[b][u]TLDR[/u][/b] Any group of friends can have fun playing this if you don't mind setting your PC up on the living room TV. Since you only need one copy of the game, the $10 price goes a long way. Very fun co-op twin-stick shooter. I've played a few hours with friends, and 30 minutes of single-player on my own. This best played with two or more players, as the cooperative (or not-so-cooperative) help of teammates will help you get the best experience from the game. Accidentally falling off a cliff is funny, but it's hilarious if your teammate facilitated the matter. Fortunately, the game is very forgiving of death since there are infinite lives for the players, and you can be revived quickly. [b][u]PROS:[/u][/b] [list] [*]Infinite lives (as long as everyone doesn't die at once) [*]Teammates can revive you near instantly [*]Gun cool-down system means infinite ammo and no reloading [*]Various gun upgrades makes the progression feel good [*]Simple controls and flat learni...
ORE
- Release Date:
- May 1, 2018
- Developer:
- Couch Cosmonauts LLC
- Publisher:
- Couch Cosmonauts LLC
- Platforms:
- Windows
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About This Game

ORE is a couch-cooperative twin stick shooter where you and your friends are space miners draining a hostile alien planet of a volatile resource that's corrupted the planet's inhabitants. Fight through a handful of levels and navigate the planet's varied surface to collect as much ORE as you can before the planet implodes. Once you've gathered enough ORE to upgrade your crazy weapons, take a trip to the planet's core where you will face the corrupted Core Wurm that's causing the planet to collapse-in on itself. Defeat the Wurm, save the planet, and get rich!
ORE merges roguelike game structures with twin-stick gameplay in order to create high-risk, high-reward systems for players to navigate. The game also uses friendly fire, a shared economy, various weapon damage types, and more to encourage intentional cooperation between players. With our game’s intricate and dynamic enemy behaviors, alongside a handful of unpredictable guns, any play session can quickly turn to a chaotic fight for survival.

1-4 Players: Team up with as many as three friends or attempt to solo the game!
Local-Cooperative Emphasis: While you can play alone, the game was built specifically to be enjoyed with friends.
High-Risk, High-Reward Systems: Players are in control of when they want to leave the planet surface with their stash, or keep fighting for more loot!
Crazy Weapons: Each weapon feels entirely unique and has designed to be either great or terrible depending on the situation and enemies you face.
3 Dangerous Biomes to Explore: Travel across our frost, swamp, and lava environments to explore old excavation sites as well as undiscovered terrain.
Shared Economy Structure: Everyone shares the game's resource pool, so work together and spend wisely!
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User Reviews
I'm not sure what people see in this game. At most, it has to be the *potential* to be a good game, but as far as I can tell this game is severely lacking in almost every department: gameplay, ui, even graphics. In fact, this genre is one of my favorites, yet I still found the gameplay bland, lacking in customization options, difficulty curve, and really any sort of satisfaction. One thing is for certain, this game should not have left EA. If devs consider this a complete game, then everyone should stay far away from it.
Talk about nostalgia!!!! This game is the old school kid playing new school dress up and I absolutely love it! Right off the bat I notice the similarity to Gauntlet Legends one of my top favorite N64 games ever! The salute to Monsters Inc. who comes up with this stuff!?! I half expected Randell to run out and start stealing kids!! Is boom stick an Army of Darkness reference or am I just reading into all of this way too much?? Also, I can't remember the last time I had a LAN party. I have deeply missed a good old fashion LAN party and now that I'm old enough to bring beer why do I not have them more often than ever, oh yeah responsibilities. I have played solo as well as in a group, but honestly it seems like this game was made for groups. Get yourself some friends or your gunna have a bad time. Happy face times: Easter eggs, references, and puns oh my!! Very easy to learn might take a few tries but hang in there Couch cruzin LAN parties!! A WAN option might be nice because there is al...
The objective of this game is to guide your rover to mine for ores and to escape. While the game is fully playable and does have a pretty decent amount of content for this early stage of development. It still lacks a lot of key features to make the gameplay exciting. No background music. Controls feel clunky. When playing solo you will struggle a lot. I played as engineer. The rover will almost always get destroyed by bugs because the bugs all come at once. You have to feind yourself and the rover. If one dies, the mission is failed. You can heal yourself but there is no way to repair the Rover or mitigate damage from bugs. So you will almost certainly be overwhelmed by bugs since you also have to manage your heat. Perhaps it should cool off faster to handle the bugs. It feels like it would be better if bugs come in increasing stages. I like the tutorial and I'm giving this a thumbs up because you can't go wrong for €0,99. I bought the game because I want to support the devs who l...
This game, as already said in other review, has the potential to become a good game, and this is also one of my favorite genres. I generally play 4-player local coop, and, while we had a blast in games like Gauntlet, this one was lackluster, and I wasn't compelled to convince them to play more because they had the same opinion than me: the gameplay is bad. So, some objective suggestions to make this game a beast like Gauntlet: - Make the camera more distant, so there is more space to run and dodge. - Put objects in the middle of the scene, so it's possible to run around it to run from and to enemies backs. - Give less HP to enemies and make them more numerous. Few things are more fun than blasting chunks of enemies one after the other. - Make it possible to destroy enemy holes. Some concentrated action strategy gives a mini goal now and then that makes the big picture all the more entertaining. Arcade classics like 1942 know that by destroying the big plane first. Or the skull gate ...
Ore really shines when you have a steamlink and 3 friends on a couch(which is how I first played it) -but I've still had a great time in single player tbh. With crazy friendly fire and mass waves of npc's i think there is a pretty good amount of replayability as a party game. But it also has just enough difficulty/content/depth to keep me engaged for more sessions as well.
This game is Amazing! and im not just saying that because im an awesome Cousin
Great Multiplayer Game Grab 3 other friends and give it a go.
ORE is a fun way to spend some time murdering space bugs. They weren't kidding about those recommended specs, but I'm basically playing on a microwave with a screen, so you PC Master Race folks shouldn't have too much trouble. Grab some controllers and some friends and collect some ORE!
It's ok. Most games nowadays (including AAAs) are basic generic clones of each other and given this was a school project at a game school that teaches how to make said copy paste clones, that's what you can expect. Well done for a test of student ability to do the bare minimum but not worth your time unless you just want to see what game design schools teach you.
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System Requirements
Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i5
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Radeon RX 480
- Storage: 6 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Specs recommended based on audience testing.
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel i5 3.4GHz
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GeForce 1070
- Storage: 12 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Specs recommended for >60 FPS Early Access gameplay
FAQ
How much does ORE cost?
ORE is completely FREE to play. You can download and play it without any purchase.
What are the system requirements for ORE?
Minimum: Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel i5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Radeon RX 480 Storage: 6 GB available space Additional Notes: Specs recommended based on audience testing. Recommended: Recommended: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i5 3.4GHz Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVidia GeForce 1070 Storage: 12 GB available space Additional Notes: Specs recommended for >60 FPS Early Access gameplay
What platforms is ORE available on?
ORE is available on Windows PC.
Is ORE worth buying?
ORE has 56% positive reviews from 16 players.
When was ORE released?
ORE was released on May 1, 2018.
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