Other articles noted her one of the most horrific video game bosses ever, such as in the 2008 GameDaily article noting her constant assault upon the player and humanity despite being unable to harm him directly. In 2009, GamesRadar listed SHODAN as one of the scariest video game characters ever, describing her as the precursor to GLaDOS. In 2010, she was ranked as the third greatest video game character of all time by "Empire", who stated that "SHODAN's constant, threatening presence is a masterstroke of game design." "Complex" ranked her as the fifth most scary video game enemies at number five in 2011, stating that "though this malevolent AI is hard to quantify in terms of toughness, her constant presence, and the subsequent psychological damage she causes through her previous actions, is enough to land her on the list." In 2012, Cheat Code Central ranked SHODAN in "System Shock 2" as the third most terrifying video game character of all time.