memories of STRIFE

[Beans00]

One of the first fps games I played as a kid, along with doom, heretic, ROTT, quake, duke 3d ect. When I was too young to understand what to do I just ran around killing shit. Really sweet soundtrack and atmosphere, medieval mixed with futuristic.

It ended up being my favorite early 90s fps. Blasphemy bla bla well it's my opinion. I ended up beating it several times in the early 00's. Probably at least 5 times, I'm not really the type to replay many games. Usually I beat a game, sometimes play on a harder difficulty if that.


Ignore the autist in the video, but that battle scene blew my mind as a kid. quake and duke didnt have anything like that even if they were more technically impressive.

Arsenal is a bit weak, game could probably use a proper shotgun, or some type of punchy single shot rifle in between the mini rocket launcher and grenade launcher.

Notoriously bad sewer level. Funnily enough I replayed strife for the first time in like... ~18-20 years last year and I guess I memorized the sewer so thoroughly as a kid I ran right through it.

It has some very minor rpg elements, shops,small inventory system ect. You periodically get upgrades to health/accuracy/melee damage. Super basic stuff.

I shared my thoughts on the sewer level with my friend JarlFrank when I replayed it.



Civvie 11 reviews it pretty well.



What are everyones thoughts on strife?

 

[Hobo Elf]

Played it for the first time last year. Great game. It does whatever limited RPG progression it has surprisingly competently for an FPS, which is no easy feat.

 

[Tacgnol]

Really enjoyed Strife. Interesting setting and an early attempt at some hybrid gameplay. The RPG elements are pretty light, but still impressive for a 90s doom engine game.

Has that 90s voice acting charm and an energetic soundtrack.

 

[Borelli]

Stopped playing it when i reached the sewers, they were just too painful for me, but until that point the game was great, like Doom with a little RPG thrown in.

 

[Beans00]

Stopped playing it when i reached the sewers, they were just too painful for me, but until that point the game was great, like Doom with a little RPG thrown in.

Its not that bad, let me help you. Trust me. I'm here for you, you can do it.

 

[NecroLord]

One of the first fps games I played as a kid, along with doom, heretic, ROTT, quake, duke 3d ect. When I was too young to understand what to do I just ran around killing shit. Really sweet soundtrack and atmosphere, medieval mixed with futuristic.

It ended up being my favorite early 90s fps. Blasphemy bla bla well it's my opinion. I ended up beating it several times in the early 00's. Probably at least 5 times, I'm not really the type to replay many games. Usually I beat a game, sometimes play on a harder difficulty if that.


Ignore the autist in the video, but that battle scene blew my mind as a kid. quake and duke didnt have anything like that even if they were more technically impressive.

Arsenal is a bit weak, game could probably use a proper shotgun, or some type of punchy single shot rifle in between the mini rocket launcher and grenade launcher.

Notoriously bad sewer level. Funnily enough I replayed strife for the first time in like... ~18-20 years last year and I guess I memorized the sewer so thoroughly as a kid I ran right through it.

It has some very minor rpg elements, shops,small inventory system ect. You periodically get upgrades to health/accuracy/melee damage. Super basic stuff.

I shared my thoughts on the sewer level with my friend JarlFrank when I replayed it.



Civvie 11 reviews it pretty well.



What are everyones thoughts on strife?

Great game.
I really have to replay it, since it's been a really long time...
I remember the sewers being pretty annoying, but then again, the obligatory sewer levels were always annoying in those games back then.
Also had minor roleplay/open world elements.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

When I first played Strife I had immense trouble with the difficulty of the game, the bosses usually one-shotted me.

I was forced to play the game at the easiest difficulty level to have a chance at it... but that way I finally beat it.

Looking back I can tell what was making things hard for me - I wasn't playing it with a mouse. It was probably the last FPS that I didn't play with a mouse.

I played and beat Doom 1 & 2, Heretic and Hexen without a mouse. Highest difficulty, all secrets found.

Strife was the herald of a new age, a tougher age. I needed to Git Gud, or die trying.

 

[NecroLord]

When I first played Strife I had immense trouble with the difficulty of the game, the bosses usually one-shotted me.

I was forced to play the game at the easiest difficulty level to have a chance at it... but that way I finally beat it.

Looking back I can tell what was making things hard for me - I wasn't playing it with a mouse. It was probably the last FPS that I didn't play with a mouse.

I played and beat Doom 1 & 2, Heretic and Hexen without a mouse. Highest difficulty, all secrets found.

Strife was the herald of a new age, a tougher age. I needed to Git Gud, or die trying.

You absolutely must have a mouse to properly play a FPS game.
I never imagined myself not using a mouse.

 

[Beans00]

I played and beat Doom 1 & 2, Heretic and Hexen without a mouse. Highest difficulty, all secrets found.

It's funny you say that, I find all those game except doom 1 to be substantially harder than strife.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

When I first played Strife I had immense trouble with the difficulty of the game, the bosses usually one-shotted me.

I was forced to play the game at the easiest difficulty level to have a chance at it... but that way I finally beat it.

Looking back I can tell what was making things hard for me - I wasn't playing it with a mouse. It was probably the last FPS that I didn't play with a mouse.

I played and beat Doom 1 & 2, Heretic and Hexen without a mouse. Highest difficulty, all secrets found.

Strife was the herald of a new age, a tougher age. I needed to Git Gud, or die trying.

You absolutely must have a mouse to properly play a FPS game.
I never imagined myself not using a mouse.

This only shows how old I am.

CTRL to fire the gun, hold down ALT to strafe sideways.

Makes strafing an absolute bitch.

Nigh-on impossible to do nowadays since they added the Windows-key in 1995.

EDIT: Got it backwards. Corrected.

 

[pOcHa]

 

[Unkillable Cat]

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I had to check. It's real.

Edge is a British gaming mag BTW, been going for 30 years now.

 

[pOcHa]

anyway, can't recommend enough both doom rpgs for mobiles (if you can find them nowadays at all) - how cyberdemon got his techno limbs

wolfenstein rpg is even better - how cyberdemon lost his real appendages

and if you like those, try also the Orcs & Elves mobile games (fantasy themed)

 

[octavius]

My memories of Strife are not very good.
On my first try I messed up the quest involving the Governor and the Chalice.
On my second try, on Normal, I managed to run out of ammo. "This has never happened to me before".
Also I found the level design rather lacking. Too random and most of it not looking like real places.