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  • I remember this game when I was young

  • how do you hack the key pads mine says i don't have the skill yet???

  • @GGGG761 Lol, you get the skill level which is required.

  • Original is so much better.

  • I've tried to play ss2 on my PC which is mentally old(2008 i bring some hardware for PC) and yea i had some problems with inventory and i couldn't hack doors and gameplay was weird ...

  • @norchaaa get the latest ss2 mod manager.... in the tools option of the manager there is an option to fix the inventory bug... had the same problem.... but now it works extremely well... :D

  • Graphics are crap but it has to be one of the best story lines and in depth Game play ever! One of my favorites.

  • just came back here because I have been playing deus ex human revolution. Anyone else think the ambient noise of the woman screaming in detroit sound the same as the one running from the hybrid?

  • @ianwilder244 omg spot on!! good ear

  • @ianwilder244 That's because it is. It's a stock sound effect used in many different games, movies, and TV shows throughout the years.

  • I actually found the old graphic models more scary, maybe because how weird and unnatural it looks

  • I played SS2 with the original graphics and with the mods, and it doesn't really make the game better. I still like the mods though, and play with them, it makes it look a lot better. The music in this game is so good. GT's!

  • p.s. There is no new weapon textures in that video... (for pistol, laser pistol, shotgun, and 3-4 more).

  • My game crashes with mods and i dont know why :(. I like it but i would like to use that high res and high poly mod but it crashes. I used SS2Tool but nothing helps. I can start the game but as soon as i exit 1st room it crashes.Can anyone help ?

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  • @ultraboy222 In order to run this game you need to Install this Before! any textures:

    1. Clear full game. 2. Official patch 2.03. 3. fix for work on Win XP. 4. fix for work on multi-core CPU. 5. texture memory fix to get rid of "Direct 3D device" error. 6. fix for "EAX sound output" error. 7. fix for "not enought free memory on HDD". 8. video-fix for not working videos in the game. 9. fix for "game crashes on deck 3".

    p.s. Try to google "Dark Fate Team SS2 complex patch" or smtn like that.

  • DAMNIT. I was reading the info on the bottom while the video started playing and out of flipping nowhere the lady at the start screamed and I jumped straight out of my skin. UGH.

  • sometimes games need hd updates and mods... Sometimes! Never with games like system shock 2,heart of darkness,etc etc... all the impressive ones that still hold out today :D

  • The updated Xerxes looks terrible lol

  • Personally, I think the old graphics made the game a lot more frightening, due to the fact that it gives the game a bizarre (almost diturbing) surreal quality.

  • WOW! I was worried that the bad graphics would throw me out, but now these good mods exist, I'm definitely getting system shock 2! Well done, mod creators!

  • been trying to get twek enbseries on this

  • Not trying to troll or anything but... Back when this first came did it really scare you with its graphics and sound cause i'm 12 and am m mainly only creeped out by the newest graphics guess it was the same for you guys then as well.

  • @1GameAsylum yes it would freak the fuck out of you, remember resident evil 1? yea that used to make people not able to go sleep at night. Look at it like this if you know or have played amnesia the dark descent or the penumbra series then you know how scary they are, well that how people felt about system shock or the early resident evil's. (btw graphics like system shocks were not ground breaking but they were convincing, and in the early 90's doom and wolfenstein were super relistic lol)

  • love the shtup and the sound mods

    didn't like the rebirth ones if im honest. the muddy polygons make the hybrids look freakier imo

  • fukc

  • makes you wonder why they didn't mod the old 60's rock music so it sounds like it was made on today's digital equipment

  • The Rebirth models just suck. They don't follow the original designs in any way, and look very... doll-like and unfitting. They don't show it here, but especially the Mid-Wife cyborgs are just hilarious with the mod.

    The SHTUP hi-res textures are all fine though.

  • I don't like the new mods.

  • Can you make a video of all the weapons in System Shock 2 & 1?

  • @ActionCarl All cogent, valid arguments. Of course, that doesn't mean you're not wrong.

  • @ActionCarl Actually on the official Irrational Games websites it says the developers were thinking of putting an audio log that said that The Many put a special corrosive gas on the ship that degraded weapons! The developers say that they could have got rid of 80% of the complaints on that weapons system if they did that. I can't post the link because the comment can't be posted if I do that.

    Just go to Irrational Games.com>Projects>System Shock 2 and take it from there.

  • @ActionCarl Go play call of duty, newblet

  • @ActionCarl Oh, is the hacking mini game bad because the monsters don't sit patiently for you to do it?

