It’s been six months because the final time we bought an eyefull of Shodan mark 3, the AI villainess of OtherSide Entertainment’s upcoming System Shock sequel. Now in a brand new pre-alpha gameplay trailer we lastly get see ‘er in motion. The studio launched the video earlier right this moment, giving a barely clearer image of the revamped universe of System Shock 3 and its unlucky denizens who’re on the market dwelling their lives, being ripped aside by machines and attacked by mutants. Shodan additionally seems to have gone underneath the knife herself, cosmetically-speaking, in some unspecified time in the future because the final time we noticed her.
But that’s for after the leap.
“There is no evil here, only change,” says our Sho’. “Your species does not in its current form work as designed, yet you resist.”
The yr is 2085. The place is Triop Blacksite. Running at simply over a minute lengthy, the System Shock Three trailer takes you on a pleasant little tour of the physique horror grotesqueries of the game – together with however not restricted to a dude whose legs have been torn off by a mech, our bodies dissolving in vats, loads of random intestines, and mutants who appears to be pushing out his personal guts for some cause.
Yeah, loads of intestines. And no matter is popping out of him:
How’s it hanging, man?
Shodan additionally appears to have gotten a bit svelter-looking since final time as nicely. Check out her original design from the sooner pre-alpha teaser launched throughout Unity’s GDC 2019 keynote. See the roundness concerning the nostril that appears to have been changed with one thing a bit extra elfin?
System Shock Three will probably be coming to PC in some unspecified time in the future, however the launch date stays a thriller nonetheless. It was only this February that rights for the game have been returned to the builders at OtherSide, after writer Starbreeze introduced it might not be concerned with its launch – Starbreeze had filed for administration on the time and was being investigated for insider trading.
