''The Outforce'' is a 2001 top-down

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game played across a battlefield in

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. It is the first game from O3 Games, which later became

Starbreeze Studios Starbreeze AB is a Swedish video game developer and publisher based in Stockholm. The studios's notable games developed include '' The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay'', ''Payday 2'' and '' Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons''. Founde ...

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

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. Nevertheless, it was a success for O3 Games.

References

External links

The Outforce on the Strategy First Website
* 2001 video games Multiplayer and single-player video games Real-time strategy video games Starbreeze Studios games Strategy First games Video games developed in Sweden Video games set in outer space Windows games Windows-only games {{strategy-videogame-stub