

Still, I made myself stick with it once I learned the interface better. I wanted to play an RPG, so I came very near to quitting this game and moving on to System Shock 2. I almost quit the game a few hours into play, not because it is not a good game, but because I quickly came to realize that it was mostly an action shooter, coming out a year after the famous corridor shooter Doom (1993).

The reason I thought this going in was because some of the technology from Ultima Underworld 1 (1992) and Ultima Underworld 2 (1993) were used here, and System Shock 2 is considered an RPG by the community. I thought there were going to be more RPG elements than there were, even though System Shock 1 (published in 1994) is not considered an RPG in itself. So I thought I'd start one and share my impressions as I beat the game yesterday. I haven't seen a System Shock 1 thread on here, which surprised me considering how much System Shock 2 is loved.
