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We’ve talked about System Shock 2. We’ve reviewed the System Shock remake. And yet, we’ve never got to talking about the one that started it all back in 1994. Oddly, that seems fitting for a title that despite its acclaim that has only grown over the years, it was overshadowed upon its release by the likes of Doom. And yet, System Shock was nothing like Doom, despite being lumped into the crowd of “Doom clones” at the time. In fact, many of the mechanics that were introduced in System Shock (that weren’t in Doom) ended up becoming the standard for what we expect from our first-person shooters. Once all of the shooting was over, of course.

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