In an interview with Polygon, Warren Spector, one of the developers at Otherside Entertainment revealed new details about the third installment in the System Shock series.
Firstly, Shodan will definitely be a part of the game. Shodan-short for Sentient Hyper-Optimized Data Access Network-was the main antagonist in System Shock & System Shock 2.
“Shodan is the heart and soul of System Shock games,” Spector said. “That’s the beauty of System Shock 3; nobody else has Shodan. She’ll be at the center of the game, but I also want to put her through some changes.
“Arturo has been working on our version of Shodan, which is going to be interesting and different from what people expect. I expect it will infuriate some people but definitely get people talking.”
“In System Shock 3 I want to explore Shodan’s motivations,” he continued. “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. But we never explained why she wants to destroy humanity. So we’re going to be exploring the idea of a super intelligence and what would motivate a super intelligent AI.”
System Shock 2 ends with a cliffhanger, which is where the new game will pick up. Six survivors from the previous game will be returning, including the hacker from the original game, and the soldier from System Shock 2.
Also revealed were two concept art featuring Shodan and the Citadel, which is the location of the first game.
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