FUCK this game is hard. How do I git gud? I am on the first level and I want to hack shit but I can't because I didn't have enough module things to upgrade to Hack 1.
The game can punish you for not picking your class/stats correctly at the very beginning. BUT, if you didn't get the hack bonus as Navy, it's generally the first thing you should boost. Hacking is by far the most important skill.
>>341373189
>Pick Impossible
>Pick OSA
>Save all the point until you can get PSI hack
My first playthrough was rad as fuck.
The only skills you should focus on are standard weapons, maintenance and hacking. Putting points in anything else is just gimping yourself.
>>341373189
Shoot a bunch.
Hack a bunch.
Maintain a bunch.
Towards the end of the game put some points into melee since the Flesh Maze and SS1 emulation levels are noammo. Don't worry, midgame SHODAN just fucking pelts modules at you, you'll have more than enough to experiment.
Go for standard weapons, hacking and maintenance, thats the best setup for a first time playthrough, put a single point into research later on.
Use your melee weapon as much as you can and remember you can write notes on the map.
Have fun.
Fuck that noise. I went energy weapons, strength, research, and a dash of psi for my first run and it was a blast.
>>341373189
If you want hack things from get go you can create a character with a point in hack skill and maintenance stat.
General git gud advice:
Standard weapons is a good choice for first time player.
Use wrench a lot and invest in melee traits from upgrade stations. You can stunlock pipe hybrids with wrench end get no damage from them every time
Research mutants parts to see their weaknesses and get damage bonuses.
Keep armor piercing bullets for robots, anti personnel for mutants, regular for whatever.
Kill cameras before they spot you, if you got spotted hide somewhere and wait for alarm to be over, because alarm spawn enemies non stop, killing them is pointless since game will only spawn more.
You can use elevator as a storage room as it is present on every deck (just drop your shit on the floor there)
Don't go far in PSI skill tree for your first time, just pick a few quality of life buffs (like CYB +2 for hack/upgrade minigames. The more cyb stat the less red nodes you have)
>>341374842
What about a second playthrough?
I played through this for the first time back in 2012, I'm pretty sure I played the way you suggested the first time around
I just replayed SS1 last week so I'm about ready to replay this one as well
>>341375095
>because alarm spawn enemies non stop
Enemies just infinitely respawn anyway.
>>341375127
Play SS2 with secmod, it will feel fresh as fuck.
>>341375296
But not at the ridiculously fast rate the alarm does.
>>341375127
Second playthrough do whatever the fuck you want.
>>341375296
The alarm respawn rate is "they respawn as soon as you kill some", the regular one is tolerable.
>>341373189
Rebind controls to be not retarded.
Whack everything with a wrench and ignore psychic powers/etc
In retrospect the RPG stuff is really pointless. SS1 feels better
>>341375809
>feels better
I hope we're not talking controls because so much as moving in SS1 feels sluggish unless you've got your finger stitched to the run button.
>>341375767
I found the healing psi really useful, you charge it for a second and it heals you completely
>trying to organize your inventory
>door slides open
>"Hello, sir. Can I help you with that?"
>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
>>341375991
Well I mean the fact that you can use anything
>>341375809
SS1 is literally just "lean around corners and shoot enemies who are practically oblivious to your presence when you're not right in front of them" for 10-15 hours straight
It's a good game, if you treat it like a dungeon crawler. But it does not hold up well to the FPS standards of even 20 years ago
Drop it ,play it's better BioShock kin
>>341375809
>le ss1 is better oldfag has entered the thread
took you long enough to fart in
>>341376248
>lean around corners
I haven't bothered with that at all, but then again I've just been running around.
Man these fucking full maps are unreadable.
>>341375809
I like RPG stuff.
>>341375767
How do I rebind the controls? One of my biggest problems is movement keys.
I played it several years ago
I was confused because at first I thought The Many was Shodan, since they have the same voice actor
>>341376248
I don't think I've ever leaned
>>341376012
The place on your screen has cozy maintenance shaft on the right, just clear the monkeys out and it's a perfect hiding spot
>>341376479
It just feels kinda dumb, oh hey here is this laser sword, but you can't swing it because you don't have a point in it
>>341373189
>mfw when millenials trying to play patrician games
>>341376491
Have you checked options
>>341376405
Mark the map often. Do it for anything you deem significant.
For example: There's often more than 1 elevator in levels, so mark the levels that elevator leads to.
Also mark where the energy nodes and medbays are.
