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		veli_joza on July 1, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Are People Still Playing Ultima Online? System Shock 2 did not use the same engine - they licensed Looking Glass Studios' engine used in Thief: The Dark Project. There's a great post mortem for this game here: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131813/postmortem_irra...

warfangle on July 3, 2015 [–]

Ah, you're right. Same studio, but Looking Glass abandoned the UU/UU2 engine for System Shock.

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