Unsurprisingly, a lot of the Kickstarter backers started to complain since they backed the project expecting a promised 1 for 1 remake. With the new engine they expanded the scope of the game and abandoned the plan to make a 1 for 1 remake, instead they opted to make something more realistic, and improve on the original level design.

After that, the game was put on hiatus, the developers switched to Unreal 4 engine and restarted development.

Nightdive started development on Unity engine and even released a demo for Kickstarter campaign back in 2016. Among other things, it also introduced audio logs as a storytelling tool, something still widely used in many games today.īringing something as old as System Shock to modern audiences is no small task as the game is obviously very dated in technical terms.

It was one of the first fully 3D games, instead of linear levels in games like Doom it focused on open exploration, looting for resources, shooting, and story. The original released way back in 1994, and was in many ways ahead of its time. Night Dive Studio ’s upcoming remake of the original System Shock is set for release sometime at the end of this Summer.

System shock 1 remake demo