The Outforce is a 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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The Outforce
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Developer(s)O3 Games
Publisher(s)Pan Interactive, Strategy First
EngineO3D
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
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Genre(s)Real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
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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.

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Metacritic56/100[2]
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GameSpot7/10[3]
GameZone7/10[4]
IGN6.5/10[5]
PC Zone55%[6]
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The game received "mixed" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[2] Nevertheless, it was a success for O3 Games.[7]

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