System Shock 2 remaster has a release date, but don't expect a revolutionary upgrade

Six years agone Nightdive Studios announced they were doing a remaster of sci-fi sequel System Shock 2, which they were calling System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition. But backmost past they were besides engaged moving connected a full-blown remake of the archetypal System Shock. Turns retired that archetypal outing to Citadel Station took priority. But present that they're done with that, the workplace has yet revealed a merchandise day for the sequel's remaster, which they've sneakily renamed System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster.

It's coming retired June 25th this year, arsenic revealed by Nightdive successful the supra trailer shown during the Future Games Show's outpouring showcase. As you tin spot this is decidedly "remaster" territory arsenic opposed to a afloat remake. Resuited, but not rebooted. Watch arsenic an HD-ifying enactment sweeps implicit the surface to amusement earlier and aft shots of Citadel Station and its hostile inhabitants. The changes look reasonably light-handed, too.

There's widescreen support, remodelled enemies, "enhanced" reload animations, and "optimized controller support" among different tiny improvements, we're told. Some akin improvements tin already beryllium achieved for escaped acknowledgment to the game's long-standing mod scene, which lessens the interaction of these tweaks a small for anyone who has already done that. The remastering workplace were "paying peculiar attraction to the co-op multiplayer" wrote quality poster Craig backmost successful 2019, aft talking to Nightdive manager Stephen Kick. There doesn't look to beryllium immoderate notation of co-op successful the Steam blurb but the workplace has antecedently confirmed it's inactive intended to appear.

"Multiplayer and co-op is presently successful development," said the workplace successful a tweet past year. "We volition stock much info connected these and different features arsenic we get person to motorboat day."

System Shock 2, portion beloved by many, tin beryllium rather clunky to play from a modern perspective. It'll beryllium absorbing to spot whether the changes marque 1 of the champion RPGs connected PC much approachable. Nightdive person earned a batch of spot with the bid - Jeremy expressed overmuch emotion successful his reappraisal of the System Shock remake, calling it "a breathtakingly beauteous and astonishingly faithful remake." And this upcoming remaster volition beryllium escaped to anyone who pre-ordered that archetypal remake, accidental Nightdive. So that's nice.