Fortunately, a newly-formed studio named Night Dive Studios managed to secure the rights to the game and polished it for release on Gog.com.
To make matters worse, years after the game�s release, numerous legal issues between developers and the franchise�s publisher, Electronic Arts, made it so that rereleases couldn�t be done and finding a legal copy of the game was close to impossible.
Even though it won numerous �Game of the year� awards and had universal praise, it didn�t sell particularly well. It�s also often considered the granddaddy of survival horror games. It was met with universal acclaim by gaming reviewers and set a new standard for first-person shooters due to its unique use of RPG elements, a terrific ambience as well than an intricate and well written story.
Welcome to this Let�s Play of System Shock 2! It was developed and released in 1999 by Looking Glass Studios (who made the first System Shock game, as well than Ultima Underworld and the Thief series) and Irrational Games, which was founded by ex-Looking Glass Studios employees.
How can you challenge a perfect immortal machine? Panting and sweating as you run through my corridors.