Starbase Orion Reviews – Page 11
5/5 rating based on 125 reviews. Read all reviews for Starbase Orion for iPhone.
Starbase Orion is paid iOS app published by Chimera Software, LLC
Over and over and over...
Zoewrex
Been playing this game off and on for years. It stays on my iPad while most other games come and go! Pay once, play forever. This is the type of game I cherish! Great game and not just a money grab by a third rate programmer! Works even without an Internet connection.
Great Game!!!
Mike-aaaaaaaaa
Super fun and addicting game. There is one annoying glitch that I keep encountering; at times I get a notification that a "planetary expansion" is available for a planet that I already colonized. The notification keeps coming up every couple turns. When I select the notification to colonize the planet it sends me to a blank screen. I don't think there is any way to end the notifications. Other than that a great game.
Strategy at its finest. This is an epic game. Full stop.
Manny theMiner
Great turn based strategy game. The nuisances of custom race selection and building order create a challenging, dynamic game board that calls for you to keep trying new combinations... Do you research new technology and attempt to use scientific advances to your benefit or do you crank up the industry in an attempt to simply overwhelm your opponents with your ship numbers? Combat is a game within the game once you start considering the various weapons systems and attack patterns. How quickly do you expand to nearby star systems? So many different styles of gameplay. Online multiplayer gameplay is great and the forum community really helpful. I love this game... Takes me back to Classic PC strategy and I'll be playing this one for years to come!
True MoO2 successor!
Coriens
An awesome rendition of MoO2. I've logged more time in this game than any other iOS game!
Looking for a Well Done game? You got it.
Johnnyboy756
I've had the game for little over a year now, and it's been my best purchase on the iPhone. Plays like a AAA strategy game, that allows a ton of different play styles. This game is a must have. The developers listen to their audience, and update frequently. Make sure to try Online!
good, still needs work
Jkz1qe
I'm not going to be as over the top as some reviewers- I'm going to try to be as objective as possible to help interested buyers. Its main strength is simply this: if you miss Master of Orion, this is the iOS game for you. It's a pretty above-average recreation of the game, and once you get into it a little, you'll probably not regret the app purchase. Still a few bugs to work out or weaknesses: it's not an absolute re-creation, so be prepared to accept a few new ways of doing things (and the occasionally silly names for things). Planetary expansion bug- if you choose it and there's no planet to expand in the system, you'll get an annoying "opportunity" message for the rest of the game but will never be able to expand. Also- if you negotiate nonaggression pacts with neighbors and then start to build really big empires with lots of ships, money, etc., at some point the game just locks up and cant go forward. Thats the most annoying bug to date. One other thing- there are many games in which the AI is so aggressive you can't enjoy empire-building because you're pretty much at war from Turn 2. This makes some games boringly one-dimensional, and those are the ones I just quit. How about adjustable AI so that you can still have your scraps, but at least enjoy other parts of planet development first?
Old time MOO2 Fan
CrimsonTiger2
I'm so happy this game was recreated for IOS. Now I've lost more countless hours trying to take over the Galaxy. A few points that I like and do not like: I've come across a few bugs like in one system being able to create one too many system expansion settlements so each round I'd get a message about being able to expand in the system with the unusable expansion with no way to correct it. I'm hoping the developers read this so and have a new release coming out. There are other items that I think could use some work. The races are limited in comparison to MOO2. If you play with 7 contending races you'll have duplicate races. I do love the fact that you can create your own specialized race picking from the different attributes. Nicely done. I also like there are choices in the layout of the Galaxy. Adding a feature to randomize the Galaxy would also be nice. MOO2 should have been on a touchscreen from the start (if the tech existed then). Orion is how the game should be played.
My favorite game
Desele
I've had this game for over a year. I've played it multiple times, and it's still my favorite game. Great relay value.