O.R.B.: Off-World Resource Base (Windows)

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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.

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Alternate Titles

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

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Critic Reviews

GameSpy	Dec 30, 2002		80
Armchair Empire, The	Dec 16, 2002	8 out of 10	80
PC Zone Benelux	Jan, 2003	77 out of 100	77
Gamesmania.de	Mar 07, 2003	76 out of 100	76
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Apr 21, 2003	74 out of 100	74
PC Action (Germany)	May, 2003	72 out of 100	72
ActionTrip	Nov 18, 2002	70 out of 100	70
Gameplay (Benelux)	May 30, 2003	70 out of 100	70
Joystick (French)	Feb, 2003	6 out of 10	60
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Mar, 2003		40

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Trivia

O.R.B.: Off-World Resource Base was supposed to be released before Homeworld was. In fact, it was in development before development on Homeworld started. However, due to some unforeseen problems the game was pushed repeatedly until late 2002.

Related Web Sites

• O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base (Official website)
• Strategy - O.R.B.: Off-World Resource Base (Strategy First's product page)