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Jun 11th, 2008 03:47 PM
Umbee SHODAN's voice has got to be among the top five freakiest things I've ever heard.
Feb 3rd, 2008 01:23 PM
Protoclown Better level design, for one thing. It just seemed like the last couple levels were just sort of half-assed.
Feb 1st, 2008 06:56 PM
Dr. Boogie So what would have liked to see, ignoring the obvious questions raised by the last-minute cliffhanger at the end of the ending video?
Feb 1st, 2008 06:38 PM
Protoclown Sorry Doc, I gotta disagree...I thought the ending was very weak for a game that was so insanely good up to that point.
Jan 31st, 2008 11:25 PM
Dungeonbrownies yea, i think this was made by the same people who made the bioshock i think.
theyre seriously disturbed.
but their ghames are excellent
Jan 30th, 2008 09:34 PM
ThirtyH Ah yes, I remember this game.

I remember the laughs, I remember the shocked exasperations of "OH ----!" *BLAM BLAM BLAM* "Dude, you know you can't sneak up on me like that... Now give me your liver."

But if there's one thing I'll remember forever, it would be finally discovering to hold the button down to use the Viral Proliferator. It was toward the end of the game, just before the last chapter, when it happened. The effect was so awesome I just had to exclaim:
"YOU MAH NEW BEST FWIEND!"
Jan 30th, 2008 07:08 PM
Nick After playing Bioshock, I've been meaning to play this game for a while.
Jan 29th, 2008 03:09 PM
Trevor Goodchild Interestingly enough the voice of SHODAN was made by the sound designers wife. So he may actually get blowjobs... from SHODAN herself.
Jan 29th, 2008 03:06 PM
executioneer yeah that cutscene is especially jarring if you've been playing the whole rest of the game with the improved character model patch, your dude looks like he's got a triangle for a face
Jan 29th, 2008 02:52 PM
Guitar Woman AFTER REVIEWING THE THREAD I REALIZE I AM MISTAKEN

Spoilers!
Jan 29th, 2008 02:49 PM
Guitar Woman I finished this last night, and I mostly agree with Protoclown about the ending.

Spoilers!


The game never really scared me as it does a lot of people, but it did have all-around really great production value, and as has been said before the sound design was fantastic. I enjoyed it!
Jan 29th, 2008 02:32 PM
Jaimas SS2 is easily one of the scariest games of all time. I remember playing it and being scared out of my goddamn mind by it; only Resident Evil's remake on GCN and Silent Hill 3 really provided anywhere near as much creep-factor.
Jan 29th, 2008 12:06 PM
Emu The laser rapier and other exotic weapons do suck, but all of the weapons were inferior to a few charged cryokenesis shots.
Jan 29th, 2008 02:32 AM
NotDavid System Shock 2 was a fantastic game, glad you guys share the same view. Great review (:
Jan 29th, 2008 01:05 AM
Dr. Boogie
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Oh, it's not that it didn't make sense (I clarified my sentence in the review), it's just that there was a severe dip in quality at the end, in my opinion. The whole bit when you enter The Many and then take on SHODAN just seemed half-assed compared to the rest of it. It really gives off the impression that they ran out of time on the development side of things. A game like that deserved a better final few stages.
No way, man, no way.

Spoilers!
Jan 29th, 2008 12:36 AM
Protoclown
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Originally Posted by Dr. Boogie View Post
What do you mean it all just falls apart? I thought the ending made plenty of sense, apart from the unanswered question of "why hasn't System Shock 3 been made yet?"

Also, it's a shame that Bioshock didn't borrow more elements from this game.
Oh, it's not that it didn't make sense (I clarified my sentence in the review), it's just that there was a severe dip in quality at the end, in my opinion. The whole bit when you enter The Many and then take on SHODAN just seemed half-assed compared to the rest of it. It really gives off the impression that they ran out of time on the development side of things. A game like that deserved a better final few stages.
Jan 28th, 2008 10:41 PM
eric-the-ded This is on my short list of the best video games ever made. I agree that no horror game has ever topped the creepy-factor of System Shock 2. The atmospheric sound design sells it most of all.
Jan 28th, 2008 06:40 PM
The Mighty Pinto The wrench was my workhorse weapon for the majority of this game. I went with the Navy class so I ended up switching between good ol' wrenchy and the Laser Pistol. When it's on rapid mode, it sucks, but when you change it to fully-charged mode you can take out some pretty nasty shit in one or two shots. Saved my ass more than once. This is the be-all, end-all of creepy games. No other horror-themed game creeped me out as much as this one did, and I still play it regularly.
Jan 28th, 2008 06:22 PM
incognit000 I love this game so much it hurts.
Jan 28th, 2008 05:48 PM
BurntToShreds I can't wait for the next *Shock game. What do you guys think it'll be called? NanoShock? CryoShock? I'm thinking NanoShock.
Jan 28th, 2008 05:02 PM
Dr. Boogie Bah, the pistol is the thinking man's grenade launcher.
Jan 28th, 2008 04:55 PM
executioneer well, the grenade launcher can be pretty handy, but that's what, level 1?
Jan 28th, 2008 04:42 PM
Dr. Boogie And that's why it's a waste to spend it on heavy or energy. Laser pistol? Pfft.
Jan 28th, 2008 03:42 PM
executioneer i guess that was their justification for requiring your standard weapons skill be maxed out before you could use it :/
Jan 28th, 2008 03:30 PM
Dr. Boogie Second on the underpowered weapons. I was so excited to get the exotic weapons, but then I realized that they were nowhere near as effective as the assault rifle. In fact, none of the weapons were really as good as that gun.
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