Fucking mark everything basically
Also every time you see a number on a screen, write that fucker down. ESPECIALLY in the CPU rooms. It's important later in the game. You'll be kicking yourself if you don't
>>341376491
I forget, but I remember doing it. It's unplayable without.
I was defeated by the audio logs.
Digging through information to find the right place to go is a headache, and if you quit the game for more than a few weeks booting it up again is too daunting.
>>341376978
Yeah nothing in options to change the movement keys. I will google it.
>>341377136
Why would you quit the game for that long?
SS2 is only like 18 hours long dude. You should be able to complete it in a single weekend
>>341376526
Shodan has stuttering female voice with variable pitch, the Many has spooky whispering male and female voices. But i was confused at first too, thought my character was just hallucinating and those were random spooks
>>341376767
Maybe laser swords are hard to use and do require some training, also, when you upgrade your skills you are using cyber modules to upgrade your mechanical parts, theres an explanation behind it, it's not an abstraction like experience point are, just for giving an example.
>>341376983
Cheers, lad. Will do.
>>341376328
Will BioShock run on anIntel Integrated 4000
>>341377256
>needing to be spoonfed this hard
it's literally the first thing in the controls settings
I think you might be retarded dude
>>341377136
Kinda getting this feeling with SS1, I got to a new level but there's just a locked door. So I figure I must have missed something on a previous floor and now I'm just digging through the logs for a clue. I've just gone through the levels so slowly and carefully I don't know what I could have even missed. Been a while since I played this so I can't really remember the areas either
>>341376491
>>341377256
>>341378656
Oh yeah and I'm not looking for spoilers, just posting in my blog
>>341378443
>>341378706
I am retarded. I booted up the game and missed that the first time. Thanks senpai
>>341378656
if it says something like "___ access required" it usually means you need to find a key
>>341377463
I find it a real drag. I have trouble deciphering my objective and if you get too into the game and don't pay enough attention to your guide you can miss crucial bits of info that are hard to get back (if at all).
So I end up running around a lot trying to find the right thing to do and the infinite enemies deplete my resources. The worse you do the worse you'll do.
It's just too stressful for me.
>>341378969
I think there are a couple of instances where you need to get access through cyberspace
>>341376012
I love this screenshot I have of this guy
>>341379070
SS2 objectives literally tell you what to do, what did you have problem with exactly? Was it the paintings?
SS2 is a stressful game, yes.
>>341379226
That's why I said "usually"
>>341379070
Sounds to me like you're looking for a more casual experience. If an easier "shock" game is what you're looking for, perhaps Bioshock Infinite would be more up your alley
>>341378440
Yes, unless your processor is a hamster running on a wheel.
You can always search it on youtube, theres channels dedicated to test games on integrated memories, heres one you may find useful in the future.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsIGbgFNRbS3q8mWK0G3mHA
>>341379374
How was your co-op experience, crashed on bulkhead level transitions often? Got inventory dupes upon loading the game?
>>341379374
>co-op
I cannot for the life of me understand why this game has co-op.
Has anyone here tried it? How does it work?
>>341379648
yeah I got those bugs sometimes, I played it before it came on steam and it worked fine
>>341379649
because its too spooky when you are alone
>>341379597
This is a great channel thanks! I am currently playing on my shit laptop for the summer and need some good games to play.
I'm about to start an an impossible playthrough with the Navy Career.
Any advice?
>>341379649
I played with my old roommate because he likes doing co-op survival horror since I get scared really easy.
>>341379649
It's fun but not very stable, pretty easy too. The nanites are shared between all players (you pick up 10, everyone else get 10), game sometimes crash on level transitions.
Coop was forced by the publisher afaik
>>341379886
I fucking love how goofy Goggles model is, even goofier than deus ex square mouths.
>>341379886
The same as single player except there's multiple goggle wearing fucks running around. That's it. There's no other real changes except everyone gets cyber modules whenever they are picked up. It does make the game easier because you can have a dedicated hacker, gunner, and psi, but the metric fuckton of bugs make it a hassle.
>>341380059
play secmod instead
I'm wondering what they'll do with Shodan in System Shock 3, considering that shehacked the very fabric of the universein SS2.
If you thought beta grove was a genius backup plan, imagine what kind of shit she pulled off in SS2. Literally anything could happen
>>341380432
what's secmod?
>>341381538
She should fucking stay dead, her inclusion in SS2 was tortured enough.
