Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares

StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares
IDs
IDSteam
68410980
84
Critic rating
8.8
User rating
HowLongToBeat
Main9.68h
Extra17.17h
100%22.93h
Summary

Master of Orion 2 also known as MOO2 is considered the classic 4x turn based strategy game set in space. The game has a kind of cult status and even by to days standards is still only matched in game play by very few of its competitors.

Storyline

Long before the time in which the game is set, two extremely powerful races, the Orions and the Antarans, fought a war that devastated most of the galaxy. The victorious Orions, rather than exterminate the Antarans, imprisoned them in a pocket dimension before departing the galaxy, leaving behind a very powerful robotic warship, the Guardian, to protect their homeworld. Some time after the game starts, the Antarans, having broken out of their prison dimension, begin to send increasingly powerful fleets against the players' colonies, to destroy them rather than to invade. The only way they can be stopped is to carry the battle to their home universe through a Dimensional Portal.

Developers
Simtex
Publishers
MacSoft GamesWargaming.netMicroProse Software, Inc.
Genres
StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms
DOSMacPC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes
MultiplayerSingle player
Perspectives
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
aliensspacespace strategy

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