[QUOTE="Zeliard9"]I could, but Gamespot wrote an entire article describing System Shock 2 rather perfectly, so there's no need to bother. I posted the link a few posts above. Go look. What you've done, you can do with any game. You realize that right? Name your favorite game. Its gameplay will easily be rendered into one disparaging sentence.
Though I should note that you calling System Shock 2 an action RPG is hilarious. And how are you calling it an RPG yet also saying you're "with a wrench half the time"? Did you forget about the RPG elements in the game while you were playing it? You have only yourself to fault for relying on guns in the game, when you're supposed to do anything but (much like Bioshock).
Ocarina of Time is an action RPG. System Shock 2.... not so much.
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You do realize that in a top 5 list of the greatest games of all time, System Shock 2 is at number 2? I also think I'm one of the few people here on these forums that has the game inside it's original case right next to me, ready to pop in whenever I feel I want to get freaked out by mutant monkeys and euthanasia screaming crew members.
It's an action RPG. That does not mean you can't use a wrench. Does a wrench automatically make it a FPS? GameSpot lists it as a Sci Fi Action Adventure, although I'd have to disagree to an extent on that.
If you want to argue that Bioshock is a FPS and therefore SS2 is a FPS as well -- I'm willing to argue that Bioshock is more FPS oriented than SS2 as it's hitting the mainstream this time. I think hermits would agree with me that that is the case for most PC IPs that go to consoles.
And yes, the wrench is synonymous with System Shock 2. That's a familiar fact for those that actually play the game rather than praising it without even really playing it.
What's with these ridiculous straw man arguments? Where did I call SS2 an FPS, and where did I say that using a wrench makes it an FPS? Jesus. Respond to the points or don't respond at all. Why did you even bring it up being listed at #2 in "a top 5 list"? What does that even mean, and how does it do anything except reinforce my point?
I mocked your saying that you're with a "wrench half the time" because that gives the impression that all you can do is whack things with a wrench. I also mocked you calling it an RPG then saying you're with a wrench half the time. Hello? If it's an RPG then you have other options, genius. I never trivialized the wrench with respect to the game, that's just another one of your sad straw mans.
The problem most people face with the wrench and a big reason as to why it's so infamous is because they try to create a gun-based character at the expense of spending on important skills like repair and maintenance to reinforce it, since guns are damn near useless in the game since they die so quickly and there's very little ammo. So they're left with whacking things with a wrench. Because they don't really know how to play the game. Sound familiar?
I like that shot at the end too, trying to say that I've never played the game. That's pretty damn weak. Straw mans and ad hominems all around. You just fail entirely at arguing, don't you?
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