![]() ![]() ![]() The suit is also equipped with a varia mode that protects the wearer from core temperatures, a gravity compensator that allows the user to move more freely in environments like water and general life support systems that will keep the wearer alive on alien planets, the vacuum in space and toxic environments. A second skin of highly durable armor equipped with an energy field that protects the wearer from a wide array of threats. The suit is actually genetically linked to the wearer so it’s not just a suit of armor, but rather a second skin. Looking at the power armor, you might assume that it’s just an Iron Man esc space suit but it’s a little more complex than that. In this case however, the term metroid refers to Samus Aran, the sole user of the power armor. This is why the series name sake was named metroid because they were the most dangerous organisms in the galaxy. The Chozo created the power suit as their most powerful weapon with the intention of it being used by their ultimate warrior, the metroid….yeah fun fact, in the chozo language, the word metroid means “Ultimate Warrior”. It’s really just the definitive version of a classic game, and it deftly demonstrates why Nightdive is the master of preservation.The Chozo Power Armor is a highly advanced alien weapon’s system created by the now extinct race of aliens known as the Chozo. You do have to go in with the understanding that its old bones are still there, but if you bounced off the convoluted interface of the original, you’ll have a better chance of acclimating here. Their reverence for the source material pays off, as while the System Shock remake is better tailored to modern tastes, it still has everything that made it special in its 1994 release. ![]() Nightdive has proven once again that they fully understand what made the classics so indispensable. System Shock is the perfect nexus between design and narrative choices. It creates a flow and atmosphere that are difficult to achieve. Or rather, she’s constantly a physical threat as you are in her very being. SHODAN is simply an omnipresent antagonist rather than a physical threat. System Shock is an experience that doesn’t lean on artificial set-piece moments to try and control its pacing. ![]()
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