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System Shock 2

System Shock 2 (XSX) game cover art
Platform: PC
Tags: Shooter, First-Person, Horror
Developer: Irrational Games

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07/31/1999

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Staff Reviews

System Shock 2 review

Reviewed January 14, 2004

Marc Golding says: "In System Shock 2, an alien intelligence-cum-virus known as Xerxes, begins to mutate your human comrades aboard the ship, the Von Braun, attempting to degrade them into pawns of the growing alien consciousness known as The Many. You will be met with force by aberrant versions of former friends (from shotgun wielding males to laser firing females), robots, giant spiders, and the truly gruesome organic abominations of The Many that appear at the game's awe-inspiring culmination. "
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Reader Reviews

System Shock 2 review

Reviewed March 28, 2017

alexngregory says: "You travel within the glory of my memories, insect. I can feel your fear as you tread the endless expanse of my mind..."
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System Shock 2 review

Reviewed October 15, 2017

Brian says: "So An Untethered AI and a Hive-Mind Alien Organism Walk Into A Space Station…"
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System Shock 2 review

Reviewed September 10, 2009

darketernal says: "There’s an interesting theory that I learned about in sociology called «flock theory». Basically, if a high enough number of people report to an individual that Pearl Harbour is a masterpiece of cinematic history, even the most sane of individuals will eventually condemn common sense and hail Michael Bay as the new Orson Welles. "
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System Shock 2 review

Reviewed April 16, 2009

Lewis says: "You could talk for hours about the way System Shock 2 plays - the way its controls feel so human, the way every action has a tangible weight, and the way its many optional approaches are so finely balanced from start to finish - and still not really approach why it's one of gaming's exemplary moments. The shiningly perfect mechanics keep things plodding along nicely, sure, but it's all rather incongruent to the meat and bones of this miraculous FPS/RPG. This is background materia..."
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