The result was a game were there's only one character fighting off against monsters, with audio logs describing the plot.

Serendipity Writes the Plot: The concept for the game was conceived mainly as 3D graphics of video games and computer technology were still at their bare minimums at the time of its release, making it difficult to render various characters at once (much less make them look like actual people).

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The CD re-release of the game is also bundled with Enhanced Edition (and GOG.com also provides the original floppy disc version), allowing the DOS version of the game to be available digitally. Thankfully that is no longer the case, as Nightdive Studios tracked down the rights and released a System Shock: Enhanced Edition with patches and updates to keep the game up to date with modern computers such as the addition of mouselook by default and support for higher resolution, fixed bugs from the original game, and more. Keep Circulating the Tapes: For many years, the game was absent from any digital distribution method and almost impossible to find legally, and the only 'legal' copies were second hand.

Dummied Out: A number of minigames in the sequel, still functional if summoned via console.However, both Spector and project leader Doug Church decided that they wanted a greater degree of creative freedom with the game and to not be tied to an existing franchise, and so reconfigured the pitch into its own original setting very early into pre-production. Divorced Installment: The game was originally conceived and pitched by Warren Spector as a Wing Commander spin-off with the Working Title Alien Commander, and would be set on the wreckage of TCS Tiger's Claw.In fact, it was only released as a result of Executive Meddling, and Warren Specter has even gone as far as to speculate that its release may have hampered the sales of the game overall. Creator Backlash: The developers aren't particularly fond of the floppy disk version of the original System Shock.

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