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SS1's UI takes some getting used to but it certainly isn't a deal breaker for me but 2's is just much more user friendly. The UI in SS2 also wins hands down when compared to 1. The lack of resources did up the tension in 2. Also, ammo was a much more precious commodity in SS2 than the abundant amount laying around in 1. In SS1 once I got the Flechette and assault rifle there were hardly any enemies that could tough me.

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Each upgrade and use of those precious Cyber-modules had a direct and immediate impact on my character. The ability to upgrade weapon, Psi, tech, etc.

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The cRPG additions is the biggest plus in this one. In SS2 I always turn off the music but not in 1. I enjoyed the music in 1 much more than 2. I thought it was a great representation and allowed you to open previously restricted areas by venture forth into it. I also enjoyed the cyber-space parts as well.

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The mini-hacking pieces also took more thinking than just the trial and error clicking of 2. In SS2 Delacroix pretty much walks you through each step with her leading you by the nose until the 'big reveal.'

One had to search for those clues and the logs gave you just enough info to know in which direction to look. The original's puzzles felt just challenging enough with the clues planted throughout the station in a logical fashion. The puzzles win hands down when comparing 1 vs 2. This is totally subjective but 2's level layout didn't seem as cohesive as 1's with 2's last several levels (Rickenbacker and The Many) falling flat fairly quickly and forcing a totally different play style onto the player (the jumping!!). Citidel Station felt like an actual space station with each level laid out in a fairly functional way that made sense and just 'felt' more cohesive. I enjoyed the level design of 1 the best.

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Now this isn't intended as a full review of each game and their various parts but rather a quick impressions-type look at each games strengths (and weaknesses) with one emerging as the 'winner.'

With the recent announcement of a SS3 being led by Warren Spector I began comparing the games to each other. I just recently finished both System Shock 1 & 2 and started thinking which one did I enjoy more. The soundtrack is excellent background music for coding.Ī word of warning though: the last track is the audio of the final cutscene, and so if you haven’t finished the game, there’s some spoilers in that track.With all the GotY polls flying fast and loose around here recently I got the itch to create a poll myself. I’ve been listening to the soundtrack since yesterday, and I can confirm that it is indeed much better quality than the sounds that were ripped from the game’s audio. The full soundtrack can be downloaded here. It’s not a fan compilation this is the real deal. * The audio quality is much higher than what's out there this was ripped from the original CD and encoded at 320 q0 mp3īasically, this is not only the best quality version of the soundtrack, it’s the version of the soundtrack that Eric Brosius himself created. * This was personally crafted by Eric Brosius from the original audio, meaning that unlike the 22khz audio files from the shipping game this release is CD quality. It's not a fan interpretation or anything else short of the real songs from the real composer. How real? Well, according to MysteryDev’s words, ‘real as in ripped from a CD that Eric Brosius burned’.Ī few more details regarding this soundtrack: * These are the real arrangements created by Eric himself, authored as full soundtrack songs and burned as an album. Over at our our forums we were pleasantly surprised when MysteryDev posted this thread regarding the ‘real’ System Shock 2 soundtrack.

Here’s the news item from a couple of days ago from TTLG: