We want to be able to look at where we are today and ask where we might be a hundred years from now." Spector said he wants to create a game that addresses today's concerns and that draws upon modern technological advances to make predictions about the future: "I like to base everything in reality and extrapolate from there. The original System Shock takes place in the year 2072, while System Shock 2 takes place 42 years later in 2114, also the year in which the new game picks up the story. The story will also delve into the history of Edward Diego, a key character in the first game who persuades the player to hack into Shodan. For new players I think that will pull them into a compelling narrative." "There are a lot of questions that went unanswered in those first two games and we have an obligation to fans to fill in the blanks. "We're going to tell their story," said Spector. The story will also include Rebecca Lansing, who was the player's human guide in the first game.Īlso, the game will feature the two previous protagonists: the hacker from the original game, and the soldier from System Shock 2. Among the NPCs, there's Shodan and Siddons as well as her colleague, Tommy Suarez. Their stories will all be addressed in System Shock 3 as well. Spector pointed out that there are six survivors from the previous games. Rebecca Siddons is going to appear in this game, for sure," he said. "We are going to be picking up all of the loose threads of System Shock 2. This will be the starting point of System Shock 3. So we're going to be exploring the idea of a super intelligence and what would motivate a super intelligent AI."Īt the end of the second game, Shodan downloads herself into a human woman called Rebecca Siddons, leaving a cliffhanger. 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.
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