It is quite possible that it was in many ways. `but this might have been too big of a project to handle for Nightdive.' I have been following Gloom Wood as well :) I still hope ,however, that the original is included as an alt mode and I would not be surprised if it is. My personal take on it is they are honouring it fairly well and others don't feel they are.

And even that would be a bit much if I were playing a game. Megatron and Drop Hammer are my favourite tracks. For louder more techno industrial pumping music I like the OST from Tetsuo the iron man. But I get how others like the more pumping jams. I am one of those players that turns the music volume to a lower ambient hum while I play. It was good but the level design and game play is what really drew me to System Shock. I dont really feel the music is fully what made the game great or iconic. My personal preference is more ambient TBH.

There are some tracks I love and others that I dont. Which happened to be my favourite of the original tracks. With the exception of a few of the more ambient ones. However, it is still far more ambient than most of the tracks in the original. To be honest we have not heard much beyond a few early tracks. So, while the music has been changed overall the DNA seems to be intact in a lot of yet different at the same time. And as far as level design and tone, for the most part, is far closer to the original than the RE 2 remake as far as I remember. The System Shock remake is no different in that respect. It is a pretty similar scenario to the RE 2 remake which had very different tracks but still was very true to the original in tone in my opinion. I have heard a few snippets of the new OST that has very similar remixed components from the original. I don't think they have completely ignored it.

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