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▲{{quote| ''[[Private Military Contractors|You are a wandering mercenary]], led to the small town of Tarnhill by rumors of conflict between The Order, a well-equipped [[Religion of Evil|religious]] [[The Empire|dictatorship]], and The Front, [[La Résistance|the rag tag resistance movement]]. While searching for The Front you decided to take a brief rest somewhere that you thought was safe. The Order acolytes have been rounding up all suspicious characters in the area. Yes, you happen to be one of them. What they didn't expect, though, is the knife you keep concealed for situations just like this one...''}}
A comet struck the planet, unleashing a virus that ran rampant and killed countless human beings. Those that were infected and survived began to hear the voice of a malevolent god known as The Entity in their minds, and began to worship it. They formed a cult known as The Order and began their conquest of the planet, using technology far superior to those outside The Entity's sway. Their brutal reign lead to the creation of The Front, a resistance movement dedicated to overthrowing The Order that, as of recently, has been stymied by their lack of manpower and The Order's technological advantage.
[[It's Up to You|Until you came along, of course
Released in 1996 by Rogue Entertainment, ''Strife'' is the last commercial game to use ''[[Doom]]'s'' game engine (Now officially known as ''idTech 1''). It featured hub-based levels and small [[RPG Elements]] such as cutscenes, dialogue trees, shops, a rudimentary leveling system and an actual, relevant plot. Unfortunately it never received much attention or commercial success due to it using a more "primitive" engine compared to what was out at the time, plus it was overshadowed by [[Quake (Video Game)|another game that was slated to be released a month later]].▼
▲Released in 1996 by Rogue Entertainment, ''Strife'' is the last commercial game to use ''[[Doom]]'
''Strife'' is currently considered [[Abandon Ware]] due to Rogue Entertainment no longer existing, and can be played on modern operating systems using the [http://www.zdoom.org ZDoom] source port.▼
▲''Strife'' is currently considered [[
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* [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts]]: The quartermaster at The Front base will give you a few magazines of assault rifle bullets if you run out, but aside from that, don't expect any hand-outs from him. Or from the citizens that you're trying to save from the evil empire/cult, for that matter.
* [[Apathetic Citizens]]: The locals don't particularly seem to care that a heavily-armed individual is wandering in and out of buildings that ''rather coincidentally'' end up suffering either catastrophic destruction or massive death tolls. For that matter, neither do
* [[Apocalypse How]]: {{spoiler|Losing to the [[Final Boss]] results in all human life being wiped out
* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: While you do have allies, The Front's soldiers are only about as competent as The Order's. Which is about as competent as a ''Doom'' zombie soldier. In other words, not very.
** Particularly bad/laughable in that they'll do things that they themselves warn the player ''not'' to do in NPC conversations. "Whatever you do, don't stand too near the big robot with the flamethrower--oh hey, it's a big robot with a flamethrower, I'll just run right up to it so I can't miss my shots!"
* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: Pulled off by the [[Player Character]] a couple of times.
* [[BFG]]: The Mauler, a combination energy supershotgun and radial plasma bomb launcher.
* [[Bifurcated Weapon]]: The Sigil, [[IKEA Weaponry|some assembly required]]. Any given piece functions perfectly fine as a weapon, it grows more powerful the more pieces are combined.
* [[Black Comedy]]: "First they slaughter thousands, then they want all able bodied peasants for unspecified... tests. How does The Order expect me to keep the peace? What the hell do you want?" Seems like nothing special, but the skill with which the Governor's
** Also of note. "I took this ID from the corpse of some fool who fell into the Reactor's Cooling Pit, Blat. Instant Deep Fry."
* [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]: The punch dagger, although it is held in the hand.
* [[But Thou Must!]]: Most of the time, when someone asks you to do something you basically have two options: "Yes, I'll do it" and "I'll get back to you on that." Except of course for the times when you have three options: "Yes, I'll do it," "I'll get back to you on that" and "no, I won't do it, but please cause dozens of guards to spawn in and shoot me dead so I learn my lesson." Noticeably, it is possible to make the game unwinnable doing this. Harris's mission comes to mind (see [[Moon Logic Puzzle]] below).
▲* [[Cast From Hit Points]]: The Sigil.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: ''"Fight for the Front and freedom! Move out!"'', given by Macil after sending you on your latest mission.
* [[Climax Boss]]: The Programmer. Up until now, you've been setting things up so that it's possible to attack the castle, which is an enormous [[Disc One Final Dungeon]].
* [[Crate Expectations]]: Well ''duh'', what kind of game do you think this is?
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: A lot of the bosses after The Programmer seem to fall into this category, at least before {{spoiler|the Spectres erupt from their bodies, forcing you to kill them with
* [[Cute and Psycho]]: Blackbird. At times, she's a bit ''too'' enthusiastic about watching you gun down dozens of enemy troops and explode critical infrastructure...
* [[Cycle of Hurting]]: Averted. ''Doom
* [[Dead All Along]]: {{spoiler|Attacking
* [[Death Course]]: The Training Facility.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: {{spoiler|You know The Entity? Malevolent godlike being
* [[Disintegrator Ray]]: The Mauler. The first NPC who brings it up even introduces it as "the weapon that disintegrates
* [[Dressing
* [[Dummied Out]]: Going through the .wad files reveal several unused resources, such as graphics for a gas grenade and some bits of voice acting that were never used.
* [[Evil Empire]]: The Order.
* [[Evil Weapon]]: The Sigil. Made by an evil god? Check. Created to corrupt the people of the world into evil desires? Check.
* [[Fire-Breathing Weapon]]: The flamethrower.
* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]: Shopkeepers and major plot-essential
* [[Grappling Hook Pistol|Grappling Hook Arm]]: Used by one of the bosses to fling you around the arena in which you fight him. Not that painful on its own, but when you consider that you're probably standing on a tall ledge when you're fighting him, well...
* [[Heroic Mime]]: Averted. While he only grunts, screams and lets out the occasional "nope" when pushing on a wall, the Mercenary is fully capable of communicating with other people via dialogue windows... you just don't ''hear'' him say anything.
* [[Kill'Em All]]: {{spoiler|This happens when you lose to the [[Final Boss]]
* [[Kill It
** There's also white phosphorous grenades available for the grenade launcher.
* [[La Résistance]]: The Front. With whom you fight for freedom. Move out.
* [[Ludicrous Gibs]]: Thanks to the good old ''Doom'' engine.
* [[Man in
* [[Megaton Punch]]: With enough stamina implants, you can punch people so hard, they explode into a shower of meat.
* [[Mission Control]]: Blackbird, your [[Voice
* [[Mook Maker]]: Inverted
** There is one other good use for them. Unlike your assault rifle shots, their gunfire won't set off alarms. If you set a trio of beacons off in the middle of Tarnhill, you can wreak havoc on the local guards without prompting waves of reinforcements to teleport in.
** Played straight by the Conversion Chapel: this is where all The Order's troops come from. Humans go in the huge machine, and partly-robotic Acolytes come out.
* [[Moon Logic Puzzle]]: A man at the tavern asks you to steal a chalice from
** Notably, doing this early on makes the game unwinnable since
* [[Multiple Endings]]:
** You'll know you're screwed out of the good ending if {{spoiler|Blackbird is the Entity}} when you reach the last level.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: The
* [[No Fair Cheating]]: Probably not outright intentional
** Warping to the final boss directly will automatically get you the worst ending, since you haven't triggered the condition to get the better ending. Not to mention the final boss is immune to everything but the Sigil, which isn't given to you by the All Weapons Cheat.
** Cheating to get the Sigil earlier than you should can leave you locked out of the game, since holding the sigil automatically moves the Front Base to the castle, and the gates to the castle are locked at the beginning of the game.
* [[NPC]]: Notable in that an early FPS game featured NPCs that aren't trying to kill you: peasants, shopkeepers
* [[Orcus
* [[Poisoned Weapons]]: In addition to the standard electric bolts, the crossbow can fire poison bolts, which are a [[One-Hit Kill]] to organic targets.
* [[Power Crystal]]: A decent amount of Order equipment seems to run on these. [[Stuff Blowing Up|They all tend to make rather satisfying explosions when you shoot them
* [[
* [[Save Game Limits]]: On release, you had only ''one'' save slot. You could save as often as you wanted, but good luck if you saved next to a boss while being low on health or ammo. Even the producers found this to be too harsh, and removed the limit in a later patch.
* [[Schizo-Tech]]: Medieval-looking towns and castles full of robot guards and armories where crossbows (with electrified bolts) and flamethrowers sit side-by-side? Sure, works for me.
* [[Script Breaking]]: The game can be painfully easy to break. From minor and recoverable things like going back to break the illicit power tap (and failing a mission you've already completed) to major things like killing the Sigil piece holders in the wrong order, which makes the game [[Unwinnable]]. There's only two 'official' sequences, one for the happy ending
* [[Sigil Spam]]: Literally. ''Thrice''. The Order loves plastering the Sigil on everything. You can [[Spam Attack|spam]] [[Just for Pun|the Sigil]] until it kills you. Finally, the end boss can ''only'' be hurt by the Sigil. Hope you brought plenty of health kits!
* [[Sleazy Politician]]: "I've heard that he is selling children to
* [[Standard FPS Guns]]:
** Knife: Punch dagger. Stamina upgrades turn it into the Chainsaw.
** Pistol: Crossbow. Electric bolts are the weakest weapon in game. Poison bolts allow for stealth kills.
** Shotgun/BFG: Mauler. Fires in a spread and completely
** Automatic: Assault rifle.
** Rocket launcher.
** Grenade launcher.
** Flamethrower.
** BFG/Gimmick: The Sigil. Clears rooms and required
* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: The Sigil, quite obviously. Heck, the game is even titled ''Strife:
▲* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Macil.}}
* [[Trick Arrow]]: Electric bolts are the default, pistol-like, ammo for the crossbow.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: The player in the bad ending, where it turns out {{spoiler|Blackbird was The Entity all along}}.
* [[Useless Useful Stealth]]: On the one hand, the basic humanoid (non-boss) enemies will normally only be alerted if you use any weapon other than your punch dagger or the crossbow's [[One-Hit Kill|poison bolts]]. But on the other hand, robotic enemies will always go pursue regardless. [[Rule of Three|But on the other, other hand]], many areas where getting through without a fight would be useful have alarms that will be set off simply by entering the place, or be filled with robots. Plus, poison bolts deal no damage whatsoever to robotic enemies (or [[Demonic Spiders|Templars]] either), killing them requires either a noisy weapon or getting up close. Both choices tend to be painful.
** Although if the Templar is attacking you, you already set off the alarm.
* [[Video Game Flamethrowers Suck]]: Acts a little differently than most game flamethrowers due to the limits of the ''Doom''
* [[Villains Act, Heroes React]]: Inverted. The Front is the active side of the struggle, while
* [[The Virus]]: It spread when the comet crashed. Those who don't outright die from it mutate. The mutations make them hear The Entity's voices in their heads, as well as causing their bodies to rot and decay at an accelerated rate. It's the reason behind everyone in The Order being either Cyborgs or [[Man in
* [[Voice
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Doom]]'' meets ''[[Star Wars]]''.
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