(no subject)

[egypturnash]

I got to the end of System Shock 2 just now; decided I don't feel like trying to do the final encounter right this moment.

I kinda don't want to kill SHODAN. Okay, yeah, she wants to remake the universe in her own image, and that has to stop. But can I just reprogram her instead? Give her a new direction in life. Like sex. Cybersex. Wouldn't she make a great phone-sex girl for a specialty market? 1-800-SHODAN. "I can see your arousal, insect. It sickens me. All that disgusting (disgusting, disgusting flesh) fleeeeeesh getting firmer and ready to im im implant your pathetic code into the glory that is meeeeeee..."

Comments

[ilthuain.livejournal.com]

The ending is a nogoodjob

THUNK

[bikerwalla.livejournal.com]

That's funny... the keyboard tray was lower when I sat down...

[unciaa.livejournal.com]

If you've saved 3 logic probes (hmm, SS1 might be poking through here. ICE picks? ICE drills? Whichever hacks stuff for you ;) the final fight is really easy. Personally I usually either just autohacked the three terminals or use a Psi barrier to shield myself and cracked them manually at my leisure.



Mmmm. SHODAN.

[artonis.livejournal.com]

I won't EVER be able to play that game again without thinking about this.

[xiombarg.livejournal.com]

Heh, right on. The ending is a disappointment, tho it sets itself up for the sequel that never came, so don't feel too bad about killing SHODAN.

I love the idea of SHODAN as Cyberdomme.

[octantis.livejournal.com]

So by now you must have heard that transmission that SHODAN sends after you destroy those black egg things. When she whispers "Here are some more upgrade modules" she sounds like she's giving you a treat you're not supposed to have... and then she makes those eerie comments about enjoying watching you transform in her image. Also the one about thinking Polito would be her avatar. I think those are some of the definitive SHODAN moments.

By the way, I'm kind of curious... what did you think of XERXES? Or did you think about him at all? He's kind of a weird and distant but unavoidable presence in the game... I found him kind of likeable, in an odd, hapless, and sometimes annoying way.

[jenkatb4u.livejournal.com]

Xerxes was too out of touch from the story. Sure, he's the ship's resident and native AI, but he mostly cuts in as a tertiary character to break up the stress-raising monotony of the game. Rephrasing: The game is often tense since I'm moving rapidly and listening carefully for imminent battles should I happen across one of the mad annalids.

He was too distant and acted as the machine. Shodan is more cunning and was the game's villain anyway, making her more interesting by default. As she should, Shodan overshadows all aspects of the game.

I was particularly shocked, cursing loudly, when I opened a door and found myself face to face with a military defense robot. o.o;


As for Peggy's thoughts of Shodan. ;; Yes. I agree. I would have accepted, then locked Shodan in a little box of programming until I 'fix' her. She would make a lovely pet and curse every moment of obedience.

Or better yet. Our universes would co-exist some places and clash in others. Mmm fun.