Editing Strife (1996 video game) (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| GR = 72%{{r|gamerankings}}
| CGSP = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=cgm>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050418055607/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/009/125/strife_review.html | url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/009/125/strife_review.html | title=''Strife'' | author=D'Aprile, Jason | work=[[Computer Games Magazine | Computer Games Strategy Plus]] | archive-date=April 18, 2005 | date=1996 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
| CGW = {{Rating|3|5}}{{r|clarkson1996}}
| GSpot = 7/10{{r|blevins1996}}
| NGen = {{Rating|3|5}}{{r|nextgen1996}}
| rev1 = ''PC Games''
| rev1Score = B<ref name=pcgamesrev>{{cite magazine | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961018103343/http://www.pcgamesmag.com/games/Aug96/strife896.html | url=http://www.pcgamesmag.com:80/games/Aug96/strife896.html | title=''Strife'' | magazine=PC Games | author=Olafson, Peter | date=August 1996 | archive-date=October 18, 1996 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

''Strife'' received very positive reviews upon its release. Reviewers took note of the novel gameplay: unlike most previous first-person shooters, such as ''Doom'', the player must cooperate with friendly characters in ''Strife'', while killing everyone in sight ends badly.{{r|clarkson1996}}{{r|blevins1996}}{{r|mrjedi1997}}{{r|alex1996}} Some reviews praised the story,{{r|clarkson1996}}{{r|blevins1996}}{{r|werner1996}} but the reviewer in ''[[Next Generation Magazine|Next Generation]]'' criticized it for being too linear and the choices being illusionary.{{r|nextgen1996}}

The voice-acting in the game was generally rated positively;{{r|blevins1996}} in particular, the voice and personality of Blackbird was praised by some reviewers,{{r|clarkson1996}}{{r|werner1996}} with [[GameSpot]]'s Tal Blevins describing her voice as "sexy".{{r|blevins1996}}

''Strife''{{'}}s graphics were overall rated poorly. The reviewers criticized the game for using the obsolete ''Doom'' engine, which they considered especially jarring when compared to more modern games such as ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]'' or ''[[Quake (video game)|Quake]]''.{{r|clarkson1996}}{{r|blevins1996}}{{r|przyjemski1997}}{{r|kayteck1996}} However, the hand-drawn illustrations which appear during dialogues and [[cutscene]]s were generally considered to be of good quality.{{r|blevins1996}}{{r|alex1996}} Some reviewers doubted the novelty of the gameplay, pointing out that similar ideas were already used in e.g. ''[[CyberMage: Darklight Awakening]]''.{{r|kayteck1996}}{{r|przyjemski1997}} Limiting the player to a single [[saved game|savegame]] slot was also criticized, especially since making a wrong decision could make the game [[unwinnable]].{{r|nextgen1996}}{{r|clarkson1996}}

Years after its release, retrospective reviews of the game were more positive. The reviewer of [[jeuxvideo.com]] recommended ''Strife'' for first-person shooter fans.{{r|zizzlamazon2012}} Two articles about the game were published on the [[PC Gamer]] website. Richard Cobbett described the game in his "Saturday Crapshoot" series; he considered ''Strife'' to be an underappreciated game, but believed that it had not aged well.{{r|cobbett2013}} Paul Dean likewise concluded that ''Strife'' did not receive the attention it deserved back in its day, and encouraged readers to play the game.{{r|dean2013}} Both journalists compared ''Strife'' to the later ''[[Deus Ex (video game)|Deus Ex]]'', a more commercially successful attempt to combine the first-person shooter formula with role-playing elements.{{r|cobbett2013}}{{r|dean2013}}