System Shock: Enhanced Edition
Exactly twenty one years after its first release, System Shock is back! The Enhanced Edition adds a modern touch to this true classic gem, without taking anything from its unmistakable atmosphere. See for…
System Shock: Enhanced Edition is an adventure developed by Looking Glass Studios, released 22 September 2015 on PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 15 hrs to finish.
What System Shock: Enhanced Edition is
System Shock: Enhanced Edition is an adventure game developed by Looking Glass Studios and released in 2015. It was published by Limited Run Games. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on KEX.
The premise, in the publisher's words
System Shock is a 1994 first-person action-adventure video game developed by LookingGlass Technologies and published by Origin Systems. It was directed by Doug Church with Warren Spector serving as producer. The game is set aboard a space station in a cyberpunk vision of the year 2072. Assuming the role of a nameless security hacker, the player attempts to hinder the plans of a malevolent artificial intelligence called SHODAN.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 6 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
System Shock: Enhanced Edition holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 20 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 15 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 36.8 hrs, roughly 2.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz Processor, 128 MB RAM and Any 100% OpenGL capable card (Card or Onboard). At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
System Shock: Enhanced Edition launched on 22 September 2015, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for System Shock: Enhanced Edition yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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