Orbital FREE
100,000 - 500,000 downloads
Pros
- Amazing graphics
- Incredibly addictive
- Original gameplay and challenging
Cons
- Free version is short
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Expert's Review
Orbital is now available for Android and it's a puzzle game where the only thing that matters is to score points by destroying orbs.
What do you need to do? Shoot the orbs onto a grid; the orb will grow until it hits an obstacle so you need to shoot the orb several times with the following orbs until it's destroyed, which will make you win a points. But there's one rule: the shot can't hit the death line above the cannon. At first it might seem a bit hard to understand but once you get that you need to hit the orb five times in order to destroy it and that it can't touch the bottom line, everything gets more clear.
The graphics are amazing and you can play by yourself or with a friend, which makes the game even more interesting and full of features. Besides, there are three game modes: Gravitu, Pure and Supernova, which adds more effects and makes it even more exciting to play.
bitforge Ltd. is the developer of Orbital FREE and the premium version which has other features like trying to beat online players. The only complaint we have is that every time you lose, you need to go back to the main menu in order to start again, which is kind of annoying.
Orbital has until now won several prices and was among the top ten games in Japan, Norway, Switzerland and other countries. The New York Times mentioned it as one of those applications making your smartphone magical and featured it as one of the games which are worth downloading. So what are you waiting for? Give it a try !
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Orbital is confirmed to work on the following devices: Google Nexus One, Samsung Galaxy S, Nokia Xperia X10 Mini, Asus Transformer
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Awards and Prizes:
*Game of the Year denki.co.uk
*Winner DiscoveryBeats Apps Contest
*Silver Award pocketGamer.co.uk
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AWARDS
TOP RATED
- jayisgames.com
SILVER AWARD
- pocketgamer.co.uk
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WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
«A picnic to understand, but a marathon to get beyond the first few minutes, Orbital's simple style is perfect for those looking for fill the odd spare moment.» 8/10
- Keith Andrew (pocketgamer.co.uk)
«While there are already a few games that share the same gameplay mechanics as Orbital, none of them look anywhere near as cool.»
- Eli Hodapp (toucharcade.com)
«BitForge has managed to combine the addictive gameplay of Peggle and the beauty of Geometry Wars, two digital forms of crack, into one easy to use package.»
- Chad George (thatvideogameblog.com)
«Orbital takes simple gameplay and dresses it up with a unique “gravity” feature and enhanced graphics. The game can be very frustrating at times, but that won’t keep you from coming back for another try.» 4/5
- Will Raskin (148apps.com)
«Orbital has got fantastic graphics and unfussy features. Come to think of it, there are really no negative points about the game. Good going, Bitforge!» 5/5
- Yoyo (iphonefootprint.com)
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GAMEPLAY
Shoot the colorful orbs onto a grid. As soon as the orb stops it will grow until it hits an obstacle (wall or another orb on the playing field). Now you have to shoot the orb several times with the following orbs until it’s destroyed. Every destroyed orb grants you one single point. You could collect endless points but there is one difficulty: The shot mustn’t hit the death line above the cannon. If it does, the game is over! How many points can you get?
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FEATURES
- Single & Two player mode
- 3 game modes: Gravity, Pure & Supernova
- Beautiful particle effects
- All-time & 24 Hours online Leader board
- Facebook connection: Compare with your friends on Facebook
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ORBITAL is based on Gimme Friction Baby by Wouter Visser.
Recently changed in this version:
Android Update 1.0.2
- Sound has been fixed
- Several bugs fixed
If you have any problems in playing Orbital on your phone don’t hesitate to contact us! We’ll try to fix it asap.
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Comments and ratings for Orbital FREE
(66)
The best game ever
(66)
Will not allow any other play except supernova uninstalling
(66)
Ebbed
(66)
Yes, its a little expensive but it's very good. High replay value! I love it. Also try spirit and pew pew 2!
(66)
Ignore the ignorant greedy people saying that this is garbage due to the 20 point cap on the demo. A demo is a demo for a reason. The developers have to spend their time and money to make the game, it's fair for them to expect to be paid. And $3 for a fun
(66)
Spent many hours engrossed in this game. Extremely addictive :)
(66)
Love this game, especially the multiplayer modes. Demo is pretty short, and crashed on me a lot on Galaxy Nexus. Works perfectly fine on Nexus 7 though. I'd buy the full game if it was cheaper.
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