It seems to be like Night Dive’s System Shock remake is lastly again on monitor, after a messy engine swap, a cancelled change in artwork route and a delay till 2020. Below, we get our first video peek on the ‘adventure alpha’ model of the immersive sim revival, at the moment going out to some higher-tier Kickstarter backers. We additionally get a bit of peek on the remake’s design methodology and a have a look at some deliciously animated doorways in its latest public Kickstarter update.
The alpha footage is fascinating to me as a result of it reveals how they’re going about recapturing the texture of the unique game – by utilizing the outdated ranges as a template. Rather than use grey-boxed prototype areas, they’re porting over System Shock environments verbatim, chunky 90s textures and all, then step by step enhancing them. While in some scenes (such because the medical bay areas proven) it seems to be nice, later areas are an amusing mash-up of retro and fashionable belongings. Especially these high-tech doorways – simply look at these!
Also price a glance is the September development update. More snazzy doorways on present, plus a couple of environmental gadgets. They additionally reveal that within the last model of the game, you’ll have the ability to swap between the fashionable remake look of the game and the unique 90s retro belongings wherever doable. This does suggest that they’re going to be leaving the overall stage geometry principally untouched – an odd choice, however System Shock was at all times a wierd beast.
While we wait on the remake, (Night Dive reckon it’s going to be no less than one other full yr and a bit till they’re completed right here) now’s nearly as good a time as any to play the unique once more. Night Dive recently ported the original DOS System Shock to a fresh Windows/Mac/Linux engine, including new options like assist for the high-res Mac model’s artwork, and built-in mod assist. Plus, full mouselook, widescreen assist and all controls rebindable. If you’ve performed the game to loss of life there’s even a fan-made expansion out there within the new model’s mod format. SHODAN lives!