  • @ActionCarl RPG-wannabe mechanics? System Shock 2 IS an RPG, the game opens with the player character having no memory of past events except some basic skills...

  • @ActionCarl yeah, guess this is a bad game, even though it revolutionized the gaming industry!

  • @ActionCarl you fucking stupid -_-

  • in my opinion, i love the old graphics. besides, the face on the new hybrid sort of looks like a devil / imp / vampire, but thats just my opinion.

  • This is the best game ever, you can never find a better atmosphere in any game.

  • I think System shock 2 could benefit from increasing the texture res (not making new ones just bumping the engine up a little bit) and adding some sort of dynamic lighting. when you actually start to replace things in game exist you begin to ruin what makes the game a classic.

  • The mod-ed hybrid sucks IMHO. I prefer the original's lumbering animation. It's creepier that way.

  • Can you combine all three of these mods? Particularly rebirth and SHTUP?

  • @00Eregos00 Yep, they work perfectly in unison.

  • I think this mod makes it look like garbage. Leave perfection be and stop whining.

  • Umm... it doesn't look any different? You need to come up with some way better textures. I wouldn't bother with these mods as they are. You can make the game look way better than this.

  • @justinsn95

    You're right, it doesn't look any different. Because it's not supposed to. Those mods are just there to make the textures a little sharper so you can see what's in front of you more clearly.

  • Strangely, the Rebirth models actually remind me of the character/monster models from the "Timesplitters" series of games. It's quite uncanny.

  • imo its a bit better with these mods.

  • the best part is even when I have all these fancy mods installed my old 2001 laptop still plays it like a champ no kidding!

  • I've always enjoyed the game...but I don't think it really matters about the graphics. I downloaded the updated graphics and it's still as scary as it was before.

  • You can actually do even more to update the graphics for old games there are programs that allow you to import new textures into the game without changing anything else. People have done this with other games like Halo CE.

  • The original hybrid looks scarier... because the low textures, you really can't tell what it's supposed to be so you gotta use your imagination.

  • @Deathshuck I remember first time I played this game, was like 10, scared the living s*** out of me, never dared get past the first few levels because of them. xD All in all, my favorite game of all time. :D

  • @Deathshuck exactly, but i still prefer using the good looking hybrids lol

  • @Deathshuck Exactly, the things you can't see in a horror movie are far scarier then those you do see. The same way that hearing a sound come from behind you, seeing the silhouette of something means you don't need much detail to bring about a strong emotion.

  • @Deathshuck Yeah, that's why games like Silent Hill 2 are so effective. It leaves it to you to fill in the gaps.

  • @Deathshuck I disagree. Maybe I've been spoiled by modern graphics, but when something looks too unlike anything human, I don't find it scary.

  • The rebirth mod makes the hybrids look... Pretty stupid actually. They simply don't look as scary as they used to. Now they just look like generic horror movie monsters.

  • Primitive? Great gameplay preferred over overrated graphics any day, thank you.

  • @eisforevannn Are you stupid? He called the graphics primitive not the game in general

  • i love how the original zombies looks much better.. i dont like the pistol sound as well o.O

  • Does the MOD improve the sound some? I noticed new sounds in the Rebirth mod that did not exist in the original footage. I played it with Rebirth, so I wouldn't know the difference. However, I'm going to say, zombie heads were MUCH cooler in the original...

  • @VirtualSamadhi Rebirth pretty much ruins the atmosphere of the original. Everything just looks so... Generic with it. I recommend SHTUP though, as it just sharpens the original textures.

  • IMO, the only worthy mod IMO is SHTUP, just because the textures are pretty low quality, and SHTUP makes it more believable.

    But I HATE Rebirth. I mean, I'm sure there was alot of effort in it, bt it makes things look like piss.

  • Trioptimum Information Terminal... TIT LOL.. Top game 11/10!

  • In my humble opinion, System Shock 2 is PERFECT the way it already is. I appreciate what the mod creators are trying to do, perhaps make the game more appealing to the newest generation of gamers, but honestly, if anyone gets this running, plays for a while and decides to quit because "LOL GRAPHIX SUX!1!1" they are unworthy of experiencing this masterpiece. And possibly also unworthy of their own organs.

  • @Reptiloid87 To be honest I played the game in it's pure old version, and I barely felt the difference between the game and real life. It is THAT good.

    By far the best survival horror game ever made and that can only be understood by playing it yourself. Bioshock is a disgrace for not only stealing it's thunder, but preventing the creation of a System Shock 3.

