Master Of Orion 3 (Jewel Case)

by Atari

Product Features

• Choose to play one of 16 races, or create your own
• Pick a strategy - Will you use oppressive force to crush all who question you, or will you use negotiation skills to scheme & plot against your foes?
• Research and design exotic ships to expand and conquer
• You'll be amazed at the colossal space battles you'll wage in Real-time
• Control the shadows - Use espionage, assassination, disinformation and other dark deeds to earn a chair at the Galactic Council

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00061I9SS
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: December 14, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,920 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Masters Of Orion III places you at the Head of a galactic empire, and dares you to expand it successfully! You must wear every hat -- economist, general, diplomat, administrator, and even spy - all to make sure the Empire grows & grows. Manage policies that deal with social problems, military issues, slavery, race matters and more See if you have the razor-sharp mind and iron will it takes to forge a galactic empire!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An Honest Opinion, May 1, 2006

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just a gamer (mesa , az) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Master Of Orion 3 (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

Well, most people who have reviewed this game has determined that it is not quite up to par to its predecessor Masters of Orion II however; after I played both of those games I must admit I like MOO III over MOO II and here's why. While MOO II is more beginner friendly and has a very good interface the game over all lacks the detail that MOO III has. Example as such is that in MOO II you can only have 6 variant of ships EVER! Where as in MOO III you can have as many variants of ships as you like as well as ground troops are organized in better ways a long with fleets. Diplomacy remains the same, but in MOO III there is more options in the galactic council. Trade remains similar but yet again MOO III has more detail than in MOO II. Now i have to agree with other people that there is an extraordinary amount of detail; which the instruction manual does a poor job explaining and you the player spend more time figuring out. MOO III does have a very annoying interface and it becomes rather impossible to manage a very large empire because the AI supposed to help you gets in the way of building the stuff you actually need. However, you can manually change your production as well as manually doing anything else in the game it just takes a lot of time and a lot of patience. I'd recommed this game to a gamer who has alot of time and patience to figure the mechanincs in the game. If you don't really like having to micromanage a million details this game is definitely not for you. Now if you like being able to control every detail in a galctic empire ranging from ship designs to government policies this is the game for you

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Still MoOing after 4+ yrs, November 27, 2007

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Joseph E. Parmer ""JosEPh- Keeper of The ... (Macomb, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Master Of Orion 3 (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

1st off MoO3 is Not MoO2.5. Was never meant to be, just as MoO2 was not MoO 1.5. Get past that now. If you can you will find a deep deep game.

After 4+ years of play this game is still replayable. Do you want a game you play 3 months and then want another? If so this is Not the game for you so move on. BUT if you want a game that you can sink your Strategy Teeth into then MoO3 fits the bill.

Is it Graphics Candy you want? Then you'll be dissappointed, it's rather plain in that regard. Do you want a game that will give you countless hours of intensity and challenge? Then this IS a game that can do that. My 1st game after the 1.2.5 Official Patch lasted over 6 months. What other game out there can you play 1 continuous Single Player game for 6+ Months! This game was/is for the Serious TBS player. Space Combat is RTS but everything else is TBS.

And one extremely important part of this game is that the Developers made it easy to Mod.

The only reason I don't give it an Overall 5 rating is lack of Official Support. Unofficial/Fan support is outstanding.

JosEPh (Keeper of The Roll Call)

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sad Disappointment, July 15, 2007

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Demon Mist (Texas) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Master Of Orion 3 (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

Moo 2 was such a well done game, when this initally came out my buddies and I were extremely excited. I expected Moo 2 with my playable races better AI perhaps unique tech tree and overall better graphics. I was sadly disappointed, the graphics was the only thing going for this game the rest was a totally and utter failure.

They completely changed the dynamics of the game and ruined everything about it, MOO 2 is one of my all time favorites though after this title Masters of Orion will never have the same aura. The developer truly ruined one of the best strategy games ever made.