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System Shock (1994)

85 23 September 1994

System Shock (1994) is a shooter, released 23 September 1994.

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What System Shock (1994) is

System Shock (1994) was released in 1994.

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.
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How it was received

System Shock (1994) holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1994 averaged 72, so it scored 13 points above the year average.

What it launched against

System Shock (1994) launched on 23 September 1994, within three weeks of DOOM II, Doom II: Hell on Earth, Earthworm Jim and Kirby's Dream Course. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: DOOM II, Doom II: Hell on Earth, Earthworm Jim, Kirby's Dream Course.

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When did System Shock (1994) come out?
System Shock (1994) was released on 23 September 1994.

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