<s>
Strife	B-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Strife	B-Application
:	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sigil	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Rogue	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
commercially	O
released	O
standalone	O
PC	O
game	O
to	O
utilize	O
the	O
id	B-Application
Tech	I-Application
1	I-Application
engine	O
from	O
id	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plot	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
world	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
a	O
religious	O
organization	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
The	O
Order	O
"	O
;	O
the	O
protagonist	O
,	O
an	O
unnamed	O
mercenary	B-Application
(	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Strifeguy	O
)	O
,	O
becomes	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
resistance	O
movement	O
which	O
aims	O
to	O
topple	O
the	O
Order	O
's	O
oppressive	O
rule	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strife	B-Application
added	O
some	O
role-playing	O
game	O
elements	O
to	O
the	O
classic	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
formula	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
talk	O
to	O
other	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
world	O
or	O
improve	O
the	O
protagonist	O
's	O
abilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Years	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
retrospectively	O
considered	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
underappreciated	O
in	O
its	O
day	O
,	O
and	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
precursor	O
to	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Strife	B-Application
:	I-Application
Veteran	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
(	O
also	O
dubbed	O
The	B-Application
Original	I-Application
Strife	I-Application
:	I-Application
Veteran	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
)	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Night	O
Dive	O
Studios	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Veteran	O
Edition	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
Amazon	B-Operating_System
Luna	I-Operating_System
on	O
October	O
25	O
,	O
2020	O
and	O
September	O
29	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strifes	B-Application
gameplay	O
is	O
standard	O
for	O
the	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
genre	O
;	O
the	O
action	O
is	O
observed	O
from	O
the	O
protagonist	O
's	O
viewpoint	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
involves	O
combat	O
with	O
the	O
Order	O
's	O
infantry	O
and	O
war	O
robots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
character	O
begins	O
with	O
just	O
a	O
dagger	O
,	O
but	O
more	O
powerful	O
weapons	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
crossbow	B-Application
or	O
a	O
flamethrower	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
fires	O
a	O
weapon	O
while	O
not	O
in	O
a	O
combat	O
situation	O
,	O
it	O
usually	O
sets	O
off	O
an	O
alarm	O
and	O
makes	O
the	O
guards	O
attack	O
the	O
protagonist	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
certain	O
weapons	O
–	O
the	O
dagger	O
and	O
poisonous	O
crossbow	B-Application
bolts	O
–	O
allow	O
attacking	O
enemies	O
stealthily	O
without	O
activating	O
the	O
alarm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
other	O
first-person	O
shooters	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Strife	B-Application
does	O
not	O
follow	O
a	O
linear	O
series	O
of	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
some	O
time	O
after	O
a	O
catastrophic	O
comet	B-Language
impact	O
,	O
which	O
brought	O
a	O
deadly	O
virus	O
onto	O
the	O
planet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
unnamed	O
protagonist	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
wandering	O
mercenary	B-Application
,	O
captured	O
by	O
Order	O
troops	O
near	O
the	O
town	O
of	O
Tarnhill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
several	O
acts	O
of	O
sabotage	B-Device
,	O
the	O
Front	O
proceeds	O
to	O
assault	O
the	O
Order	O
's	O
castle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mercenary	B-Application
wakes	O
up	O
in	O
the	O
castle	O
,	O
now	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
the	O
Front	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
this	O
end	O
,	O
the	O
mercenary	B-Application
visits	O
a	O
knowledgeable	O
being	O
called	O
"	O
The	O
Oracle	O
"	O
,	O
who	O
reveals	O
that	O
the	O
next	O
fragment	O
is	O
being	O
held	O
by	O
another	O
of	O
the	O
Order	O
's	O
leaders	O
,	O
The	O
Bishop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
trusts	O
Macil	O
and	O
kills	O
the	O
Oracle	O
(	O
acquiring	O
a	O
Sigil	O
fragment	O
it	O
was	O
holding	O
)	O
,	O
he	O
receives	O
another	O
task	O
from	O
Macil	O
:	O
to	O
deactivate	O
a	O
factory	O
,	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
comet	B-Language
's	O
impact	O
site	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
Order	O
is	O
turning	O
captured	O
people	O
into	O
"	O
bio-mechanical	O
soldiers.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
killing	O
Loremaster	O
and	O
thus	O
acquiring	O
the	O
final	O
Sigil	O
piece	O
,	O
he	O
uses	O
the	O
Sigil	O
to	O
unlock	O
a	O
door	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
comet	B-Language
's	O
impact	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mercenary	B-Application
kills	O
it	O
with	O
the	O
Sigil	O
;	O
its	O
death	O
means	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
Order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mercenary	B-Application
kills	O
the	O
Oracle	O
and	O
,	O
with	O
all	O
five	O
fragments	O
of	O
the	O
Sigil	O
now	O
in	O
his	O
possession	O
,	O
heads	O
to	O
the	O
alien	O
ship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strife	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
Cygnus	O
Studios	O
,	O
the	O
creators	O
of	O
Raptor	B-Application
:	I-Application
Call	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Shadows	I-Application
,	O
for	O
id	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cygnus	O
Studios	O
was	O
already	O
working	O
on	O
another	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
role-playing	O
game	O
,	O
The	O
Second	O
Sword	O
,	O
utilizing	O
the	O
older	O
ShadowCaster	B-Application
game	O
engine	O
by	O
id	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
id	O
Software	O
asked	O
Cygnus	O
