Last week, we posted about the teasers that OtherSide entertainment had up, which more or less confirmed that the morally unrestrained sentient AI SHODAN (or Sentient Hyper-Optimized Data Access Network if you prefer) could be making a return. Said teaser site indicated as much, especially when the teaser site was picked apart.
And now? Well now it’s official. OtherSide Entertainment has confirmed it’s bringing System Shock back to terrify you.
https://t.co/T2wi5k2EGs System Shock 3! pic.twitter.com/qJ4UDRUuPw
— OtherSide (@OtherSide_Games) December 14, 2015
It’s official. Look. Listen. Sign up for updates on System Shock 3. https://t.co/FInPPvGyWP
— OtherSide (@OtherSide_Games) December 14, 2015
Unfortunately, that’s about all that they’ve revealed so far. We have no idea when System Shock 3 is coming – nor what platforms it might be coming to. We also have no idea whether or not the game will be subject to a Kickstarter, or any other sort of crowd-funding project.
Am I excited? Well, considering System Shock 2 made my top-ten list all the way back in 2013, I am.
“I love Bioshock, from Ken Levine’s Irrational Games and I had to include at least one of them. It wouldn’t be Bioshock 2, that’s for sure…and seeing how Infinite left me wanting more in terms of gameplay, it could only be the first one,” I said back then. “I started thinking more though, and I realised that that game itself owes so much to its forebear, System Shock 2. With tense atmosphere, complex and open-ended RPG gameplay, great characters and a shocking narrative, System Shock really is a masterpiece. And Bioshock wishes it could be as good.”
That said, I’m also filled with more than a bit of trepidation, so I’ll be approaching this with cautious optimism. I’m not quite ready to throw all of my nanites at the screen.
Last Updated: December 14, 2015
Jan Prins
December 14, 2015 at 08:04
System Shock 3!!! YAY!!! Uhhhh. What is a System Shock?
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 14, 2015 at 08:43
Corner, NOW!
Stay there until you repent
Jan Prins
December 14, 2015 at 09:13
Meh. If I did not play it, it can’t be that awesome a game. http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120826123355/vssaxtonhale/images/c/c2/Troll-face.png
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 14, 2015 at 09:40
Nee dude, that game defined a genre back then, pity you missed it
Umar
December 14, 2015 at 08:08
InB4 KS announcement…Just kidding (though it’s not completely unlikely)
Hmmm….I’ll tread carefully..It’s awesome news but to announce a sequel to such a revered game like this is kind of suspect.
Captain JJ 4x
December 14, 2015 at 08:27
Exciting times.
Hammersteyn
December 14, 2015 at 08:30
https://media.giphy.com/media/b1o4elYH8Tqjm/giphy.gif
Andrew Singleton
December 14, 2015 at 08:40
Keep in mind you will NOT get anywhere close to what the hype builds up to. It won’t be the second coming of christ. It won’t bringworld peace, or any of that.
it has SHODAN’s VA back. It has Warren Specter, and it has people from Looking Glass. We are at as good a foundation as we can expect.
what I want:
No Microtransactions!
A new take on SHODAN to keep her from feeling like she’s old hat.
Some closure on WTF happened at the end of system shock 2.
That good old haunted horror house that wants to kill and eat you feel.
No Inventory Tetris.
Modding and Mapping Tools.
If it has these I will be happy or at least satisfied eventually mods will make it an interesting experiance. I’m just afraid SHODAN will feel like ‘oh hey more of the same motions must be made’ and just not fel threatening.
Also can we have native linux support?
Last thing. I’ve got a dual Core system from 07. Can this be made so it runs decently well on that? Please? I don’t want to have to spend a grand on a box to see where things have gone.
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 14, 2015 at 08:44
I LIKED THE INVENTORY TETRIS!
Hammersteyn
December 14, 2015 at 08:48
SAME!
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 14, 2015 at 08:53
And if one of your implants ran out of juice, SUDDENLY YOUR TETRIS FALLS APART!!
Hammersteyn
December 14, 2015 at 08:54
Also I hope it’s not like Bioshock. While that was an excellent series and the spiritual successor I found the lack of RPG elements disappointing. What it did have was a skill tree system that was very user friendly
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 14, 2015 at 08:54
Bioshock was a console-ified System Shock.
You know this to be true
Hammersteyn
December 14, 2015 at 08:55
Still a very good series
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 14, 2015 at 08:42
http://i.imgur.com/zaCeu08.gif?noredirect
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 14, 2015 at 08:43
…
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 14, 2015 at 08:44
https://media1.giphy.com/media/9PsgUfyrNiKK4/200_s.gif
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 14, 2015 at 08:45
https://images.encyclopediadramatica.se/thumb/7/7a/Relevant.jpg/500px-Relevant.jpg
HairyEwok
December 14, 2015 at 08:49
Hype Nostalgia overload, followed by disappointment overload since it won’t be as you remembered it.
Hammersteyn
December 14, 2015 at 08:50
I think if we can deal with the fact that it wont be like we remembered we can start looking forward towards the game.
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 14, 2015 at 08:52
That sounds far too reasonable. You must be a casual gamer. 😀
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 14, 2015 at 08:53
He got soft from playing too much fawr
Hammersteyn
December 14, 2015 at 08:55
That’s why I bought Battlefront this weekend
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 14, 2015 at 08:58
o_O
Hammersteyn
December 14, 2015 at 09:08
Hahaha obviously I’d rather GITS than play that.
Captain JJ 4x
December 14, 2015 at 09:01
You talking about Battlefront now?
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 14, 2015 at 09:04
Hehehe, oh you
miaau
December 14, 2015 at 09:09
buzzkill. Or right. Who knows? But, yes. Syndicate…
X-com game, now, that was almost exactly as nostalgia remembered it, just updated and stuff, for the modern era.
miaau
December 14, 2015 at 09:07
Break on through to the
Ah, but: Is my older safe ready for this? Does he care? System Shock was AWESOME, but then so was Wolfenstein, Quake and the like. For a time.
I will watch, cautiously, from the sidelines, perhaps it is a solid RPG? While listening to the Doors, of course.
Darren Peach
December 14, 2015 at 09:17
As long as it’s scary.
miaau
December 14, 2015 at 09:20
As long as it is not scary……
I am wimp, hear me whimper. No scary.
Batman Asylum, with Scarecrow, was crap. I had to finish the scarecrow bits if started, to get closure, so once played till 2AM, then left at 6AM, did HUGE presentation and demo to senior peoples from various walks of life and all. Not clever of me. (nervous public speaker, confidence is KEY)
Darren Peach
December 14, 2015 at 10:29
Been a long time since a game or movie frightened me. Books can be scary.
Mossel
December 14, 2015 at 09:49
But will Ken Levine have anything to do with it? Because I fear he is the creative mind behind the “shock” games.
Sageville
December 14, 2015 at 10:37
System Shock 3??!??
I may have made a little wee….