Description
2072; orbiting Saturn aboard TriOptimum Corporation's Citadel space station: You awaken from a six-month healing coma with a broken memory and a newly-installed cybernetic interface to discover that most of the other occupants of the station are dead...or worse. The station's self-sufficient AI, SHODAN (Sentient Hyper-Optimized Data Access Network) has assumed total control and seems hell-bent on destroying all human life. TriOptimum believes you are Citadel's last hope. Can you save yourself and smash SHODAN's evil plans?
System Shock incorporates first-person shooter and adventure gameplay styles, with role-playing elements thrown in. The player is given the ability to physically interact with the environment by picking up, destroying, and throwing objects. There is a large variety of items to find; beside weapons and healing kits, there are also different accessories that can be used to customize the playing character.
The story of the game is mostly told through e-mail messages you receive from the few survivors (as well as SHODAN herself), and electronic diaries (logs) left by different characters, which are scattered around the space station.
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Just Adventure |
Feb 07, 2002 |
A |
100 |
| High Score |
Jan, 1995 |
5 out of 5 |
100 |
| Just Games Retro |
Jul 24, 2004 |
98 out of 100 |
98 |
| Pelit |
Jul, 1994 |
97 out of 100 |
97 |
| PC Gamer |
Jan, 1995 |
96 out of 100 |
96 |
| Joystick |
Oct, 1994 |
90 out of 100 |
90 |
| PC Games (Germany) |
Oct, 1994 |
90 out of 100 |
90 |
| PC Player (Germany) |
Oct, 1994 |
89 out of 100 |
89 |
| Power Play |
Nov, 1994 |
87 out of 100 |
87 |
| Adventure Classic Gaming |
Sep 25, 1998 |
4 out of 5 |
80 |
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Trivia
There is a reference to the movie
Soylent Green in the game (although it's spelled slightly different). In level 3, Maintenance, there is a relay panel in the northern section called "Soylant Green Filtration".