>>341378969
Naw it just says "locked", it's just a small room and then the door. There was another instance where I totally missed something really obvious so I feel like it happened again
>>341374165
Enemies respawn often and dont always drop ammo. Focusing on strength, agility and melee weapons is a very doable build.
>not 2 hitting brawlers with your crystal stick
>>341381538
>hacked the very fabric of the universe
nah, just the goggles head so he would hallucinate
>imagine what kind of shit she pulled off in SS2She possessed Rebecca's body, that's what
>>341382008
It's a global gameplay mod that is literally called "secmod" https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=7153.0
>>341382370
I feel like they would only respawn if you killed all of them on a level. So I would leave one enemy somewhere so I wouldn't have to worry about respawns, maybe I was just imagining it but it felt like it worked
>>341382370
>Nobody will ever love you
I didn't need that
>>341382193
>She should fucking stay dead
Did you forget the ending scene of SS2 or what?
>>341382459
>nah, just the goggles head so he would hallucinate
The story suggests otherwise. Remember that whole shit about the FTL drive being to alter the universe?
As for only possessing Rebecca, you're thinking too small. We don't know what kind of fucked up contingency plans Shodan was able to pull off during the time she had complete control.
Shodan's likened herself to a god before, but this time around that could actually be true.
Think of how amazing it will be to go up against those insurmountable odds. The story could be amazing if they do it right. The possibilities are endless
>>341381538
I'm wondering howhard she'll get her shit pushed in
If you thought that SHODANhaving all her plans dismantled by some hacker with no military training in under 7 hoursand thatgetting slapped down as an afterthought by a cyborg of her own designwas cool the imagine what could happen in SS3.She'd probably have trouble stopping a toddler
I bet you SHODAN made a younger backup version of herself that she uploads into a cyborg shell you can have sex with and protect.
>check out what's community up to
>they glued all 3 Recreational deck parts together so there would be no loads
>SCP beta 3 is coming alone nicely, currently working on letting player smash toilets to bits
brings a smile to my face
>>341384012
Shodan is literally fuckable in the end of SS2, LITERALLY, as in benis in bagina possible.
>>341384012
That would be a great plot twist
>>341384925
That escape pod bit will probably be retconned
>>341373189
Install SEC mod. Have endless fun.
>>341376012
>He didn't take localized pyro to become invulnerable to explosions
>>341382323sage
Well I ended up googling it because fuck this. I guess I was supposed to write down numbers, I can't even remember where all those rooms are. Haven't checked where those numbers actually go though
>>341382193
>"What's the matter, lover? Don't like my...new look?"
>>341373676
>>341374165
I got through the game just fine without upgrading my hack skill at all. Seriously never became an issue for me.
>>341385464
Not everyone here is metagaming guide reading scrublord
>>341385295
Because it doesn't play along with your head canon?
>>341386143
It's a bit too campy to take seriously, same with NAH. I wouldn't be surprised if some liberties are taken with the ending, or the ending is left very ambiguous.
>>341385808
Just helps you get to places, loot security boxes and get better deals at replicators, really useful skill
>>341373189
the harder difficulties give you less modules for upgrading but you can also revisit areas later to get stuff
ss1 is a better game overall
>>341386681
>ss2 is a better game overall
Fixed it for you, no need to thank, glad we're on the same page friend!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXN4eWkwHGI
>>341387086
The last levels were totally rushed
>>341387875
I don't deny this, but we're talking games in general
>>341386363
nah
>>341373189
Ken Levine is and always was a hack.
I'm in love with SHODAN
I want to have sex with SHODAN
>>341373189
STD weps + (AGI+SPEED HYPES+SPEED OS+ running at 45)
>>341389328
Levine will probably hate the SHODAN porn
>>341389620
but shodan porn already exists
>>341383520
>Did you forget the ending scene of SS2 or what?
>>341385742
Like I said, tortured.
>>341385590
Jesus finally I'm making some progress again, off to level 8
SHODAN does strange things to my penis
I don't think I have a robot fetish but that voice touches me
Just wait for the remake
>>341392627
There is no SS2 remake announced
>>341392763
I just realized I'm thinking of the first game
>>341392336
>>341385590
it's okay anon, I made the same mistake on my first playthrough too
that's why I always tell everyone to use the map markers often and to write down all the numbers
I'm still shocked that SS3 was announced before HL3
Dota 2 was supposed to get a SHODAN announcer pack
The spiders make really weird noises
>>341389620
Who wouldn't, it's fucking terrible
>>341394779
>shocked
