DOS

System Shock

There's lots of things to write about this game, but I dont really know where to begin. It's near-perfect. The only bad thing I have to say about this is the status screen which takes over half the screen (which thankfully can be made transparent). The music is also a little lackluster, but at least its not that horrible. Other than that, everything is excellent. The gameplay, the storyline, the longevity, fighting, puzzles....

System Shock är också ett av dessa spel som jag fruktat. För vad gör man när femmorna inte räcker till längre?

System Shock is a fun game. It is not an adventure game but it contains enough adventure elements to be attractive to fans of that genre. On the other hand at first sight it looks like an action shooter so action gamers might mistakenly play a game that requires more than just eye-hand coordination. The graphics look pixely nowadays but it wouldn't be fair to compare System Shock with games that require hundred times more horsepower (if only they were hundred times better!). It has distinct atmosphere (when the cyborgs jump at you from the dark it's really scary!) and the gameplay is very immersive, it is really hard to stop playing once you started. Given all that, I decided to award System Shock a nice and clean A. It is one of the games that will not be forgotten anytime soon.

If you're into classic gaming, you should have already played this by now. If not, you owe it to yourself. This is one of the few games on the site that I can wholeheartedly recommend tracking down on Ebay or Amazon and going to the trouble of a purchase. It's simply astounding as a horror game, an adventure game, and an RPG, and a knockout punch as all three.

Uskomaton tunnelma ja realistinen pelimaailma kietovat pelaajan täysin pauloihinsa, eivätkä hellitä ennen loppudemon ilmestymistä ruutuun. Mutta unihan onkin koneettomien korvike kunnon todellisuuspakopeleille...

The most astonishing movement control in any game anywhere ever. Some of the puzzles aren't very inspired; steep system requirements. One of the finest, best-executed, and most enjoyable first-person RPG shooters ever; a landmark achievement.

System Shock vaatii rinnalleen vauhdikkaan 486:n ja tehokkaan näytönohjaimen. Koko ruudun näyttö kutkuttaa raivoisasti makuhermoja, monitorintäyteisen keinuvan avaruusaseman repiessä pelaajansa maksaa. Katso kuvaa ja kuvittele sama livenä.

Grâce à son principe de paramètrage, System Shock devrait ravir les maniaques du combat autant que les amateurs de jeux de rôles sophistiqués.

Und wieder ein 3D-Actionspiel. Doch halt! System Shock ist mehr: eine Mischung aus Action, Rollenspiel und Adventure stellt den Spieler vor vielfältige Aufgaben.

Düstere Cyberpunk-Atmosphäre, Action und Puzzles: Das Programmierteam von "Ultima Underworld" zieht im neuen 3D-Opus alle Register seines Könnens.

Lange genug hats gedauert, bis Looking Glass ihre verbesserte "Underworld" Engine auf die Monitore brachte, doch das Warten hat sich gelohnt. Wer utopisch orientiert ist und ein komplexes Spielvergnügen sucht, der kommt in diesem Herbst an "System Shock" nicht vorbei. Seit Interplay ehrwürdigem "Neuromancer" für den C64 hat keiner mehr so gekonnt für hochspannige Cyberpunk Atmosphäre gesorgt - Verfolgungs Paranoia ist garantiert.

System Shock may in fact be an adventure game, but different from other adventure games of today you do not just roam around triggering the next story element. Indeed, your actions are not tied only to the plotline. So, maybe it is not an adventure game at all.

One of the major drawbacks of System Shock, as I alluded to before, is simply how hard it is to get working on a modern machine. This is a game that runs in DOS, so anyone using a computer built after 1997 or so will need to download an emulator and a couple of other programs in order to get it running. It will most likely take a couple of hours of pounding the keyboard and yelling obscenities, but the end result is well worth the effort. System Shock is a gem from days past, and it easily stands up to the test of time.