<s>
Soviet	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
is	O
a	O
helicopter-based	O
shooter	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
1996	O
and	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
Strike	O
games	O
which	O
began	O
on	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
with	O
Desert	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
:	I-Application
Return	I-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
Gulf	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soviet	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
is	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
first	O
installment	O
for	O
a	O
32-bit	B-Application
console	I-Application
and	O
was	O
first	O
conceived	O
as	O
32-bit	O
Strike	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
on	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
intended	O
for	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
console	I-Device
,	O
before	O
development	O
changed	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soviet	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
is	O
set	O
after	O
the	O
disintegration	O
of	O
the	O
Soviet	O
Union	O
,	O
and	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
fictionalised	O
Russia	O
,	O
Eastern	O
Europe	O
and	O
around	O
the	O
Caspian	O
Sea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
features	O
a	O
more	O
realistic	O
enemy	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
and	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
received	O
the	O
game	O
positively	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
,	O
while	O
commentary	O
on	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
difficulty	O
was	O
more	O
mixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Store	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
November	O
11	O
,	O
2009	O
and	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soviet	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
is	O
a	O
helicopter-based	O
shooter	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
includes	O
two	O
hidden	O
power-up	O
weapons	O
:	O
doubled	O
machine	O
guns	O
and	O
Maverick	O
missiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soviet	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
employs	O
a	O
relatively	O
realistic	O
,	O
fluid	O
virtual	O
battlefield	O
and	O
sophisticated	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
,	O
which	O
will	O
put	O
in	O
motion	O
set	O
pieces	O
even	O
if	O
the	O
protagonist	O
has	O
not	O
arrived	O
to	O
take	O
part	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
antagonists	O
are	O
former	O
KGB	B-Application
Chairman	O
Uri	O
"	O
Shadowman	O
"	O
Vatsiznov	O
,	O
Ireki	O
dictator	O
Sadissa	O
Savak	O
,	O
and	O
disgraced	O
Soviet	O
scientist	O
Dr	O
Grymyenko	O
Ukrainian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
tape	O
,	O
Clinton	O
is	O
unaware	O
that	O
STRIKE	O
prevented	O
a	O
civil	B-Application
war	I-Application
in	O
Mexico	O
in	O
1982	O
which	O
could	O
have	O
turned	O
the	O
country	O
into	O
a	O
secret	O
Warsaw	O
Pact	O
member-state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
Soviet	O
Union	O
leaves	O
a	O
power	O
vacuum	O
in	O
Eastern	O
Europe	O
that	O
former	O
KGB	B-Application
Chairman	O
Uri	O
Vatsiznov	O
,	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
mission	O
(	O
which	O
is	O
supposedly	O
north	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
battle	O
area	O
where	O
Desert	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
took	O
place	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
and	O
Amad	O
join	O
forces	O
with	O
a	O
militia	O
run	O
by	O
Amad	O
's	O
relatives	O
in	O
stopping	O
Ireki	O
troops	O
from	O
capturing	O
an	O
abandoned	O
Soviet	O
chemical	O
weapons	O
plant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
mission	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
Moscow	O
,	O
with	O
Shadowman	O
's	O
unleashing	O
his	O
minions	O
in	O
the	O
KGB	B-Application
,	O
the	O
military	O
and	O
the	O
Russian	O
mafia	O
in	O
attempting	O
a	O
coup	O
against	O
President	O
Boris	O
Yeltsin	O
's	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soviet	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
began	O
development	O
as	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
under	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
of	O
32-bit	O
Strike	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strike	B-Application
series	I-Application
creator	O
Mike	O
Posehn	O
assisted	O
in	O
early	O
programming	O
and	O
the	O
design	O
but	O
otherwise	O
did	O
not	O
wish	O
to	O
work	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
large	O
team	O
,	O
necessitated	O
by	O
the	O
move	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
advanced	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
already	O
spent	O
several	O
months	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
,	O
decided	O
to	O
rework	O
it	O
instead	O
as	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
game	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
clear	O
that	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
's	O
demise	O
was	O
inevitable	O
;	O
an	O
additional	O
two	O
years	O
 '	O
labor	O
time	O
was	O
the	O
result	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3D	O
engine	O
-	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Road	O
Rash	O
3DO	B-Device
team	O
-	O
used	O
satellite	O
images	O
of	O
real	O
topography	O
,	O
imposed	O
on	O
polygonal	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
predecessors	O
,	O
Soviet	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
features	O
only	O
a	O
helicopter	O
-	O
albeit	O
with	O
power-ups	O
in	O
some	O
levels	O
-	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
also	O
abandoned	O
the	O
