PC fans rejoice! System Shock 2 is coming to GOG tomorrow!

Must have a pain in the *** to get the publishing rights to it but I guess it finally payed off. Now we is NOLF,AVP2 and lucarts games

rock papershotgun

awesome stuff...never played SS2 and highly look forward to playing this

Never played System Shock sadly, I heard there is a HD mod around so might Might the game up and add the Mod.

Everyone should play this game.

I'll get it, Never played it before.faizan_faizan

Oh yay the same ancient game that gets mentioned over and over again, has aged horrible and is not exciting in the slightest considering we have played it once.MBirdy88

Of course, right after I buy it on ebay lol

[QUOTE="MBirdy88"]Oh yay the same ancient game that gets mentioned over and over again, has aged horrible and is not exciting in the slightest considering we have played it once.Salt_The_Fries

[QUOTE="MBirdy88"]Oh yay the same ancient game that gets mentioned over and over again, has aged horrible and is not exciting in the slightest considering we have played it once.Salt_The_Fries

SS2 is still rather clunky and slow, but yeah it aged pretty well other than that

Sweet. Hope they bring more of the classics to gog.Rattlesnake_8

[QUOTE="MBirdy88"]Oh yay the same ancient game that gets mentioned over and over again, has aged horrible and is not exciting in the slightest considering we have played it once.Salt_The_Fries

Haven't played System Shock 2 in years. Hope they get the first game as i never had the chance to play that. 

[QUOTE="Rattlesnake_8"]Sweet. Hope they bring more of the classics to gog.funsohng

[QUOTE="Salt_The_Fries"][QUOTE="MBirdy88"]Oh yay the same ancient game that gets mentioned over and over again, has aged horrible and is not exciting in the slightest considering we have played it once.toast_burner

Haven't played System Shock 2 in years. Hope they get the first game as i never had the chance to play that. 

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Ha, about time. Can't have a store named "Good old games" without offering System Shock 2. It's one of fav games of all times, this is definitely worthy of your time, it still stands up great, and is a pleasure to play through, especially with a few mods.

The first SS should also be played, there's a freeware version around, with a very simplified DOSBox installation, and the game works with no problems.

Fantastic news! System Shock 2 is one my favorite games of all time! :D

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Mozuckint

Awesome. Definitely will like to try out the game that Bioshock is a spiritual successor of, through I don't want this to be another Deus Ex.>.>

Awesome. Definitely will like to try out the game that Bioshock is a spiritual successor of, through I don't want this to be another Deus Ex.>.>

Wanderer5

Unlike Deus Ex, the game is much more straightforward, it's practically a horror - adventure. Its horror atmosphere is still bone chilling, the controls are solid and responsive, the level design is great. There aren't that mant elements that aged, because of its straightfowardness. Unlike Deus Ex, which had way to much stuff going on. 

And if you can't stand the horrible graphics, you can check out the forum here and add a ton of texture and model replacements, makes the graphics look much better.

Btw., you should give Deus Ex another go with the mods from my signature. Basically fixes every single issue you have with the game.  

One of the best games of all time. Kinda sad that Bioshock is a crappy spiritual successor in comparison, way too streamlined and doesn't improve on the gameplay system and atmosphere of System Shock series in general. Bioshock overall is great though, just not an evolution of System Shock.

If only EA didn't hold the rights to the series, along with Dungeon Keeper... seriously f*ck EA.

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Mozuckint

Good old father ted :lol:

Unlike Deus Ex, the game is much more straightforward, it's practically a horror - adventure. Its horror atmosphere is still bone chilling, the controls are solid and responsive, the level design is great. There aren't that mant elements that aged, because of its straightfowardness. Unlike Deus Ex, which had way to much stuff going on. 

And if you can't stand the horrible graphics, you can check out the forum here and add a ton of texture and model replacements, makes the graphics look much better.

Btw., you should give Deus Ex another go with the mods from my signature. Basically fixes every single issue you have with the game.  

 

Lucianu

Don't really care about the graphics (but I probably still check out the graphic mods), but as long as it more straightforward and has a better first impression, then I should be fine with this. I should have look into the mods for Deus Ex, but I not interested in playing it now.:P

Well back to check out GOG, but I hope they will bring Shivers 1 & 2 someday. I would buy the 2nd one in a heartbeat.

I'll have to get it eventually, if only to please arach so he won't bug me. :P

If only EA didn't hold the rights to the series, along with Dungeon Keeper... seriously f*ck EA.


