Fantastic review. This was one of my favorite games back in the day (still is). It took a long while before I stopped just slaughtering everyone in town for the hell of it, but once I sat still and followed where the game was leading, I was hooked. I still remember being completely blown away when the consequences of my choices became apparent. I'd never played a game that branched like that before, and I didn't even know it was possible in an fps. I was following the Veteran Edition as soon as it was announced, and snagged it on day 1. Hooray for fairly obscure games getting a bit more recognition!
Strife is seriously one of my all time favorite FPS games! I remember getting the demo on a disc from a magazine, and playing the shit out of it, and then forgetting about it for, like, 5 years, and just randomly seeing it for cheap at a gamestore on day while visiting my mom, and I INSTANTLY bought it!! Played the crap out of it for the next month or so, and unfortunately some jackass stole it some years later... And then.... During a refresher class, back when I was studying webintegration, it suddenly just popped up on my Steam page, and I almost crapped myself right then and there!! Instant purchase, and I didn't play anything else for a week straight!! Oh, and forgot to turn in an assignment, but who cares about that!? This game really needs more love, and it could be really freaking cool if it got a remake one day!
I just saw the Veteran edition on my steam landing page, and before I knew it, the game was bought and installed... I LOVED this game when I was a kid, and it always made me sad that no one seemed to have heard of it!! So I'm telling EVERYONE to buy it now!!
One subtle detail I love is how he's holding the assault rifle to the side and points when shooting instead of always pointing it. Almost like the perspective you expect from the npc's when they always hold the gun close when not shooting and then straight when firing at you. I like that. Plus it's square pipe is a nice touch. Also at 2:20 That level design is awesome with the pond on the side and open upper part with pillars along with other varied designs all around. Good stuff. I never thought this was the Doom engine it felt like the Build Engine kind of
This needs to get its ass on GOG. Quake really caused a lot of excellent games to end up nearly lost to time. Terra Nova is another one that comes to mind.
+Gggmanlives, that's easy for you to say, I tried to sign up but Steam would not let me in all over username already been taken. Unlike Steam, Good Old Games.com has great classics such as Empire Earth & Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, please check out GOG :)
Jon Spinac Pretty sure he knows what it is since he mentions it in other videos. Anyway I've got it wishlisted on Steam to pick up at some point. Cheers!
This Game, Strife is still great and worthy to play to this day. I really love the storyline, concept and overall design. Medieval theme meets Cyberpunk... That is some brilliant idea just like Warhammer 40k's, but without the god-emperor and tons of daemon hordes to fight. And of course, this game is sometimes unfair(Templars. Nuff said.) and makes you stuck for a while(Obviously talking about that damned Sewers map...), but this game's everything, like uniqueness and engaging gameplay just covers it. I really, honestly wish someone could remake this majestic game. Also i think you forgot to mention the Grenade Launcher's Alt-mode; When you select it and again, It goes to Phosphorous Grenade Mode. It uses different type of ammo and it's probably most powerful weapon in the game along with the Completed Sigil. The Flame randomly moves and destroys everything near it.
"The flame randomly moves and destroys everything near it".... the player, mostly. Really, the only time this was useful was the pod room in the lab (map 27). Enjoyed that one. You have to find a tight corridor with lots of enemies and a safe space for you to run away from the fire. Shoot and then RUN FOR YOUR LIFE.
I love the way the game mocks experienced players: You escape from slavery, visit the tavern, meet a shady guy, recive a casual item retrieval quest and then... FFFUUUUUUUU...!!!
I played it years later, always wanted this game. When I was kid I could not understand english very good. The game was ok but I got lost in a sewer and gave up. I hate sewer levels in any game....
Great review. I think you have covered almost all the 90's fps games on steam/gog now. Only ones that I can think of that are missing are the Descent Games (these are some of my favs), Eradicator, rainbow six, catacombs and the delta force games.
I only played the shareware version of this game back in the day, but I remember being totally blown away by the concept of an FPS where you could actually interact with characters, buy things from shops, and have a secret base full of allies. Obviously that's all completely standard in these kinds of games now, but back in a time of Doom, Wolfenstein and all their derivatives where the name of the game was 'kill everything that isn't you, because everything wants to kill you,' it was completely unprecedented. Hell, it wouldn't be for another 4 years or so before the approach became really common, with games like Deus Ex cementing it. So yeah, 'ahead of its time' is no exaggeration.
