Enemies have also been updated from their pixely origins. System Shock's updated visuals are sharp and clean, with vibrant color schemes permeating areas to make them stand out from one another throughout the space station's multiple floors. Newly recorded audio logs can also be found throughout the station, providing lore and sometimes hints about objectives and secret locations. These two abilities become very helpful in the latter half of the game. While some secrets can be hard to find, they are worth looking for because some of the hidden gear can dramatically upgrade the player's mobility and radiation resistance. Like the original game, System Shock is filled with secret paths that often contain much-needed ammo, health pickups, upgrades, and a large selection of weapons. However, side effects from patches and limited inventory space will force players to choose carefully what items they use and carry. Patches found throughout the game are used to temporarily improve stats, like the Berserk patch that boosts melee attacks which can be devastating to enemies if used with a Laser Rapier. Some weapons drain the Hacker's blue battery meter, while others can use multiple ammo types.

Players must use strategy, resource management, and consumables if they hope to stand a chance against the remake's updated enemy AI.Ĭertain enemies are weaker to particular ammo types, which plays a significant part in System Shock combat. Like many games of the 1990s, System Shock does not hold the player's hand, and can be quite challenging even on normal difficulty.

For example, the easiest difficulty in Story will have door codes that will be easier to open rather than randomized and require extensive backtracking to discover. Like the original, System Shock provides three separate difficulties for Combat, Story, Puzzles, and Hacking that are chosen in the beginning and can't be changed once the game is started.

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