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SYSTEM SHOCK Retrospective - The Rageaholic
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- Опубликовано: 30 май 2019
- L-l-look at you, Bioshock... a p-pathetic franchise of streamlining and steampunk waifus.
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Ahaha, you described my strongest lasting memory of System Shock 2 perfectly... huddled in a corner stressing out after having just encountered a psychic monkey and still able to hear another one nearby. That moment is still vivid in my mind two decades later.
The virgin games urnalist vs the Chad *RAZORFIST*
Virgin urnalist: cares more about real politics being forced in games with a clear bias, gets offended by women wearing clothing that show any skin, puts pronouns into their Twitter handle.
Chad Razorfist: creates new swear words on a daily basis, is able to criticize hideo kajima while acknowledging metal gear solid 3 is a good game, isn't Bob Chipman, hates EA Disney Activision Warner Bros with a passion, good taste in music.
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Virgin urinalist: REEEs at lack "underrepresentation" of women in war games and gets offended at... women soldiers getting killed in a was game.
@@tomtheconqerur You forgot to add Sony to that hate list
@mojo jojo I'm not a glass blower, though.
@mojo jojo Oh, that's what you meant. I see. Well at least you find my name funny.
Fun fact: If you have a fast cpu, it's almost impossible to beat Shodan. She runs on a timer depending on how fast the processor is.
For real?? shit, AMD users doomed
Is this for the first one or the second one?
@@atlev The first.
@@gorma6443 enhanced edition? Because I was thinking about buying it but idk this might ruin it for me
@@atlev I don't know about the enhanced edition. I played the classic version.
0:23 ricardo on the top right screen
Gud jerb
Ricardo. Twerk DIRECTLY on his life points.
ruclips.net/video/rixzL5WlS-Y/видео.html source for the clip used
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD It's the best Ricardo out there.
Russian flag colors on the bottom left, collusion confirmed.
"Look at you, hacker. A pathetic creature of meat and bone. Panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect immortal machine?" - SHODAN
Always preferred her "In my talons, I shape clay" speech myself.
"In my talons, I shape clay, crafting life forms as I please. Around me is a burgeoning empire of steel...from my throne room, lines of power careen into the *skies of Earth*. My whims will become lightning bolts, that will devastate the mounds of humanity. Out of the chaos, a new order will engage. God - the title suits me well."
@@Burkhart4192 "SHODAN shouldn't be allowed to play God, she's far too good at it." always stuck with me.
@@cousinzeke4888 That one stuck with me as well. I suppose that it was that it was independent confirmation that she really was just as capable and dangerous as she says she is.
**responds with shotgun pump**
>ricardo shock in the intro
Unironically based and repilled
Pilled, repilled - reptilled!
I couldn't stop laughing at that.
"If your idea of role-playing involves nipple clamps, a circus bear, and a ballgag.... *cough* call me."
lmao nearly spat my drink out
I speeel my drink
@@sandmaneyes Spilling what now?
lol.
That's why I don't drink anything during Razor's videos anymore.
That's a half truth and you know it. You're just lucky you had enough points in awareness to beat the stat check and turn your head before spitting it out.
Well, I guess we know what Eve's into.
Dude I gotta tell you, your vids reignited my love for everything Looking Glass. What an Amazing developer.
They really were.
Yeah. Developers like Looking Glass don’t come around very often. Really first-rate development from start to finish.
>“How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine?”
0:23 Ricardo!
Shodan's reveal is probably my favorite moment in a video game ever, i don't know if the intended purpose of the way looking glass set that up was to send chills and dread flooding through my body but goddamn that's exactly what it did, i got chills just watching it in this video
Terran. Mister Gell. T-Boogie. When I heard the opening music, my first thought was, "I feel empty, knowing I won't see Him." And then, by your grace, for a brief moment in time, He was there. Bless you Terran, for you too understand the majesty of Ricardo.
You made it Pro Jared, you're a Razorfist throwaway joke now.
Speaking of gaunt drag weirdos, was that an NPC portrait or another Pro Jared pic at 5:55?
Its an Npc
"Underrated Epic Mickey franchise."