Studios	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Doom	B-Application
engine	I-Application
and	O
requested	O
that	O
the	O
studio	O
be	O
relocated	O
to	O
Texas	O
from	O
Chicago	O
while	O
they	O
were	O
still	O
developing	O
Raptor	B-Application
so	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
new	O
title	O
for	O
id	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
studio	O
agreed	O
and	O
after	O
relocating	O
,	O
the	O
studio	O
no	O
longer	O
wanted	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
The	O
Second	O
Sword	O
and	O
the	O
title	O
was	O
dropped	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
working	O
on	O
Strife	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cygnus	O
Studios	O
worked	O
on	O
Strife	B-Application
for	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
following	O
Raptor	B-Application
being	O
finished	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
soon	O
internal	O
conflicts	O
arose	O
and	O
employees	O
split	O
off	O
from	O
Scott	O
Host	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
founder	O
of	O
Cygnus	O
Studios	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
re-located	O
back	O
to	O
Chicago	O
and	O
Strife	B-Application
was	O
essentially	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
group	O
of	O
employees	O
then	O
founded	O
Rogue	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
resumed	O
development	O
on	O
Strife	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
commercially	O
released	O
standalone	O
PC	O
game	O
to	O
utilize	O
the	O
id	B-Application
Tech	I-Application
1	I-Application
engine	O
from	O
id	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
official	O
support	O
ended	O
,	O
game	O
engine	O
recreations	O
of	O
Strife	B-Application
were	O
created	O
by	O
Doom	O
source	O
port	O
developers	O
through	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notably	O
authors	O
were	O
Jānis	O
Legzdiņš	O
(	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
Doom	O
source	O
port	O
Vavoom	O
)	O
,	O
Randy	O
Heit	O
(	O
author	O
of	O
ZDoom	O
)	O
,	O
Samuel	O
Villarreal	O
(	O
author	O
of	O
SvStrife	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
James	O
Haley	O
(	O
author	O
with	O
Samuel	O
Villareal	O
of	O
Chocolate	O
Strife	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Except	O
for	O
the	O
last	O
,	O
these	O
allow	O
for	O
high	O
resolution	O
graphics	O
modes	O
,	O
better	O
mouselook	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
expanded	O
modding	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strife	B-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
Night	O
Dive	O
Studios	O
coordinated	O
the	O
digital	O
re-release	O
of	O
Strife	B-Application
as	O
Strife	B-Application
:	I-Application
Veteran	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
(	O
or	O
The	B-Application
Original	I-Application
Strife	I-Application
:	I-Application
Veteran	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
)	O
,	O
after	O
acquiring	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
had	O
been	O
lost	O
by	O
Rogue	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
a	O
derivative	O
of	O
the	O
Chocolate	O
Doom	O
subproject	O
Chocolate	O
Strife	B-Application
was	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
engine	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
original	O
programmers	O
being	O
contracted	O
to	O
do	O
additional	O
coding	O
for	O
the	O
re-release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
Strife	B-Application
:	I-Application
Veteran	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
was	O
made	O
available	O
under	O
GNU	B-License
GPL-2.0-or-later	I-License
on	O
github.com	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
Strife	B-Application
:	I-Application
Veteran	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
by	O
Night	O
Dive	O
Studios	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Veteran	O
Edition	O
was	O
subsequently	O
released	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
on	O
October	O
25	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Amazon	B-Operating_System
Luna	I-Operating_System
on	O
September	O
29	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strife	B-Application
received	O
quite	O
positive	O
reviews	O
upon	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
took	O
note	O
of	O
the	O
novel	O
gameplay	O
:	O
unlike	O
most	O
previous	O
first-person	O
shooters	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Doom	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
cooperate	O
with	O
friendly	O
characters	O
in	O
Strife	B-Application
,	O
while	O
killing	O
everyone	O
in	O
sight	O
ends	O
badly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strifes	B-Application
graphics	O
were	O
overall	O
rated	O
poorly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewers	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
using	O
the	O
obsolete	O
Doom	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
which	O
they	O
considered	O
especially	O
jarring	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
more	O
modern	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Duke	B-Application
Nukem	I-Application
3D	I-Application
or	O
Quake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
CyberMage	B-Application
:	I-Application
Darklight	I-Application
Awakening	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
of	O
jeuxvideo.com	O
recommended	O
Strife	B-Application
for	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
fans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
Cobbett	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
his	O
"	O
Saturday	O
Crapshoot	O
"	O
series	O
;	O
he	O
considered	O
Strife	B-Application
to	O
be	O
an	O
underappreciated	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
believed	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
not	O
aged	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paul	O
Dean	O
likewise	O
concluded	O
that	O
Strife	B-Application
did	O
not	O
receive	O
the	O
attention	O
it	O
deserved	O
back	O
in	O
its	O
day	O
,	O
and	O
encouraged	O
readers	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
journalists	O
compared	O
Strife	B-Application
to	O
the	O
later	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
,	O
a	O
more	O
commercially	O
successful	O
attempt	O
to	O
combine	O
the	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
formula	O
with	O
role-playing	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
