System Shock franchise coming to GOG

quarryman

Not sure if this has been posted already (did a quick search).

Details here.

Genghiz Cohen

Retr0gamer

Fair play to whoever managed to sort out the legal cluster**** that were the rights to this franchise. These games really deserve to be played by everyone.

I have to disagree with the article about System Shock 1 though, the controls are a mess but if you use system shock portable which has reconfigurable controls it plays great.

And that midi soundtrack is so good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4cdTGBb3xo

TomCo

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I have to disagree with the article about System Shock 1 though, the controls are a mess but if you use system shock portable which has reconfigurable controls it plays great.

I actually like the system shock 1 controls, except for the weird leaning and ducking mechanic.

I really hope they implement and fix the netcode that was introduced in the official SS2 patch. I've always wanted to play through the game in co-op but its just too unstable.

Retr0gamer

TomCo wrote: »

I actually like the system shock 1 controls, except for the weird leaning and ducking mechanic.

Set it up with WASD controls and it's much easier to lean and duck.

Creamy Goodness

/me crosses fingers for an OS X port.

Retr0gamer

Well there was a MAC version of the first game.

ancapailldorcha

quarryman wrote: »

Not sure if this has been posted already (did a quick search).

Details here.

I just logged in at work for the sole purpose of thanking this post. Fantastic news.

Adyx

GOG is finally complete. The very first PC game I ever bought, I wish I'd kept the big box and manual. I wonder what the extra content is? I don't care how much it is or that I already have it installed from the disc, if they've sorted out the install and control issues for Windows 7/8, it'll be well worth it.

Retr0gamer

Get the No One Live Forever games on there and I'll call it complete.

gizmo

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Get the No One Live Forever games on there and I'll call it complete.

You spelt Grim Fandango wrong.

An alternative spelling is "Homeworld".

marshbaboon

This is awesome news. SS2 is hands down the best sci fi game I've ever played, but i've never been able to finish it because the game always crashed for me on trying to enter the bio deck past the residential + shopping area.

GreenWolfe

marshbaboon wrote: »

This is awesome news. SS2 is hands down the best sci fi game I've ever played, but i've never been able to finish it because the game always crashed for me on trying to enter the bio deck past the residential + shopping area.

It's a fantastic game, it's the only game I've ever played that's actually scared me. The ending levels were very disappointing though.

strangel00p

EarthlyPangaea wrote: »

It's a fantastic game, it's the only game I've ever played that's actually scared me. The ending levels were very disappointing though.

True, I found early stages amazing but the poor graphics in the final stages were really off putting. Even back in 1998 I knew they sucked.

Adyx

gizmo wrote: »

You spelt Grim Fandango wrong.

An alternative spelling is "Homeworld".

NOLF and Grim Fandango I could take or leave, but I would like to see Homeworld on it now that you mention it. I'll be quite happy with SS1 and 2 for now though.

Retr0gamer

strangel00p wrote: »

True, I found early stages amazing but the poor graphics in the final stages were really off putting. Even back in 1998 I knew they sucked.

I didn't mind the poor graphics, it was the horrible jumping sections towards the end that annoyed me.

Adyx

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I didn't mind the poor graphics, it was the horrible jumping sections towards the end that annoyed me.

The sound of those teeth grinding! :mad:

McSasquatch

I'm jealous of those who get to play this for the first time. Has there been any advance in the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind type memory erasure technology? No??

Mr E

So based on the new timer on gog.com, it looks like 11am tomorrow for System Shock 2.

Zillah

Man, System Shock 2 makes me feel nothing but fury. In my only playthrough I used the quicksave function over the course of about four or five hours of play, then logged out. It turns out that the quicksave/quickload feature only functions within the game environment, and is not kept after the game shuts down.

I mean...really...have you ever heard of a more idiotic design decision in your life? I might give it a go again, it's been long enough so it won't feel repetitive, but there was no way I was going to replay all of that at the time.

So be warned.

Retr0gamer

Zillah wrote: »

Man, System Shock 2 makes me feel nothing but fury. In my only playthrough I used the quicksave function over the course of about four or five hours of play, then logged out. It turns out that the quicksave/quickload feature only functions within the game environment, and is not kept after the game shuts down.

I mean...really...have you ever heard of a more idiotic design decision in your life? I might give it a go again, it's been long enough so it won't feel repetitive, but there was no way I was going to replay all of that at the time.

So be warned.

Really? I used quick save all the time and it saved my game fine.

Retr0gamer

Confirmed:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/13/many-questions-system-shock-2-comes-to-gog/

Well done GoG.

SirLemonhead

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Confirmed:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/13/many-questions-system-shock-2-comes-to-gog/

Well done GoG.

Well, they didn't do most of the heavy lifting but fair play to them all the same

Sarky

This is, to use the correct scientific nomenclature, "f*cking awesome news".

