''The Outforce'' is a traditional top-down
real-time strategy game played across a battlefield in
space
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. It's the first game from O3 Games, which later became
Starbreeze Studios
Starbreeze Studios AB is a Swedish video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher based in Stockholm. The studios's notable games developed include ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay'', ''Payday 2'' and ''Brothers: ...
.
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 "mixed" reviews according to video game
review aggregator
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.
[ Nevertheless, it was a success for O3 Games.]
References
External links
The Outforce on the Strategy First Website
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