System Shock 2 Walkthrough (PSI/Melee/No Commentary) | Pt 4
Channel: Looking Glassed
Date: 05/11/2018

Years after the events on citadel station and destruction of the AI SHODAN, the UNN and the Trioptimum corporation celebrate the maiden voyage of the shop Von Braun the first faster than light  (FTL) ship in existence. You play as a UNN soldier stationed on the Von Braun and put into cryo-sleep to be awakened at the destination of the Von Braun's voyage. The game starts with your stat selection and tutorial which is guised as your military career path and training within the UNN. You are prematurely revived from cryo to find the crew of the Von Braun largely missing or dead, the ship half destroyed and overrun with hideous mutants. With the instruction of one of the ships last remaining crew members you must restore function to the ships systems and secure portions of each deck so that you and the survivor/s may escape. 

Since this game is placed right up along side with Deus Ex as one of the best PC games of all time and one of the founding fathers for modern game design I had to play it. Additionally I have always been a fan of looking glass studios and I was and am an avid Bioshock fan. My first playthrough on easy was rough and I noticed the mechanical similarity with the Bioshock series wherein resources are scarce and certain skills like hacking and repair can be used to make the game much easier and provide new avenues to traverse the levels. This however is my second playthrough ever on normal difficulty with an emphasis on PSI and using the stats afforded through the PSI skills to change the way I approach combat and the game world. 

I am also approaching this playthrough from the perspective of one who has recently finished System Shock and am interested to see how the gameplay from each is similar and different. 

Enjoy this playthrough of the masterpiece System Shock 2 and play it yourself should you get the chance!