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4/5
Player reviews
86% positive22 reviews
Runs on
Windows
Price
US$9.99

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2000 · Starbreeze Studios · Real-time strategy · Strategy

The Outforce

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.

Released
2000
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Real-time strategyStrategy
Developers
Starbreeze Studios
Publishers
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Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Science fiction
Engine
O3D
Country
Sweden
Age ratings
ESRB T

About

The Outforce is a 2001 top-down real-time strategy game played across a battlefield in space. It is the first game from O3 Games, which later became Starbreeze Studios.

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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 or average" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. Nevertheless, it was a success for O3 Games.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows25 September 2000Europe · North America 9 January 2001

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