Bingo. You nailed it. I didn't know it existed until the steam sale and it popped up. I was super pumped.
SS2 is a formative memory for me. It was so different and edgy and scary that it left a real imprint on my brain.
The new release scratches that itch, and I loved it. I've fallen off of gaming as I get older and have more responsibilities, but I'm finding time for this game.
SS2 is a formative memory for me. It was so different and edgy and scary that it left a real imprint on my brain.
Same.
I vividly remember the audio logs of Korenchkin as he gave in to The Many and underwent transformation. Talking about the rapture of the biomass, "something wonderful is happening to me", etc. Finally ends with him addressing me personally and telling me to come visit him on the bridge to "discuss your future".... When I finally got there my mouse hand was literally trembling from fear/anticipation, I had no idea what he had turned into, and after the horrors I'd seen I really didn't want to find out.
I still say it's one of the greatest games I ever played.
Some text logs in System Shock 1 were equally engaging, and also had the feeling of urgency to them, with timestamps a minute or two from your "local time", IIRC. I was hoping to be fast enough to arrive to a particular area and maybe see the fresh aftermath, or even (fatally) wounded character to talk to personally. No such thing, alas.
I still remember how I was listening to some audio log and then suddenly I hear 'Run, RUN' and I get a whack on my head and I needed a full two seconds to comperhend what it happened in the computer game before me, not with me.
I did't play SSR, and I doubt I will, but I had a great pleasure watching how it came to be and how people reacted to it
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Bingo. You nailed it. I didn't know it existed until the steam sale and it popped up. I was super pumped.
SS2 is a formative memory for me. It was so different and edgy and scary that it left a real imprint on my brain.
The new release scratches that itch, and I loved it. I've fallen off of gaming as I get older and have more responsibilities, but I'm finding time for this game.
Same.
I vividly remember the audio logs of Korenchkin as he gave in to The Many and underwent transformation. Talking about the rapture of the biomass, "something wonderful is happening to me", etc. Finally ends with him addressing me personally and telling me to come visit him on the bridge to "discuss your future".... When I finally got there my mouse hand was literally trembling from fear/anticipation, I had no idea what he had turned into, and after the horrors I'd seen I really didn't want to find out.
I still say it's one of the greatest games I ever played.
Some text logs in System Shock 1 were equally engaging, and also had the feeling of urgency to them, with timestamps a minute or two from your "local time", IIRC. I was hoping to be fast enough to arrive to a particular area and maybe see the fresh aftermath, or even (fatally) wounded character to talk to personally. No such thing, alas.
I still remember how I was listening to some audio log and then suddenly I hear 'Run, RUN' and I get a whack on my head and I needed a full two seconds to comperhend what it happened in the computer game before me, not with me.
I did't play SSR, and I doubt I will, but I had a great pleasure watching how it came to be and how people reacted to it