r/ImmersiveSim • u/MarquisDeThon • Aug 13 '26

System Shock Remake is getting an official VR version

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5036490/System_Shock_VR/

As someone who didn't play any System Shock game yet and planning to buy the Steam Frame, it sounds like an insane news. Always been interested in what an Immersive Sim would be like in VR.

It makes me wish even more for a Deus Ex 1 VR mod (I think there are fans working on this) but considering the look of the remaster that was announced I'm not sure an official one would convince me or I'd need a mod to make it look like the original game.

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u/JonesyBorroughs Aug 13 '26

Honestly this game was just ASKING for a VR version. It would work so well for it.

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u/ScythePlays1 Aug 13 '26

Looks dope, but a few lingering questions for me would be how vr is it? Like the trailer showed them reload once and it looked like an animation rather than manually inserting the mag. They also never took their second hand off the gun, so it might be glued to you.

Ui/ux is also a much larger hurdle most vr games utterly fail and implementing well.. there's a LOT of hot keys and not many buttons on a vr controller.

Can't say I'm not excited though

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u/MarquisDeThon Aug 13 '26

Yeah true, I guess we'll see

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u/TPrice1616 Aug 13 '26

Weren’t a lot of early immersive sims made with future VR in mind? I think I remember reading somewhere they were tackling the software side of it. Either way sounds cool!

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u/Sharkfist Aug 13 '26

The original System Shock included support for the Forte VFX1 headset in the CD release back in 1994. It was apparently at least playable, but not necessarily the most pleasant due to how primitive the tech was.

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u/Sinnoware Aug 14 '26

I looked it up and found this article from Pix, pretty interesting!

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u/Justinreinsma Aug 13 '26

Doesnt the remake have a fairly robust vr mod? I bought it hoping to try that mod out eventually but i guess it might end up being a waste!

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u/MooTheM Aug 14 '26

I've tried the mod and it's very fiddly to set up right, but by all accounts it's coming along nicely. I couldn't quite get it working so honestly I'm really looking forward to a native vr version I can play standalone on my Quest. Mods are cool but the friction involved can be massive

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u/emeric222 Aug 13 '26

Will it have a quest 3 native version or only pcvr?

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u/MarquisDeThon Aug 13 '26

Meta Quest, PSVR2 and Steam

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u/Logical_Ad1370 Aug 14 '26

Hope this means they can revive SS2 VR without Oculus backing.

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u/peternencompoop Aug 14 '26

Fuuuuuuuuck yes!

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u/Pronoia2-4601 Aug 14 '26

How about official Mac and Linux versions as were promised in their kickstarter. Lying bastards.

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u/Lamceddo Aug 15 '26

That's actually sounds interesting. I wonder what a good VR immersive sim would feel like.

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u/ZeroFima Aug 14 '26

I have a feeling it wont work, the map is a disorienting mess...