Master of Orion
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Master of Orion is a strategy developed by NGD Studios, released 25 August 2016 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Master of Orion is
Master of Orion is a strategy game developed by NGD Studios and released in 2016. It was published by WG Labs. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars is a science fiction turn-based strategy 4X game. It is the fourth game in the Master of Orion series and a reboot of the series, developed by Argentina-based Nimble Giant Entertainment and published by Wargaming. The game was released on Steam Early Access on February 26, 2016, with a full release planned on Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux later in 2016.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 102 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Master of Orion holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 3,250 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 2.2 GHz, 2 GB RAM and nVidia 240, ATI 4650, Intel Integrated HD 4000 or better. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Master of Orion launched on 25 August 2016, within three weeks of No Man's Sky, Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: No Man's Sky, Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Master of Orion yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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