Awesome! I was hoping you would review this game, easily one of my favorites when speaking of old school shooters from the 90's. The Veteran Edition is quite good - having a blast playing through the campaign again. Excellent review.
Very nice review. I've heard of Strife before, but this is the first time I've actually seen some footage of it and heard about its contents in detail. I find your comparisons to System Shock and the later Deus Ex quite apt, as from everything I've seen, it's really one of the more thoughtful and innovative early FPS-s of the mid 1990s. The medieval-meets-science-fiction esthetics and inclusion of stealth even remind me a bit of Thief, though in Strife, the latter is obviously much more futuristic, and the stealth is purely optional, as you've mentioned.
Hey, thanks for this! I somehow wound up with 2 sealed boxed copies of this back in the 90's, but never bothered to open them, because I wasn't sure exactly what kind of game it was. The box blurbs were not real helpful, and the screenshots on the cover looked kind of drab and claustrophobic. But your video shows it to be much more beautiful and open than I had thought. And I loved Heretic, Hexen, and Deus Ex, so I think this will be right up my alley. I also had no idea that Steam had a version that will run on my newest PC, so thanks for pointing that out as well. A very nice review, as always, and very informative, especially for someone like me, who had all but forgotten that this game ever existed. Big thumbs up!
Anyone else think strife could could have a successful reboot? It's theme was really unique and in a modern engine with advanced mobility and combat, it's potential is really out there!
I remember this game having a strange poison glitch. It wasn't like doom where if you were on a damaging tile it hit you every few ticks. It would slowly build up and do damage but if you stayed too long it would make your character die no matter how much health you had. Anyone else experience that?
Um Strife released a month before Quake... though this fact is why the game basically got completely overlooked. Strife is EASILY my favorite Doom Engine games and one of my ALL time FPS. :)
I picked that gem up because it was one of a few games that comprised the miserable selection at the MCX on base. Thank goodness because I was quite impressed with how great a game it was back then. Upgrading in an FPS was completely novel at the time I believe. Let alone so much story involving factions.
Wow your videos sound so much different today... you sound so comfortable nowadays and here you sound very measured. Great work! By the way, can you review Disruptor for the PS1? I know I've asked alot but it's a very nostalgic game for me. Thanks!
I wish they made a remake of this.Went through it twice when it came out and 10years later it was so good for its time and always liked playing stealth or seeing if I can take on them all out in public by setting the alarms off,was so cool to have shops and story is cool and it can take different turns depending what you reply to people.
I lobe this game. When my parents eased off on not allowing me to play games with blood in them some of dad's college buddies who were the source of most of my shareware games when I was a kid and many retail games got me this, Doom II, and Quake. Now if only this had a Shotgun.
Ah, Strife. I had recently played this game. Enjoyed it up to the point where I got to the end and didn’t have enough health to power the Sigil to defeat the last boss.
Holy crap this game looks amazing! I had just hear this one listed among other Doom engine games and since I had never heard of it before I had just shrugged it off as some maybe-okay title, but this looks really amazing!
I remember playing this game a while back when it was abandonedware. I didn't know what the heck I was doing! xD I'm happy to hear that this veteran edition holds your hand a bit when it comes to mission objectives too. It looks like it runs natively on Linux also! Awesome!
I'm assuming you have tried/played Marathon and its sequels, however, have you tried any of its mods? At this point I believe most of the best ones are on the total conversion site (Aleph One), and some of them are pretty interesting (Rubicon is my favorite). Personally the whole series has been steeped in nostalgia for me, but most people either never played Marathon or do nothing but sing its praises. It'd be enlightening to hear an outside source on the game. Anyways, great video as always, glad to see more!
Is there a source port? I tried a version of Marathon recently and it just felt a little bit off. Hard to describe what was wrong with it but it didn't feel right.
Gggmanlives There is a good source port of the Marathon trilogy here source.bungie.org/ It's freeware by the way, and it has been since 2005. PS: If you're planning on review it i'd recommend you'd change the fov. It's one of those games that has a very narrow field of view by default, and there is no way of changing it in the menu. If you need information on how to change it you can find it on this link. pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Marathon_Infinity#Field_of_view_.28FOV.29
wow, I don't know if I had heard of this or not, back in the day I was just playing Doom, Hexen, Heretic, Quake, Duke3D and so on... This game looks bloody awesome!
