The Outforce

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.

The Outforce
Developer	O3 Games
Publishers	Pan Interactive, Strategy First
Engine	O3D
Platform	Microsoft Windows
Release	NA: 4 January 2001[1]
Genre	Real-time strategy
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer

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

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	56/100[2]

Review scores

Publication	Score
GameSpot	7/10[3]
GameZone	7/10[4]
IGN	6.5/10[5]
PC Zone	55%[6]

The game received "mixed or average" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.^[2] Nevertheless, it was a success for O3 Games.^[7]