The System Shock remake was a huge success on PC and soon we’ll be able to enjoy it on consoles too. And the good news: the wait will be short.
Remakes/remasters have been trending for several years, with more or less convincing results. We can’t all be Final Fantasy 7. After that, a general overhaul is not necessarily necessary. Sometimes a simple update is enough. This allows an old game to be discovered by a new audience. This was recently the case with System Shock, a 90s classic that received a second life, but only on PC. Luckily, it’s also coming to consoles and we now have the exact release date.
System Shock remake is coming to consoles soon
If you don’t know, know that it is a game that was originally released in 1994. Such a date seems a bit old. It was developed by Looking Glass Studios and we can say that it had a huge impact on gamers at the time. The FPS not only impresses with its elaborate science fiction universe, its gameplay has also been praised several times. Overall, with the “person” of SHODAN, System Shock presented an original formula and an antagonist worthy of the name, since the AI has taken control of the ship in which we find ourselves.
You already have the opportunity to play the remake that comes to us from the ovens of Nightdive Studios. You just need a PC and that’s it. For console gamers, it’s a different story. So far, they’ve been in the dark about the rollout of the System Shock rework on PlayStation and Xbox. Finally, the studio announced the release date: it will be May 21, 2024 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Series. We don’t have to wait long, which is excellent news. We invite you to jot it down in your diary, because it’s still a cult nugget.
In any case, the System Shock remake was welcomed with open arms on Steam. We’re talking about a “Very Positive” average from over 6,000 reviews. Through the mixing of opinions, we see that the basic material appears to have been respected while offering a modern reading of this adventure. This success has also raised the question of a new version of the second opus, but at the moment we don’t know more. Given the quality of Nightdive’s work, we can’t say no.