Just finished this game. Had played the demo back in the days and thought it had potential, but then you know, better games came out before I had a chance to get it on christmas or something. I'm glad I went back to it with the veteran edition. Configuring the controls with an Xbone controller was easy if not a bit tedious, but the game itself is fucking great. Pretty hard at times too.
"Developed by Rogue Entertainment, who would later develop map packs for Quake II..." Don't forget that they did Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity for Quake 1. In fact, both expansions which they did for the Quake games were "Mission Pack 2." Ground Zero was not as compelling as Dissolution of Eternity, but I liked their weapon and boss ideas. And they also developed Alice with American McGee. Not a bad line up of games.
I've wanted to try this game for a while but never got the chance. Boxed copies of the game are really, really expensive. Glad to see it on Steam though, and glad to know it's also a very good game.
I wish someone made a modernized version of Strife, so that it could fulfill its original vision of being an amazing open-world FPS RPG. If done well, it could effectively compete against the Fallout or Far Cry series.
poison bolts kill acolytes in one hit and they are silent the energy bolts are for taking out robots. You missed the mauler I see too in the factory, if you talk to the guys you hear a rumor they got a shipment of maulers in. It's a deadly energy weapon that frys most guys in 1 or 2 shots and has a bfg secondary fire.
Im at the Alien Ship and damn, i see rarely people talking about this game, it's really a very interesting and smart game, with some fast paced action/fast moves and fun rpg elements (like inventory, talking), also different endings. I suppose it's reall a very underrated classic fps ! I'm not a big fan of the atmosphere (medieval/futurist?...) but the story is really special and cool ! Using grenade launcher on the mecha is delicious :D
I don't remember how, or exactly when, I got this game, but I assume it was in the bargain bin at Best Buy, or one of the couple PC game stores. I remember playing it, and telling my two PC gaming friends about it, but neither of them played it. It was so cool to be playing a fps with a story other than just "bad guys exist, kill them." I don't think I ever beat it, though. I should totally look into the steam version.
I've known about this game for a while but never got around to playing it, so i'm grateful for the Steam release. This seems like a game that should've gotten a remake, and not Rise of the Triad.
hay i forgot about a old hidden gem on the PS2 called Urban Chaos bloody fun game has cheats and bonus levels and well unlockables but ill leave the rest to you.
I'd love to play some WAD's with Strife graphics but with Doom game play. I love the Strife aesthetic but sometimes I just want to go from A to B while mindlessly wasting baddies!
mate, ur Australian right? when do u find the time to play those campaigns and make those reviews? is this ur full time job? what is ur job! regardless, love ur videos. try including more story line details in ur reviews without revealing the endings, would make them even better,
![Classic Review - Strife [Requests Month 2018 Review #4]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ASf2LNS8rbs/mqdefault.jpg)
Great review dude! You are right: this game was way ahead of its time
I swear, if it wasn't for this channel, I don't think I'd ever find out about all these obscure 90s FPS'.
Victim of Lag so true. ...im kinda on a retro game kick atm...and his reviews are oh so convient
yeah I never even heard of this game
I loved this game when I was a kid. I'll never forget how Macil tells you "Fight for the front and freedom! Move out!"
"Then DIE in shame and dishonor!" * dies from a hundred hitscanner *
Strife is so underrated game :-( first functional fps-rpg combo :-( maybe first alarmed/non-alarmed enemies, stealth killing... & original story
Fantastic review. This was one of my favorite games back in the day (still is). It took a long while before I stopped just slaughtering everyone in town for the hell of it, but once I sat still and followed where the game was leading, I was hooked. I still remember being completely blown away when the consequences of my choices became apparent. I'd never played a game that branched like that before, and I didn't even know it was possible in an fps. I was following the Veteran Edition as soon as it was announced, and snagged it on day 1. Hooray for fairly obscure games getting a bit more recognition!
Strife is seriously one of my all time favorite FPS games! I remember getting the demo on a disc from a magazine, and playing the shit out of it, and then forgetting about it for, like, 5 years, and just randomly seeing it for cheap at a gamestore on day while visiting my mom, and I INSTANTLY bought it!! Played the crap out of it for the next month or so, and unfortunately some jackass stole it some years later...
