"SWEET MOTHER OF JESUS!"

[gman19]

-My reaction upon being stalked around a corner by pyrokinetic monkeys in System Shock 2. Occurred on Deck 2, Medical sector, Biopsy.

"F*** ME SIDEWAYS!"- My reaction upon running into a Midwife Cyborg with nothing other than a wrench to beat the living s*** out of her with. Occurred on Deck 1, Engineering sector, Subdeck/Belly access.

"F*** ME FREDDY!" (kudos to the reference)- My reaction upon seeing my first uber-spider crawling down from the ceiling towards me (and I am NOT arachnophobic; it's just that these mothers are a helluva lot scarier than their real-life counterparts, and the sounds they make...*shiver*). Anti-personnel rounds work wonders in an assault rifle. Occurred on Deck 4, Administrative sector.

"O_o"- My reaction upon entering Dr. Janice Polito's office and encountering an old friend, from the first System Shock...Occurred on Deck 4, Administrative sector, Office of Dr. Janice Polito.

So, does anybody else have any stories from the ever-so-creepy System Shock 2? For those of you who do not have it, then coughcoughGotochokedcoughcough and get it. Once you've got it installed, move "LGVID.AX" out of the installation folder. It won't play the cutscenes in-game without this file, but you crash on "New Game" if you leave it in the installation folder. You can still view the cutscenes in a media player outside of the game. Then, download and install the Rebirth mod and the SHTUP mod. These mods increase the texture resolution to modern standards (Shock Texture Upgrade Project) and increase the model detail/resolution levels to modern standards (Rebirth). Install those, and you're good to go with the high-res community-made version of the game. It's very cool, and I DARE you to play it on Impossible mode in the middle of the night. That will disturb you a tad bit.

So, share your SS2 stories here!

[Steely Ann]

Haha.  I remember playing that a few years back; friggin' classic game, even if the weapon degradation was, ya know, retarded quick (though they were kind enough to patch that, later).  I hate having to charge at damn near everything with my humble and lowly wrench.
Most annoying enemy by far was those infernal psychic monkey types, and they were also a different flavor of creepy from all the other goons on the ships.
One of the few games I've played before that makes me jump; their use of audio to creep you the hell out transcends awesome.

[PFB]

fyi all cutscenes are on youtube but if you ask me those cutscenes suck
they could have made cutscenes using the game engine

[gman19]

I'll add to my list. I beat the game on Easy yesterday, but the true difficulty was quite to the contrary. I'd hate to have to do that section where you find Prefontaine's final audio log and his body, then the Psi-Reaper infested area beyond that, then the area with the brain of the Many and a few dozen Annelid Arachnids and Rumblers swarming you. So, on to the final comments;

"DIE MUTHAF***AS!!!!!!!!"- My reaction after fighting my way through the hordes to the brain of the Many for a second time, after an unsuccessful first attempt. I originally grabbed Prefontaine's final (and most disturbing) audio log, healed up, reloaded my assault rifle, saved, and charged the gates. I blasted the first two Psi-Reapers with napalm-injected 9mm rounds (anti-personnel) then pressed forward. Another Reaper and a couple Rumblers appeared as I topped the ridge, causing me to fall back whilst spraying the f***ers with semi-automatic fire. Concentrated on the forward flank, I failed to notice the regenerated Reapers behind me, and I quickly succumbed to the combined assault. I loaded the save game, switched my assault rifle to fully-automatic fire, and charged the Reapers once more. Dodging their Psi energy blasts, I charged up to the summit. A Reaper and four Rumblers were waiting for me, but I sprayed them with anti-personnel rounds and began circling the brain, firing at the orbiting stars. I destroyed the brain, charged the final ridge, dropped into the river, then ran around SHODAN's cybernetic brain and finally hacked and owned the stupid whore.

Does anybody know if there's a fan mission that converts the first SS? There's a custom campaign for FreeSpace 2 that is a total conversion of the first Descent: Freespace- The Great War. Also, I wonder if there's a fan mission that continues the story of SS2. After all, Tommy and Rebecca made it away in the final escape pod, turned around to head back to the Von Braun after SHODAN was [virtually] killed, and the final cutscene showed Rebecca turning into some creature. One of her audio logs said she was bitten by an arachnid and made sick, whereas her final form looked a lot like the one trying to kill you when you're trying to hack SHODAN and kill her.