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Moriendor
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Joined: 19 Jul 2001
Posts: 1306
Location: Germany |
| System Shock 2: A Greatest Game Of All Times @ GameSpot |
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GameSpot has chosen to add 'System Shock II' to their "The Greatest Games of All Time" line-up. Check it out right <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/features/6130956/index.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<blockquote><em>Long before Grand Theft Auto established the video game sandbox, before "emergent gameplay" was an industrywide buzzword, upstart developer Irrational Games married first-person action akin to that of Doom and Half-Life with rich, open-ended character development and a masterfully crafted, horror-tinged storyline to create System Shock 2.</em></blockquote> |
Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:46 pm |
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Ratavuk
Noble Knight
Joined: 08 May 2005
Posts: 213
Location: I-Net |
Yeah, a pity it sold so bad  |
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Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:47 pm |
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Mindless
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Just playing it again for like...the fourth time  One of the greatest games of all times for sure... |
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Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:49 pm |
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Lucky Day
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word is that's a misnomer. apparently it sold very well.
I never played it when it came out. I tried playing it after all the buzz I heard but I couldn't get SS1 past the intro movie because of DOS issues and XP and SS2 started bugging me with its shortened 1st person screen. What I mean is that when you turn you realize the area you are in is smaller than what you see in front of you. Its something you saw alot in early freeform "3d" and VRML. |
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Mon Aug 15, 2005 2:27 am |
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bjon045
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Joined: 02 Jun 2003
Posts: 234
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quote:
Originally posted by Lucky Day
word is that's a misnomer. apparently it sold very well.
Not many statisics either way. #1,530 in Computer & Video Games on Amazon.com, which is not really that good, but I guess it could be worse. |
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Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:42 am |
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Mystery_Guy
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Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Posts: 20
Location: U.S. |
Hmmm...only 1500 sold? I heard it was 15,000 back in the day.
I wonder how much I could get for it on ebay? I have the original box, virtually untouched, as well as all the materials it came with.
Such a great game. That SS Rebirth mod rocked. Made me go through the game a second time. |
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Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:36 am |
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Ratavuk
Noble Knight
Joined: 08 May 2005
Posts: 213
Location: I-Net |
quote:
Originally posted by Lucky Day
word is that's a misnomer. apparently it sold very well.
Perhaps System Shock 2 sold reasonably well, but definitely not to blockbuster levels. Shock 2 did not sell well in the first weeks and did level up only after the price was already reduced. A shame that EA has locked up the franchise but i'm really looking forward to Bioshock - go irrational go. |
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Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:00 am |
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Enderandrew
Keeper of the Gates
Joined: 07 Mar 2005
Posts: 111
Location: Omaha, NE |
quote:
Originally posted by Mystery_Guy
Hmmm...only 1500 sold? I heard it was 15,000 back in the day.
I wonder how much I could get for it on ebay? I have the original box, virtually untouched, as well as all the materials it came with.
Such a great game. That SS Rebirth mod rocked. Made me go through the game a second time.
No, I think it ranks in 1,500th position on Amazon. Amazon does not account for all sales.
Some games are heavily pirated, and thusly many people play the game and give it favorable opinions of the net, but it doesn't lead to the company making enough money to do sequels.
Looking Glass Studios and Irrational have made some good games, and I'm glad we'll see Bioshock come out as a spiritual successor if nothing else. |
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Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:21 am |
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