<s>
Defiance	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1997	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
American	O
studio	O
Logicware	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Visceral	O
Productions	O
of	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Defiance	B-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
with	O
primitive	O
3D	O
graphics	O
,	O
playing	O
very	O
similarly	O
to	O
Doom	B-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
of	O
Defiance	B-Application
use	O
the	O
2.5D	O
style	O
,	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
make	O
2D	O
graphics	O
look	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Defiance	B-Application
uses	O
technology	O
called	O
Ncircle	O
to	O
make	O
more	O
realistic	O
three-dimensional	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Defiance	B-Application
manages	O
to	O
successfully	O
imitate	O
its	O
insipid	O
color	O
palette	O
with	O
plenty	O
of	O
brown	O
and	O
gray	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
level	O
of	O
Defiance	B-Application
acts	O
as	O
a	O
tutorial	O
stage	O
,	O
introducing	O
several	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
core	O
mechanics	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
thruster	O
,	O
and	O
setting	O
up	O
the	O
plot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
that	O
point	O
on	O
,	O
the	O
levels	O
,	O
which	O
there	O
are	O
13	O
of	O
,	O
play	O
much	O
like	O
Descent	B-Application
(	O
1995	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Defiance	B-Application
received	O
reviews	O
from	O
publications	O
including	O
GameSpot	O
,	O
GameStar	O
,	O
Adrenaline	O
Vault	O
,	O
PC	O
Player	O
,	O
and	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Magazine	O
.	O
</s>