Man, that game was my childhood. A shame Disney held the leash so tight, it could have been even more.
here's the thing about the music of Shock 2. play it all though out, don't even turn it down, vibe along with it, not just because it's great, but because when the game progresses to the final three chapters and it's removed, the familiar companion is stripped away from you, leaving you feel a shit ton more isolated than before
me: System shock looks great how come I never played or really heard of it?
Razor: in 1994-
me: ohhhh It is as old as I am. okay yeah.
Well I was still playing Sega Genesis in those days. Even if you were alive you had to have a good job or parents who valued a good PC lol.
Original X-com is also from that year.
@@ulyssesm.daniels6927 Ah yes. I remember a kid at school telling me about X-com back then, and it blew my mind. I couldn't believe a game like that existed.
People criticize SS2's soundtrack? I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
Shock 2's soundtrack was fantastic, it just didn't fit the game atmosphere at all in my view, much better with it off i think, turn it off and you'll hear every distorted moan, every hiss of steam every clank and groan of the ship and every footstep as the many come to fuck you sideways, great soundtrack to listen to on its own most definitely
@@Sad_Elf Fair enough. Maybe I was in a different mood when playing it. I was coming off of playing BioShock 1 when I day 1 purchased this off GoG. I kinda enjoyed the soundtrack making me feel like a cyberpunk badass.
The soundtrack has plenty of great and memorable creepy dirges in its soundtrack to overcome any issues one may have with the techno stuff for those that find it a bother.
Though me personally I think even those tracks are great, on their own and how they're used in-game. You start off with no music, then encounter your first parasitized cybernetic zombie space crew and the beat is pumping. Shit's hit the fan and now it's time to wrench some motherfuckers in the face.
Then as your quest prolongs and more and more nasty things are discovered and plot twists unfold the music gradually takes on a more sinister tone as you progress further and further into the bowels of the ship.
So yeah I'm a fan alright
@@Sad_Elf The only issue I think was that the med-sci area at the start had that fantastic, but badly chosen track kick in with really hyper enthusiasm. Literally, first mutant... suddenly you're tripping balls.
But I think when viewed as a whole, the soundtrack really works out. At the start, it's much more hyperactive. Then you get deeper into the game, into more dangerous places, and you hear this:
ruclips.net/video/PVnPyjxkyMU/видео.html
And you don't know if you're about to be attacked by a cyborg ninja or an 80s slasher villain.
@@NicholasBrakespear Hell, you don't even have to go that far into the game. The Med-Sci 2 track about an hour into SS2 ranks as one of the most sinister, foreboding tracks in any video game I've played.
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Tell me this doesn't give you chills.
this was superbly edited terran, keep up the awesome work
Yeah fuck you Terran Gell
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I always loved panting and sweating as I ran through Shodan's corridors. Those are some tight corridors too. Deus Ex perfected the formula created by the first System Shock, but System Shock 2 came pretty close. I'm suspicious of System Shock 3, Warren Spector has become extremely jaded in his old age, which doesn't bode well for the game.
System Shock was the flight simulator of first person games. All it was missing was pressing Q for left leg and W for right leg.
Interesting retrospective, I've often heard this game referenced in passing as being the one that started survival horror space station type games, but I haven't until now seen it shown/described in detail. Very interesting how many trends this game set, and how a lot of them were just the developer trying to get away from traditional RPG mechanics. Great video Razor.
Oooh, I'm getting older episodes style flashbacks, been missing those.
System Shock 2 is my favorite of the two, but I also love the original System Shock and have completed both games multiple times.
The original is in a weird place, being part FPS, part-point-and-click Adventure, part Survival-Horror, part RPG, part-Metroidvania Action-Adventure, and having far more mechanics and features than its immediate contemporary Doom, which was firmly entrenched in the arcade-esque maze shooter (itself a sadly missed genre of first-person game in the modern era).
The latter game is interesting, as it has actual stat building, which very few other games even of the modern FPS-RPG have. But it likewise is a strange amalgamation of the Survival-Horror, FPS, point-and-click Adventure, RPG, and Metroidvania Action-Adventure.
