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MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
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MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

The Press Says

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80
Abandonia
Master of Orion is a true classic in strategy gaming. It by itself spawned a new genre of games. Space exploration games (or 4X games as they are now called) were very popular for a time and many different titles were released some very good. Master of Orion itself to date has gotten two sequels. Master of Orion II (1994) was a very good game that brought many improvements (including multiplayer) but failed to keep the magic of the original. Master of Orion III (2003) was a poor attempt to revive the 4X game genre that has not seen many releases in recent years. Hopefully a fourth game will be made in the future. Its great grandparent certainly deserves it.
78
PC Player (Germany)
Alles in allem hat Master of Orion genug Stärken, um auch langfristig Spaß zu machen. Eine gelungene Mischung aus gehaltvollem Regelwerk und relativ leichter Bedienung plus manierlicher Grafik: ausgefeilte Space Opera mit saftigem Motivationspolster.
67
Svenska Hemdatornytt
Master of Orion är absolut inget spel för den otålige arkadräven.


Our Users Say

Category Description MobyScore
AI How smart (or dumb) you perceive the game's artificial intelligence to be 3.8
Gameplay How well the game mechanics work (player controls, game action, interface, etc.) 4.2
Graphics The quality of the art, or the quality/speed of the drawing routines 3.7
Personal Slant How much you personally like the game, regardless of other attributes 4.2
Sound / Music The quality of the sound effects and/or music composition 3.6
Overall MobyScore (125 votes) 3.9


User Reviews

The pinnacle of 4x gaming, infinitely playable even today, and one of the only empire games that eats formulaic players for breakfast J. P. Gray (79) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Quite simply, the best TBS ever! Jeffrey Graw (60) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Fantastic Cyric (50) unrated
Total Classic William Shawn McDonie Bronze Star Contributing Member (1163) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
A great game. Wolfang (136) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars
Most addicting turn based strategy ever Darryl White (9) unrated
Strategy players looking for a challenge will love it. Yeah Right (61) unrated
A great classic by all standards. Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4476) unrated
An addictive and epic game Jonathon Howard (106) unrated
Space Conquest just got much better MaiZure Bronze Star Contributing Member (113) 4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars

 

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