System Shock 2 Redux helps to sharpen-up SHODAN
Extensive mod collection includes updates for weapons, world textures, enemies, and more.
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It’s regarded as one of thebest games ever made, but even its most ardent fan would agree thatSystem Shock 2was never a looker. Way back on release, its flat textures and lumpen character models lagged behind the Unreals and Quake IIIs, and these days its face is one that only a psychotic AI mother could love. Fortunately, rushing into the Von Braun with a syringe full of Botulinum isSystem Shock 2 Redux, a collection of the best cosmetic mods for Looking Glass' iconic immersive sim.
System Shock 2 Redux leaves virtually no surface of the game untouched. Mods in the bundle includeVurt’s Flora Overhaul, which adds extra fronds and flowers to the game’s plant-life, whileTacticool Completeadds hi-res weapon models into the game. One of the biggest mods on there isFour Hundred, which completely overhauls the game’s world textures, adding microscopic details such as ensuring the ceiling pipes on the Engineering deck have realistic directional flow.
Other cosmetic mods in the bundle update enemies, your psi-arm, and all the gross biological matter spread around the ship by the squidgy Hivemind known as the Many. It doesn’t just provide a visual makeover either.Vintage Song Remakebrings higher quality music (and System Shock 2’s music was already pretty rad), whileDeepFriedBeer’s Sound Upgradeimproves the audio effects on weapons and in-game objects like keypads.
The reason for this mod collection, according to its collator Gorth84, is twofold. First, it is “easier to load one mod file.” In addition, the mod is intended to reflect Nightdive Studios' planned Enhanced Edition of System Shock, which, according to Gorth84, will use all the mods in the Redux collection.
You can download System Shock 2 Reduxhere. Installation instructions can be found underneath the download button. If you want to wait for Nightdive’s official Enhanced Editon of System Shock 2, then the System Shock remake that it’ll be bundled with is"pretty much complete"and should launch soon.
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