It's sad to see that even 20 years later, the Dark Engine that powers System Shock 2 provides better-realized simulation of sound propagation than most modern FPS games.
I'm waiting with baited breath for NightDive's remake of the first game, and for Otherside Entertainment and Warren Specter to start work on System Shock 3.
I remember System Shock 2 as the first game that every really, truly, frightened me. Not made me jumpy, Half Life did that, and did it well. Not nervous, AvP2 did that in style. But absolutely pants-wetting SCARED!
It wasn't until Alien: Isolation that a game made me feel how System Shock 2 did. Long live Looking Glass!
Nice to see you doing retrospectives again dude. Hoping for a Legacy of Kain one some day
This
By the Pillars, I concur!
Love the content raz0r. You among others inspired me to start making videos as well. Keep up the awesome rants!!!
What kind of videos do you make and/or plan to make? Do you have a specific topic(s) that you cover? I ask because I'm always happy to find new and interesting content creators, and newer creators deserve recognition as well. I wish you all the best in everything you do, and I hope that you find success in making and sharing your own work. ^_^
@@loneronin6813 sorry I took a few minutes to reply. I will be covering political topics in relation to free speech and gaming mostly. But I'm mainly going to be a kalidescope of content. I might do random videos every once in a while too. But mainly gaming commentary and political
@@m0vitz370Sounds awesome! :D I will be sure to check out your work when the time comes. Thanks for responding, I'm glad to hear from you. No worries about how long it takes you, though :)
@@loneronin6813 I've already got some content, but any feedback is welcome no matter how harsh. I appreciate your support! Thanks man!
@@m0vitz370 Sure thing! :D I look forward to watching what you've got up already. Congrats on your success thus far.
Razör, Eric Brosius didn't do the soundtrack. That was made by Josh Randall (the techno tracks), and Ramin Djawadi (the ambient tracks). I remember a post of his on LastFM, if I remember correctly, where he came out and said that. He was "just" the overall sound designer.
Oh man i feel so spoiled gettin two vids this close together XD Keep up the excellent work
Also spotted the glorious Ricardo Shock in the intro. ;)
Did anybody else think that intro was the greatest homage/razorfist intro ever?
Watch his Blade Runner retrospective. THATS AN INTRO
When MS-DOS ruled the gaming landscape.
Ahhhhh the good ol’ days
@Stripey Arse \
@Stripey Arse Just making sure you can run your game. :)
Multiplayer for SS2 was so god damn fun. Beautiful game. Used to fucken terrify me when I first played it. Story of the first and second was amazing too.
6:10 Dammit Terran! That one got me good 🤣🤣🤣
Wow, to hear someone else besides me ranting about how great SS1 was (up until a few years ago, my favourite game of all time) cathartic. Sometimes I think I was the only one who ever played it since nobody knew what I was talking about. The 1st game ever to give me chills & feel like 'I was there'.
Back when System Shock came I was a mere peasant child who spend every minute of my free time playing my SNES. Final Fantasy 3 (U.S.) blew my mind, most especially the mid-game twist where an apocalyptic event changes the entire world map. Since internet wasn't around you were able to enjoy these kind of epic twists without having the spoiled, and that was one of the greatest in a game full of incredible moments.
Back then I read a lot of gaming magazines, and I remember going over the PC section in awe of the graphical detail in those games. System Shock would have blown my mind beyond what I could have imagined and probably scared the shit right outta me and directly into my pants. Those excellent PC graphics are what actually help ignite my love for a game called Flashback, a game that I felt looked very much like a lot of those PC games I had seen pictures of! It had legit cutscenes! People had a realistic look and the sci-fi setting and story all made me feel like I was playing a cutting edge game that could have been from the future!
It worked out well because my impatient young self wouldn't likely had understood and appreciated System Shock. I would have given it an IGN review-style score of 3/10: IDGAF about space lul.
"everyone's dead fixed dialogue" - so true. Also small details like you couldn't watch the logs or read when the game was paused and when it was unpaused enemies would stealth respawn somewhere on the level and move around.
0:24 uhhhhhhhh, did we just get Ricardo'd by Terran?
“I am shodan.” After so many years... STILL FUCKING GOOSEBUMPS.
