System Shock 2 to come to GOG

Just finished the tutorial and saved it where you pick the class so i dont have to bother doing that everytime. I cant wait to play tonight its gonna be great:D
 
Hmm the mods actually look like they could make it worth playing again, thought it might look too old and ruin my great memories of it.

Might have to pick this up.
 
It's actually quite playable once you mod it up. I spent about 4 hours on it today and while occasionally you do get Dead Space graphics flashbacks, mostly it just pulls you in.

Some of the balance mods are really good too, the weapons were severaly unbalanced in the vanilla game.
 
arc@css said:
We need more fps / rpg games. Such a small genre.
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Yes! Moar games like Deus Ex, SS2, definitely.

I don't understand why it's such a small genre in the first place. The potential it brings is going to be far more than a typical rpg or shooter anyway. I just think some developers are lazy and go for the easiest options - perhaps too much these days.:(
 
Secret_Window said:
Yes! Moar games like Deus Ex, SS2, definitely.

I don't understand why it's such a small genre in the first place. The potential it brings is going to be far more than a typical rpg or shooter anyway. I just think some developers are lazy and go for the easiest options - perhaps too much these days.:(
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I agree. What was syndicate like?...anyone play it?
 
I heard the new syndicate was pretty awful unfortunately :/ Bit of a shame as I loved the Amiga version (a real remake of that would be really awesome).
 
If anyone is feeling lazy I have just installed nearly all the updated graphics mods, the updated sound mod and SecMod (which includes the Straylight fixes and additional weapons/crafting options).

I've 7zipped my DataPermMods folder and uploaded it to my website:

The first archive is for first time players. It overhauls the graphics only (no SecMod).
http://linktart.co.uk/DataPermMods_new_player_friendly.7z

The second archive is for veteran players. In addition to the above it also includes SecMod. Warning: This is somewhat tougher than the original game.
http://linktart.co.uk/DataPermMods_veteran_players.7z

This includes:

SS2 Four Hundred - improves various floor/wall/etc textures.
SHTUP - improves an absolute ton of textures in the game.
Rebirth 02 - Updates lots of the enemy models and textures.
Vurt's mods - updates the space backgrounds, water, 'goo' and other objects.
SHMUP - High quality music versions based on the original game sound track.
SecMod - All of the fixes of Straylight's ADaOB mod, plus new weapons, items and crafting/modding. (Veteran players version only)

All credit obviously belongs to the original mod authors.
 
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DutchSchaeffer said:
Brilliant, thank you for doing that! I'll give it a blast tomorrow :)

Edit: Will I have to do the SS tool thing first?
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I did but I'm not sure you actually need to. There's already a DataPermMods folder in the default install so you can just try dropping the extracted files in there. If that doesn't work, delete the extracted files and then get the SS2Tool thing going on :)

arc@css said:
Thanks. :) :cool:
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You're welcome :) Hope it helps...and works ok :p

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I really don't recommend this to new players but there's also a very small mod I worked years ago that basically moved around key items and changed the layout of levels slightly. I just found an old file from it that I'm pretty sure works okay. Once again, I don't recommend it to new players but if any veterans want to breath some new life into Hydroponics then feel free to try it out:

http://linktart.co.uk/HYDRO1.MIS

To install, just place it in your SS2 folder, having first backed up your original .MIS file. You should probably backup any saves too.

edit2: not compatible with SecMod. Dizzamn.
 
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Awesome game, would definitely make my top 5 of all time. I think I might still have the big box tucked away in the loft at mum's place - some treasures there from 20 years of PC gaming.
 
Well, after a quick drunken play I do not recommend SecMod to anyone new to the game. I may upload a slightly more noob-friendly mod folder tomorrow :p
 
FrenchTart said:
Well, after a quick drunken play I do not recommend SecMod to anyone new to the game. I may upload a slightly more noob-friendly mod folder tomorrow :p
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Thanks, I would appreciate that. I've never played it all the way through, and it would be nice to have a mod collection that just enhances it a bit to make it less fugly.
 
caff said:
Thanks, I would appreciate that. I've never played it all the way through, and it would be nice to have a mod collection that just enhances it a bit to make it less fugly.
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I'll definitely get it sorted tomorrow :) I forgot just how much that SecMod changes - in addition to moving a few things around it fixes some of the animations for the early-on enemies - this makes them much more difficult to take on.
 
I didn't play this game (I was too young at the time)
Always wanted to get it at some point just because of the stupidly positive reviews it got.

Bought it, slapped a few mods on it to make the textures bearable and daym....couple of hours in and I only JUST got off, I didn't even realize what time it was till I looked at my clock and was like....holy hell....

One of the best purchases I have made for awhile....
 
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