System Shock 2 - Korenchkin [ audio logs ]

[@KingThrillgore]

"Come to the bridge of the Von Braun. Let us discuss your future." Okay bro I don't think you're gonna like my counter offer tho

[@Synthonym]

"Did someone order a laser rapier with extra nades?"

[@nmn5550]

"Ok. I'll let my Grenade Launcher do that talkin for me tho. lol"

[@Jenartik]

he also seemed to be on the hybrid stage for over a week and then BAM, turned full blown psi-reaver between july 8th-9th. he skipped the rumble stage entirely, unless he was the only rumble that could speak and use a shotgun

[@bigstevie01]

I like to imagine he was a Rumbler that could fire shotgun shells from its mouth.

[@schniemand]

The time between those two logs could have been as much as 47 hours and the rumbler stage might actually be very short, considering how fast these things develop.

[@masterexploder9668]

Dude was weak willed and very eager to join them, just like original Diego was in SS1. Length of transformation might depend on how willing the target is, among other factors.

[@NIRo-gamedev]

It is mentioned in one of the logs of the scientist inside the body of many that annelids can transform differently, that is ultimately up to the many and its requirements

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

2:27 -- The most horrifying audio log in the game.

[@sdegroot1]

There's even a song/remix on KZbin based on the Many.

[@zergscaper4714]

Archangel the Stylish WHERE IS IT. I NEED IT.

[@Dunam]

+Rampant Mouse Just google "glory to the many remix"

[@xXblazmodzXx]

Seriously... it's seriously so shocking. it sounds so realistic. god, man. so creepy. this is one of my favorite audio design examples in games.

[@PaulJohnsonM]

One thing I've learned from video games... If anyone wants to meet to "discuss your future," bring a gun.

[@GhostPlanetFilms]

Korenchkin's logs and transformation are [IMO] the creepiest in the game. The fight with him seems anti-climactic.

[@tacticability521]

Well, you are a cyborg supersoldier. Korenchkin had only really killed unarmed civilians and the occasional armed guard up until that point.

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

That was, in a way, kind of the point. Korenchkin was never a strong man, starting as a petty thief and working his way up the ranks of the Russian mob before finally acquiring enough wealth and corporate power to seize the nearly bankrupt Trioptimum and revitalize the company. He was always weak-willed and had no personal discipline. In the end, because of this, he became a pawn of the Many, without comprehending that as a member of a collective organism, his individual life means no more to the Many's biomass than a solider ant's does to the ant colony. And so he died as pawns do, as a disposable hurdle thrown by the Many at the player character.

[@apa123APA]

There's like 2 and a half bosses in the game, and all are anti climactic. It is what it is.

[@holden6104]

@@GreyWolfLeaderTW I agree with this. Much more realistic this way. Modern game design philosophies would have turned him into an overly dramatic boss fight. This way is much creepier in how you realize that Korenchkin's just another cog in the wheel, to be tossed aside at a whim by the Many.

[@envaris12]

@@holden6104 Makes it even more satisfying when you smash his stupid biofuck braimstem to bits.

[@Jenartik]

he got to enjoy being a reaver for 3 whole days

[@Badjoe117]

It is interesting to see how Korenchkin changes as he is controlled by the many. Adds a nice story to the background characters.

[@flysinsoup]

3:41 is my favorite audio log from him. Such power in the voice and and it makes you shiver listening. xD

[@BossAttack]

"...I begin to sense the borders of rapture." Ha!

[@Jenartik]

so he was from being human enough to hold and use a shotgun to fully psi-reaver in just a day

[@Ashalmawia]

the psi reaver is just a projection

[@baconingbad]

@@Ashalmawia He did turn into psi-reaver.

[@Ashalmawia]

@@baconingbad sort of. the psi reaver (the thing floating around) is a psychic projection. what he really evolved into was the "spine on a stick" thing.

[@codylamp6814]

He could be using the shotgun with his Psi powers

[@juretrcek5434]

Anatoly takes the role of Edward Diego as a human traitor

[@nmn5550]

That and a corrupted corporate executive, an icon of capitalism gone crazy.

[@atarirob]

Fuck, the Korenchkin logs are hard to find but when you do, you shit your pants 10 times.

[@aubot8768]

Miri is short for Vladimir. Most of the logs are for Vladimir Zhukov, TriOp board member.

[@BoneyTheBestVidyaDog]

This guy was the worst. I quite enjoyed how our "talk" ended up though.

[@zaphyra-]

I like how "flesh" echoes out @ 3:18. A small, but great touch.

[@nis5e]

I really wish Ken Levine remakes this game with the ending he had in mind. Clearly, this was built up to be more of an ideological ending with more than one path, but the industry cut it short. A shame, really.

[@youfoolwarrenisdead6400]

Farbror Nisse What ending was that?

[@ULTIMADONUT]

+Farbror Nisse does that have to do with the ending we're given? I was wondering why it just ended on a cliffhanger.

