Apocalypse How: Losing to the Final Boss results in all human life being wiped out. 
Annoying Arrows: The pistol-crossbow, at least, when loaded with electric bolts. He will also ignore you if you head towards the Sanctuary's river entrance, barely five metres away (fortunately for the plot). The guard outside the Sanctuary's front door will strongly object if you try to get in that way, but won't bat an eyelid if you come out of that door. However, acolytes will attack if they see you attacking a comrade. Hell, you can shoot people with poison arrows and punch them to death in plain sight of their friends or allies and most of the time they won't even move. For that matter, neither do the Order troops standing guard just outside. Apathetic Citizens: The locals don't particularly seem to care that a heavily-armed individual is wandering in and out of buildings that rather coincidentally end up suffering either catastrophic destruction or massive death tolls. 
For a man of medicine, the Front medic is fairly stingy with medical supplies as well, refusing to patch you up unless you've been injured to a certain threshold - the same threshold that automatically uses healing items, if you let the game handle your healing for you. Or from the citizens that you're trying to save from the evil empire/cult, for that matter. Adam Smith Hates Your Guts: The quartermaster at The Front base will give you a few magazines of assault rifle bullets if you run out, but aside from that don't expect any hand-outs from him. This game features examples of the following tropes: 
Despite this, it was eventually rediscovered by fans of 90's shooters and became something of a Cult Classic. Unfortunately it never received much attention or commercial success due to it using a more "primitive" engine compared to what was out at the time, and it was overshadowed by id's latest technology-advancing game that was slated to be released a month later. It featured hub-based levels and small RPG Elements such as cutscenes, Dialogue Trees, shops, a rudimentary leveling system and an actual, relevant plot. Released in 1996 by Rogue Entertainment, Strife is the last commercial game to use id Software's Doom Game Engine (now officially known as id Tech 1).
Their brutal reign lead to the creation of The Front, a resistance movement dedicated to overthrowing The Order that, as of recently, has been stymied by their lack of manpower and The Order's technological advantage. They formed a cult known as The Order and began their conquest of the planet, using technology far superior to those outside The Entity's sway. Those that were infected and survived began to hear the voice of a malevolent god known as The Entity in their minds, and began to worship it. A comet struck the planet, unleashing a virus that ran rampant and killed countless human beings.
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