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The Raven Project

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The Raven Project
Developer(s)Cryo Interactive
Publisher(s)Mindscape (MS-DOS)
Cryo Interactive (PlayStation)
Composer(s)Jean Michel Toulon
Platform(s)MS-DOS, PlayStation
Release1995: MS-DOS
1997: PlayStation
Genre(s)Action

The Raven Project is a 1995 science fiction action video game developed by Cryo Interactive . for MS-DOS. A port to the PlayStation console was released in 1997.

Plot

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In the distant future, humanity has been enslaved by an alien people and is on the verge of extinction. The player embodies a pilot who joins the human rebellion, hoping to finally push back the invader.

Gameplay

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The Raven Project is a space combat game in the lineage of Star Wars: Rebel Assault from LucasArts released two years earlier. The player controls different gears (spaceships, ground combat robots) in subjective view: the screen displays the cockpit of the craft and the main commands are at the bottom of the screen. The player moves in various environments and must complete a series of missions. The missions are introduced by cinematic scenes shot with real actors.

Reception

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IGN felt the game contained "crappy FMV nonsense".[1] Electric Play thought while the game had a good concept at its core, it was let down by bad execution.[2] Russian technology site Itkvariat thought the game won the hearts and minds of space shooter connoisseurs.[3]

References

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  1. ^ IGN Staff (1996-11-25). "Raven Project". IGN. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  2. ^ "Electric Playground GAME REVIEWS: PC - The Raven Project". 1997-08-04. Archived from the original on 1997-08-04. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  3. ^ "The Raven Project". "ITквариат" - новости, статьи и обзоры из мира Hi-Tech (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-02-23.
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