System Shock Remake (2023) - Build 11414032 - Gameplay Sample
3System Shock received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Polygon praised the visuals as "look[ing] like the way games from 1994 appear in my memory", and that "playing this game in this form helps me bring it into conversation with the entirety of the immersive sim genre"
Reviewers were divided over the remake's faithful recreation of the original's mechanics. Destructoid praised the development team's approach, stating that "They fully understand what made the classics so indispensable". Eurogamer provided similar sentiments, claiming that the remake "faithfully recreates a classic". DualShockers and PCGamesN both gave mixed responses, commenting that "it still clings to some somewhat outdated mechanics", and "by sticking to the original's ancient design it will appeal more to series fans than newcomers". PC Gamer cited it as both a positive and negative element of the game's design, "I did sometimes find myself wishing that in some parts Nightdive had tried to adapt the spirit, rather than the letter, of the original game," but ultimately still called the game "the definitive way to play System Shock in 2023 and beyond".