  • @Reptiloid87 Dude, the bad graphics were something that was distracting to me before I used these mods, (in fact the first time I saw a living human being I thought they were a mutant), but mods like this help people get more "Immersed" in the game. (Also the weapons degradation system was awesome, and allowed for some pretty tense moments when a gun jammed, weapons often seemed to degrade "too quickly".) But other than that, it is a perfect game.

  • @Reptiloid87

    Well, but the NPC models already looked shitty back then.

  • @Reptiloid87 you´re right. but the mods are quite interessting if you already finished the game several times.

    BUT I would never recommend anyone to play with mods on the first run! It will realy spoil the experience...

  • @Reptiloid87 Too bad respawning enemies, easily-missed key items and other such annoyances make a game with one of the most memorable characters and atmospheric experiences simply tedious.

  • @Reptiloid87 Exactly, this game is nothing but classic.

  • @Reptiloid87 I played it literally over a fifty times over the years, last time 2 years ago or so. But honestly, I´d love to see a 1 on 1 remake with todays graphics. Not adding or modifying gameplay, just 1 on 1. The highest texture reso´s known to man, insane tesselation, bulletphysics only seen in games like Armed Assault, the works. Gives me a stiffy just thinking about it.

  • @Reptiloid87 Yeah, but you know that System Shack 2 actually has an error in the code that makes the polygon count lower than the devs intended, meaning the game was a bit ugly, even at the time.

  • @Reptiloid87 lol perfectly put

  • @Reptiloid87 doesn't mean those who enjoy the game can't just upgrade the graphics every now and then.

  • systtem shock 2 its like a bioshock piligrim?

  • what is this game rated and why? 

  • @MegaYugiohking its rated M and as for why well theres blood gore swearing use of cigarettes and alcohol and a naked zombie cyborg pregnant mom and nanny (i think) trust me its awsome once you mode it , this game will scare the living hell outa you.

  • @ruzzzler I wouldn't use the Rebirth mod as the models are absolutely horrible. They are detailed, but their expression is lost and they look deformed. The original has a more simple and sturdy look to it and the original textures for faces gave the hybrids more of an expression of terror in their eyes at what they have to experience.

  • @thedragonb0y I would agree with you. Rebirth makes the game look like a kids game.

  • @thedragonb0y that is a good point comparing before and after i can see that.

  • @ruzzzler Of course I don't want to make it seem that remaking them isn't possible, I'm just saying if you're going to remake something, keep in mind the original idea of every element. Keep a good look at their expression as well as physic. A lot of the crew are very slender and clean (Star Trek would be a very good reference for real life models as they have the same uniform idea). Not to mention the original monster's expressions as well. The people aren't dead, they're self aware puppets.

  • Me too. Mid wife looks more terrible when you compare she to Rebirth mod.

  • i somehow like the original models, they looks so twisted and scary

  • where can you possibly download this for the xp theres 1 iv found but it wont play cutscenes damn it this is such a great game too!!!!!!

  • orginal hybrid is more scarry than in Rebrith mod. I prefer the orginal game.

  • It's pretty much the same. 

  • I find it more scary with the original models, im like, WTF is that shit?!, i recommend playing only with the sounds Upgrade, i played it that way and i loved it.

  • @LucasGaspar true, hybrids for example look more human-like with the rebirth mod, and more scary and alien-like in the original.

  • these mods look great.

    SS2 actually had pretty nice graphics aside from those atrocious humanoid models.

    

  • I didn't really have a problem withthe graphics because I've seen much worse, but it's always nice to have better textures ;)

  • Everyone keep saying this game is great, but play it again, from the start, and it'll shit down your throat. Infinitely spawning enemies, confusing maps and lack of direction. Basically you wonder around while a stream of enemies chase you around as you spend hours trying to get past the levels. The stats/perks system is useless and extremely flawed. This game SUCKSSSS.

  • @cheesyflames Was that argument supposed to be convincing or something?

  • @cheesyflames or maybe you just suck, ever consider that? XP

  • @cheesyflames I've just started playing the game for the first time two days ago, and I have YET to find any flaws within the game design. Every other person that I've seen complain about the spawning enemies, "endless levels", and the stats system are people who do not have the mental capacity to think about how something should be done. This game, to me, involves a lot of exploring and looking around. Listen to the audio logs. They help plenty.

  • I love system shock, and i always wanted to try mods

    But i always fail, even though i follow the instructions carefully on all fameous modding downloading site with modmananger and the other system shock tool.

    I dont know if its because my weak english or my bad computer skills.

