Posted on: November 13, 2024
DanRacke
Verified ownerGames: 16 Reviews: 1
Strife Veteran Edition
A great game made better with higher res graphics.
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The Original Strife: Veteran Edition
Description
Hailed as the original FPS-RPG game that spawned countless imitators, The Original Strife: Veteran Edition is a love letter to the classic from 1996. Immerse yourself in this all-consuming epic quest that for the first time combines riveting role-playing adventure with the spectacular Doom 3D engine!
An evil presence has implanted itself in the fabric of our world. Play the role of spy, assassin, warrior and thief as you are lured into the darkest and most perilous adventure of your life. You'll have Blackbird on your side - a seductive underground agent that will provide you with clues as you encounter progressively more sinister foes.
Be strong, and trust no one.
FULLY INTERACTIVE WORLD
The elaborate virtual environment offers 28 interconnected levels covering over 200 square miles. Explore medieval towns and industrial complexes filled with pitfalls and perils, ending in a final confrontation that will reveal the planet's darkest secrets.
AN AWESOME ARSENAL
From the silent but lethal crossbow to the breathtaking flame thrower, you'll toast, mince and vaporize your opponents in your search to control the ultimate weapon of mass destruction - the Sigil.
NAIL-BITING NARRATIVE
In your role as resistance fighter, you'll conspire with allies to demolish the fanatical ranks of the order from the inside out. Provides an engaging complex storyline and a multitude of dramatic voice-overs.
New Features Include:
An evil presence has implanted itself in the fabric of our world. Play the role of spy, assassin, warrior and thief as you are lured into the darkest and most perilous adventure of your life. You'll have Blackbird on your side - a seductive underground agent that will provide you with clues as you encounter progressively more sinister foes.
Be strong, and trust no one.
FULLY INTERACTIVE WORLD
The elaborate virtual environment offers 28 interconnected levels covering over 200 square miles. Explore medieval towns and industrial complexes filled with pitfalls and perils, ending in a final confrontation that will reveal the planet's darkest secrets.
AN AWESOME ARSENAL
From the silent but lethal crossbow to the breathtaking flame thrower, you'll toast, mince and vaporize your opponents in your search to control the ultimate weapon of mass destruction - the Sigil.
NAIL-BITING NARRATIVE
In your role as resistance fighter, you'll conspire with allies to demolish the fanatical ranks of the order from the inside out. Provides an engaging complex storyline and a multitude of dramatic voice-overs.
New Features Include:
- Completion of missing and unfinished options in the original game, such as: the planned "Capture the Chalice” multi-player mode, marking of current objectives on the auto-map, and special HUD for the Torpedo weapon
- Support for high resolutions, with proper aspect ratio
- OpenGL for video backend to provide portability and support for vertical sync
- Dynamic lighting and bloom
- Widescreen support
- Ability to freely rebind all keyboard, mouse, and gamepad inputs
- Achievements
Popular achievements
Lending a Hand
Free the prisoners
common
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39.39%
Silence is Golden
Complete Rowan's Mission
common
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62.72%
Goodies
manual
field guide
town map
Strife: the original DOS version
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Multiplayer Notice: Please note that GOG Galaxy is required to access Multiplayer
Multiplayer is available only between GOG users.
The Original Strife: Veteran Edition source code is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2.0 at https://github.com/svkaiser/strife-ve
Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.
Recommended system requirements:
Multiplayer Notice: Please note that GOG Galaxy is required to access Multiplayer
Multiplayer is available only between GOG users.
The Original Strife: Veteran Edition source code is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2.0 at https://github.com/svkaiser/strife-ve
Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.
Time to beat
7 hMain
10 h Main + Sides
13.5 h Completionist
9 h All Styles
Game length provided by HowLongToBeat
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Role-playing, Sci-fi, Classic, Science, First-Person,
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Open World, Multiplayer, FPS, Shooter
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English
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User reviews
Posted on: September 26, 2017
thatwookid
Games: 143 Reviews: 1
Beware the first guards!
(Copied and pasted from Steam review) Negatives. I didn't remember the game being as short as it turned out to be. I remember spending many hours/days playing when I was 10 or so, saying that I did spend half the time running round testing every wall for secrets... Erm.. I don't like the electric bolts on the crossbow still. Oh yeah. Why didn't it have multiplayer when I was young? We had 3 PCs linked up to play (among others) Doom1/2, and Heretic (Buy it. Crossbow chickens.), this would have been an amazing addition to our Son Vs Son Vs Dad massacre sessions. Pros. Awesome storyline. Sexy, wisecracking, and foulmouthed (She is NAUGHTY! Words your mother would love to hear from a computer game) helper, adding to the complete audio for all important NPCs. (I think I know why my dad remembers it now) Great graphics for a retro game. The music is funky. Flawless gameplay. I've had some issues with remakes of older games, but Strife was perfect at all times. (Even with what seemed like a million guards going crazy at once!) Sidequests, inventory management and the option to try and avoid murdering NPCs all add to the games overall quality. It still lasts a lot longer than Gears of War. Bloodbath difficulty is not for girls. And if attempted, for gods sake don't do the chalice quest. That's 10 minutes of terror right there! Difficult to rate the game, as the nostalgia value alone would make it 11/10. I'll just say, for £7, you really can't go wrong. And not buying it would mean you'd be letting Blackbird down, and you really don't want to do that, right? Addendum for GoG - It's now on for $2.49. Seriously, buy it right now! Move your mouse to the top right and 'Add to Cart'. If you regret it, I'll pay for the game for you. It's that d!$% good.
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Posted on: July 10, 2022
Ixoliptis
Verified ownerGames: 454 Reviews: 32
Good Remake-Held back by 90s game design
+ Nightdive did a great job in remaking this game, the improved visuals are great and a progression-stopping bug that existed in the original game is now fixed. + Great weapons. - Sadly the archaic game design is still there. Maze-like maps that frustrate the player and needlessly stretch game-length. Verdict: If you never played the original game on its release, wait for a sale as it's a risky purchase.
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Posted on: July 16, 2023
googoogjoob
Verified ownerGames: 617 Reviews: 24
Unplayable
I can't comment on the quality (or lack thereof) of this game, because I find it unplayable. Specifically, the game has pretty extreme head-bobbing in it, which makes me very motion sick- and no way to turn it off. The devs have said, on the Steam forums for the game, that they won't change this, because the viewbob affects the timing of certain things in a way that would affect multiplayer. I'm not clear on why they can't or won't change this for the single-player campaign- and surely, far more people are going to be buying this for the SP than the MP.
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Posted on: November 27, 2019
theta_116
Verified ownerGames: 1043 Reviews: 19
Re-live the Doom dream.
The lowdown : Nothing like an old school FPS game with a meh story line and cheezy midi type music. The one gripe: You have to build on aiming the weapons through out the trek.
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