System Shock 2

Technology and Gaming
#61

Thanks, worked like a charm! Well… except for:

“SHOCK2 caused an Access Violation in module SHOCK2.EXE at 001b:00594937.
Error occurred at 6/11/2010 23: 30:42.
D :\Games\System Shock 2\SHOCK2.EXE, run by Administrator.
1 processor(s), type 586.
2048 MBytes physical memory.
Read from location 00000000 caused an access violation.”

P.S. tried renaming the LGVID.AX file again too.Also added SHOCK2.EXE to my antivirus’es safe file list.
I’ll try a different version of the game.

[EDIT] Reinstalled it in the default dir (\games\Sshock2) and it seems to work. haven’t installed the MM yet though…

#62

wow, I’ve never had any of the trouble that everyone else seems to have playing System Shock 2, I’ve played it on all 4 operating systems since it’s release, and it was relatively smooth sailing to get it working, mods and all, each time

biggest thing Dead Space did wrong was the sound, that B-movie/Psycho style horror audio every time there are enemies nearby cheapens the game/atmosphere, and all the whispering and whatnot throughout cheapens it even more. simple, area based, elevator/mall music is the quintessential tone-setter.

hearing that garden music and the midwife saying “little ones need lots of care” still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up lol

but nice try by ea with Dead Space, they have the rights to SS2 right? seems they took a lot from it anyways, without necessarily even trying, it’s a better (spiritual) successor to SS2 than BioShock IMO

#63

Dead Space 2 was just announced at E3 2010. Wonder if it’s gonna suck or not.

#64

It looks nice, i’m looking forward to it … but it also looks like a mainstreamed pile of rat shit.

#65

I agree. A lot of gaming companies (Valve and DICE excluded) tend to do this with their sequels.

#66

haha, Dead Space even ended like SS2, you think you’re getting away in an escape pod, but OH NO WTF!!!

to much following instructions in dead space though, and they didn’t even ask “would you kindly”

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