SSR: System Shock Kickstarter

[664b92b5ba8bbsarge945]

The good news is, all of the big name game franchises will be available for cheap to indie devs over the next few years as the AAA space slowly collapses.

[664b92b5badabXkilljoy98]

GawainFor System Shock 3 yes, the rest of it is in one place at least

[664b92b5bafacGawain]

Yep. That is what they have said. System Shock 3 is now owned by Tencent (or one of it's subsidiaries. I don't know). But could Atari really make system shock 4/sequel without 3?
Could Atari buy it back? Do they want to buy it back?

I think the cow is milked dry by Stephen Kick and there is no more interest in it.

[664b92b5bb221jimbo]

The good news is, all of the big name game franchises will be available for cheap to indie devs over the next few years as the AAA space slowly collapses.

I look forward to spending $50 on 30 year old games (turok, dark forces... wtf nightdive...)

[664b92b5bb6feicemann]

I look forward to spending $50 on 30 year old games (turok, dark forces... wtf nightdive...)

If there is any constant in gaming, it is that there will always be a pirate scene. Was there from the get go, and will forever be, in one form or another.

If you look back to the Commodore 64 and later the Amiga. Piracy was absolutely rampant. And you got those cool techno intros from hacking groups such as "Remember" etc. When it comes to retro gaming, I know that games companies want that forever running money train, but that just aint ever happening. As much as companies like Nintendo may want that to continue. If your aware they (Nintendo) recently sued the people behind the switch emulator "Yuzu" under a DMCA. I'm hoping the court case goes the way of the last big one (Sony vs Connectix).

[664b92b5bb90cXkilljoy98]

Console Release Trailer:
https://youtu.be/wjlv6K5g3Jg?si=_xa9ntrr-pb_CVjn

Kickstarter Update:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock/posts/4048002

Release Date for Console (Playstation 4/5, Xbox One/Series X/Series S) is May 21, 2024
Release Date for Patch 1.2 on PC is "sometime soon"

[664b92b5bba53icemann]

"The PC version of Patch 1.2 will soon be released in the near future."

Gotta love the usual Night Dive vagueness.

[664b92b5bbc17JDoran]

So we now have a projected release date for the console versions? I hope NDS stick to the date, but given their previous record, I'm not exactly confident.

Still, it's good to have a possible (probable?) ETA, so thanks to NDS for that.

[664b92b5bbd7cBriareos H]

Do we know if 1.2 will be backwards compatible with existing saves? I'm about two-thirds through the game (loving most of it btw!) and I feel like stopping here and waiting for the patch.

[664b92b5bbe8bicemann]

Should be. Their lead programmer (Matt) has been posting on Discord about the patch for close to a year (I can't believe its been that long between patches) and he never mentioned anything about it not being compatible. Especially as one of the fixes is specifically about save games.

[664b92b5bbf8aXkilljoy98]

New Kickstarter Update:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock/posts/4063728

[664b92b5bc076icemann]

Nothing about the next patch unfortunately. 100% about physical game releases.

[664b92b5bc158Xkilljoy98]

Unrelated, but I did need to get the pictures of the item inventory icons but can't find them in the files

[664b92b5bc2e3Nameless Voice]

I don't see them either.  It's possible that they use the 3D models for the inventory too?

[664b92b5bc5d2Xkilljoy98]

Nameless Voice
Possibly, if so that is gonna make me need to get screenshots instead

[664b92b5bc7e5JDoran]

Xkilljoy98
You could email NDS to ask for the source files, or 1:1 image files. They might actually reply to that type of request.

[664b92b5bca35Xkilljoy98]

JDoranPossibly, might try it

Also, Patch 1.2 Info:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock/posts/4069347
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/482400/view/4104540932632136261

[664b92b5bcbc8ZylonBane]

Would be nice if the female hacker has the fashion sense to not wear those awful half-fingered gloves, but somehow I doubt it.

[664b92b5bcd1aPyornkrachzark]

From the Steam website:
"Face and defeat Shodan once more in her new cyberspace domain"
OK, this game is so old that everyone knows the ending, but they should avoid spoiling it

[664b92b5bcdfeZylonBane]

What are you even talking about? The part you quoted is referring to the fact that this patch changes the final battle.

[664b92b5bcf5eBriareos H]

Shodan is the end boss of System Shock???

[664b92b5bd07dicemann]

Female hacker looking very Aliens marines inspired. Just missing the red headband and smart gun.

[664b92b5bd37dPyornkrachzark]

From the Steam website:
"Face and defeat Shodan once more in her new cyberspace domain"
OK, this game is so old that everyone knows the ending, but they should avoid spoiling it

What I meant is that they reveal the fact that Shodan will be faced in cyberspace, which is something the player might not expect... Well it's something that I didn't expect the first time I played the original game 😅

[664b92b5bd546fox]

I agree that this is a bit of a spoiler but maybe people shouldn't read patch notes anyway if they try to avoid such stuff. Wouldn't have hurt NDS to mention this in a less revealing way though. Then again, they probably thought this could help sales a bit.