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  • Re: System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster - Extended Multiplayer Tr

    From Ant@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Tue Jun 10 14:54:38 2025
    I never got to play its multiplayer in the original game. Did anyone
    play its original game's multiplayer? I won't be buying this game. No time.


    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:01:35 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
    wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs6TLEVNYf4

    Honestly, that video does nothing to sell me on the remaster. I mean,
    I'll be buying regardless, but more out of love for the original. But
    if I didn't already adore the 1999 game, this video would do nothing
    to convince me to play the remaster. In fact, it would probably drive
    me away. It looks incredibly janky and doesn't show off the awesome atmosphere that was central to the game's appeal.

    And multiplayer? In "System Shock 2"? A game all about tense and
    well-paced scares, about exploring a haunted space-ship vulnerable in
    your solitude as last survivor* of the crew? Playing that game with a
    posse absolutely destroys what made the game so unique and special in
    the first place.





    * well, almost the last survivor. Although I don't give Tommy Suarez
    much hope of living very long <rot13>nsgre Fubqna ernjnxraf va uvf
    svnaprr ng gur raq bs gur tnzr.</rot13> ;-)


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  • From Xocyll@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 10 20:07:39 2025
    ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
    spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

    I never got to play its multiplayer in the original game. Did anyone
    play its original game's multiplayer? I won't be buying this game. No time.

    I don't believe the original game even had multiplayer.

    The storyline, and the atmosphere would not have supported it.

    Xocyll
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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Xocyll on Wed Jun 11 08:14:55 2025
    On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 20:07:39 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Xocyll wrote:

    ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn >spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

    I never got to play its multiplayer in the original game. Did anyone
    play its original game's multiplayer? I won't be buying this game. No time.

    I don't believe the original game even had multiplayer.

    The storyline, and the atmosphere would not have supported it.

    Someone in the comments said it was hard to get it running and it was
    unstable.

    I call bullshit. I think you're right, and it would break any survival
    horror atmosphere.

    That said, I've done that atmosphere solo a million times, and it would
    be fun to give this a go. They just better do something about ammo and
    spawn, or it's gonna be four marines with empty clips wrenching poor
    little monkeys to death galore.

    --
    Zag

    What's the point of growing up
    if you can't be childish sometimes? ...Terrance Dicks, BBC

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Ant on Wed Jun 11 08:12:22 2025
    On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:01:35 -0000 (UTC), in
    comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs6TLEVNYf4

    Stable multiplayer? Yes please. I just pinged some of my online gaming
    groups on Discord.

    I'm probably buying this to do a OSA run, since I never did that. I'm
    thinking of specializing as a "psi buff n bash" rage monster. None of
    this ranged cryokinesis crap. Every other playthrough I've done has been
    heavy on ranged ordinance, especially anti-personnel rounds. Time to get
    up close and personal with a laser saber.

    This will be far more feasible with adequate support fire. Plus I can
    scream into my mic until everyone's ears bleed (or they start shooting
    *me*; far more likely).

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    Zag

    What's the point of growing up
    if you can't be childish sometimes? ...Terrance Dicks, BBC

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Wed Jun 11 09:51:25 2025
    On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:31:32 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    And multiplayer? In "System Shock 2"? A game all about tense and
    well-paced scares, about exploring a haunted space-ship vulnerable in
    your solitude as last survivor* of the crew? Playing that game with a
    posse absolutely destroys what made the game so unique and special in
    the first place.

    I played System Shock 2 with a friend a long time ago. It was a lot of
    fun. By the time we did play the game, I had already been through it
    many many times solo anyway. So nothing was destroyed or lost. He
    chose military upgrades. I chose hacking upgrades which worked out
    well for us.

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 11 09:55:06 2025
    On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:14:55 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    That said, I've done that atmosphere solo a million times, and it would
    be fun to give this a go. They just better do something about ammo and
    spawn, or it's gonna be four marines with empty clips wrenching poor
    little monkeys to death galore.

    Exactly. I was not looking for the same exact experience when playing
    System Shock 2 with a friend as I do when playing it solo. It was a
    different experience. And it was just as much fun.

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