Forced Alliance
{{Short description|1997 action simulation video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Forced Alliance
| image = Forced Alliance cover.jpg
| caption =
| developer = Orbital Studios
| publisher = Ripcord Games
| released = September 24, 1997{{Cite web |date=1998-02-07 |title=Online Gaming Review |url=http://ogr.com/news/news0997.html |access-date=2023-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980207215055/http://ogr.com/news/news0997.html |archive-date=1998-02-07 }}
| genre = Action, Simulation
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = Windows
}}
Forced Alliance: The Glarious Mandate is an action simulation video game, developed by American studio Orbital Studios and published by Ripcord Games.
Gameplay
Forced Alliance is an action simulation video game.
Development
Forced Alliance was developed by Orbital Studios, a company founded in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.orbitalsi.com/news/forced/shipped.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001007070348/http://www.orbitalsi.com/news/forced/shipped.htm|title=Ripcord Games and Orbital Studios Announce the Shipment of Forced Alliance|website=orbitalsi.com|archivedate=October 7, 2000|date=September 24, 1997|accessdate=March 23, 2024}}
Orbital Studios originally had a working project codenamed Alien Alliance around 1995, that looked similar in visual and interface designs to Forced Alliance. It was also planned to come on the PlayStation. That former game was likely reworked and released as the latter game, exclusively for the PC.{{cite web |title=Alien Alliance [Cancelled – Playstation] |url=https://www.unseen64.net/2019/12/27/alien-alliance-cancelled-playstation/ |format= |publisher=Unseen 64 |date=December 27, 2019 |access-date=29 December 2019 }}
Reception
{{VG reviews
|CGW = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Computer Gaming World|title=The Plot Thickens|last=Nguyen|first=Thierry|issue=163|date=February 1998|page=209|url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_163/page/n211}}
|GSpot = 7.2/10{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/forced-alliance-review/1900-2536085/|title=Forced Alliance Review |author=GameSpot Staff|work=GameSpot|date=May 1, 2000|access-date=June 22, 2019}}
|GameRev = 1.5/5{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33224-forced-alliance-the-gloroius-mandate-review|title=Kill the Voraptoid Guano Bastards! Review|last=Gies|first=Daniel|work=Game Revolution|date=November 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041026002115/http://www.game-revolution.com/games/pc/strategy/forcedal.htm|archive-date=October 26, 2004|url-status=live}}
| rev1 = Gamezilla
}}
Forced Alliance received mixed reception from video game critics.
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20001006075249/http://orbitalsi.com/products/alliance/alliance.htm}} (archived)
- {{mobygames|id=/forced-alliance-the-glarious-mandate}}
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Space combat simulators