9/25/2023 0 Comments System shock 2 famous code![]() "Most PC shooters," the pitch went on to explain, "are essentially games of attrition. ![]() Key topics covering the game's design included catchy statements like, "Junction Point is paced like an RPG, not a Quake deathmatch," and, "The player character grows, not just their gun collection." "With Junction Point, we are clearly setting out to make a role-playing game, not only embracing the sense of role-playing that Shock provided, but expanding on it." A piece of System Shock 2 concept art. "However, certain members of the press and the gaming public mistook it for a Doom clone, somewhat limiting the product's commercial success. Primarily, Shock was at heart a real role-playing game, not an action shooter. Read the pitch: "Part of Shock's unique appeal is the fact that it brought the vibe of the Underworld dungeon crawl into a science fiction setting. The protagonist, Lester, enters a code of 4511932 on the keypad to access a further part of his underground laboratory.The original pitch document for System Shock 2 revealed that the game was once known as Junction Point (a name later used by another Looking Glass alumni, Warren Spector, for his own development studio). This code is actually used in an even older game, Another World from 1991.The code itself was originally the entry combination to LookingGlass Technologies office (0451). The code 451 is a nod to the original System Shock (keypad combination for the door leading out of the Healing Suite), and is referenced in several other games including: Bioshock series (original, sequel, Infinite), Deus Ex series (original, Invisible War, Human Revolution, The Fall, Mankind Divided, GO), Thief, Sanitarium, Firewatch, Gone Home, The Novelist, Dishonored 1 and 2, and Prey (2017).I think Grassi just likes to make work for me. ![]() I've got to change the access codes out of Cryo A again! Like I've got nothing better to do. ![]()
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