The Outforce

The Outforce

Developer(s) O3 Games
Publisher(s) Pan Interactive, Strategy First
Engine O3D
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release date(s) 2000
Genre(s) Real-time strategy
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer
Distribution Optical disc

The Outforce is a traditional top-down real-time strategy game played across a battlefield in space. It's the first game from O3 Games, which later became Starbreeze Studios.

Gameplay

The Outforce is a real-time strategy game set in the depths of space. There are three races from which to choose, and more than 120 different units available, including tow ships, phasing units, and self-destructing units. The 3-D environment features a free-floating camera with a variable zoom field. The game's artificial intelligence has a genetic learning algorithm, and the physics system includes pressure waves, elastic collisions, gravity, and push-and-pull force. Up to eight players can battle it out over the Internet or on a LAN.

Reception

The game received an average of 59% at GameRankings.[1]

The game was a success for O3 Games.[2]

References

  1. "The Outforce for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. Pitts, Russ (15 May 2014). "Making Wolfenstein: a fight club on top of the world". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 19 May 2014.

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