The System Shock 3 team is separate to the team behind that game, however, and is headed up by Warren Spector - the director of such games as Deus Ex, Thief: The Dark Project, Epic Mickey, and - yes - System Shock. The developer behind System Shock 3 is OtherSide Entertainment, the studio created by Looking Glass Studios co-founder Paul Neurath, which made Underworld Ascendant. The games also share a horror-like feel, and the idea of constantly being watched by the antagonist - SHODAN in the case of System Shock, Andrew Ryan in Bioshock. There are many narrative themes that crossover between the games, including at least one plot twist that is wholesale lifted from System Shock 2. Irrational is the developer behind System Shock 2, and when the studio tried to make System Shock 3 it found the license unavailable - so opted to create its own franchise, Bioshock. While the games do not have any narrative connection, in terms of gameplay they are very similar. The System Shock series is well-known as the precursor to Irrational's Bioshock series. There will be some shooter elements, but generally speaking players will be able to tackle most situations and locations however they went, with multiple options - such as sneaking, hacking, circumventing, all-out assault, and more. The game will be an immersive sim similar to the likes of Bioshock, Prey, or Deus Ex. We've finally got a taste of what the System Shock 3 gameplay will be like in the trailer below, and it's generally as expected. What will the System Shock 3 Gameplay be like? However, it presumably is doing some sort of experiments at this blacksite - experiments that re-awaken SHODAN. The location is a Blacksite belonging to TriOptimum - the mega-corporation ultimately responsible for most of the problems in the System Shock world, including the creation of SHODAN, although strictly speaking TriOptimum didn't actually cause the problems.

The game is set in 2085 - which actually places it exactly between System Shock 1, which was 2072, and System Shock 2, which was 2114.

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