And then.... During a refresher class, back when I was studying webintegration, it suddenly just popped up on my Steam page, and I almost crapped myself right then and there!! Instant purchase, and I didn't play anything else for a week straight!! Oh, and forgot to turn in an assignment, but who cares about that!?
This game really needs more love, and it could be really freaking cool if it got a remake one day!
I just saw the Veteran edition on my steam landing page, and before I knew it, the game was bought and installed... I LOVED this game when I was a kid, and it always made me sad that no one seemed to have heard of it!! So I'm telling EVERYONE to buy it now!!
That was like me, but for Hexen!
One subtle detail I love is how he's holding the assault rifle to the side and points when shooting instead of always pointing it. Almost like the perspective you expect from the npc's when they always hold the gun close when not shooting and then straight when firing at you. I like that. Plus it's square pipe is a nice touch.
Also at 2:20 That level design is awesome with the pond on the side and open upper part with pillars along with other varied designs all around. Good stuff. I never thought this was the Doom engine it felt like the Build Engine kind of
am i the only one who can hear that weird high pitch whistling at points throughout the video after the 4:50 mark?
deathdawg dino It's the music I was using in the background.
Gggmanlives Ah, thanks. I thought i was going insane! although now that i'm listening out for it, it's not that bad
A quite underrated fps with RPG element in my opinion
This needs to get its ass on GOG. Quake really caused a lot of excellent games to end up nearly lost to time. Terra Nova is another one that comes to mind.
+Christopher Blair Just buy it from Steam.
+Gggmanlives,
that's easy for you to say, I tried to sign up but Steam would not let me in all over username already been taken. Unlike Steam, Good Old Games.com has great classics such as Empire Earth & Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, please check out GOG :)
Jon Spinac Pretty sure he knows what it is since he mentions it in other videos.
Anyway I've got it wishlisted on Steam to pick up at some point. Cheers!
+Christopher Blair Cheers, www.gog.com/game/strife_veteran_edition
WesleyB Crowen Nice.
You reviewed my favourite game from my teen years! Thanks GGG :)
This Game, Strife is still great and worthy to play to this day. I really love the storyline, concept and overall design. Medieval theme meets Cyberpunk... That is some brilliant idea just like Warhammer 40k's, but without the god-emperor and tons of daemon hordes to fight. And of course, this game is sometimes unfair(Templars. Nuff said.) and makes you stuck for a while(Obviously talking about that damned Sewers map...), but this game's everything, like uniqueness and engaging gameplay just covers it. I really, honestly wish someone could remake this majestic game.
Also i think you forgot to mention the Grenade Launcher's Alt-mode; When you select it and again, It goes to Phosphorous Grenade Mode. It uses different type of ammo and it's probably most powerful weapon in the game along with the Completed Sigil. The Flame randomly moves and destroys everything near it.
"The flame randomly moves and destroys everything near it".... the player, mostly.
Really, the only time this was useful was the pod room in the lab (map 27). Enjoyed that one.
You have to find a tight corridor with lots of enemies and a safe space for you to run away from the fire. Shoot and then RUN FOR YOUR LIFE.
I think this game needs a reboot.
yeah
Why?
cuz reboots are hot right now and its about goddamn time a good game gets rebooted
What to say? Yeah!
I present to you Strife: Veteran Edition for $10 on Steam.
I would love to see a game that was a mix of Strife, Hexen and Classic Elder Scrolls.
I love the way the game mocks experienced players: You escape from slavery, visit the tavern, meet a shady guy, recive a casual item retrieval quest and then... FFFUUUUUUUU...!!!
Quick fetch from the area I just cleared out? Sure, what do I have to lose?
Strife is, in my opinion, the best old school shooter
Although I fucking HATED that sewer level
+Mike Hab I only got strife half an hour ago , and I'm already stuck on the sewer lol, hard to belive strife came out in 96, its ahead of its time
I played it years later, always wanted this game. When I was kid I could not understand english very good. The game was ok but I got lost in a sewer and gave up. I hate sewer levels in any game....
Marathon would like a word with you.