unpopular	O
on-foot	O
levels	O
found	O
in	O
Urban	O
Strike	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
aimed	O
to	O
include	O
more	O
humour	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
other	O
additions	O
being	O
voice-overs	O
and	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
later	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
featured	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
changes	O
:	O
an	O
optional	O
easy	O
difficulty	O
setting	O
(	O
providing	O
the	O
player	O
with	O
twice	O
the	O
fire-power	O
and	O
slower	O
fuel	O
consumption	O
)	O
,	O
adjustable	O
brightness	O
on	O
the	O
heads-up	O
display	O
;	O
two	O
hidden	O
powerful	O
weapons	O
;	O
hundreds	O
of	O
bug	O
fixes	O
from	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
;	O
extra	O
sound	O
effects	O
added	O
to	O
helicopters	O
;	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
graphics	O
of	O
control	O
and	O
menu	O
screens	O
and	O
compass	O
;	O
and	O
more	O
improvised	O
fuel	O
added	O
to	O
level	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
's	O
then-recent	O
analogue	B-Device
controllers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
further	O
sequel	O
,	O
Nuclear	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soviet	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
has	O
an	O
aggregate	O
review	O
score	O
of	O
76.30	O
%	O
on	O
Gamerankings	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
release	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
five	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameFan'''s	O
Saturn	B-Device
review	O
summarised	O
the	O
graphics	O
as	O
"	O
first-rate	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
Russian	O
magazine	O
Great	O
Drakon	O
also	O
praised	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
called	O
the	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
stylish	O
,	O
and	O
praised	O
the	O
acting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
compared	O
the	O
FMV	O
to	O
Desert	O
Storm	O
if	O
reported	O
by	O
MTV	O
,	O
saying	O
its	O
"	O
hip	O
new	O
attitude	O
"	O
was	O
"	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
charm	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
said	O
the	O
sequences	O
"	O
spice	O
up	O
the	O
proceedings	O
a	O
fair	O
bit	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
,	O
GameFan	O
noted	O
a	O
poorer	O
quality	O
of	O
FMV	O
than	O
in	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gerstmann	O
said	O
it	O
consisted	O
of	O
"	O
a	O
raw	O
collection	O
of	O
messy	O
operations	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
Edge	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
"	O
inventiveness	O
"	O
-	O
saying	O
it	O
"	O
makes	O
Soviet	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
"	O
-	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
variety	O
added	O
by	O
the	O
games	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
said	O
the	O
"	O
real-time	O
,	O
living	O
battlefield	O
enhances	O
the	O
urgency	O
of	O
the	O
missions	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
involvement	O
"	O
and	O
also	O
noted	O
"	O
practically	O
no	O
load	O
time	O
"	O
.GameFan	O
complained	O
of	O
a	O
high	O
difficulty	O
and	O
a	O
steep	O
curve	O
,	O
long	O
levels	O
which	O
return	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
the	O
beginning	O
should	O
he	O
die	O
,	O
infrequent	O
opportunities	O
to	O
repair	O
armour	O
and	O
the	O
enemies	O
 '	O
tendency	O
to	O
attack	O
the	O
player	O
from	O
beyond	O
his	O
limited	O
viewpoint	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
thankful	O
for	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
's	O
optional	O
easier	O
difficulty	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
reviewer	O
said	O
revisiting	O
levels	O
to	O
discover	O
missed	O
set	O
pieces	O
aided	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
longevity	O
;	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
had	O
"	O
some	O
reservations	O
"	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
replay-value	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
5	O
missions	O
,	O
but	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
very	O
playable	O
and	O
enjoyable	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
GamePro	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
load	O
of	O
fun	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gerstmann	O
criticised	O
the	O
poor	O
scrolling	O
,	O
erratic	O
motion	O
and	O
imprecise	O
control	O
,	O
Great	O
Drakon	O
praised	O
the	O
controls	O
,	O
while	O
GameFan	O
noted	O
they	O
had	O
improved	O
in	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excuse	O
me	O
for	O
gushing	O
,	O
but	O
when	O
you	O
come	O
across	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
's	O
as	O
fun	O
to	O
play	O
as	O
Soviet	B-Application
Strike	I-Application
,	O
and	O
great	O
looking	O
,	O
you	O
really	O
sit	O
up	O
and	O
take	O
notice.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
called	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
worthy	O
addition	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
and	O
also	O
noted	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
later	O
reflected	O
that	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
was	O
somewhat	O
better	O
but	O
nevertheless	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edge	O
summarised	O
:	O
"	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
fairly	O
well-engineered	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
four-year-old	O
Strike	B-Application
series	I-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
retains	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
but	O
updates	O
the	O
graphics	O
to	O
true	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
