Just think, the very first System Shock came out even before the Windows 95 operating system appeared! In that ancient time, when most computer gamers reveled in the banal first Doom, where you just know how to shoot and dodge. The plot and versatility of Shock seemed to many then too abstruse and complex, and the action itself, on the contrary, was too primitive. Therefore, the game did not find popularity among the broad masses. But those few who took the trouble to understand the essence of the game got involved and did not stop playing until the very end. Yes, the graphics, controls and sound are crap these days. The game has never been Russified, although there is a lot of text in it that is important for successful completion. But at that time, in terms of its idea and concept, the game was the coolest, simply revolutionary. A combination of action, puzzle and thriller. System Shock 2, released five or six years later, became a worthy, much more convenient, colorful continuation of the genre, and was also completely professionally translated and dubbed into Russian.