Wow, even before gmanlives mentioned Deus Ex, I was thinking how much this game seemed like Deus Ex before Deus Ex.
Oh man, I wasn't even aware of this Veteran Edition, thanks a bunch! Instabuying it right now, no regrets.
I saw this was 5 bucks on GOG today. I really wanna give it a shot now. Looks like it’s a classic
It's Deus Ex-ish gameplay with Doom pixel graphics and some of the finest art.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Great review. I think you have covered almost all the 90's fps games on steam/gog now. Only ones that I can think of that are missing are the Descent Games (these are some of my favs), Eradicator, rainbow six, catacombs and the delta force games.
nudge2626 I can't get Rainbow Six working on Windows 7.
Gggmanlives Unlucky, i'm running windows 7 and the gog version runs perfectly. Though I haven't tinkered with it yet to get widescreen etc.
I only played the shareware version of this game back in the day, but I remember being totally blown away by the concept of an FPS where you could actually interact with characters, buy things from shops, and have a secret base full of allies. Obviously that's all completely standard in these kinds of games now, but back in a time of Doom, Wolfenstein and all their derivatives where the name of the game was 'kill everything that isn't you, because everything wants to kill you,' it was completely unprecedented. Hell, it wouldn't be for another 4 years or so before the approach became really common, with games like Deus Ex cementing it. So yeah, 'ahead of its time' is no exaggeration.
Awesome! I was hoping you would review this game, easily one of my favorites when speaking of old school shooters from the 90's. The Veteran Edition is quite good - having a blast playing through the campaign again. Excellent review.
Never even heard of this game, i honestly just watch all your videos because they're really professionally done and enjoyable. Keep it up!
With Veteran Edition, the crossbow functions as a one shot kill stealth weapon to guards if you're using regular bolts.
okay I know I'm late 4 years but I have got to know which game the very first clip was taken from, for obvious reasons
Very nice review. I've heard of Strife before, but this is the first time I've actually seen some footage of it and heard about its contents in detail. I find your comparisons to System Shock and the later Deus Ex quite apt, as from everything I've seen, it's really one of the more thoughtful and innovative early FPS-s of the mid 1990s. The medieval-meets-science-fiction esthetics and inclusion of stealth even remind me a bit of Thief, though in Strife, the latter is obviously much more futuristic, and the stealth is purely optional, as you've mentioned.
Thanks to this review I bought this game on GOG for 2-3 usd!I really look forward to playing it.
Cheers.
Wonder if Gggmanlives has seen Accursed Farms' review of this game...
Hey, thanks for this! I somehow wound up with 2 sealed boxed copies of this back in the 90's, but never bothered to open them, because I wasn't sure exactly what kind of game it was. The box blurbs were not real helpful, and the screenshots on the cover looked kind of drab and claustrophobic. But your video shows it to be much more beautiful and open than I had thought. And I loved Heretic, Hexen, and Deus Ex, so I think this will be right up my alley. I also had no idea that Steam had a version that will run on my newest PC, so thanks for pointing that out as well. A very nice review, as always, and very informative, especially for someone like me, who had all but forgotten that this game ever existed. Big thumbs up!
Great Review! I bought it right after your video. Keep up the good work!
Anyone else think strife could could have a successful reboot? It's theme was really unique and in a modern engine with advanced mobility and combat, it's potential is really out there!
I've still got the opening monologue memorized. Ahh wasted youth.
the comet struck the planet without warning. we lost our paradise in a single, violent stroke
One of the most unfairly overlooked fps gems. Thank goodness it's available and updated. Props to Night Dive.
I remember this game having a strange poison glitch. It wasn't like doom where if you were on a damaging tile it hit you every few ticks. It would slowly build up and do damage but if you stayed too long it would make your character die no matter how much health you had. Anyone else experience that?
Um Strife released a month before Quake... though this fact is why the game basically got completely overlooked. Strife is EASILY my favorite Doom Engine games and one of my ALL time FPS. :)
I picked that gem up because it was one of a few games that comprised the miserable selection at the MCX on base. Thank goodness because I was quite impressed with how great a game it was back then. Upgrading in an FPS was completely novel at the time I believe. Let alone so much story involving factions.
Thanks for the overview.
Looks like a must-play for classic Doom fans.
Good review. I wasn't aware of the more modern version, so I'll definitely pick it up before too long & play the game for the first time.