Buying the hell out of SS2 when I get out of work.

Wossack

very cool

remember being blown away by it (and the load times!). Had a pretty cool graphics pack too iirc

Retr0gamer

SirLemonhead wrote: »

Well, they didn't do most of the heavy lifting but fair play to them all the same

I posted before reading it

ancapailldorcha

Would you need the original game to play System Shock 2? Are both of them coming to GOG?

GreenWolfe

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Would you need the original game to play System Shock 2?

No, they're completely separate.

ancapailldorcha

I meant, would you need to have played the original to enjoy the sequel properly?

Gona be my first time as My Pentium 200 couldnt run it back then!! Eh have they mentioned compatabilty with Windows 7 64 etc..? Can graphics mods be used?

ShooterSF

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Gona be my first time as My Pentium 200 couldnt run it back then!! Eh have they mentioned compatabilty with Windows 7 64 etc..? Can graphics mods be used?

Said it works fine on 7 and that you can use mods according to the interview linked above.

I can't wait and especially as it's coming from gog which is by far my favourite way to buy PC games!

GreenWolfe

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

I meant, would you need to have played the original to enjoy the sequel properly?

Ah right, I picked that up the wrong way.

I don't think so. I played the sequel first, and then the original game. I think the sequel is very much a game in its own right. Having played the original helps to fill in the back-story a bit more, but I don't think you'd miss that much tbh.

Retr0gamer

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

I meant, would you need to have played the original to enjoy the sequel properly?

I played the sequel first and then the original. It's not really important to have played the original first, it gets explained to you anyway in important parts. It's quite clever how the game fits in with SS1 but it's not essential to enjoying the game.

ancapailldorcha

EarthlyPangaea wrote: »

Ah right, I picked that up the wrong way.

In fairness, I made a complete mess of my question. Is the original coming out on GOG as well?

Star Lord

Banner on GOG:

kearneybobs

Bought and downloading now.

$9.99.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

hrm

i wonder how bad it's going to look at 2560x1440p

spankmaster2000

It's just the sequel though, and not the original?
9.99 for SS2, but no sign of SS1. (Or did I miss it?)

quarryman

363MB

Jaysus. Times have changed.

kearneybobs

Loaded the game up there. Supports my res of 1440 x 900 although it seems to display the main menu at least in 4:3 with black bars on the sided of the screen. Haven't loaded up the actual game yet though.

Edit: Just loaded it up there. Looks great. Of course the textures are dated but smooth as butter. Maybe there will be some mods in the near future to make it look better.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

there already are a few texture mods for ss2

marco_polo

This one of the best place to get started with modding. SHTUP and Rebirth are probably the must haves.

http://www.systemshock.org/index.php/topic,106.0.html

johnny_ultimate

Just go it up and running on Wine in Mac with a bit of messing around. I look forward to finally playing more than fifteen minutes of it

Burning Eclipse

Could somebody running this on W7 64-bit let me know if the FMV (there's a blast from the past) shows up? When I played through this they didn't.

Just bought this for a friend for his birthday, hope he enjoys it as much as I did. Considering he likes Dead Space, Deus Ex and Bioshock, I'll be surprised if he doesn't

SeantheMan

marco_polo wrote: »

This one of the best place to get started with modding. SHTUP and Rebirth are probably the must haves.

http://www.systemshock.org/index.php/topic,106.0.html

Unable to get these mods, what do they do anyways ?

Sorry guests, this is just a small fansite and it isn't made for these numbers of downloaders. We're working on some optimisations and will be back later

marco_polo

SeantheMan wrote: »

Unable to get these mods, what do they do anyways ?

Seems like they have battoned down the hatches for release day, must have understandably been getting waaayyy more traffic than normal.

The first one is a texture mod that you can also get here.

http://www.shtupmod.net/index.html

Rebith is a charachter model mod that can be also got here

http://www.moddb.com/mods/system-shock-rebirthhigh-poly-pack

Retr0gamer

The midwife looks terrible in the mod, completely misses the point of how the original looked. Where the original was a perversion of what a mother that needs to be destroyed, preferably with fire the new one is a pretty face with mega diddies.

mewso

Should probably refer here for info. re. mods etc. - http://www.gog.com/forum/system_shock_2/system_shock2_faq_patches_mods_recommendations/page1 - people reporting back on success with the gog version and so on. There is a thread about FMV not playing in that forum too. Weird thing about gog threads is they always go to the last post when I click on them or am I doing it wrong?

Buying now. Will wait till Friday to play...

TomCo

Seems to be a bit of controversy brewing on the TTLG forums:

http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140849&p=2166479&viewfull=1#post2166479

Looks like they just patched up the game with a couple of community fixes without crediting the authors.

Doesn't bother me personally, but I can see where they're coming from.

johnny_ultimate

Man, distant monkeys have never sounded so sinister :eek: