Zarniwoop
TESTOSTERONIC As Fuck™
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Better game? Probably Prey.Which is the better game, this remake, or prey 2017?
Better remake? This, because 2017 Prey had nothing to do with the original.
Better game? Probably Prey.Which is the better game, this remake, or prey 2017?
Prey 2017... or the original System Shock.Which is the better game, this remake, or prey 2017?
Well, they changed the voice actor so...Was the dialogue edited to remove insensitive implications regarding the race of Diego for more suitable representation of minorities? He was originally corrupt and that means Looking Glass were racist towards half-Hispanic individuals. But then again half-white, so it doesn't count. Not dark enough.
Diego is less scheming executive and more fawning SHODAN-muppet in the remake.I just want to know if Diego in the remake still has the audio log in which he says "investigate my butt!"?
Engineering being far from Maintenance and Energy Systems - Eh, I've been to enough facilities that are inefficiently laid out like that IRL to not care. Plus they added a log about Citadel being 'intentionally made maze-like to induce anxiety in the staff, because that would increase productivity or something?'
I think it's mostly the elevators that don't work for me. Specifically the 1-2, R-2-3, 3-6 combination. If I was given the carte blanche to fuck with that and justify it, I'd have 1-2-6, R-3-7, 2-3-4, or something like that, and gate access to 6 and 7 by objective completion, with some SHODAN messages if you try.
That's one of the cool things I love about these type of games. One that takes the time to actually think about the many consequences of the player's actions even if it's a small detail. This is an example of me smiling when playing and going, "That was a cool touch."
Another small detail I noticed: In Security I found a credit card, which meant more credits if I would go back to Executive to find an ATM. But when I did so I found that the ATMs don't work anymore; 'Connection Error' is all they say now. Then I remembered "Oh yeah, I blew up all the antennas..."
No achievements no buy!
I'm playing the GOG-version, so there are no achievements for me AND I DON'T CARE.
*looks up achievements*
[Score a kill using a falling monitor]
So not really missing out on much.
BTW, I'm running into a strange but harmless bug. Almost every time I kill an Exec-bot, it clones itself a new corpse, so at least two Exec-bot bodies drop. (No loot in them though.) Sometimes they're a different color.
And a rather big thought regarding the station layout: Some of the levels are in the wrong place. Why is Engineering as physically far away from the Reactor as possible? Shouldn't Reactor, Engineering and Maintenance all be located at the bottom of the station, close to each other? And where does everyone live, where's the Residential-level? Maybe they all live in pods down in Storage?
Imagine talking about exec-bots, that appear only on the EXECUTIVE AND HABITATION LEVEL, and in the same post wondering where everyone lives.
Where did you get the artbook? I didn't think any physical items had been shipped out yet...Just when I thought I was free of the remake - I get my hands on the official artbook.
Most gaming-related artbooks don't interest me, but this one does for a couple of reasons. Firstly, both the original game and the remake have the same lead artist, Robb Waters, and we get to hear his input. Secondly, we get a look at both unreleased material, as well as artwork that served trivial background purposes, at best.
It covers both the 2016 Unity demo art assets, as well as the official remake. There's also one page where all the critters from the original game get a look in, for comparison.
The clear winners (to me) are:
# The six water color artworks made for Kickstarter-backers, some of them look wicked.
# The full-page image of the 'cover' for the remake, the one with SHODAN.
# A look at the artwork from the mini-games of System Shock, including 'Battle Hogs' and 'The Maze of the Space Minotaur', nice pixel art there.
# The description for the Cyborg Warrior. It's just three words: "A chrome nightmare".
Worth a read, and a keeper for me.