Gotta play this finally, it really does look amazing.
Another awesome review, another like.
Only tried the shareware version back then. This video made me remember the game and convinced me to seek it out. Thanks
Strife is awesome it's actually one of the first Doom engine games to run on my Nintendo Wii
Wow your videos sound so much different today... you sound so comfortable nowadays and here you sound very measured. Great work! By the way, can you review Disruptor for the PS1? I know I've asked alot but it's a very nostalgic game for me. Thanks!
I wish they made a remake of this.Went through it twice when it came out and 10years later it was so good for its time and always liked playing stealth or seeing if I can take on them all out in public by setting the alarms off,was so cool to have shops and story is cool and it can take different turns depending what you reply to people.
Love your channel mate.
Love your stuff. Keep it up, bud.
Got the shareware / demo of Strife from a magazine's CD back in the late 90s. Good times.
I had this game in 1997. I loved this game
I love your reviews
I keep thinking the music in the background is from ferris bueller's day off.
I lobe this game. When my parents eased off on not allowing me to play games with blood in them some of dad's college buddies who were the source of most of my shareware games when I was a kid and many retail games got me this, Doom II, and Quake. Now if only this had a Shotgun.
Ah, Strife. I had recently played this game. Enjoyed it up to the point where I got to the end and didn’t have enough health to power the Sigil to defeat the last boss.
This game looks nuts! Thanks for your review, I'll have my eye on this one.
Interesting. This looks pretty good for a Doom Engine game. I may check this out on Steam.
Thanks for the heads-up, just picked it up and you we're right it's a good game.
Holy crap this game looks amazing!
I had just hear this one listed among other Doom engine games and since I had never heard of it before I had just shrugged it off as some maybe-okay title, but this looks really amazing!
I remember playing this game a while back when it was abandonedware. I didn't know what the heck I was doing! xD
I'm happy to hear that this veteran edition holds your hand a bit when it comes to mission objectives too. It looks like it runs natively on Linux also! Awesome!
GOG version should be released fairly soon for those who would rather have it there.
I'm assuming you have tried/played Marathon and its sequels, however, have you tried any of its mods? At this point I believe most of the best ones are on the total conversion site (Aleph One), and some of them are pretty interesting (Rubicon is my favorite).
Personally the whole series has been steeped in nostalgia for me, but most people either never played Marathon or do nothing but sing its praises. It'd be enlightening to hear an outside source on the game.
Anyways, great video as always, glad to see more!
Is there a source port? I tried a version of Marathon recently and it just felt a little bit off. Hard to describe what was wrong with it but it didn't feel right.
Gggmanlives There is a good source port of the Marathon trilogy here source.bungie.org/
It's freeware by the way, and it has been since 2005.
PS: If you're planning on review it i'd recommend you'd change the fov. It's one of those games that has a very narrow field of view by default, and there is no way of changing it in the menu.
If you need information on how to change it you can find it on this link.
pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Marathon_Infinity#Field_of_view_.28FOV.29
Looks goods guys, thanks for the links.
wow, I don't know if I had heard of this or not, back in the day I was just playing Doom, Hexen, Heretic, Quake, Duke3D and so on... This game looks bloody awesome!
Just finished this game.
Had played the demo back in the days and thought it had potential, but then you know, better games came out before I had a chance to get it on christmas or something.
I'm glad I went back to it with the veteran edition. Configuring the controls with an Xbone controller was easy if not a bit tedious, but the game itself is fucking great.
Pretty hard at times too.
Aye you actually did it! Thanks man.
"Developed by Rogue Entertainment, who would later develop map packs for Quake II..." Don't forget that they did Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity for Quake 1. In fact, both expansions which they did for the Quake games were "Mission Pack 2." Ground Zero was not as compelling as Dissolution of Eternity, but I liked their weapon and boss ideas. And they also developed Alice with American McGee. Not a bad line up of games.
That game looks like the most fun game that was mixed with 2d sprites and 3d environments
hi. a few subscribers more and soon we will hit 50k. nicely done sonny jim
Why have I never heard of this game? This looks amazing!
I've wanted to try this game for a while but never got the chance. Boxed copies of the game are really, really expensive. Glad to see it on Steam though, and glad to know it's also a very good game.
