![]() ![]() Besides, there's only so much you can learn by reading the author's description, and then you have to take a blind leap of faith that it won't ruin your gaming experience. Look to the stars-and with Shock 2, you can enjoy being lost among them, far out in the reaches of space, in one of the best game worlds of all time.I'm going to do my utmost to clearly and concisely summarize and categorize all of the best quality mods I've come across so that you don't have to do the research. Giving games like Shock 2 the time it deserves will give you the reward of experiencing one of the best, and could inspire you to embrace other challenging games. And if you think it’s too difficult, don’t cop out. If you haven’t played it yet, I highly encourage you to do so. Up until a couple years ago, I’d play it through at least once each year. Through that process, I learned that perseverance through the complex has its rewards.Īnd now here I am 20 years later, thinking of giving it another spin on Impossible or checking out some of the mods for the game that make it harder. I wanted to continue to understand and explore this game world, so I did not give up when it became complicated to play. So engaged in Shock 2’s world, I was willing to learn its more complicated mechanics. This list of games includes Shock 2's predecessor, which I played the CD release of within Dosbox using all the original controls.Īs soon as I entered the greater part of MedSci, the first level of the Von Braun you explore, I couldn't wait to explore every inch of this game world. It opened the doorway for enthusiastically grappling with the mechanics of several other more complicated games since. It taught me to overcome obstacles and learn something new. See, I knew I wanted to play Shock 2 I wanted to learn its nuances. Looking out the windows as the hypnotic tunes played in the background was second only to Thief in engaging me in a game world through atmosphere and audio. I felt I really was adrift in this vessel far out in the reaches of space. On that first playthrough, inspiration drove me. That shows just how much I’ve developed since first playing it on Normal mode and struggling. ![]() Now I can play through the game several times on Impossible mode. I wish I could play the game with fresh eyes again. Looking back, it was a riveting experience. The game’s level-up currency-cybernetic modules-was also hard to come by, and I used them with the greatest of care, to the point of not wanting to spend even a few of them. I felt short on resources at every moment. Beyond learning to use the gameplay menus in real time, I continued to struggle keeping enough ammo and med hypos. My first time through Shock 2 was beset with challenge. On my first time playing, managing this inventory screen in real time was part of an early learning curve. Be that as it may, its interface and RPG elements were a learning experience for me. It’s not even a full-CRPG, but a hybrid of that and a first-person shooter. Keep in mind that I was a much more inexperienced gamer when first playing Shock 2. When you’re learning how to balance this inventory screen and playing in-game while hybrids are running at you, it all becomes more hectic. Easy enough, but soon there are monsters around. The first time you grapple with this, you insert a dead energy cell into a charger and then place it back into your inventory. After the chilling, exceptionally suspenseful intro, you are met with the first requirements of Shock 2's gameplay: using an inventory menu in real time. My eagerness to dive in was met with an obstacle. This horrified me and continued crafting an atmosphere of dread.Īn early cutscene shows chilling security-camera footage that helps set the tone. There’s one scene, footage from a security camera, that shows a woman backing into a corner as a great beast leaps towards her. ![]() All this is delicious sci-fi horror, and it continues in cutscenes after the game’s initial training sequence. Next came a broken-up distress call from the same ship. The video introduction created suspense with an informational overview of the spaceship Von Braun and its grand voyage to the reaches of space. ![]()
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