1:20 AM on 10.13.2007
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Nex
Normally I wouldn't pimp the work of other sites like this, but Next Gen has a fantastic article up detailing the creation of System Shock 2, the spiritual precursor to everyone's favorite interactive study in Ayn Rand's Objectivism. Of course, back in those halcyon days, developers didn't need the fascist ramblings of long-dead immigrants to tell a story and SS2's frightening tale of isolation, cybernetic tampering and psychokinetic zombie monkeys should be required playing for anyone enrolled in Destructoid State University.
The article covers a ton of fascinating information including Ken Levine's departure from Looking Glass Studios, the influence of Conrad's Heart of Darkness on the story of SHODAN and why exactly the monkeys were so angry with you.
If you enjoyed BioShock and managed to miss System Shock 2, I highly recommend reading this piece, then tracking down a copy of SS2. It may not have the graphics of Levine's latest, but none of you can say you aren't at least a little intrigued by the idea of those pissy simians.
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This is why we love you, Nex. I love coming here.
(Ayn Rand FTW!)
If that doesn't work, I know there are some instructions for getting the game to work on XP (permanently) hidden in some corner of the interwebs.
There is also a graphics patch for the game somewhere or other that makes it look about 3x better. I highly recommend that if you want to play it again.
I also had a problem no one else did, even with the codecs the videos would crash, so I just removed them from the folders and the videos would just skip by with no error. You can watch them on your own outside of the game but watch out for spoilers!
What, you're saying Ayn Rand is a fascist? Based on what?