So I recently was gifted the System Shock GOG release, which includes both the enhanced and classic versions of the game.
Generally I don't think most "remastered" versions of old games are good, and I'm curious to see Holla Forums's opinion on this version of the game. Should I play the enhanced edition, or should I just play classic with the fanmade patches installed?
Also general Looking Glass game discussion thread.
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Remaster? You mean this one? If so, skip it and play the original with some mods.
The remaster adds mouselook and more resolutions IIRC, I can't remember if they changed anything else.
I'm talking about the one by Night Dive studios, not the remake.
Meant patches
Oh you mean the enhanced edition? Give it a shot, should have what this user said
The "Enhanced Edition" is just a half-assed source port. It's actually quite impressive considering it was done by some guy through reverse-engineering, but Night Dive has the actual source code and they are not doing anything with it. With the real source code we could have an actual source port that could improve the interface and controls beyond just a tacked-on mouse look.
Sorry, I forgot about the question you had in the first place. The EE is basically what you would get if you were to use the existing patches, except it doesn't require DOSBox. Works in Wine as well, so I'd say go for the EE. I'm just disappointed that this is all we got considering what would have been possible.
I'm pretty wary of the remake too, I wish Night Dive weren't such kikes about the source code.
What are the key differences between 1 and 2? I want to check out the series since I liked Thief so much, and I always hear 2 get shilled. However, when people talk about 1 it always sounds way more interesting.