from Shock with every update. But I can't believe in this project anymore. You can see the seep in gradually and inevitably as they get more funding. Kickstarter was supposed to be about letting you strike out on your own, and avoiding the ugly compromises that spiritually destroy games.

And I am starting to be sincerely relieved Underworld: Ascension didn't get over-funded. Looks like the only way to remain honest in the ~::Current Year::~ is on a low budget, lean and mean. You have to stay away from the corrupting influence of big money, learn to survive on your own. And by the way, that's how it has always been. That's the Looking Glass way. And it is more respectable in its failures than the mainstream model in its successes.

To those who still fight the good fight, I salute you, and you will always have my money and respect.

 

I mean, I guess System Shock 1's gameplay is simple enough to be ported to a console. As long as it's still developed primarily on PC and then ported to consoles it might not be as bad as you think.

To all those complaining about "too much funding", $1.25 million is not enough to make a game of this scope, I'm assuming they had means to get outside investment with just a requirement for a base sum to get development to a certain point where the game would look attractive for said investments.

Granted, it could all get fucked and this could just be console trash but at least then we have something new to cry about and make fun of.

 

I was on the fence about whether to back this, but after their latest shenanigans my decision is to pass.

What most of us want is an updated port of the original - not the original with trivial and pointless <Current Year> addons.

 

They only release for PS4 to increase sales. With bigger sales they have more money to put into development of SS3. It's a nobrainer.

 

A remake of SS3, you mean.

 

And that's putting it lightly.

Anyway, PS4 release is so much less frightening that the inclusion of full-blown SS2-like RPG system and its implications. After all, we knew about intended console release (Xbox) since the very beginning of their campaign.
At least there is still some hope for them not reaching their RPG/crafting stretch goal.

 

What game is that?

 

Fair enough. Although I wish that people supported developers who are already producing high-quality games, instead of those who only promise them to do so.