Comment on The System Shock 2 remaster comes out June 26th
bread@feddit.nl 1 week ago
I got excited for a second until I realized it’s a remaster. Yeah, I don’t really care at that point.
Yeah. Their proper remake of SS1 was excellent and I was looking forward to something similar for SS2. Especially a balancing pass on the skills to make some of them not completely useless.
Even remaking SS2 on the engine they used for 1 would have been welcome news, but it’s not clear that they’re doing that either.
I’m kind of in the same boat. SS2 will always be there if I wanted to play it, and a remaster isn’t really making me more or less likely to. But a full remake would be very interesting especially since the studio was so successful with the SS1 remake and it turned out so well.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
System shock 2 is still a spectacular game
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 week ago
It’s also very easily modded and there are loads of graphical overhauls for it to choose from that bring it to modern levels of pretty.
Kelly@programming.dev 1 week ago
That’s a bit like saying you can buy flour and bake bread.
Some people are interested in a.product that is immediately ready to use as a simple convenience. Others might be on console that doesn’t offer the origial title or allow mods.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 week ago
New engines do wonders. Especially for 29+ year old games.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
That comes up every time there is a re-release or a remaster.
If you are content with your setup, cool.
But this is Nightdive. They cook. It is already confirmed to have a subset of the community patch as well as improved visuals and hands and controls. So in terms of “worth it”… it probably is for the vast majority of people even slightly interested in SS2.
Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Any recommendation for modding guide. I played it back in the day, but to be honest I stopped in one of the earlier levels because it got a bit unnerving.
Mostly looking for HD support, better textures/assets (but ones that jive with the vibe) and balance changes to make it a bit easier.