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The Original 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.

80 12 December 2014 ESRB M

The Original Strife: Veteran Edition is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Rogue Entertainment, released 12 December 2014 on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 9 hrs to finish.

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What The Original Strife: Veteran Edition is

The Original Strife: Veteran Edition is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Rogue Entertainment and released in 2014. It was published by Limited Run Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on id Tech 1. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 20 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

The Original Strife: Veteran Edition holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 9 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.0 GHz Processor, 256 MB RAM and 100% DirectX compatible graphics. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

The Original Strife: Veteran Edition launched on 12 December 2014, within three weeks of Tales from the Borderlands, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, The Talos Principle and Resident Evil. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Tales from the Borderlands, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, The Talos Principle, Resident Evil.

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The Original Strife: Veteran Edition — frequently asked questions

When did The Original Strife: Veteran Edition come out?
The Original Strife: Veteran Edition was released on 12 December 2014 for Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for The Original Strife: Veteran Edition?
At minimum, The Original Strife: Veteran Edition needs 1.0 GHz Processor, 256 MB RAM, 100% DirectX compatible graphics graphics, 500 MB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat The Original Strife: Veteran Edition?
The main story of The Original Strife: Veteran Edition takes around 9 hrs.
How many GB is The Original Strife: Veteran Edition?
The PC version needs about 0.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("500 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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