2019-05-01+Official+PlayStation+Magazine+-+UK+Edition

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PlayStation

voices

the month in

mouthing off

“Trust me,

Death Stranding

will be timeless.”

Julian Gerighty,

The Division 2’s

director,

loved his

glimpse of

Kojima’s

latest.

“I am completely

overwhelmed.”

Melissanthi

Mahut –

Kassandra in

Assassin’s

Creed Odyssey

• thanks BAFTA
  and Ubisoft for
  her Performer
  nomination.

“If you turn on

auto assist,

you can play

stylishly.” DMC

director Hideaki

Itsuno just

wants

players to

have a

good

time.

Whichserieswouldyouliketomakea

comeback?Letusknow@OPM_UK.

08

Thereis nowhere

tohide.I see

everythingyou

do,”SHODAN,the

SystemShock

series’menacing

AI,tellsusin thefirstteaserfor

thethirdgame,whichwasrevealed

aspartofUnity’sGamesDeveloper

Conference(GDC)presentation.

It’sa bigdealtoseesomething

fromSystemShock3, evenif it’sa

creepymetalfacilityandSHODAN’s

spookydigitalmug.Thelastgame

cameoutin 1999onPC,andfora

longtimeit seemedwe’dneverget

a versionofthisiconicserieson

PlayStation.Butthisthreequelis

comingtoPS4,andit’sstunning.

Theserieshasinspiredsomuch,

popularisingtheimmersivesim

genrein whichplayerchoiceis key

(thinkBioShock,andDishonored).

Butthere’sa greatdealabout

SystemShockthatcan’tquitebe

replicated,andit’sallthankstothat

ladyin themachine.SHODAN’sanAI

whogoesrogueatthebeginningof

thefirstgame,andheroppressive,

almostomniscienthoundingofthe

playercharacterhasbecomeiconic

eversince.SystemShock3 already

looksgorgeousin a suitablycreepy

way– butimaginingwhatit might

bepossibleforSHODANtomakeus

feelwithmoderntechis downright

anxiety-inducing.Andweloveit.

Q Another corrupted space station. You’d

think we’d have learnt our lesson by now.

Enjoy a showdown

with SHODAN

Sizzling new System Shock 3 footage sparks joy

BAGGED AND TAGGED

Humans in plastic bags are never

a good sign. Given SHODAN’s

distaste for the non-robotic, the

bio-organics in System Shock 3

are interesting. Are they really

all SHODAN’s doing?

This grim scene that would

definitely cause us to back

away to the door if we

accidentally walked in on it.