Разработчик: Strategy First
Описание
In the Aldus system, two orphaned races slowly evolved on two separate planets. Both
races believed that they were unique and alone in the universe.
They were soon to find out that they were neither unique nor alone.
Features:
One-of-a-kind dynamic universe - multiple solar systems alive with planets, moons,
orbits, asteroid belts, debris fields and extraordinary spatial environments.
Two fully developed races with their own campaigns, unique strategies and technologies.
Campaign editor and tools, complete with the ability to script your own scenarios,
event triggers, campaigns and cut-scenes.*
Epic fleet combat with a wide variety of vessels and specialized units.
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP
- Processor: PIII / Athlon 600 MHz or higher
- Memory: 128 MB RAM
- Graphics: 3D Video Card w/ 16 MB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 8.1
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible Sound Card
Отзывы пользователей
A high quality tutorial, well-design 3D tatics mechanism, but graphic is quite old-fashioned, you can hardly buy a game with such completeness in nowadays.
ORB is an ancient game from 2002. It's a whopping 22 years old at the time of this review. The game lacks support for any modern gaming display resolutions (or widescreen monitors), hasn't been modernised or updated to run smoothly on modern gaming PCs. Despite this lack of modernisation, it carries a pretty high price tag for such an ancient game. This seems to have been put on Steam as a nostalgia gouge, or just a cash grab to try profit from abandonware.
The game itself had huge potential, being somewhat of a ripoff of Homeworld, but this is a seriously starved gaming genre. This might even be a decent candidate for a remake. But as it is, it's Homeworlds very poor cousin, and nowhere near as good to play. The Homeworld 1+2 remasters would be a better choice for gamers.
While you can set the game resolution, it only supports 4:3 aspect ratio, it's not really acceptable in this day and age and playing games pillarboxed is not something I could ever tell gamers they should do. It's enough to fail this for any positive recommendation. Also the UI and game assets are seriously dated. We sometimes take it for granted how nice UIs are on modern games. ORB will certainly act as a reminder.
The game never really caught on with the millions of gamers on Steam, with a very low peak player count close to launch, and then just a handful of players launching this game every couple of days. This is undoubtedly caused by factors such as those raised in this review. It's always helpful with buying decisions to consider how popular and successful the product is, and unfortunately while this did accumulate a few participation trophy reviews, overall, people just aren't using it.
So, should you buy this game? Is this one of the best of the 100,000+ games on Steam?
ORB is relatively expensive for an abandonware nostalgia gouge, at $4 USD, and it's not worth it. The game is just too old, hasn't been modernised. And as the old saying goes, you can't go home again. Even when it was new, this was never a triple-A game. This is the kind of game that went almost directly from the warehouse into the cheap bargain bins at the front of the shop. Now, on Steam, without any modernisation? This is impossible to recommend. This is also competing with over 11,000 free games available on Steam, many of them far better than this paid product.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Strategy First |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 18.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 67% положительных (63) |