Windows

O.R.B.: Off-World Resource Base

Description

Long ago a great empire spanned the stars until it collapsed. The worlds of this empire fell into an intergalactic dark age and forgot their past. In the Aldus solar system, spaceflight has been regained. Two different races, the Malus and the Alyssians, both venture out into space for the first time and encounter one another. Due to fragmented legends among both races, they soon grow distrustful of one another and declare war. However the Alyssians and Malus are weak in resources, having been confined to their planets for so long, and so it's important for both sides to establish Offworld Resource Bases.

O.R.B. is a 3D real-time strategy game, similar in gameplay to Homeworld. The player must build up bases and oversee the collection of resources in space. These can then be used to construct new vessels and spaceships as well as research additional abilities. Asteroids and planets can provide a strategic advantage in the positioning of forces. The player can assign movement and combat orders to individual units or as a group.

Alternate Titles

• "家园外传：星际原动力" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "О.Р.Б." -- Russian spelling

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The Press Says

GameStar (Germany)	Jan, 2003	81 out of 100	81
Armchair Empire, The	Dec 16, 2002	8 out of 10	80
Withingames	Aug 18, 2003	4 out of 5	80
Strategy Informer	Aug 05, 2003	7.8 out of 10	78
PC Zone Benelux	Jan, 2003	77 out of 100	77
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Apr 21, 2003	74 out of 100	74
PC Games (Germany)	May 27, 2003	73 out of 100	73
ActionTrip	Nov 18, 2002	70 out of 100	70
Jeuxvideo.com	Jan 28, 2003	13 out of 20	65
Joystick	Feb, 2003	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

ORB was supposed to be released before Homeworld was. In fact it was in development before development for Homeworld started. However, due to some unforeseen problems the game was pushed repeatedly until late 2002.