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3341015 No.3341015 [Reply] [Original]

Should I play System Shock 1 before playing System Shock 2?

>> No.3341023

No.

>> No.3341024

You expect serious responses if you're not even willing to post a proper image?

>> No.3341153
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>>3341015
If any game is linked by story, you should play them in order of release, or else you're a dumbass.

Also for me, SS is the superior game.

>> No.3341184

>>3341015

Since System Shock 2 was originally conceived as a completely different game, I doubt you'd ruin the experience by playing ss2 first.

>> No.3341467

SS1 is the better game by far so play 2 first and get that out of the way.

>> No.3341491

You should play both of them, but it really doesn't matter what order you play them in.

>> No.3341565

So where should I download the System Shock games? Piratebay?

>> No.3341586

>>3341184
Source? What was SS2 going to originally be?

>> No.3341602

>>3341015
dont play either. rpg sucks dicks and system shock is no exception. why anybody would voluntarily play games with ass for fuck gameplay is beyond me.

reminder to keep /vr/ clean of rpgplebs

>> No.3341608

>>3341602
>keep /vr/ clean of rpgplebs

You clearly don't belong on /vr/.

>> No.3341884

>>3341602
>SS1
>RPG

>> No.3341895

>>3341602
System Shock has no RPG elements. You're thinking of System Shock 2.

>> No.3341916

>>3341565
Kickass Torrents. GOG versions for both and the Enhanced Remake for 1.

>> No.3342172
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3342172

>buy system shock enhanced edition
>close steam
>play to completion
>refund with """"""0 hours"""""" played

thanks for putting your drm-free game on steam, goyim

>> No.3342186
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>>3341015
nah.

>> No.3342194

>>3341015
nah

>> No.3342206

>>3341153
I agree with this anon

SS1 is a great game, and they make tons of references to it in the 2nd game

>> No.3343474
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3343474

Only play SS and Deus Ex.

Every *shock after SS was a mistake.

>> No.3343569

>>3341586
It was set in the same universe but had nothing to do with the original

>> No.3343574

>>3341602
ss1 is a dungeon crawler that is fps while ss2 is a horror rpg fps
both are fucking shit though

>> No.3343579

>>3343574
EAT SHIT AND DIE

>> No.3343942

>>3343579
Why are you so mad

>> No.3344146

>>3343574
come back when you stop being wrong

>> No.3344986

>>3341024
If you dont get how that relates you must be underaged.

>> No.3345051

Start with SS2.

SS1 is just clunky and odd, more of an interesting oddity. It might put you off playing the second one, but worth checking out if you enjoy playing SS2

>> No.3345079

>>3345051
Did you start with SS2? I've noticed a general trend that whichever SS game you play first tends to ruin the other one for you. I played SS1 first around a year ago and now consider it one of the best games of all time, and when I played SS2 it was a massive disappointment in almost every aspect. The RPG elements just got in the way, implants sucked, hacking was butchered beyond belief, weapons were ineffective and unsatisfying, the plot was entirely predictable, SHODAN's characterization was trashed, and you never had to figure anything out for yourself. I didn't totally hate it, but coming from SS1 it was a huge letdown.

>> No.3345101

>>3345051
I played it for the first time recently and it isn't that bad, just takes a bit of getting used too. Seems like a fun game

>> No.3345437

>>3341015
>Should I play System Shock 1 before playing System Shock 2?
Not really, the two are very different games connected only by the only character in the system shock series (SHODAN obviously). Fun fact: system shock 2 wasn't a sequel to system shock for most of its development.

>> No.3345471

>>3345079
Not him but I played 2 first and when I went to 1, found it to be the same experience but less focused on RPG elements and being a horror game. Seems like the same game, only centered on fps gameplay that doesn't seem that interesting and better level design. I avoided it because I didn't like the 2nd as much

>> No.3345580
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3345580

>all the *shock and Deus Ex sequels failed to surpass the first game

Why is this?

>> No.3345669

>>3345580
Anyone who says SS2 failed to surpass SS1 never minmaxed psi on impossible difficulty tbqh fampai

>> No.3345682

>>3345669
>minmaxing
How is your autism treating you, familia?

>> No.3345689

>>3345682
Psi powers alone are what make shock 2 vastly superior, so it makes sense to use nothing but psi. Bioshock tried something similar but all the impact was lost by actually having to have a ballanced game and also "games for your mum" difficulty.

>> No.3346627
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3346627

Yes

>> No.3346653

>>3345689
My mother plays Age of Empires on the hardest setting on the regular and wins consistently.

>> No.3346850

>>3345101
notice how you didn't keep playing though? SS2 is riveting to the very end, you dont put it down until its over

>> No.3347398

>>3345580
You can't surpass perfection.

>> No.3348159

>>3346627
Sir? Let me help you, sir. Sir, I cannot help you if you hide. Where did he go? *boom*

Legitimately the creepiest enemy in the game for me.