'Back when we made System Shock, cyberpunk was still at its height in terms of popularity and cultural significance and it was a big inspiration. Nnnnot.that I'm totally opposed to that, but dear God they'll do it WRONG I just know it. erm, because she is a super intelligent alien minded AI that has a God complex and views humans as so much bacteria? What is there to explore? Why do I have the feeling that they are going to have the merging with Rebecca help her to understand lurve, *barf*. So we're going to be exploring the idea of a super intelligence and what would motivate a super intelligent AI.'. But we never explained why she wants to destroy humanity.

'In the first two games her plan was to destroy humanity because, with the removal of her ethical constraints by the hacker in the first game, she's going insane. 'In System Shock 3 I want to explore Shodan's motivations,' said Spector.

I agree with unn.wth is with that TriOp stamp on her forehead? Just make the damn game take place on Earth. I don't want SS3 to be a slightly modified re-remake of SS1. Oh please no, don't tell me they are going to have us revisit Citadel Station. Why isn't Citadel Station nearly completely debris? The explosion wouldn't have left THAT much intact. I expect it will infuriate some people but definitely get people talking.' * 'Arturo has been working on our version of Shodan, which is going to be interesting and different from what people expect. Maybe she will do some nano-tech face shifting in-game? Heh, Spector even said. It's not like her face didn't change between 1 & 2 either. I know it is a bit disconcerting seeing SHODAN wearing someone else face, but the end of SS2 already pretty much set that up even if LGS and Irrational back in the day had made SS3. Though I would like to see SHODAN with a modern graphical take on what she looked like in SS2 at some point in the game. That is suppose to be SHODAN in Rebecca's body, I'd imagine. I'll go back to bed until the KS campaign starts.Īctually, that SHODAN art is gorgeous. Huh, what? *rubs eyes* That SHODAN image looks hideous, story seems to be all over the place (could be good/bad sign, not enough information), interview is much too short.

System shock 3 concept art