    If somebody please could do a video / anything that made me understand how to step by step installing the mods that would mean the world to me, since system shock is one of the best games ever. Plz & thanks hopefully

  • @Zemon95 Did you use a freshly installed game, and did you make your SS2 mod ready?

  • @cheesyflames Yes i own the original cd and i have done a fresh installation of it.

    And yes i mod thing ready.

    Still i fail lol XDDD 

  • @Zemon95 Did you set your affinity to a single core? Open up SS2 then open up your task manager, right click on ,the process and set it to only 1 core.

  • @cheesyflames Yes i have done that to. Even worse, now i have a problem with installing the game, when i play install it just freezelags for about 20-30 seconds then it closes down to my deskop.

    I dont know what to do lol x() tried lots of guides and stuffs but nothing seems to work. Thanks :)

  • @Zemon95 Did you register the .ax file?

  • @cheesyflames Don't believe so, what's that?

  • HELP, I don't know how to use the SS2 MOD MANAGER, i want to install the SHTUP mod and i cant :S

  • Well during monster sighting or fight's the static in the backgroung is gone, but with the voice acting seems a little shaky still. But overall a good mod to have.

  • Damn that sound upgrade was nice. Thanks for bringing this up, I'd have never thought there were improvement mods for this to start with.

  • i'm gonna install these thing RIGHT NOW!! :)

  • IF IT WASN'T FOR SS2 WE WOULDN'T HAVE BIOSHOCK!!! GO SYSTEM SHOCK GO GOG OGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • Best game I ever played! Although Fallout 1 and 2 are rivals for that title.

  • @synicalprick

    all three of em were awesome, Good ol' times

  • wow so spooky! xD

  • Excellent vid, I installed all 3 of these mods at once and weren't sure which mod was doing what in the game, thanks for clearing that up and the link to the mod manager.

  • I just got this with the Rebirth mod, along with loads of other expansions/mods (which I havent tried, apart from rebirth obviously) and Im loving it. Im ashamed I haven't played this game sooner, oh well.. only 11 years late. lol It's a great great game I highly recommend it if you like Bioshock. In fact I'd say it's essential game to play for any self respecting gamer.

  • SS2 IS DA BOMB!!!

    If it was never made, we wouldn't have Bioshock!

  • The Rebirth mod seems to make them look like stubby dwarfs (in other words HORRIBLE!) don't bother. High rez textures (fine) keep. Sounds makes it better in a claustrophobic environment (MUCH BETTER!) keep.

  • I like the gun sound like it was before.

  • is it REALLY hard to get cause I can't find it ANYWHERE except online and it costs a shitload of money

  • i busted this game out of a dusty drawer not long ago and played it on my 5 year old notebook... ran perfectly on the highest graphics setting--i had to smile :D --and was by far the best gaming experience ive ever had!

  • @LloydChristoph lol of course it ran perfectly, it's a 12 years old game

  • Well, "better" midwife is far worse than old... I mean this skinned off face... Yummy!

  • @Grzelko1 Yeah, but there is a reskin for the high-quality model that makes it even scarier than the original.

  • I posted this video before YouTube supported HD; I should remake this video in a higher resolution so that the changes are more evident.

  • @ViridianGames Just did a test render , with the mods on going to be restarting a walthrough i did a year ago ,

  • @ViridianGames That would be great. It's time for me to dig out that old SS2 box and have it reinstalled. A trully superb game, indeed, one of my alltime favorites...

  • @ViridianGames how do you install shtup to syss2? iv downloaded it but cant git it to work.

  • Most of them are improvements, but Xerxes literally looks the same.

    Also, pistol sounded fine the way it was.

  • Like the original, I think the mods ugly

  • I am currently playing this game and I seriously tink its the best game ever made. It has so much depth and choice and atmosphere - I now know why people put this above bioshock. An incredible piece of work

  • if anyone is playing for the first time i recommend NOT playing with these graphic mods. the models with the rebirth mod are much less scary anyway! stick to the original.

  • Along with Half life 1 and Oblivion, this is the best game I've ever played, one of the most immersive and spooky athospheres a game has ever had!

  • @bcptbcpt oblivion sucked 

  • @Halo2isgay87 No, it only sucked compared to Morrowind.

  • I remember this game! It was really REALLY good...

  • i'm only 2 and a half years old, and i still play SS2. it's teh awesome - googoogaga...i want to shitty in my potty!

  • I recently got SS2 running on Win7, with both the texture upgrade and the Rebirth mod. Also the patch that makes the game widescreen. Sweet! it took some work, but not nearly as much as it took for XP.

