System Shock 3 is the third installment in the franchise and has been in development for a while now. Warren Spector who has worked on titles such as Deus Ex, Thief, System Shock and Epic Mickey talked about the game in a recent interview. He mentioned that System Shock 3 players will not need to know about the previous games.
Spector mentioned that the game is meant for a wider audience and not only for the core players. If you have not played the previous System Shock games then you will be able to jump into System Shock 3. Here is what he had to say regarding the game:
It won’t require prior knowledge of the earlier System Shock games, because we want to grow the audience beyond just the core fans. But if you are a fan of the original games, there’ll be some things in there that I think you’ll find appealing.
He went on to talk about the locations and characters that are part of the previous games that are coming back to System Shock 3. SHODAN is coming back. This time she will be a “complete character”.
Citadel Station is also coming back in the new game but not in the way the fans expect. Spector went on to mention the following:
We’re going to continue to try to capture the vibe, the combination of the shooter with light role-playing and survival horror, and stick with that. Going to tell a story in that traditional System Shock way where there are no living characters, and you have to piece what happened and what you need to do together from video logs and emails and messages from some folks off-site, just like the original.
This seems like a very interesting game indeed. We will have to wait for the game to release before we can say anything else about it. Only time will tell what the final game is like.
Let us know what you think about System Shock 3 and whether or not you are interested in playing the game when it comes out.
