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{{ii}} Previously sold as '''ORION: Dino Beatdown'''<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1cib51/orion_dino_beatdown_renamed_to_orion_dino_horde/ Orion: Dino Beatdown re-named to Orion: Dino Horde, devs blocking criticism on forums (x-post from r/gaming) - r/games on reddit]</ref><ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1ciayv/orion_dino_beatdown_renamed_to_orion_dino_horde/ Orion: Dino Beatdown re-named to Orion: Dino Horde, devs blocking criticism on forums (x-post from r/gaming) - r/steam on reddit]</ref> and '''ORION: Dino Horde'''.<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/104900/discussions/0/35221584718746177/ Name and price changes. Is this game any good now? :: ORION: Prelude General Discussions]</ref>
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{{ii}} Previously sold as '''ORION: Dino Beatdown'''<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1cib51/orion_dino_beatdown_renamed_to_orion_dino_horde/|title=Orion: Dino Beatdown re-named to Orion: Dino Horde, devs blocking criticism on forums (x-post from r/gaming) - r/games on reddit|date=May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1ciayv/orion_dino_beatdown_renamed_to_orion_dino_horde/|title=Orion: Dino Beatdown re-named to Orion: Dino Horde, devs blocking criticism on forums (x-post from r/gaming) - r/steam on reddit|date=May 2023}}</ref> and '''ORION: Dino Horde'''.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/104900/discussions/0/35221584718746177/|title=Name and price changes. Is this game any good now? :: ORION: Prelude General Discussions|date=May 2023}}</ref>
{{--}} Released to incredibly poor reviews due to bugs<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/orion-dino-beatdown ORION: Dino Beatdown on Metacritic]</ref>
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{{--}} Released to incredibly poor reviews due to bugs<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/orion-dino-beatdown|title=ORION: Dino Beatdown on Metacritic|date=May 2023}}</ref>
 
{{--}} Poorly optimized<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCMRpia6K_o#t=199s 3:20 into WTF Is...- ORION: Dino Horde? - TotalHalibut on YouTube]</ref>
 
{{--}} Poorly optimized<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCMRpia6K_o#t=199s 3:20 into WTF Is...- ORION: Dino Horde? - TotalHalibut on YouTube]</ref>
  
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{{ii}} This game has in-game micro-transactions.<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/104900/discussions/0/828935673123505046/ microtransactions?! :: ORION: Prelude General Discussions]</ref>
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{{ii}} This game has in-game micro-transactions.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/104900/discussions/0/828935673123505046/|title=microtransactions?! :: ORION: Prelude General Discussions|date=May 2023}}</ref>
 
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Revision as of 17:12, 10 May 2023

Orion: Prelude
Orion: Prelude cover
Developers
Original Spiral Game Studios
Current Trek Industries
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows May 4, 2012
Taxonomy
Modes Multiplayer
Series ORION
Orion: Prelude on MobyGames
ORION
Orion: Protoype 2010
Orion: Open Source 2011
Orion: Prelude 2012
Orion 2015

Key points

Previously sold as ORION: Dino Beatdown[1][2] and ORION: Dino Horde.[3]
Released to incredibly poor reviews due to bugs[4]
Poorly optimized[5]

General information

Spiral Games Studios Website
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

This game has in-game micro-transactions.[6]
Name Notes
Ultimate Edition Unlocks all skills and store items
Windows

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Engine\Config[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/104900/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/104900/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Field of view (FOV)

Default FOV is 75°; maximum is 110°.[7]
Instructions[7]
  1. Open the console (~, ' or Ö, depending on your keyboard layout).
  2. Type FOV 90 (replace 90 with the FOV you want).
  3. Press Enter to activate the setting, then close the console again.

Input

In-game keyboard settings.
In-game keyboard settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
In-game gamepad settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
10 Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play
Online play
10

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Open the console and use open followed by the IP and port.[8]

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista SP2
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3 support


Notes

  1. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References