title: The Raven Project
text: # The Raven Project
  
  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". Electric Play thought while the game had a good concept at its core, it was let down by bad execution. Russian technology site Itkvariat thought the game won the hearts and minds of space shooter connoisseurs.
  
  