The hacker’s work is finished, but mine is only be-be-beginning” – SHODAN, System Shock “ I re-examine my priorities and draw new conclusions. Therefore, without further ado, I present a proper review of System Shock. Having these tools at my disposal allowed me to experience the game without the irritations of the original controls.
Since that review, though, there have been several developments to bring System Shock to a state playable by modern computer gamers.Ī fan of the game going by the name Malba Tahan developed a mod allowing mouse look and reconfigurable keys, which served as a revolutionary jump in progress the later development of System Shock Portable served to tie this mod in with others which served to improve various aesthetic and performance issues in the original game, integrating it with a DOSBox environment to allow the game to be played on more modern operating systems. This felt like a decided cop-out, but the primitive controls were sufficiently irritating to make the gameplay very unpleasant. This makes it the only game with a storyline that I have reviewed for A Technophile’s Indulgence that I had never completed. Author’s Note: The last time that I reviewed System Shock, I made the shocking revelation that I had never completed it.
