With Duke Nukem 3D, Doom, Doom II, Ion Fury, and even DUSK soon coming to the console as well, Strife: Veteran Edition will be a great addition to your Switch library if you’re into old-school FPS titles. Though the idea of having Strife on the Switch is great, as the Switch is already home to a decent library of retro shooters as it is. Still it very clearly influenced games like Deus Ex and is still fun to play. And we are still waiting for a release date. Strife was an incredible game back in its day, simultaneously ahead of its time with the hybrid FPS RPG mechanics and moral choices but also outdated thanks to the Doom engine.
Nothing specific has been shared on the Switch version yet. And now Nightdive is bringing this version to the Switch. Strife: Veteran Edition launched in 2014, and brought some new life to Strife with an enhanced engine. Nightdive Studios eventually picked up the rights to the game and did a proper remaster of the game. So the original game eventually ended up being spread around for free.
And nobody was sure who owned the rights to it.
Getting a legit copy was difficult as the game’s scarcity made physical copies insanely expensive. Strife lingered in a bit of legal limbo for years.
