STRAFE Goes Back to 1996 to the FUTURE to NOW
God bless 1996. The decade that brought us Pogs, slap bracelets, and SURGE cola – the original GAMER FUEL. If Doom is the mother, then STRAFE is its impossibly-fast hellspawn, skittering into the night. Pixel Titans and Devolver Digital have gone back in time to re-rez the slumbering beast, and he is hungry for procedural-generated levels that never stop.
Here’s the plot to the HD-pixelated re-release of STRAFE:
“As a Scrapper on an impossibly dangerous mission at the edge of the galaxy, you only have one life to navigate all the nightmarish terrains of STRAFE. When you die, nothing will ever be the same again. STRAFE is a roguelike first-person shooter pushing the limits of computer-generated photorealism and hardcore sci-fi action into unimaginable territory. With virtually no load times and infinite replayability, just choose your gun and be instantly blown away by face melting speed, endlessly challenging levels, and the upcoming modes like MURDERZONE, SPEEDZONE, and STRAFEZONE.”
The plot is razor-thin, and that’s because it doesn’t matter. You kill, you get bigger guns, you kill more. This is a Quake shooter where speed kills. You gotta be the best, with lighting-fast digits on those keys … or sticks if you’re on PS4. Don’t look back now! If you look back, you’re DEAD!
Even the CFO for Devolver Digital (Fork Parker) has a hint of humor in his official statement: “STRAFE changes everything you’ve ever known or will know about STRAFE. It’s the next generation of the last generation and we’re not all that sure gamers will be able to handle that sort of power.”
You will always need to play with power. The STRAFE team is fully immersed in this 1996 nostalgia, as evident by the movie trailer they released. It is perfectly 1996, right down to the fucking Duncan yo-yo.
If you love Quake, if you are nostalgic for the original Doom, or if you love Minecraft but hate building things and just want to shoot things in the face, you’re gonna love STRAFE.
STRAFE is available now on Steam and Playstation 4.
SOURCE: PRESS RELEASE