[andrewstuart]

I really wanted to like System Shock but the controls made it unplayable pretty much.

A pity as it was not long at all until “mouse look” was developed by other games, an innovation which would have solved much of System Shocks control problems.

[nolok]

They invented or perfected so many things that were way ahead of their time, from the free world navigation, to the fully configurable difficulty level, to all the world interactions and the implants and ... But alas controls was not in that list, and like you said that game came just a wee bit too early to avoid the pre-quake era control trainwreck of FPS trying to be more complicated than Doom.

Loved it, absolutely unique and infinitely fun, but damn did it need a remake for that alone.