KickStarter System Shock 1 Remake by Nightdive Studios

[Morenatsu.]

We originally cut this enemy from the game but decided it was important to have an enemy that introduced verticality to the combat, specifically in the Grove levels.

What a great thing to hear.

‘oh noo flying enemy thats too hard cut it cut it’

‘oh shit wait we can use that VERTICALITY buzzword ok keep it’

 

[randir14]

I wonder what their "big news" is. Maybe they had to get a publisher to fund the completion of the game.

 

[mkultra]

I wonder what their "big news" is. Maybe they had to get a publisher to fund the completion of the game.

Most likely Bethesda if so.. maybe they bought them they recently worked on Quake for them...

(or... i guess it's MS if so, since MS bought Bethesda, i seem to remember...)

 

[randir14]

I wonder what their "big news" is. Maybe they had to get a publisher to fund the completion of the game.

Most likely Bethesda if so.. maybe they bought them they recently worked on Quake for them...

(or... i guess it's MS if so, since MS bought Bethesda, i seem to remember...)

Another possibility is Tencent, since they already own System Shock 3.
https://www.pcgamer.com/tencent-appears-to-be-the-new-owner-of-system-shock-3-and-4-websites/

 

[mkultra]

I wonder what their "big news" is. Maybe they had to get a publisher to fund the completion of the game.

Most likely Bethesda if so.. maybe they bought them they recently worked on Quake for them...

(or... i guess it's MS if so, since MS bought Bethesda, i seem to remember...)

Another possibility is Tencent, since they already own System Shock 3.
https://www.pcgamer.com/tencent-appears-to-be-the-new-owner-of-system-shock-3-and-4-websites/

Or Tencent dropped it, ND managed to acquire it... much less likely i guess :/

 

[Venser]

lol September 2021 development update...game was supposed to be released years ago.

 

[Btan0]

Spoiler

System Engineering - Early Blockout

The contrast just looks awful. Obnoxious bloom combined with pitch black shadowing is a crime against humanity.

 

[Ash]

Eh I'm quite fond of this game's art direction. Environments look great. The HUD is looking like my favorite in any game ever.
Gameplay remains to be truly seen. Soundtrack seems like complete shit, but I do like the look.

Why the fuck they are cutting content and taking 10 or whatever goddamn years to release, I don't know. Game dev is hard and laborious but the original devs put out System Shock 1 in, what, 2 years? Modern art and graphics complicates things massively (decline!) but still. Can't Kick just throw money at the problem given his successful rerelease ventures? What's going on? Maybe it's because he hasn't been outsourcing art asset creation to China like every other cuntstain in any industry raping the economy.

 

[Btan0]

The modelling and architecture is fine, I'm just not a fan of the excessively shiny and vibrant colour pallet. It seems like a common thing with Unreal engine games. Maybe altering the contrast and saturation options will solve the issues I have with it, who knows.

 

[JDR13]

Yeah, some of those neon colored lights are overly bright. Other than that, I don't think it looks bad.

One thing for sure... they better give us access to a flashlight earlier than in the original game.

 

[passerby]

Spoiler

System Engineering - Early Blockout

The contrast just looks awful. Obnoxious bloom combined with pitch black shadowing is a crime against humanity.

Also overuse of RGB lights. This game could look great, with different lighting design.

 

[anvi]

I like the lighting. I suspect the gameplay will suck though like every remake ever.

 

[Zlaja]

Regarding the music, people who play "their own" music while playing videogames are disgusting subhumans.

 

[gurugeorge]

Regarding the music, people who play "their own" music while playing videogames are disgusting subhumans.

I guess it must be that either music's not very important to them or it's too important.

I can understand turning the music off and having silence if the music's just really crap, or if you've been playing the game for a long time and you've gotten sick of the music, and/or playing your favourite music that's similarly-themed. But playing music that's unconnected to the vibe and atmosphere of the game - just can't understand that. Like, I can understand playing your favourite metal in an fps, but in an RPG?

And you sometimes hear people say, "Oh I turned the music off as soon as I started the game." WHAT???? Don't you want to see what the composer did, give them a chance? You paid for it after all.

An RPG especially is something of a gesamtkunstwerk, a new form of total art, like cinema was in its day, and music is an intrinsic part of it.

 

[LESS T_T]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock/posts/3365652

November Update

Welcome back Hackers,


We are still in heads-down mode and entering the QA phase of development, which means that the backer beta will be in the near future!

However, we do have a few sneak peeks of the opening cinematic as well as the playable area in the Hacker's apartment we want to share.

Here is another fresh screenshot, can you guess where it is on Citadel?

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A bigger version of the last screenshot:

 

[Tweed]

Look at all the pretty lights!

 

[cvv]

How long has this project been in production? Seems like since I was still fapping to Nicole Kidman.

 

[ciox]

I take it you are not excited for the 2022 demo of Medical?

 

[thesoup]

How do you make worse art direction than a game with 14 pixels and 8 colors

 

[Gargaune]

How long has this project been in production? Seems like since I was still fapping to Nicole Kidman.

Oh, stop fussing. Them poor sods waiting for Grimoire were still fapping to Betty Page.

 

[Morgoth]

The System Shock: Enhanced release was fine. Nobody needs this flashy nonsense.

 

[Spukrian]

I can understand turning the music off and having silence if the music's just really crap, or if you've been playing the game for a long time and you've gotten sick of the music, and/or playing your favourite music that's similarly-themed. But playing music that's unconnected to the vibe and atmosphere of the game - just can't understand that. Like, I can understand playing your favourite metal in an fps, but in an RPG?

Not relevant to System Shock, but in games that only have ambient noise (e.g. Geneforge, Avernum and other Spiderweb Software games) or games where the music is sparse, I turn on music that I feel is appropriate.

 

[kangaxx]

At what point does this get a vapourware tag? They seem to have spent 6 months+ on the needless opening cinematic/hacker's apartment.

 

[ironmask]

I wish they would just cancel this project already. Not because I hate it, but it's obviously just going nowhere.

 

[LESS T_T]

Prime Matter, Koch Media(Deep Silver)'s publishing label will publish this.