Starbase Orion - (by Chimera Software) - Universal App

[missalexis]

Anyone found it on the US store?

[Ayjona]

Originally Posted by Egoyan

Thanks a lot for the impressions Ayjona. Sounds absolutely fantastic. I can't wait to get my hands on it...

While I must admit that some of my impressions are tempered by the lack of similar titles for iOS, and therefore, some of the adjectives I use ("deeply strategic", "complex" etc) should be put into the context of an iOS game, after the first few trial runs, the initial impression of Starbase Orion possibly being the most advanced strategy game for the platform seems to hold up and true I know for certain there is nothing in the realm of asynchronous multiplayer titles that can even begin to compare in terms of depth and micromanaging goodness...

Originally Posted by undeadcow

Can anyone confirm the presence of quality single player skirmish/campaign/etc?

I suppose that depends on what you are looking for. There doesn't seem to be a particular story to the single player campaign, much like running a randomized game of Civ IV, but the campaign is there, and it can be customized with universe size (and thus campaign length), number of AI opponents, and difficulty.

More options for single player campaign customization would be very welcome, hintedihinthintnudgenudge, Chimera Software

[ojtitus]

Originally Posted by missalexis

Anyone found it on the US store?

I haven't found it either and I've tried searching directly and through the developers page. No luck yet.

[missalexis]

Originally Posted by ojtitus

I haven't found it either and I've tried searching directly and through the developers page. No luck yet.

Ack. Stayed up late! Grrr...guess I'll have something to look forward to tomorrow.

[ojtitus]

Originally Posted by missalexis

Ack. Stayed up late! Grrr...guess I'll have something to look forward to tomorrow.

It isn't available in the New Zealand store anymore either, I think it got released early accidentily. The developer mentioned in the up-coming thread that the game was coming out wednesday, so I think it's really coming out tomorrow night but I could be wrong. I guess we'll see.

[MunkieSuthorn]

Originally Posted by ojtitus

It isn't available in the New Zealand store anymore either, I think it got released early accidentily. The developer mentioned in the up-coming thread that the game was coming out wednesday, so I think it's really coming out tomorrow night but I could be wrong. I guess we'll see.

Biggest disappointment of the evening. Has anyone on the TA staff said anything about the odd Tuesday release of titles?

[Ayjona]

Originally Posted by MunkieSuthorn

Biggest disappointment of the evening. Has anyone on the TA staff said anything about the odd Tuesday release of titles?

Heh, yes, considering that Warm Gun is a mess, Starbase Orion, in spite of all its brilliance, does have some oddly apparent textual errors, and Forever Drive has "xxxxxxxxxxx" in place of all descriptive text for cars, it almost seems as if Apple forcibly released the thursday-is-funday releases a few days early, with bugs and erros as an added bonus

[Felonious Tub]

Just got a quick question about credits. What's it for exactly? I've got a fair bit of it and thought it was for buying ships but when I build a new ship, my credits don't seem to go down. I haven't found anything that makes it go down.

[Trev1]

I been thinkin about this baby all day...being a big Acendency fan..Have to admit im pretty crushed...first time i forced my eyes open in awhile after workin all damn day just to search for this for 15 min...O well more to buy on WED ....anyone care to share how the battle system works?

[TheGribble]

According to their website, this should be released on Wednesday along with iOS 5.

Mad thing is I'm due a 4S on Friday and was excited about that until I heard about this game, now suddenly this seems much more important...