System Shock (Playstation 5)

A masterful remake of a legendary classic, System Shock on PS5 flawlessly blends its iconic cyberpunk atmosphere with modern visuals and gameplay enhancements. The tense exploration, challenging puzzles, and Shodan,s chilling presence make for an unforgettable experience. This is a must-play for fans of immersive sci-fi and newcomers alike.

System Shock is not a game for the faint of heart ; it wont hold your hand, give you a tutorial or tell you where you need to go . Night Dive studios have done a superb job (as always) in bringing this game from 1994 to modern audiences with a stylized retro look to the aesthetics and updates to the combat and user interface. Make no mistake, there is plenty of jank to this game that are symptoms of trying to adapt a PC immersive sim style game (where mouse and keyboard is king) to a console with a single controller to access everything you need. Some of the controller bindings can't be changed as you'll be fighting against the controls (especially in regards to inventory) while trying to learn the rest of the game. But if you get beyond all that BS and persevere, you'll find a game that quickly rewards you for your exploration and time while treating you like an adult with an IQ in the double digits (unlike most modern gaming). You wont be playing the game for the combat as its nothing special, but the world building and sense of exploration is like no other as it's core design still holds up being the grand-daddy of beloved games like Bioshock and Dishonored. Being a massive fan of games like Deus Ex, Bioshock, Thief and Prey (all immersive sims), I can highly recommend the System Shock remake warts and all. Just watch out for accidentally hitting the button to auto sorting your inventory or scrapping all junk items every 5 seconds...

Can't say much about the game, as I don't play. It was a requested gift, and they are happy with it. Delivery was quick, well packaged and original packaging intact. Price seems inline with others chosen, so seems a fair price. Happy with purchase

This is how to remaster an old game, perfect!

I was looking forward to this a lot but the text on the screen is so small it makes it unplayable for me. As far as I can see there is no option to change it either.