System Shock inspiration

What system/etc. would I use to run something inspired by pic related, Veeky Forums? Hectic combat, conservation of ammunition, exploring a claustrophobic spaceship where something dark is running under the covers. I've been wanting to do this for a while but I have no idea where to start. What do you say?

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It's a meme to answer any question like this with GURPS, but it became a meme for a good reason: It's good at running any game, and would especially be good for the type of game you want to run

But if you don't want to because of the meme there's other games

BRP 4e: It's the system that made Call of Cthulhu, so it does survival horror well

AFMBE: It's traditionally for apocalypse zombie games, but replace zombies with robots and replace destroyed new york with a space station and it should be a breeze to run

System Shock, hell yeah!

>Hectic combat, conservation of ammunition, exploring a claustrophobic spaceship where something dark is running under the covers.

I'd personally run that using Classic Traveller with Snapshot. Maybe tweak things a bit to reduce the lethality, as it's more deadly by default than would be suitable IMO.

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It's designed for indoor combat, outdoor stuff over very long ranges doesn't work so well. There's also Azhanti High Lightning, which is a Snapshot 2.0, but is a lot more crunchy and thus slower paced.

Cyberpunk 2020. See this thread: Medium crunch system, very lethal combat, cyberware, implants, hacking.

These are all bad for emulating this video game genre.

I'm partly tempted to suggest Cyberpunk 2020, if only for the pandemic proliferation of prosthetics, but I know how important Reflex and Humanity are to that setting, not to mention the class system.

Plus, I don't know how much of the sequel's details you intend to include - given that it has psychic powers and biological horror as key elements the first lacked. On the other hand, the original had a version of Cyberspace missing in the sequel, replaced by 'connect the dots if the odds let you'.

So for now, I'm going to second Traveller, whether or not you use Snapshot, because I know that's at least a decent fit. You'll have to homebrew your cyberterrors yourself. Especially Cortex Reavers. Those things were too damn spooky - especially considering you usually only saw them in game over screens.

I agree that Cyberpunk is probably the best for this type of game, but why are BRP / GURPS bad for that type of game? Specifically GURPS, there's even a cyberpunk / biotech book

Because that game keeps trying to eat every idea it comes across, good or bad. Want to do something with a different crunch? Too bad! GURPS is gonna get mentioned.

It's the cape toad of systems, really.

*cane toad

Eclipse Phase is pretty much System Shock: The RPG already.

That doesn't make it bad though. I agree there are usually systems that are better for the job, but outright throwing it out because it's "Mentioned everywhere" is brash. It's quite useful when you want to play a game with an idea that doesn't have a game attributed to it