Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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System Shock's 2023 remake keeps the soul of the game and gives us a damn love letter to what it wanted to be in 1994. It's incredibly faithful, and while it looks fantastic and is more accessible, it retains a lot of the complexity and lack of compromise that I love in the original - and it does all of this without losing sight of the original game’s biggest thematic focus – transhumanism. So let's talk about it.
*LORE DUMP*
youtube.com/watch?v=tpQZr3eT3KY&t=3287s&ab_channel=LoreDump
*Herman Faustus Art* by @SamanthaSaunderz - check out her channel!
Thumbnail by Zoltiboi
twitter.com/zoltiboi
Massive thanks to OliveTreeMusings who pointed out some interesting things while I streamed the game! 👇
etherbottle.bandcamp.com
Making the System Shock Critique
youtube.com/watch?v=OrWEnAdLVQI&list=PL-xqWDrbpVmSMRvbAuW-3eU-7M27r4juB
ALAN WAKE CRITIQUE - BEYOND INSPIRATION
youtube.com/watch?v=p7WasN_BNfU
*WOLFENSTEIN: THE NEW ORDER CRITIQUE - THE WEIRD REICH*
youtube.com/watch?v=QydfhmIy9pw
*MERCH*
monty-zander.myspreadshop.co.uk/noobus+humanus?collection=qRRSshxeWA
*TWITTER*
twitter.com/MontyZander
*PATREON*
patreon.com/montyzander
*TIMESTAMPS*
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:05:34 - Part 1: Cyberfunk
00:22:07 - Part 2: Perfection_Through_Genetics
00:36:31 - Part 3: SHODANs_Body
00:55:50 - Part 4: R0B0P0CALYPSE
01:12:07 - Part 5: Never_Judge_Your_Player
01:29:07 - Part 6: Biology_is_Immoral
01:41:14 - Part 7: God_in_a_Box
*Jedi: Survivor Critique - Balance in the Force*
youtube.com/watch?v=EJ6hON6Hd34&
*SOMA Critique - Anatomy of the Soul*
youtube.com/watch?v=LQCbRIqDOig
*Bioshock Critique - After the Shrug*
youtube.com/watch?v=w0w87LVe0wU
I usually like to keep all of my footage, references, and wider reading list in the youtube description but in this case I ran out of characters, so you can find them in the Google Doc below! 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1KgYn1pLhjmY41G0R6qE_6cIXfM9xCT-cvLIguReK7C0/edit?usp=sharing
*MUSIC (in order of use)*
Licenced by Artlist
1 - Gumo - Falling (Instrumental Version)
2 - Evgeny Bardyuzha - Lonely Astronaut
3 - Aquartos - Lost City
4 - Lance Conrad - The Future of Medicine
5 - We Dream of Eden - Candle of Consciousness
6 - Ian Post - Dusk (Instrumental Version)
7 - Jon Gegelman - Soft Awakening
8 - Eleven Tales - Vindur
9 - Linus Johnsson - Floating in Dreams
10 - Linus Johnsson - Home
11 - We Dream of Eden - Light Bending
12 - Yehezkel Raz - Interspacing
13 - We Dream of Eden - Outside In
14 - Gumo - Falling
#systemshockremake #systemshockcritique
Upgrade your brain with Brilliant's 30-day free trial (and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual plan with this link! - brilliant.org/montyzander
System Shock's 2023 remake keeps the soul of the game and gives us a damn love letter to what it wanted to be in 1994. It's incredibly faithful, and while it looks fantastic and is more accessible, it retains a lot of the complexity and lack of compromise that I love in the original - and it does all of this without losing sight of the original game’s biggest thematic focus – transhumanism. So let's talk about it.
*LORE DUMP*
youtube.com/watch?v=tpQZr3eT3KY&t=3287s&ab_channel=LoreDump
*Herman Faustus Art* by @SamanthaSaunderz - check out her channel!
Thumbnail by Zoltiboi
twitter.com/zoltiboi
Massive thanks to OliveTreeMusings who pointed out some interesting things while I streamed the game! 👇
etherbottle.bandcamp.com
Making the System Shock Critique
youtube.com/watch?v=OrWEnAdLVQI&list=PL-xqWDrbpVmSMRvbAuW-3eU-7M27r4juB
ALAN WAKE CRITIQUE - BEYOND INSPIRATION
youtube.com/watch?v=p7WasN_BNfU
*WOLFENSTEIN: THE NEW ORDER CRITIQUE - THE WEIRD REICH*
youtube.com/watch?v=QydfhmIy9pw
*MERCH*
monty-zander.myspreadshop.co.uk/noobus+humanus?collection=qRRSshxeWA
*TWITTER*
twitter.com/MontyZander
*PATREON*
patreon.com/montyzander
*TIMESTAMPS*
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:05:34 - Part 1: Cyberfunk
00:22:07 - Part 2: Perfection_Through_Genetics
00:36:31 - Part 3: SHODANs_Body
00:55:50 - Part 4: R0B0P0CALYPSE
01:12:07 - Part 5: Never_Judge_Your_Player
01:29:07 - Part 6: Biology_is_Immoral
01:41:14 - Part 7: God_in_a_Box
*Jedi: Survivor Critique - Balance in the Force*
youtube.com/watch?v=EJ6hON6Hd34&
*SOMA Critique - Anatomy of the Soul*
youtube.com/watch?v=LQCbRIqDOig
*Bioshock Critique - After the Shrug*
youtube.com/watch?v=w0w87LVe0wU
I usually like to keep all of my footage, references, and wider reading list in the youtube description but in this case I ran out of characters, so you can find them in the Google Doc below! 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1KgYn1pLhjmY41G0R6qE_6cIXfM9xCT-cvLIguReK7C0/edit?usp=sharing
*MUSIC (in order of use)*
Licenced by Artlist
1 - Gumo - Falling (Instrumental Version)
2 - Evgeny Bardyuzha - Lonely Astronaut
3 - Aquartos - Lost City
4 - Lance Conrad - The Future of Medicine
5 - We Dream of Eden - Candle of Consciousness
6 - Ian Post - Dusk (Instrumental Version)
7 - Jon Gegelman - Soft Awakening
8 - Eleven Tales - Vindur
9 - Linus Johnsson - Floating in Dreams
10 - Linus Johnsson - Home
11 - We Dream of Eden - Light Bending
12 - Yehezkel Raz - Interspacing
13 - We Dream of Eden - Outside In
14 - Gumo - Falling
#systemshockremake #systemshockcritique
