Topic: What's the lore or explanation behind the spiders in System Shock 2? Read 1052 times

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I personally felt the spiders heavily conflicted with the cyberpunk aesthetics of the game. Were arachnids used in scientific experiments similarly to the chimps? I tried to do some research but found nothing definite on their origins.

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no, they are a creation of the Many. they want to utilize their resources as efficiently as possible, hence, a creature that is easy and cheap to produce, fast, deadly, tough, expendable, and with no mind of its own to potentially rebel. a spider-like abomination would fit the bill nicely (spider dna probably available to use as base, pretty sure a few crawlers made it onboard the ships before they departed Earth).

see "why do things keep evolving into crabs"

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voodoo47
Very interesting. Thanks.

I adore the concepts and lore of the System Shock games.

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Also Irrational Games, the developers of SS2, could just re-use spiders from the Thief game, to utilize their resources as efficiently as possible, hence a creature that is easy and cheap to produce.

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Quote by Insect124:

I personally felt the spiders heavily conflicted with the cyberpunk aesthetics of the game.

Deus Ex would like a word.

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Quote by Kolya:

Irrational Games, the developers of SS2, could just re-use spiders from the Thief game, to utilize their resources as efficiently as possible, hence a creature that is easy and cheap to produce.

yeah, but almost sure he wanted an in-game explanation.

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@voodoo47 The funny thing is that it's both.

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yes. yes it is.

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because spiders are the natural choice of creature for going through a tight ship with lots of duct work , breed very fast and are simple creatures.

Topic: What's the lore or explanation behind the spiders in System Shock 2? Read 1052 times

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