A complete horror masterpiece, welcome to the Von Braun

User Rating: 9.7 | System Shock 2 PC
As it is know System Shock 2 has been out there for a number of years and it has become a cult game due to the immersion factors and as well as being one of the most scary and disturbing games ever.
Let’s start by looking at the factors that make this game so great

Gameplay: The game play is almost perfectly done and it is fallowed greatly by an incredible story. This game mixes you typical FPS with RPG elements such as upgrading you skills, learning others and modifying your stats as well as others not so conventional such as learning to hack systems or research specimens. After choosing you character class that comes in form of a Marine that is basically a warrior, Navy that is like a rouge and OSA that is like a wizard but instead of magic you have psychic powers. You passing thru military training that is a very well done tutorial, you are sent to this ultra high tech faster than light ship the Von Braun were you wake up and you have no memory plus you have this illegal cyber implants that will give the opportunity to survive this bloody mess, from there is a race to get the hell out of the ship but it wont be easy the ship is infested with numerous mutants and freaks that will not stop till your dead as well as numerous obstacles you’ll have to deal in order to progress. The story also contains many plot twists and unexpected events that will keep you on the edge of you seat.

Graphics: The games graphics are really good, while the human models don’t look that well the mutants and overall everything else looks really good even for this time. What is more impressive is the how realistic the environments are. The ship is what you will expect from a real life high tech ship nothing is missing even the most small detail is there to enrich this horror experience. Also the design of many enemies as well and some environments and situation are very disturbing even for the more experienced players, this games visually says a lot from enigmatic situations to bloody scenarios.

Sound: If I could I will give this game 11 as the score in sound. This is what sound masterpiece is, and is not necessarily the music but the excellent voice acting and realism of the sounds, the voice acting is completely realistic and is presented thru various audio blogs you will find scattered thru the ship that will unfold the story as well as giving you aid or hints and even some disturbing information, this audio blogs will keep you fascinated and you will always want to find more to know what happened next and what really happened in the ship. The sound of the objects are done perfectly the sound of the items is what you will expect as well as the sound of other more disturbing things such as the monsters will make you be alert all the time.

Value: The ship is massive and thanks that is no walk in the park it will be long hell of a ride to the ending the will surely to keep you satisfied. The game is not easy, this is no shoot everything on site you have to keep your resources checked so you won’t find yourself in nasty situations. As most RPGs the selection of class will determine the experience also the game doesn’t give enough points for you to actually learn everything so you will have to play the game numerous times in order to try all abilities, weapons and powers.

The overall experience is a complete horror masterpiece that will keep you engaged all the time, there is no dull moment when you are running for you life in a doomed ship full of horrors. This game is a solid mix of different types of games that is executed almost perfectly making it a surely unique experience that should not be missed by true hardcore gamers.