Nuclear Strike

Nuclear Strike is a shooter video game developed and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation in 1997. The game is the sequel to Soviet Strike and the fifth part of the Strike series, which began with Desert Strike on the Sega Genesis. The development team of Soviet Strike also developed Nuclear Strike. EA released a PC version the same year; THQ developed and released a Nintendo 64 version called Nuclear Strike 64 in 1999. Nuclear Strike is a helicopter-based game in which action gameplay is supplemented with strategy elements. The plot revolves around an elite special forces unit - the player's allies - pursuing a nuclear-armed rogue spy in a fictional Asian setting. The engine of the predecessor has been kept, but some changes have been made to improve the graphical performance and make the game more accessible. The game features 15 playable vehicles, a big increase over the previous games. Besides the fictional main Apache, there are other helicopters, jets, tanks and a hovercraft. The player also commands ground troops in occasional real-time strategy sections. The game received positive, negative, and mixed reviews. Reviewers criticized a weak storyline, but GameSpot dismissed this as unimportant for an action game. GameSpot called the graphics - which make use of special hardware such as 3Dfx Voodoo graphics cards and the N64 Expansion Pak - "as good as it gets," while Allgame called them "decent" and Daily Radar called them "terrible." Reviewers praised the full-motion video as well as the music and sound effects. The reviewers liked the straightforward gameplay, but some complained about the close resemblance to the predecessor Soviet Strike and therefore questioned the game's value.