That was from one of Thunderfoot's videos I believe.
FUCKING.
STRIFE.
This is my legitimate favourite First Person Shooter.
I wish someone made a modernized version of Strife, so that it could fulfill its original vision of being an amazing open-world FPS RPG. If done well, it could effectively compete against the Fallout or Far Cry series.
MOST UNDERRATED GAME EVER. Fuckin loved this game as a kid
This is one of this month's games given to Twitch Prime / Amazon Prime subscribers.
How come this game was never as famous as other games?! This is the first time I am hearing this!
poison bolts kill acolytes in one hit and they are silent the energy bolts are for taking out robots. You missed the mauler I see too in the factory, if you talk to the guys you hear a rumor they got a shipment of maulers in. It's a deadly energy weapon that frys most guys in 1 or 2 shots and has a bfg secondary fire.
I didn't miss anything, I just don't want to give everything away, mate.
The arrow crossbow is a stealth attack to. Thats the way to kill them easily.
Im at the Alien Ship and damn, i see rarely people talking about this game, it's really a very interesting and smart game, with some fast paced action/fast moves and fun rpg elements (like inventory, talking), also different endings.
I suppose it's reall a very underrated classic fps !
I'm not a big fan of the atmosphere (medieval/futurist?...) but the story is really special and cool !
Using grenade launcher on the mecha is delicious :D
I don't remember how, or exactly when, I got this game, but I assume it was in the bargain bin at Best Buy, or one of the couple PC game stores. I remember playing it, and telling my two PC gaming friends about it, but neither of them played it. It was so cool to be playing a fps with a story other than just "bad guys exist, kill them." I don't think I ever beat it, though. I should totally look into the steam version.
(0:40) He's _reeeally_ gonna regret doing that once he comes down off all that PCP
Did you ever play the chronicles of riddick escape from butcher bay? You should definitely review it it's great.
AlbertElijahSag101 Yeah I haven't played the remastered version though.
It's okay, neither have I lol.
I will definitely have to try Strife out.
I saw this and got exited also Ross Scott (acursed farms) did a review type thing on this as well which was great
I was wondering where I could get hold of this. Searched for it on steam a few weeks back and couldn't find it.
Oh I have but i mean it must have just come on steam.
I did, and bought it :)
I've known about this game for a while but never got around to playing it, so i'm grateful for the Steam release. This seems like a game that should've gotten a remake, and not Rise of the Triad.
Anyone notice how the big robots/mechs look like ED-209
Hey man I love your reviews. Would you consider doing reviews on cry of fear and dont sturve?
Starve
Don't Starve isn't an FPS so there's that, but yeah I will do Cry of Fear soon.
hay i forgot about a old hidden gem on the PS2 called Urban Chaos bloody fun game has cheats and bonus levels and well unlockables but ill leave the rest to you.
Strife: Veteran edition runs on the Chocolate Doom engine.
Thanks for another great review !
But I've just got to ask, how did you make Deus Ex look so good ?
Is that a modded version or something ?
Nope that's vanilla, it's just at 1920x1080 resolution.
Still no Requiem review. Sigh...
Other than that, it is a great review. Keep it up, man!
I'd love to play some WAD's with Strife graphics but with Doom game play. I love the Strife aesthetic but sometimes I just want to go from A to B while mindlessly wasting baddies!
Hedon is the game for you
this game is bloody amazing. its neess a reboot. really badly!
May be a dumb thing to notice, but i keep thinking the gun reticle looks like the Xbox 360 X logo. Cool review anyway. Will definitely check this out.
Looks like a really cool game. I might buy that.
Love this game 👍 Still working on it to this day, just patched a bunch of things in the steam version today
why dont you record in widescreen?
mate, ur Australian right? when do u find the time to play those campaigns and make those reviews? is this ur full time job? what is ur job!
regardless, love ur videos. try including more story line details in ur reviews without revealing the endings, would make them even better,
Marshall Mathers I am a freelance videographer/editor. I make the time to play games!
Please review any of the STALKER games. Thank you.
I never played this one before, it looks awesome. I'll have to get that steam version.
wait, a game that is similar to deus ex but set in a doom engine....
and it's not a mod?
I NEED THIS
Anyone else think this game should be remade? If so, who should voice Blackbird?