Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2025?

On Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:20:41 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:47:30 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

* System Shock 2 25th Anniversary Remaster

Wow, your review of it makes this thing sound very unimpressive. I
want the kind of remaster\remake (whatever) that InXile did with
Bard's Tale, not this. I already have System Shock 2 installed and
modded. I will stick with that.

Technically, the 2004 inXile game would be better described as reboot,
as it utilized nothing of the original game other than its name.
Although even that is dubious, as inXile didn't own any of the rights
to the original, so it's more of a "completely different CRPG that
just happens to share the same title".

But regardless, my intent wasn't to make "System Shock 2 Remastered"
sound unimpressive. It's a great game. It's "System Shock 2" after
all. But the remaster is not at all worth the price of entry if you
already own it. If you don't have the game already or --for whatever
reason- can't get the originals to run on modern hardware-- then,
yeah, run-don't-walk to nab this game.

But if you already own the game, it's a really hard sell... especially
at $30USD. It's better than the original sure... but I don't think
it's $24 better.