System Shock 2's 25th-anniversary remaster is set to launch for consoles on July 10. Developer Nightdive Studios first teased the remaster in 2019. The previous game, System Shock, received a remake incorporating modern design features. Remastering System Shock 2 faced challenges due to incomplete source code necessitating extensive reverse-engineering. The codebase consisted of various legacy libraries and required significant debugging to understand its functionality. The remaster includes full controller support and enhancements for modern consoles, while the game is set aboard the spaceship Von Braun amid a deadly infection caused by SHODAN AI.
"The codebase is a complex amalgamation of various legacy libraries developed by Looking Glass, along with some more recent contributions from both Irrational Games and Looking Glass."
"We had to depend extensively on debugging and breakpoints to understand its functionality."
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