System Shock

aka: Alien Commander
Moby ID: 681

DOS version

Lots of fun here

The Good
The 3-D RPG/Adventure genre is growing, but Looking Glass has pretty much pioneered the genre. A nice touch added in this game was the ability to squat and lean around corners.

The cyberspace part was also interesting, as its visuals broke up the game nicely.

**The Bad**
It was too slow, and I was let down by the uncreative use of "software upgrades" (i.e. now it does 2x the damage, instead of something cool.)

**The Bottom Line**
A great game if you have 80 hours to kill and like sci-fi.

by Tony Van (2796) on January 10, 2000

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