Of Orcs and Men
Of Orcs and Men first puts the player into the role of an elite Orc soldier, Arkail, from the legendary legion of Bloodjaws. The legion is a league of warriors deeply involved in the war between the Orcs and…
Of Orcs and Men is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Cyanide Studio, released 11 October 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.29 at Gamesplanet. The main story takes about 9 hrs to finish.
What Of Orcs and Men is
Of Orcs and Men is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Cyanide Studio and released in 2012. It was published by Focus Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Of Orcs and Men is a fantasy action role-playing game developed by Cyanide and Spiders for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The Empire of Men's oppressive threat looms over the territories of the Orcs and the Goblins. Goblins are systematically persecuted and slaughtered, while Orcs not killed in battle are captured and enslaved.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 45 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Of Orcs and Men holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $1.29, that works out to about $0.14 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2 GHZ, 2048 MB RAM and 512 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 AND SHADERS 4.0 COMPATIBLE ATI RADEON HD 3850/NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER. 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 6GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.29 at Gamesplanet, 91% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Of Orcs and Men launched on 11 October 2012, within three weeks of Dishonored, Hotline Miami, XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Assassin's Creed III. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dishonored, Hotline Miami, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Assassin's Creed III.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Of Orcs and Men yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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