This game takes the essence of the original, the atmosphere, the isolation, the immersion, and wraps it in modern gameplay systems. Very little of the original game is lost in translation, the devs really need to be given praise for this alone, especially considering the age of the original.

There are a couple of minor gripes for me, nothing major, though. Firstly, the weapon selection seemed to remain fixed to melee, pistol and energy weapon for the majority of the game, then towards the end you get everything all at once. Maybe spread the weapons out more but limit the ammo to prevent the OP shotgun from making it easy early on.

Secondly, the puzzles took me off guard. I'm ashamed to admit, but I have grown accustomed to the hand-holding puzzles of the modern day, so when faced with the first tricky wiring puzzle I assumed I was missing a "logic probe" because it mentioned one and nothing I tried seemed to work. Shortly after scratching my head, I realised the problem, I needed to move back into the old world, I needed to pull my pants up and figure things out for myself. Once this clicked, I stuck at it and realised I had not noticed the notches around the edge of the discs. The puzzles aren't hard by any means, but they are tricky if you haven't encountered them before. On a plus side, the puzzles are mostly random and spread far enough apart so that they are a break from normal play rather than a "oh look, another move things around to unlock the next area task"

The most recent patch (1.2) actually broke the whole game. I'm full on soft locked by an invulnerable floating enemy in an elevator that doesn't despawn (reported by several other people as well). Oh and the map markers just don't work.

Just a shame because I do like the game. I'll change this review if it gets fixed at some point.

This game pioneers the Junk Economy.

At Level 1 Medical I scoffed at filler items. "This empty mug is marked '(Junk)'?" I asked. "Miss me with that garbage," I said foolishly, "my inventory gets cluttered enough as it is."

At Level 3 Maintenance, I would pick up some of the more valuable pieces of junk. "I'll just grab this broken laptop for now, sure..." I told myself. "The recycle station is right there in the middle of the level, and I can carry a bit more... just to get the last few credits for that modkit back on Research..."

By Level 5 Flight Deck, I was the trash queen. Plastic sample containers? I'll make room, that's one WHOLE company credit. Dull scalpels, empty mugs, blood plasma bags? Put those in my pipe and smoke vaporize 'em. That's SCRAP, baby. That's FREE value. Did you know that you can drink the booze you find around the station? I didn't. I was too busy vaporizing all the bottles I found for 5 scrap a piece. Ashtrays? Bedpans? E-readers? I don't need this weaponry, or my ammo, or these key quest items, I need to make room for the real valuables. Horrible cyborg monstrosities stalking the corridors? No problem. I'll atomize a whole hallway full of mutants in cold blood if I even think I see a body at the end of it. Not because I hate the station AI, or because I want to avenge Tri-Optimum's dead. No, I want to rifle through that corpse's pockets for empty soda cans. Heck I'll loot the mutants too in case one of them has a granola bar wrapper. I'll lay waste to this whole godforsaken station for even a morsel of (Junk). I left SHODAN's cameras and CPU nodes untouched on the later levels just so she could see and comprehend me throwing half of her "beautiful" station into the recycle bin for Tri-Op funny money. I entered Citadel a prisoner. I left Citadel a junk god.

The game is good too, and it's an excellent remake. I highly recommend, and on sale it's a no-brainer. Cyberspace sucks but look up the original game's cyberspace and you'll agree that the remake's rework could really be worse. Play 3223 for your first go.

Embrace the junk, and it will embrace you.