

I would probably say I enjoyed System Shock 1 more surprisingly. System Shock 2 is the game everyone talks about but if you asked me which one I preferred. Although I enjoyed System Shock 2 I think without a doubt that Bioshock took what SS2 had and refined it immensely into a better gameplay experience albeit with the advantage of being a much newer game. You could point to almost anything in Bioshock and see a similar version of it originating in SS2 but its not like Bioshock didn't do its own thing. The mutated enemies, the camera security systems, audio logs, the vending machines, the powers you obtain. Yes, you can very much tell that this game inspired Bioshock, Prey & Dead Space (Although Dead Space originally started as System Shock 3) but Bioshock is the one people point at first and its very easy to see why. If you’ve selected OVERLOAD but then decide not to use it, you can disengage it by clicking on the button a second time.I'll be mainly comparing this game to the first one and not as much its impact and influence on the genre but briefly. Be prepared to use a different weapon or retreat in case your OVERLOAD blast misses or still isn’t strong enough to destroy your foe. If you fire while OVERLOAD is selected, the weapon will become extremely hot and take more time than usual to cool down. To control the amount of energy per blast, adjust the MFD slider, or select OVERLOAD for a massively destructive shot. You can change the beam intensity of some energy weapons in their MFDs. There will be a period when a beam weapon has cooled enough to fire briefly, but is still warm from repeated use. This means that if you fire a beam weapon several times in quick succession, you’ll find yourself unable to fire for a few seconds while it cools down. Although their cooling systems dissipate heat quickly, hot beam weapons will not function until they have cooled. These weapons have long range, but they draw energy from your energy supply each time you fire. A list of all energy type weapons found in the System Shock series.
