It was later placed on multiple hall of fame lists. The developers sought to build on the emergent gameplay and immersive environments of their previous games, Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss and Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds, by streamlining their mechanics into a more 'integrated whole' it is considered one of the defining examples of an immersive sim.Ĭritics praised System Shock and hailed it as a major breakthrough in its genre. System Shock 's 3D engine, physics simulation and complex gameplay have been cited as both innovative and influential. Assuming the role of a nameless security hacker, the player attempts to hinder the plans of a malevolent artificial intelligence called SHODAN.

The game is set aboard a space station in a cyberpunk vision of the year 2072.

It was directed by Doug Church with Warren Spector serving as producer. System Shock is a 1994 first-person action-adventure video game developed by LookingGlass Technologies and published by Origin Systems.

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