The Raven Project
{{Short description|1995 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
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| title = The Raven Project
| image = The_Raven_Project_DOS_Cover_Art.jpg
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| developer = Cryo Interactive
| publisher = Mindscape (MS-DOS)
Cryo Interactive (PlayStation)
| composer = Jean Michel Toulon
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| platforms = MS-DOS, PlayStation
| released = 1995: MS-DOS
1997: PlayStation
| genre = Action
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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
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
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
IGN felt the game contained "crappy FMV nonsense".{{Cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/1996/11/26/raven-project|title=Raven Project|author=IGN Staff|date=1996-11-25|website=IGN|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-23|archive-date=2018-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223111017/http://www.ign.com/articles/1996/11/26/raven-project|url-status=live}} Electric Play thought while the game had a good concept at its core, it was let down by bad execution.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elecplay.com/pc/ravenpro.html|title=Electric Playground GAME REVIEWS: PC - The Raven Project|date=1997-08-04|access-date=2018-02-23|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970804205022/http://www.elecplay.com/pc/ravenpro.html|archivedate=1997-08-04}} Russian technology site Itkvariat thought the game won the hearts and minds of space shooter connoisseurs.{{Cite news|url=https://itkvariat.com/soft/games/226-the-raven-project.html|title=The Raven Project|work="ITквариат" - новости, статьи и обзоры из мира Hi-Tech|access-date=2018-02-23|language=ru}}
References
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External links
- {{MobyGames|id=/raven-project}}
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Category:Cryo Interactive games
Category:PlayStation (console) games
Category:Space combat simulators
Category:Video games about alien invasions
Category:Video games developed in France
Category:Video games set in the future
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