Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20140221183807/@comment-1496755-20140228220248

Has any of you played Strife?

It's based on the Doom engine, yet introduces a lot of new and interesting features, e.g. hub gameplay, objective-driven levels, stealth, money & merchants you can buy stuff from, the ability to upgrade player stats (health and accuracy), inventory items, and (most importantly) conversations with NPC's. In fact, choices you make during these conversations can affect the gameplay.

It has plenty of hot action and bloodshed (like Doom) and some puzzle-solving (like Her/Hex), plus a cool story and nasty surprises from time to time. Your enemies include fanatical cult members, cybernetic horrors, killer droids and other deadly military machines.

It seems like an underdog, but I really enjoyed playing it a few years ago. Give it a try, if you can. You will have two options - DOSBox or ZDoom/GZDoom. Both work perfectly :)

(Yes, I know Death doesn't like sprites, but the gameplay more than compensates for this flaw.)