System Shock 2

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Released Aug 11, 1999

By: Irrational Games, Looking Glass Studios, Electronic Arts, Nightdive Studios

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A first-person cyberpunk exploratory horror RPG and sequel to System Shock (1994) in which a soldier wakes up in the starship Von Braun in the aftermath of a disaster and finds himself in the midst of a conflict between SHODAN, the artificial intelligence antagonist of System Shock seeking mastery over humanity, and The Many, a flesh-based psychic hive mind led by the ship's corrupted AI.

Genres: Role-playing (RPG)Shooter
Platforms: Linux Mac PC (Microsoft Windows)
Themes: Action Horror Science fiction Stealth Survival
Collections: System Shock
Game modes: Co-operative Single player
Perspectives: First person
Engines: Dark Engine
Keywords: a.i. construct aliens amnesia artificial intelligence assassin audio logs backtracking basketball been here before betrayal biotechnology bloody boss assistance boss fight changing sides chemistry cliffhanger climbing collective conciousness corpse cryokinesis customization cybernetics cyberpunk cyborg dancing darkness death difficulty level drugs dynamic soundtrack easter egg environmental puzzles exploration explosion fake in-game advertising female antagonist fetch quests fire manipulation first-person platforming foreshadowing gambling ghostly manifestation ghosts god complex gog preservation program guided by radio hacking hostile a.i.human immersive inconvenient malfunction infinite spawn instant kill interactive environments interconnected-world inventory management invisibility invisible enemy item combination jumping puzzle license hell loot gathering male antagonist male protagonist melee meme origin metagame military mind control minigames monkey moving platforms murder mutants nameless protagonist nanotechnology non-player character one-man army original soundtrack release outside of the map playing cards plot twist poisoning polygonal 3d psychic abilities psychics radiation real-time combat regional censorship respawn justification respawning revenge robots rpg elements run and gun scripted events secret identity sequel sequence breaking shopping skill points in game slot machine spaceship spider status effects steam steam trading cards suicide surgery in game surveillance camera survival horror swarming enemies swimming tape recorder telekinesis tooltips unreliable narrator upgradeable weapons valuable garbage vending machine interaction vent crawling video game characters that play video games villain voice acting weapon modification white noise working for the enemy worm
Languages: English · Audio, Interface German · Audio, Interface
Age ratings: ACB MA 15+ESRB M USK 16
Multiplayer: Campaign co-op LAN co-op Online co-op

Complete release history (4)

PC (Microsoft Windows) · Aug 11, 1999
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Linux · May 10, 2013
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Mac · May 10, 2013
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Linux · Apr 1, 2014
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