3:35 Good news for every one but Michael Barrymore- slayed!
A Michael Barrymore reference? I wasn't expecting that.
This was one of my favorite games when it came out! It was absolutely mindblowing and way ahead of it's time.
I can literally hear SHODAN speak the description.
I miss the likes of Looking Glass and Crystal Dynamics.
Preach.
Grilled burgers, vodka and a new Razorfist video...whelp, looks like my weekend can only go downhill from here! *siiiipppp*
A time when shit didn't give a fuck about mass appeal, meeting asshole dividends, and was reviewed by actual gamers.
OMG I just found this and it is a thing of beauty. I LoLed so hard throughout. Thank you for making it!
Prey is really good! Not as scary as System Shock 2 or Dead Space, but a really solid game just the same.
That game for 2006? I need to play it
@@steelprophecy5951 I was referring to the new one from Arkane Studios, but the 2006 one from Human Head is great too. It's a modern classic. You'll have to track down a physical copy though, since it's not available for sale digitally.
@@mikaelhauk I know, just making fun from that shitty play from Arkane
So what is Razor's beef with Arkane Prey exactly?
Prey (2017) is a fantastic System Shock spiritual successor. Absolutely nothing comes close to SS2 like Prey does. There's nothing wrong with it, it's great. Obviously, not God tier level like SS2, but definitely fantastic. Absolutely must play for any System Shock fan. Including the great DLC which really brings a new life to the game!
Prey (2006) is a fun romp, a linear shooter in the wake of the mid 2000s, and not a bad game, but nothing really superb. I'd suggest it to those who liked Doom 3 and Quake 4 that came around that time before Prey to get that specific mid 2000s dark horror-ish SF FPS. All three share a similar visual and gameplay style thanks to the id tech 4. All three require similar (and easy) editing of config files to run them on modern widescreen resolutions. I'm actually playing all three now, and it's a fun throwback. Immersive sims however, they're not. Doom 3 comes closest thanks to the PDAs and a bit more exploration, but it's still pretty linear. Out of those 3, Doom 3 is my favorite.
And now Warren is bringing System Shock back with a third entry
A little correction; Looking Glass did not go out of business because of the lack of sales. They went out of business because their bank faulted on a loan that Looking Glass had taken in 1996, I think.
I never got far, but i do remember accidentally opening the shield and firing the laser and shodan thanking me for it. Nice lady her. I hope her rescue of that planet goes well. Maybe she will get that power she so desires, her ship couldnt even light the hallways... poor girl...
If looking Glass studio existed today, they would've one upped absolutely everyone and develop a fully functional SHODAN a.i just to incrementally increase player immersion....robot apocalypse be damned.
You know. I really enjoy when you make stuff like this. Its interesting.
System shock 2 was one of my favourite games, very immersive and creepy atmosphere. Remember bidding for an original boxed copy with manual on eBay! Shodan revelation was terrifying.
Never played SS1 as it was a dos install, but it's been released on steam ...
Bioshock was pretty ok but went all assassins creed afterwards.
So, would games like the STALKER series fall into the same play-style as the original System Shock? It has similar elements of not-game-like, in that you don't have an XP bar, but you do improve your character over time with equipment improvements and stuffing anomalous artifacts up your Rad-hole.
I still remember having the shit scared out of me as a kid when I played the System Shock 2 demo and encountered my first hybrid.
Awesome review! But, there is one thing I'd like to correct. With the release of Thief, Looking Glass was actually starting to return good profits. Thief, Thief 2 and Shock 2 all returned good profits in the end. However, the reason that Looking Glass Studios folded was that their bank faulted on a loan that the studio was paying back.
GLADOS doesn't hold a cybernetic candle to Shodan and that's a fucking fact.
All hail our Lord and savior Kojima. For he is the satan to RazorFist's Jesus
Please. Kojima is Saul of Tarsis. Long winded, refuses to go away, and does more damage than not to the thing he's involved in.
Honestly this is probably the best intro you have ever made
Razorfist + System Shock = clickclickclickclickclickclickclick "LOAD FASTER DAMMIT!" clickclickclickclick
Brilliant, I've missed this retrospective series!
