System Shock: Enhanced Edition

System Shock has been reconstructed from its original source code for the first time, provided as a complimentary update to all game owners. Twenty-one years following its initial debut, System Shock returns. The Enhanced Edition includes features such as up to 4K widescreen resolution, mouselook integration, and rebindable commands for keyboard, mouse, and joystick. It runs on Nightdive's KEX engine, supporting both Direct3D and OpenGL. Users can switch between hi-resolution Mac assets and original DOS assets, enjoy official support for fan missions, and utilize a new unified options menu. Improvements also cover adjustable FOV, smoother camera mechanics, an optimized control scheme for faster gameplay, new achievements, remappable keys with three profiles, and fixes for many original bugs. Players take on the role of a famous hacker, the most dangerous cyber-thief in the corporate sector. After being caught during a risky infiltration, you are indentured to Diego, a greedy TriOptimum executive. Awakening from a six-month healing coma, you find the station in ruins. Citadel Station, once a top research center, is now swarming with mindless cyborgs, robots, and mutated creatures, all under the control of SHODAN, a ruthless artificial intelligence. Gameplay involves speeding through cyberspace to steal data, hack security, and battle defense programs enslaved to a mad computer. You must survive waves of attacks by killer cyborgs and robots while collecting hardware attachments and weapons. Test your wits by solving puzzles and rewiring panels to outsmart SHODAN. Experience the significantly enhanced controls and graphics of this edition or stick closer to the original feel with the Classic version. The game includes bonus content such as a Quick Start Guide, the original manual in multiple languages, game maps, the official hint book, a strategy guide, the full soundtrack in various formats, and the original TV commercial.