STRAFE

 PC
User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 42
  3. Negative: 16 out of 42

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  1. Kaprawiec
    Jun 28, 2018
    0
    I love devolver games but... well lets start with this: we got games with awesome graphics like Destiny 2. You want it to look like 1996? Well, sorry but Quake 1 looked way better, enemies and weapons weren so lazy designed. This looks at best like Doom 1/Duke Nukem 3D but without 100x more details like destructible environment from DN3D.
    Mechanics? We got plenty of gameplay styles with    I love devolver games but... well lets start with this: we got games with awesome graphics like Destiny 2. You want it to look like 1996? Well, sorry but Quake 1 looked way better, enemies and weapons weren so lazy designed. This looks at best like Doom 1/Duke Nukem 3D but without 100x more details like destructible environment from DN3D.
    Mechanics? We got plenty of gameplay styles with polished mechanics like Quake Champions, DOOM, Halo, Destiny, Battlefield, COD etc. All way better, all way more playable.
    Roguelike? Hell we got games like Ziggurat which makes all what STRAFE wants to do but just better/more interesting.
    I really wanted to like this game. But its clunky af. Why railgun doesnt shoot straight like it should? Why there is no point to the story? DN3D, Blood, Requiem Avenging Angel, Half Life, Sin, Kingpin etc. all had some more/less interesting background for destruction. Hell, even Quake had SOME story.
    So saying its like 1996 again is just missleading - games back then werent like STRAFE.
    And ffs - they ALL had multiplayer.
    After half of my first run (on 3 ord 4th floor) I got bored to the point I wanted it just to end. Enemies were so ugly NOT like QUAKE or any games from that period at all - sometimes I wasnt even sure whats shooting at me. Some flying blob. Yeah like we had so simple models in games back then - no they looked fine. As a sum of it I ended the run, and deleted the game forever.
    Devolver You dissapointed me big time here its Your first title I just cant recommend to anybody.
    If it were released back in 1996 it would still get poor ratings, just like the one it gets now.    … Expand
  2. Nero77710
    May 10, 2017
    0
    The game wanted to be an "old school shooter" with roguelike elements.
    A win win for me, cause I love these shooters and I love roguelikes.
    But this game is just trash. It fails to feel like an old school shooter and even as a standard roguelike shooter, it's just the most terrible I've played. I really was hyped for this game, but some mechanics and design decisions are just    The game wanted to be an "old school shooter" with roguelike elements.
    A win win for me, cause I love these shooters and I love roguelikes.

    But this game is just trash.
    It fails to feel like an old school shooter and even as a standard roguelike shooter, it's just the most terrible I've played.
    I really was hyped for this game, but some mechanics and design decisions are just completely nonsensical.    … Expand
  3. Xxdaniels751xX
    May 13, 2017
    3
    What a nuisance I took. I do not know what to expect as water from May, but surely one expects something good if you love that classic generation of FPS ... and well, the bugs theme completely discards the purchase for its normal price. We will see in the future, but it does not give me any good thorn.
  4. Gaisericus
    Feb 1, 2020
    4
    It had potential and unfortunately performance issues exist that don't make sense given the intentionally dated visuals. It's somewhat enjoyable though.

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64

Mixed or average reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 39
  3. Negative: 5 out of 39
  1. The Games Machine
    Oct 24, 2017
    79
    STRAFE is an engaging and captivating roguelike with a solid, 90's FPS gameplay (and graphics), tailored for fans of the "old school" genre. The procedural maps are well designed and varied, and the idea of having a single, moddable weapon throughout the game is pretty unique. The recently released Millenium Edition fixes a lot of bugs and adds some new game modes.
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  2. Gameplanet
    Aug 11, 2017
    60
    Strafe isn't bad, but there are many better ways to satiate your nostalgia for '90s FPS titles.
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  3. Eurogamer Italy
    Jul 13, 2017
    70
    Quotation forthcoming.
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