Rogue AI

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System Shock remake (reviewed on PC)

In 1994, Looking Glass Technologies introduced rogue AI Shodan to the world in the original System Shock.

Set aboard a space station in 2072, the player assumed the role of a hacker who must thwart the evil plans of Shodan, a genuinely unsettling AI who was quite terrifying.

The game was universally praised for its gameplay by critics but was only a moderate commercial success.

Fast forward to 2023 and we’ve seen the release of a remade System Shock from retro game specialist studio Nightdive Studios (Only available on PC at the moment but is coming to consoles later this year).

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