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Which completely undermines her return via the jettisoned grove hinted at in the Executive Level, per System Shock 2 (IIRC.SHODAN planned the ending of the second game.Do you really think a perfect reality warping goddess could be killed so easily? She used being “killed” to further her own goals. You just seem to reset her - re-enabling her ethical constraints I suppose - as she turns back to the original blue face next to you. It's even less clear/satisfying, because in the Remake ending, you don't purge SHODAN from Citadel. In return, the ending is like a minute longer for exactly the same outcome, but no reference to Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri in the ending. The ending is just as hilariously unclear and unsatisfying as the original - the trade off is that the final Cyberspace fight is trivial and has no threat now, you can just stand at the spawning pad of each level and blast everything until it dies, for no cost. Not as cut and dry as 'it's short and unsatisfying', but that's the gist barring The Change. Great fun, would definitely play more, but I'm also typically not a big 'play a game again for the same content' kinda guy, so it's definitely left me wanting more. I'd still get rekt, but it was tense and enjoyable. Focused, maze-like, but also respectful of your progression - lots of shortcuts back, either cutting down return time or creating a new path for later backtracking (which I had to do b/c I forgot about the fucking reactor codes.) By late game it was just fun to zip around in my Lv3 Turbo Boots with my Lv 3 Shield up, mowing down all but the Cortex Reavers in single clips of just about any weapon. Great game, which I know only because I feel I miss playing it already - potentially because it felt like it needed one or two more floors so I could actually get the most out of my finalised arsenal - I was barely keeping my inventory from overflowing with ammo all game, and this was on Normal. Despite changes, I felt basically the same result about the last level/ending as I did of the original, just less frustrated. Those that have seen the ending of the original will know what I mean.
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