Strife: Veteran Edition

Hailed as the original FPS-RPG game that spawned countless imitators, Strife: Veteran Edition is a love letter to the classic from 1996.

Strife: Veteran Edition is a rpg, action and fps game developed by Rogue Entertainment and published by Nightdive Studios.
Released on December 12th 2014 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 594 reviews of which 536 were positive and 58 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 1.99€ on Steam and has a 80% discount.

The Steam community has classified Strife: Veteran Edition into these genres:

RPG Action FPS Classic Retro 1990's Boomer Shooter Sci-fi Shooter First-Person Singleplayer Immersive Sim Action RPG Old School Multiplayer Open World Story Rich Cult Classic Atmospheric Adventure

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7
Processor: 1.0 GHz Processor
Memory: 256 MB RAM
Graphics: 100% DirectX compatible graphics
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 500 MB available space
Sound Card: 100% DirectX compatible onboard / dedicated device

MacOS

OS: OS X 10.9
Processor: 1.0 GHz Processor
Memory: 256 MB RAM
Graphics: 3D graphics card or onboard graphics compatible with OpenGL
Storage: 500 MB available space
Sound Card: 100% CoreAudio compatible card or onboard sound

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Processor: 1.0 GHz Processor
Memory: 256 MB RAM
Graphics: 3D graphics card or onboard graphics compatible with OpenGL
Storage: 500 MB available space
Sound Card: Any ALSA supported card on onboard audio

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

The last commercial game made with the Doom engine (one month before a little indie title called Quake), Strife mixes light RPG elements with the usual Doom gameplay, and the result is quite impressive for the time, imho. The beginning says it all: you escape from a prison cell after punching a couple guards to death, a nearby NPC gives you a crossbow and tells you to kill a prisoner that's going to spill the beans to the Order about the Resistance. Then you turn the corner and see a tavern, a destroyed city hall and a couple shops down the road that sell ammo and supplies. Again, on the Doom engine. The shooting is what you'd expect, but now you get objectives to complete instead of hitting an Exit button and levels are naturally interconnected. You can find and earn money to use in the aforementioned shops, there's some rudimentary stealth (only the fist and the poison bolts are considered silent) and you increase your health and accuracy by progressing through the game. The arsenal is fine and kinda interesting, with a couple weapons also having a secondary ammo type. The most interesting one is probably the Sigil, which evolves and becomes stronger throughout the game, although it using your health as ammo means it can't be used willy-nilly. There's also a bad ending you can get! It's kinda obvious which choice will lock into it, so don't worry about accidentally screwing your save file. I'd advise not taking it your first time through, since it skip, like, one third of the game. Nightdive also added one little thing: there are now 3 talismans hidden throughout the game. Collecting them gives you a permanent Berserk effect for your fist , which is a cool reward even if it's only obtainable during the last leg of the game. As for the negatives, the crossbow sucks: it's slow, not hitscan and the alternative ammo only works on one type of enemy. The sewer level is also annoying, being a confusing maze of gray bricks and green toxic water where it takes a while to get your bearings. Besides that, it's a fun experience and one last hurrah for the Doom engine. Go for it!

Oct. 2024

A trail blazing FPS mixing light RPG elements with an intriguing story, side quests, and some rough edges. Recommended if you like action RPGs or classic FPS's, and don't mind pixelated graphics and some sprawling maps. It may have had a dated engine by the time of its release, yet being more mature now, I can appreciate what they were trying to do. It really feels like going first person in a 16-bit-era RPG, yet with real-time combat. The comic styling helps add to the charm, IMO anyway. Tips: Save often, don't be afraid to use several slots per mission, and no shame in consulting a map or walkthrough since maps can be tightly packed and confusing. Cheats are included, and can help to explore hazardous areas like the sewer when you're low on env suits, then you can reload a pre-cheat save once you know the way.

Oct. 2024

I love this game. I have a hard time accurately judging things these days because nostalgia is so strong with games I grew up playing. I loved this game when I was a kid, but it was too difficult for me. I finally beat it as an adult and I loved every minute of it. It's a FPS RPG, but it's simple. Games these days are too convoluted for me. This feels more like a classic run and gun FPS, but with a purpose.

March 2024

Bomb a.. game. It was a banger in the 90's. It played flawlessly. Loved playing it as a kid then, just as much now. As an adult now with a son now the same age as I was when I played it back then, it was cool to see him say "Wow that game looks cool, can I play that?!" A great game that has withstood the test of time. A+ from me

Feb. 2024

Strife was really pioneering as an early RPG-shooter hybrid like a proto-Deus Ex and it mostly succeeds. Big, expansive levels and some of the more creative designs I've seen in a Doom-engine game from the 90s. Where things fall apart is just a generally bland selection of enemies, poor feedback resulting in your health and armor pool just getting shredded faster than a room of Blood cultists, and an absolutely terrible back end where it kind of feels like they gave up and just made a bland final stage loaded with the hardest bad guys. I tentatively recommend this game as a curio to your Doom-engine journey, it only barely skates by on my recommendation for hardcore fans only.

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-80% 9.99€ 1.99€

8.4

536

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Developer

Rogue Entertainment

Publisher

Nightdive Studios

Release 12 Dec 2014

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