System Shock Remake Gets Pre-Alpha Demo & Kickstarter Campaign

Yes, it's real: Arrangement Daze is coming back. That's all thanks to Night Dive Studios, a company founded in 2022 with the specific goal to obtain the rights of classic games, update them and re-release them.

With the System Shock remake, though, they're truly going above and beyond. This is going to be a full fledged re-imagining of the 1994 classic, built from the basis up with the Unity engine. Stephen Kick, CEO and Founder of Dark Dive Studios, said:

This is a full-fledged reboot of a classic game into something new. As well as including members of the original squad, such as famed concept artist Robb Waters, we have been expanding to include a number of industry veterans with years of AAA evolution experience having worked on games such as Fallout, Tomb Raider, Skyrim and Wasteland.

Robb Waters, Concept Creative person for both the original and contemporary versions of the game, added:

When I was outset approached past Night Swoop, I was excited at the opportunity to revisit my original work. However, it has turned into much more than that. I have been able to completely re-envision the unfortunate occupants of Citadel Station in a way that engineering would non allow in 1994.

Fifty-fifty renowned game designer Chris Avellone has been added to the development team. This System Stupor remake is being crowdfunded via a Kickstarter campaign that simply went live, with a minimum goal of $900K.

A stretch goal of $1.7M has already been announced and it would bring enemy limb dismemberment, more than puzzles, ammo types/weapon settings, vending machines, bones crafting/research, RPG leveling with perks/skills, weapon upgrading, Hardcore mode (no respawning), Ironman mode (only one save game: if you die, the save is deleted).

Here'due south a list of the full general features you tin look to find in the game.

A modern take on System Daze, a faithful reboot; it's not Citadel Station as it was, but as yous remember it.
Many improvements, overhauls and changes are being implemented to capture the spirit of what the original game was trying to convey, and bring it to contemporary gamers.
Re-imagined enemies, weapons, and locations past original concept artist Robb Waters.
Terri Brosius reprises her function as SHODAN, and new VO volition exist recorded.
Make new musical score composed by Jonathan Peros.
The user interface, game mechanics, enemies, and puzzles will be updated to reflect mod aesthetics and sensibilities, while maintaining the experience of the original.

The original art management will be kept as much as possible while introducing mod rendering features like PBR, screen-space reflections, real-time global illumination, ambient occlusion (HBAO), volumetric particles and dynamic lighting.

Before pledging, you may download a pre-blastoff demo of Organization Stupor remake from Steam, GOG and Apprehensive Store. The full game is expected to exist available during Vacation 2022 for Windows PC and Xbox One; OS X & Linux versions may be unlocked aslope the offset stretch goal.