System Shock 2 Tribute (Special Edition) PART 6

[v1lle3]

I'm in the "Body of the Many" level and have a playtime of more than 12 hours.

It's hard to believe you can finish the game this fast, even though I'm looking at it.

[apocalypserik]

man the dialouges are so amazing

[InformatikSuperheld]

the way we humans work is through a healthy mix of society and individualism. neither the way of the many nor shodan's should be desirable for any of you.

[WoundedKite]

It's been a long time since I played, but on the face of it, The Many aren't so evil, their cause appears to be a peaceful one, Shodan on the other hand, is pure ego. So what have I forgotten? What makes The Many so malicious?

I dont think "being contrary to human individualism" can be considered a type of evil, since that argument would be purely anthropocentric. I assume I am missing something.

[Nevareh]

If it weren't violent, parasitic, psychically manipulative, intolerant of dissent, and planning to absorb all life on Earth, THEN it wouldn't be so bad. The thing is that no one, even the "willing" people who went over to The Many, ever had a choice. The second their behavior changed it was because the Annelids had taken over their minds and totally altered their priorities to protect the Annelids. Also, the Annelids eat people, if Prefontaine is to be believed.

[WoundedKite]

Yep, I see, sorry, had a System Shock nostalgia evening last week, after this I watched a few more vids and refreshed my memory about the reality of their nature (the Prefontaine log particularly, as well as what appears to be mind control and unwilling coercion etc...), however I don't actually think that "planning to absord all life on earth" is necessarily a bad thing, as long as no deception was involved in the pursuit of a new master-slave type relationship (as appears to be the case here).

[InformatikSuperheld]

well that's pretty masochistic! I personally am rather fond of individualism...

[capthavic]

That was part of what made SS2 so great. You caught in the middle of two extremes and forced to work with the lesser evil.

[seangames111]

god damn ship is too big! tri-optimum is going to lose their license again

[barneysdeath]

This line is just powerful: "Beware of the machine-mother, she is a stranger to everything we cherrish." I don't know why.

[internisus]

because it acknowledges the sort of philosophical divide at the center of the game's horror.