It's rather old 2001 or 2002 year maybe, but one of the best sci-fi 1st person RPG

PC Game Of the Year - USA Today (1999)

Best Action Game & Game of the Year - CNET (1999)

Game of the Year - Game Revolution (1999)

Game of the Year - Computer Games Online (1999)

RPG Game of the Year - PC Gamer (1999)

Game of the Year - Evil Avatar (1999)

Game of the Year - Intelligamer (1999)

RPG of the Year - Gamespy (1999)

RPG of the Year - Games Domain (1999)

Adventure Game of the Year - Gone Gold (1999)

Game of the Year - Glide Underground (1999)

Single Player Game of the Year - PC Accelerator (1999)

Best Genre Bender - Gamespy (1999)

5th Best Game of All Time - PC Gamer (1999)

Is it worth it?

It´s similiar to the first Deus Ex, but the graphics are pretty old. If you don´t care it´s still a good game :)

I just compelted a few days ago, and I have to say...Great Game.
As a lover of the original Deus Ex I heard a lot that System Shock was its father, and indeed it was that good.

Here is what I wrote right after completion :

I never got the chance to play the game when I was younger, and now that I finished it, I know how much I missed. As a huge fan of Deus Ex I totally understand how System Shock 2 is said to be its father.

The interface is a bit rudimentary but solid, graphics are not bad (good even for an old game) gameplay is great and story solid and really well made. I also really like the specialization choices at the beginning of the game which give more meat to the character compared to a simple "select you traits" in most RPGs.

The only slightly negative point I can see is that we often have to go back and forth, which is greatly sped up once you know that moving in two directions simultaneously increases greatly moving speed.

I totally recommand this game for any fan of real good FPS games.

Dead Space reminds me of SS2 aswell, all that biomass and hivemind and stuff all over the spaceship.

SHODAN is watching!

it is worth but the price is high for such an old game , try to search on GOG if you can find

Oh yeah, just to be clear; there is

NOT

a System Shock 2 giveaway hidden somewhere in this thread.

It's an excellent game. The atmosphere and gameplay are both very well done, in my opinion. I do feel that the whole "upgrade your character's stats" thing it has detracts rather than adds to the game though. Be aware that it's well over a decade old and it shows (but there are patches to improve the textures and models - I recommend using them) but if you're OK with that then you're likely to enjoy it.

Cool.

I think the story was written by Ken Levine (same guy who wrote the story for Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite). And Ive heard its great.

I've been interested in this game myself, can anyone tell me if it supports using a controller?

This is one of the best games ever created. And don't even try to judge this game but the way it looks.