Two Razor vids in one day? Christmas came early, boys!
Been waiting for this for years hahaha. Glad he did it. He loves Thief and Deus Ex. Only a matter of time
Late but, you made a Barrymore joke... That's fucking awesome.
First thing in the morning, I see a review about one of my favorite games by Razorfist. Hell yeah.
Heard about these games for some time now but didn't care enough to play any of them. I have heard that a graphically modern remake of the first game is in the works so this could not have been better timed. And your constant referencing of Thief makes me want to go give it another go. Keep rocking man.
dude, that was awesome! You just earned a sub my friend
Classic Razörfist feel to this one. Very enjoyable. Excellent work T boogie.
I've waited so damn long for this
I should get back to playing System Shock 1. Got it from GOG and didn't play through to the end. Maybe I should give it another go.
Honestly Razor you have gotten me into a lot of great games. I got into thief series and it has the best stealth I have ever witnessed. Thief 2 being my favorite, so thanks for the recommendations.
Time to give system shock a turn. Holy shit it looks like fun...
Yes! Another Razor Retrospective! Life is good again!
Never thought I’d hear a michael barrymore reference in a razorfist video... i salute you sir
Gj bro, this almost word for word how I feel about system shock...
I gotta wonder how often someone would get perturbed at being around Terri Brosius after these games came out, like she's gotta have some stories about people recognizing her based on her voice and running the F away by now lol
Pure poetry as always, love your work.
Just as I’ve started to reply System Shock 1 again this video comes out
It’s a surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one
That System Shock remake wasn't botched; it was murdered.
It didn’t die. It was murdered :^)
1:24 now you are just showing off.
Godspeed and happy birthday ya glorious bastard.
That projared roast is the best one yet
I can't believe Warren Spector made such a depraved and violent game, we need to do better. /s
TFW the Origin label in the store used to bring a smile to your young face. Feels old man.
Holy shit i need these games. Thanks Razor for yet again giving me reasons to keep my wallet empty. Seriously though, great video. Also Freedom Force is amazing if just for the dialogue alone. "Right means Right!" XD
Happy Birthday Razörfist.
Happy Birthday, Razor
"To look around...look around."
Directions unclear. sys32 deleted.
2 videos in one day?? Razor, you're a busy birthday boy.
neurofunk at the beginning of a razorfist video... holy hell i have seen everything, now
If only Hitman Codename 47 didn’t as well as run like Moviebob on a treadmill, I’d ask if we could see a Hitman retrospective sometime soon.
I first played System Shock 2 over a decade after it was released, it's a masterpiece. I am a sucker for this genre since before I played SS2 and to this day but it was the best I've ever played. And the end of Prey was a punch in the dick.
I'd love more of these retrospectives
About time you covered this.
What a fantastic game. The end of the 90s and early 2000s was the golden age of the gaming industry.
If it wasn't for the System Stock series, I would have never been into the Bioshock and Dead Space series. Even though I never played System Stock 1 and 2 because I'm console gamer and not a PC gamer. Still at the end of the day, I tip my hat, bow down and thank the System Stock for everything that they have done in regards of the Bioshock and Dead Space series. BTW, I respect your opinions on the Bioshock series either way. Love the video! Keep up the great work, dude!
I got system shock I think it was for either my birthday or Christmas, in 1994. There was like ten 3.5 inch disks I think. To this day it’s still in my top 5 fave games ever. No amount of eye candy visuals or gimmicks has compared to it since. My other fave is the same devs very own Ultima Underworld II. I’m just lucky I experienced these titles before the giant success of the gaming industry where everything’s so repetitive and rote. It’s a shame what happened to looking glass... I’m fairly sure some of the devs were spread out to work on Bioshock I’m not sure. But everything we see today, owes it all to system shock. Fucking incredible stuff.
Haha that King of the Hill clip out of nowhere was fucking funny.
Superb video! 👍
I like the analogy about table top
Glory to The Many...
*I am a voice in Their choir..*
(screaming, repeated shotgun blasts, silence, transmission ends)
I am glad you reviewing this game series
Dude I just found your channel through Decker Shado, you've got a new fuckin subscriber, my man