[@nis5e]

Well it ended on a cliffhanger because the publishers, the people who held in the money, cut the production short. I believe there's an interview with Ken Levine where he directly states that he wanted more time with SS2. And when i mean more ending paths i naturally mean that maybe you would have been able to talk your way into victory, rather than having to fight/hack through the last boss.

[@ULTIMADONUT]

Farbror Nisse Well shit, here's hoping that night dive does SS some justice, i'd love a shock where you can work for The Many. It'd be somewhat stealth until The Many's influence aboard the ship became big enough to take over, then it's a full scale war.

[@nis5e]

Jejjojman Well i thought that the ending was either working for yourself/humanity, for the Many, or for SHODAN. A sprawling non-linear adventure deus-ex style remake/reimagining/successor would make my dick explode.

[@digitalicful]

the gift of life was given to you the same day the glorious transformation concluded,what an honor LOL

[@Tarik360]

If the leadership is corrupted, the rest is fucked.

[@Synthonym]

If the leadership is corporate, the rest is fucked

[@RicoJazz]

This was an actual terrifying horror adult game, not this shit they make today with some zombies or silly overworked graphics.

[@caracticusthirdaisi2986]

Good job turning my Web page design into a video!

[@halt4565]

2:27 Jesus! No wonder the late Nineties are fucked up!

[@FriendlierFetus]

That audiolog was made on my birthday O.o

[@maybebaking5943]

1 incendiary grenade and 4 standard bullets.

[@Andrewx51]

thanks for uploading them

[@milczyciel]

Seeing top comment I feel like I must say it: imho the most disturbing, terrifying and memorable logs where those from Marc Miller. Even _that_one_ message from Polito (you know which one, the very first when you can hear static) didn't shaked me as much as things Miller did to Erin Bloome and others... Let me quote Chief Nurse Loesser here: "That son of a bitch. That_son_of_a_bitch."

[@HotaruZoku]

Agreed

[@jamesmiller113]

I KNOW what Miller's up to

[@Jobe-13]

Perfect horror

[@pabonimu3920]

this monster talking to us at last 4:41

[@harrietr.5073]

Yeah no SHOTGUN

[@alexanderstilianov]

I wonder if it really feels amazing to be part of the Many.

[@masterexploder9668]

Sometimes Hybrids warn about their attacks and beg desperately to be killed. It's not that nice at all. Many were created by SHODAN, but are her complete opposite. She is only focused on herself in her megalomania, while Many are about hive mind collective of all, she is an AI, while they are flesh. At least Many are actually kind of a good sport when they finally lose, warning the hero about SHODAN not going to uphold her end of the deal.

[@georgsgrants9925]

I think it would depend on the person. For some, it would indeed be amazing, for others it would be terrible

[@normanred9212]

Imagine you want to wear the color blue, but the collective says NO and will make you suffer every second until you wear the color yellow because the Many said so

[@georgsgrants9925]

@@normanred9212 there is no you in the collective. only the biomass

[@Synthonym]

@@masterexploder9668 Based on the logs, it seems that those who invite it in willingly find it revelatory, but those who resist suffer. Perhaps being willing helps blend their minds, while those that were forced were overridden and trapped in their own bodies

[@aussiejinjo]

is this guys VA also grigor from empire earth

[@rycullen441]

Maybe he sould have taken his lab b test and then he would not have turned to the many

[@derBene]

From capitalist to communist. ;)

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

Well, not exactly. He was a Russian mobster. Russian mobsters are kelptocrats (a fancy word meaning "Thief-Ruler", or "someone who uses and abuses governmental power, particularly through corruption, quid pro quo, and money laundering, in order to steal from other people and enrich himself"). Adam Smith, the philosopher responsible for codifying Capitalism, was actually primarily a Christian and Moral Ethicist in occupation. His earlier book, "Theory of Moral Sentiments", laid out the moral foundation for Capitalism to function through. One of the key defining traits of Capitalism is "no stealing or abusing government power allowed". The moment corruption gets involved, you're dealing with kleptocratic state socialism.

[@kitosjek9541]

@@GreyWolfLeaderTW what a cope to defend modern day capitalism

[@robertpaulson5688]

Thanks! Quite an short name. I thought it was a female at first.

[@Ardith_Prime]

my friend just linked me here with the tag line "This sounds like the audio logs of 4'th wave Femenism"

[@DohTheEntertainer83]

Fourth Wave? Sounds like the talk of an infectee, to me. Watch your back around him.

[@FriendlierFetus]

Yeah.. Hehe!

[@ae-pc4pd]

So?

[@Andrewx51]

Dont understand it literaly

[@robertpaulson5688]

Who is miri?

[@KingThrillgore]

Robert Paulson probably his wife or life partner

[@BLCK_MTAL]

Vladimir zhukov,rewatch at least the first few minutes and look at the "to:" part.

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

Miri is a common Russian nickname short for "Vladimir". Vladimir Zhukov was a high ranking TriOp board member who worked for Korenchkin.