Razor_defiace

[QUOTE="MBirdy88"]Oh yay the same ancient game that gets mentioned over and over again, has aged horrible and is not exciting in the slightest considering we have played it once.Salt_The_Fries

[QUOTE="Salt_The_Fries"][QUOTE="MBirdy88"]Oh yay the same ancient game that gets mentioned over and over again, has aged horrible and is not exciting in the slightest considering we have played it once.Heil68

He might not be just talking about graphics.

I'm not rilly good with scary games... maybe I should do one of those scarecams or facecams or whatever they call it.

[QUOTE="Razor_defiace"]If only EA didn't hold the rights to the series, along with Dungeon Keeper... seriously f*ck EA.


Mozuckint

I think he was refering at possibility of sequels if EA wasn't holding the rights. 

EA has no plans for System Shock IP, for them it's just an inactive IP lying in a hole somewhere, never to be brought up again.

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[QUOTE="Razor_defiace"]If only EA didn't hold the rights to the series, along with Dungeon Keeper... seriously f*ck EA.


Rocker6

I think he was refering at possibility of sequels if EA wasn't holding the rights. 

EA has no plans for System Shock IP, for them it's just an inactive IP lying in a hole somewhere, never to be brought up again.

Edit: That being said, It's time for someone to get some Occulus rift working on this little bugger. :P

[QUOTE="MBirdy88"]Oh yay the same ancient game that gets mentioned over and over again, has aged horrible and is not exciting in the slightest considering we have played it once.Salt_The_Fries

considering I played Deus Ex for the first time in 2006, 6 years after it came out, and it managed to become my favorite game of all time....i'd say it has aged very well

[QUOTE="Razor_defiace"]If only EA didn't hold the rights to the series, along with Dungeon Keeper... seriously f*ck EA.


Mozuckint

There will never be a Dungeon Keeper 3 or System Shock 3 - that's what I was implying in my post. EA has the rights to them, they won't make a sequel (though why would you trust EA with the sequel lol?) and they won't sell the IP. 

 

I have been waiting for this day for years. YEARS. I finally get to play the game for the first time.

Let's hope the bloody thing RUNS.

I'mma grab that! Never played it.

Ugh Dungeon Keeper. So we walk to this conference room and we take a seat. You told me to come up with a plan to keep a hold of one of our old IP's of a forgotten past and make some money out of it if possible. I don't really care about my job and I know you aren't really expecting much anyway, so instead of thinking this through I've been arguing religion on OT and didn't really feel like coming up with anything good. So I sit down at the other end of the table and we both feel like we're wasting our time now having even walked in here. Within the very second that I place my paw on the table holding a piece of paper with some stuff scribbled on to it you say "Do it."

That's how I imagine it turned into a CHINESE MMO WITH BRITISH HUMOR. There is no way ANYONE thought that THAT was a good idea.
I'm still very angry about that.

BTW if you like Dungeon Keeper keep an eye on Impire (is also on Steam).
I don't know if it's going to be any good, and it is not the same as Dungeon Keeper (you play more as one character and send troops outside and stuff) but it somehow has the same vibe so who knows it could be aweZome!

I played it a few years ago, its pretty dated but if you push through you can still get into it. You can really see the influence it had on games like Dead Space and Bioshock. 

If they are just selling the vanilla version it will not work properly on Windows 7 and presumably 8, but setting core affinity to 1 via the task manager and using windows XP compatability mode should do the trick. 

If they are just selling the vanilla version it will not work properly on Windows 7 and presumably 8, but setting core affinity to 1 via the task manager and using windows XP compatability mode should do the trick. 

with_teeth26

Doesn't GOG have a '100% games must work on modern Windows' requirement?

I played it a few years ago, its pretty dated but if you push through you can still get into it. You can really see the influence it had on games like Dead Space and Bioshock. 

If they are just selling the vanilla version it will not work properly on Windows 7 and presumably 8, but setting core affinity to 1 via the task manager and using windows XP compatability mode should do the trick. 

with_teeth26

My version works with it, just stuck it in ein 7 compatibility mode after it crashed 3 times before that. Did the trick. Also it got a big patch recently that worked out a lot of kinks

If they are just selling the vanilla version it will not work properly on Windows 7 and presumably 8, but setting core affinity to 1 via the task manager and using windows XP compatability mode should do the trick. 

with_teeth26

They tweak the games to work with modern systems, they'll also do the same with this one, that's why i always buy older games from them.