System Shock 2 - Full visual walkthough

    Those of wondering what all the fuss is about when it comes to a lot of us mentioning this title, here's a full walkthrough of the whole game, which shows just about everything there is to see, only without the atmosphere of the engrossing sound effects and the actual narrative.

    You're probably thinking that you've seen a lot of stuff before, Doom 3 for instance, note that Doom 3 copied a lot of ideas from SS2 which is why the game got hyped to be more than it was ever going to turn out to be. Also note that this game is from 1999, so there's bound to be plenty of things copied from it in other future titles.

    Spoilers aplenty ahead:

    http://www.visualwalkthroughs.com/syste ... hrough.htm

    Take note that there's a download for a piece of Shodan's dialogue there, back in the day hearing this for the first time scared the shit out of me

    Enjoy.

    It's not surprising that many of the members who worked on SS2 also worked on Thief. Those guys really know how to make great game experiences, and I love those guymes.

    Played through SS2 sooooo many times. Truly awesome title, never forget the first time I came across it. Popped over a mates place for the evening, he loaded it up and said here you go play this, I gotta pop out get some smoke.

    Two hours later when he returned I was sat in a corner under a blanket rocking gently *There's no place like home, there's no place like home*

    (Well not quite but I did have to stop playing and turn all the lights on a couple of times).

    Fave enemy Psy-Reaver, fave weapon, hmm maybe Viral Proliferator, maybe Worm Launcher, but then the energy rapier kinda rocked too once you maxed the skill out. Heh think I know what I'll be playing again after Stalker

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    Here is a nice gameplay video.http://%7boption%7d

    Awesome find, didn't think about that!

    Quote from JamesL

    Two hours later when he returned I was sat in a corner under a blanket rocking gently *There's no place like home, there's no place like home*

    I think I will end playing it again soon too, because I can't run Stalker at the moment and it's the next best thing (well Stalker could be better for all I know, but I kinda doubt it..)

    looks ok, i would probably play it if it didn't look so ugly - i like gameplay a lot but i also like having nice things to stare at as i soil my pantelooms.

    Quote from merkaba

    It's not surprising that many of the members who worked on SS2 also worked on Thief. Those guys really know how to make great game experiences, and I love those guymes.

    They also worked on Ultima Underworld and Deus Ex. It can be said that these people made the Top 4 of PC first person titles (imo). Don't get me wrong Half Life, Duke 3D, Doom, Quake etc. all were great games but none of them came close to the quality of these Looking Glass (later Ion Storm) games.

    Bioshock is my current most-wanted game. From what I've seen, it's going to have all the depth of story and gameplay as System Shock 2, coupled with stunning graphics and art direction. It may possibly follow the same format of SS2, where the game is divided up into themed sections (like the various decks of the Von Braun)

    Of course, you'd have to be a complete cretin to read through the whole visual walkthrough without playing the game. Something wonderful would be forever ruined.

    Didn't System Shock get heavily influenced by/ rip off Bungies Marathon series? The whole idea of the mad computer AI that manipulated you aboard a ship full of weird stuff

    System Shock and Marathon both were released in 1994 so i dont think one game influenced the other.

    If there is a influence then probably movies like 2001: Space Odyssey and the Alien films.

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    looks ok, i would probably play it if it didn't look so ugly - i like gameplay a lot but i also like having nice things to stare at as i soil my pantelooms.

    It's not really that ugly tbh, there's a lot of detail around the levels, that video is too low-res to really show off that much. The default character models were always pretty low-poly though, but I've always maintained that it makes the game scarier because of the odd shape of some of the creatures.

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    Of course, you'd have to be a complete cretin to read through the whole visual walkthrough without playing the game. Something wonderful would be forever ruined.

    I read through many walkthroughs without playing the game, it's never spoiled my enjoyment whilst actually playing them since it's a different experience, It's all subjective of course.

    I never did finish System Shock 2, I found it most impressive but it was already quite dated when I discovered it. I imagine in its time I’d be replacing my pants on an hourly basis.

    Though the game I recall being the scariest I’ve played is still Silent Hill 3. Yeah yeah, the second one was better, but that was due to the clever story and symbolism, and monster sex – it was rather lacking in Mirrors of Holy Fuck. I recall one of the creepiest things being the hospital keypad combination on hard mode, with the sadistic eye crushing, delicious.

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    I never did finish System Shock 2, I found it most impressive but it was already quite dated when I discovered it. I imagine in its time I’d be replacing my pants on an hourly basis.Though the game I recall being the scariest I’ve played is still Silent Hill 3. Yeah yeah, the second one was better, but that was due to the clever story and symbolism, and monster sex – it was rather lacking in Mirrors of Holy Fuck. I recall one of the creepiest things being the hospital keypad combination on hard mode, with the sadistic eye crushing, delicious.

    It's still got it, I recommend you go back and finish it this time, that said the last two levels are kinda boring and the atmosphere is lost a bit, plus the ending's a bit balls. Yeah actually might be an idea to play till you get off the Rickenbacker and then it kinda sucks

    SH3 is brilliant, I think I prefer to the second one myself as well in some ways. I never really got scared playing it though, just disturbed really and unsettled by some of the background music- Akira Yamaoka FTW!

    I just installed it and loaded it up, still as amazing as ever imho, the ambience on the logs/emails is unparalleled by anything else

    I can't get it to run properly

    I've tried the "safe_texture_manager" in the cam.cfg - that didn't work. The "Fixed EXE" version works but it constantly crashes.

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