r/SystemShock2 • u/bob79519 • 4d ago

Levine's System Shock 3

I recently finished the remaster if 2 and loved it. The game ends on a cliffhanger annoyingly and there have been multiple attempts at making a 3rd game. The 1 I'm most interested in is the 1 Ken Levine (designer of System Shock 2) pitched, but EA weren't interested https://web.archive.org/web/20100724070839/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=143616

Does anyone know what the story for it would have been?

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u/ApexPraetorian 4d ago

Knowing Ken, whatever his ideas or plans, they were likely used for Bioshock, Infinite, and maybe even Judas. At least thematic elements and such. Otherwise, no.

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u/bob79519 4d ago

It's just annoying that there’s still no resolution to the cliffhanger. Whenever Nightdive remake 2, hopefully that add like an extra level or something to resolve the cliffhanger (or even better, work out a deal to get 3 made)

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u/DigTw0Grav3s 4d ago

I don't know where to find it now, but there was some commentary from someone (I don't think it was Ken) internal to the design and planning.

They suggested that there was a plan to have a significant conceptual twist. Subversion of expectations.

It was never elaborated on, but there was speculation at the time that it may have involved playing as SHODAN-by-proxy in the form of Rebecca.