O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base

A Homeworld-like strategy in 3D space with a strong emphasis on strike craft and formations and different resource gathering mechanic. If you're wandering what that means, play Homeworld first and decide if you like this type of game since it is more polished and less difficult in general. Give it a try if you want something like Homeworld series but played them to death. A comprehensive in-game lore encyclopedy is a nice bonus.

I had a retail copy of this game many years ago. It did a lot of things right that never got adopted by other RTS's unfortunately. If you're looking for this game to be Homeworld, then just play Homeworld. Otherwise, play this and enjoy everything that it is.

Very well balanced with a good tutorial

Впервые, я поиграл в O.R.B. в далёком 2006 году, и честно говоря, я не справился с этой игрой. Однако тянуть меня в эту отличную космическую RTS не прекращало. Но потом, я забыл о ней. И какое же было моё удивление, когда я нашёл её в магазине Steam и не задумываясь, тут же приобрёл. Я отношусь к фанатам Homeworld, но O.R.B. меня привлекает не меньше. Игры только концепцией похожи друг на друга, единственное, что их объединяет - это то, что они обе космические стратегии в реальном времени. В остальном это совершенное разные игры. В O.R.B. своя стратегическая составляющая, свой уникальный геймплей, и эта игра не заслуженно осталась в стороне затерявшись на фоне Homeworld 2. И всё же, фанатам космических RTS я рекомендую не проходить мимо данной игры, если вы наткнулись на неё. Потратить пару часов на освоение местной механики, отставить сравнения и воспринять O.R.B. такой какой она есть. Поверьте, игра не оставит равнодушным.

Simple yet slightly interesting story. Meh everything else. Half of the missions bugged, AI is dumb as hell. no diversity in units or tactics - just build biggest units in big numbers etc. If you seek something Homeworld like - this is not it. - mediocore music (often glitch) - mediocore visuals (aside from backgrounds and debries) - mediocore story (logs) - no rock\paper\shotgun system in place - bigger IS better - full of bugs

[h1]Bad Game Do Not Buy[/h1] This game is best described as a worse version of Homeworld 1 (The original not remastered edition). The main failing is the camera controls. Your camera is controled by mouse movement while holding a certian key down, but you can only go in 1 direction at a time. i.e. only up and down OR left and right OR forwards and back. This makes navigating the 3D environment VERY dificult. Throw in a poorly designed techtree, bad unit pathing, bad fighter AI, incrediby slow gameplay, weird controls/hotkeys and you get ORB. Don't buy this game if you're looking for a 3D space RTS, go look for a better one like Homeworld.

Not too horrible for a Homeworld knockoff. Some to the good, some to the bad. Graphics were great for its day (old game, don't expect much by modern standards), ship physics were not very well refined. Asteroid-based play concept was interesting. Too many missions emphasized stealth without making it really possible to sneak. A decent play. Mediocre in its day, not horrible. Better with some user-performed tweaking. Recommended, yes, but not strongly. If you're seriously into sci-fi Homeworld-style games, you should play it. This one definitely does NOT transcend its genre, however. At all.