Strider
Strider Hiryu, the original assassin that inspired many third person action titles returns in a completely new game for a new generation of gamers as he takes on the Grand Master Meio. Use an arsenal of moves…
Strider is an adventure developed by Capcom Osaka, released 18 February 2014 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It currently starts at $4.28 at Gamesplanet.
What Strider is
Strider is an adventure game developed by Capcom Osaka and released in 2014. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Slayer.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a dystopian future ruled by the tyrannical Grandmaster Meio, the elite ninja organization known as the Striders dispatches its most skilled assassin to end his reign. That agent is Hiryu, a master of stealth and swordsmanship, sent alone into the sprawling, heavily fortified metropolis of Kazakh City to carry out his deadly mission. Slipping past the Grandmaster's forces, Hiryu must cut a path through legions of soldiers, machines, and lethal defenses that stand between him and his target. Retelling the core saga of the Strider legend, the tale follows one lone warrior's relentless infiltration of an oppressive empire, as he draws ever closer to a confrontation with the ruthless despot…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 30 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Strider series
Strider is the ninth of 13 entries we hold in the Strider series. It arrived 2 years after Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. The next entry was Project X Zone 2 in 2015. Its critic score of 78 is almost exactly the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes at 80.
How it was received
Strider holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 88 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550, 2.83GHz / AMD Phenom II X3 720, 2.8GHz / Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-8350K CPU @ 4.00GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 3400G with Radeon Vega Graphics 3.7GHz or higher, 8 GB RAM and ATI Radeon HD 5770 / GeForce GTX 460 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 / Radeon (TM) RX 460 Series or higher. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 4GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.28 at Gamesplanet, 71% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Strider launched on 18 February 2014, within three weeks of South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Hearthstone and The Last of Us: Left Behind. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Hearthstone, The Last of Us: Left Behind.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Strider yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Characters
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