  • i downloaded this patch but there arent any improvements.which folder ram i supposed to put the mod in exactly?

  • What the hell did these modders spend their time doing, i cant tell the difference.

  • Perhaps it's just due to the quality of this compressed Youtube video but, the differences are not exactly what you'd call Night-and-day. In fact, they seem downright negligible.

  • Just wated to let everyone know that the SHTUP site has moved. It's at shtupmod net now.

  • Just wated to let everyone know that the SHTUP site has moved. It's at shtupmod(dot)net now.

  • ive *played* scary games. im only *watching* this and im scared shitless. i havent played it. i want to. i hope it works on windows 7. def need the mod.

  • Heh, I'm 15 and I still play Anarchy Online. WoW and Aion are completely shit, imho, and I've played them both thoroughly.

    Most don't realize that it isn't the graphics. While they are a plus, it is mainly the gameplay that counts.

  • ''Unfortunately, a lot of people have trouble playing System Shock 2 because of the primitive graphics''. Well, boohoo, kids these days, can't even play awesome games if they look bad -_-

  • yea, i say to hell with them if they dont like it because of the graphics - go back to your crappy cod and halo lol

  • exactly.

  • @Raverque more like the fucking game refuses to run properly on any pc.

  • @Raverque Well... im only 15 and i think that the original graphics look well... lol, better. :D and btw the game is friggin GREAT! Gotta play it throught again. :3

  • @oskulock I'm 15 too and SS2 is one of my favourite games of all time, get on my top 10 list :)

  • @Raverque Venaappas sekuntti! oletko sinäkin suomesta?!?! :D

  • @oskulock Aa katos. ollaan puhuttu englanniks turhaan :D

  • @oskulock Juuh :D

  • @Raverque

    what does your age have to do with it

  • @Skinnyoompalumpa I believe he was referring to the fact that most kids today have probably grown up with the more 'modern' looking graphics of today, and therefore probably don't appreciate the great older games that look very primitive by comparison. Thus, they miss out on fun games, just because they don't like the old-looking graphics.

  • @Skinnyoompalumpa No I just told him that we're the same age, that's all.

  • @Raverque i think the graphics are great! this game came out the same year as Diablo 2(i think) compare those 2 games and tell me that SS2 doesent have good graphics

  • @Megadeth502 The point was that people compare these graphics to recent games, I never said it had bad graphics at the time it was released, if that's what you thought :)

  • @Raverque It's funny you should say that, I actually played system shock 2 (and loved it) after finding out about it after I'd got into bioshock.

  • @MrLemonyFresh Yeah, I did hear about System Shock 2 before I played Bioshock but never got a chance to play it. After finishing Bioshock, I finally managed to get my hands on SS2 and loved it alot more than BS. ^^

  • @Raverque not all kids :D well if i can be called a kid actually im 16 and i pretty much play any game, the only things that matter to me are gameplay and story

  • @pumpkinsoul12 I'm 15, and by kid I mean a person of any age that'd say they can't play games because of bad graphics.

  • @Raverque totally agreed, most of these fools are hypocrites, take games like mario for instance. i'm 16, games like duke nukem was released when i was about 4, but there's no way i'm missing out on a legendary game like that, so i just used the HRP mod and it looks awesome, better than most Wii games actually

  • @Raverque A lot of people can't play it, because it has primitive compatibility, lol.

  • @Raverque I don't care about the looks, but a few graphics inprovement mods makes the gmae look even more amazing ^_^

  • @Raverque naa its not about "boohoo'ing". i remember SS2 different now as it was back in the days. you really have problems playing such games when played up2date games. grafics affect

  • @Raverque Yeah, I bought the whole ID pack on Steam, I just don't know what to do about the controls of the earlier games like W3D. I'll play a game as long as it's good and playable.

  • @Raverque See what modern warefare 2 and halo did?

  • @l4dshooter I don't understand

  • @Raverque Well because every has played MW2 and halo with the Big graphics and shit the games with tainted minds now think that all games should have perfect graphics

  • the hybrid at 0:48 looks like chuck norris

  • yes the graphic are insufficient,hibryd rumblers,bionic woman,but a incredible game!

  • Panzarotti.

  • Anyone know a good site where I can download this game?

  • there is a free 200 mb zip on the net. google it

  • Suggest? If there isn't any copies for sale, the company will not make any money anyhow, just download that shit and get your ass in gear.

  • @pigtailsboy what are you talking about, they are on ebay