Is it just me, or does it get more and more fun as you play?
I had heard of System Shock 2 a long time ago, but I never played it since I was a total WUSSY back then and didn't like the fact that it had a reputation of being scary. After playing it though I found an amazingly cool and revolutionary FPS+RPG hybrid.
Review:
You are a normal guy who starts off going to join the military, picking from one of 3 different careers. Those are Marines (Good Weapon abilities and Health), Navy (Good at repairing and Hacking), And the O.P.S. or something like that (Prefer Psi abilities) After a 4 year program you find yourself on board the Starship Von Braun where something has gone wrong. You quickly find that a infection has spread to nearly everyone on board. So its your job to out-smart the A.I. Xerxes and find a way off the ship. All along the way you'll encounter numerous terrifying and down right scary creatures. Zombie-like Hybrids, Evil Psi throwing monkeys, all kinds of creepy enemies await. You'll also encounter spooky apparitions and freaky voices. The apparitions make you feel sorry for the victims since they are cursed to go through their deaths for all eternity and the voices just plain freak me out. You don't have to worry about having sucky aiming or low as hell health, unlike Deus Ex, since you can upgrade your body's Bio-Metrics using terminals to upgrade Psi, Tech, Weapon, and Logic. Each one boasts a different number of upgrade options, like increased hacking capabilities, better accuracy, Harder hitting with blunt weapons, repairing weapons, and numerous others. However, to upgrade yourself you need to find some hard to get Upgrade Modules. These are gained from finding them on dead bodies and completing objectives. This is what sets SS2 apart from just your run of the mill FPS. These upgradings make it a bit more like an RPG and add a lot more depth to it.
Make sure to get the special texture upgrade mods for SS2, just look around on Google or Yahoo! and you'll find them.
Conclusion:
If you're a fan of RPGs or FPSs you'll enjoy System Shock 2 and if you've played Bioshock but not this, what are you waiting for? Go out and get it.
Pros: Deep and creepy story, Great combination of RPG and FPS, Atmosphere is just perfect, the way the enemies react is just plain freaky, scares abound, nearly endless customization and Psi abilities.
Cons: Unless you get the Texture upgrade mods the graphics look pretty bad