38 User Reviews For Dark Orbit

1. Stephen (January 1st, 2010 at 1:30 am)

   DO NOT PLAY DARK ORBIT, on christmas Day 2009, it got hacked and loads of players lost their accounts and their credit cards is at risk.

   The customer service department is awful (typical of the german company) apparently one of their staff hacked into the system and stolen the accounts and some of them are now for sale on EBAY.

   You have been warned do not play Dark Orbit
2. Vlado_BA_SK (April 7th, 2010 at 3:28 pm)

   My experience with DO (by German BigPoint) is very bad.

   For somebody (especially children) it could be habit-forming. Ambiguous or faulty rules (you’ll find it sooner or later when playing). Arrogant administrators (especially CZ/SK). Often swearwords and abuse in (CZ/SK) chat used. Instability/errors in GUI.

   Administrator can ban you from the chat or user forum for more days without any warning or noticing (chuckling admins call it “silent murder”) just because of two letters in name (in my case BA as Bratislava) or for copying one Wikipedia page at user forum (30days ban) when arguing about that so called “BIG” should be added to The Rules, so users can recognize, it’s a “crucial personal information”, they cannot mention in chat (or 7days ban).

   Administrators (CZ/SK) use swear words in replies to users i.e. “an*l alpinism” or “as*-crawler”, etc. If user asks to get any explanation of The Rules, admins often ignore him or block him on user’s forum.

   In chat (even in “prime-time” 8:00-11:00 PM) is often a rude language, abuse and insulting seen. Children can join this “trash talk” without any problems.

   Ambiguous or faulty rules, there’s more different version of the (SK-local) rules, one linked from main windown another from user’s forum. There’s no list of penalties mentioned in the rules, so it’s a pure administrators’ “free-style”. I’ve got no answer from the forum nor from support, which version of the rules is correct one.

   In conclusion: if you’re calm, asking for nothing, complaining for nothing, just paying for Uridium, everything might be fine (except GUI instability and a chat trash talk). But if you are at the top with ship equipment (no much further fees expected?) or mention any technical problems with your ship control in chat (cost me 500 uri and 2days ban), troubles will begin (jeer, ban, blocking, ignoring…). My advice is, be very careful, if you consider to start with Dark Orbit!
3. jane doe (June 9th, 2010 at 10:34 pm)

   This is a kick ass game do not listen to these fools
4. jason bourne (July 24th, 2010 at 11:18 pm)

   I have already used over 19000 dollars on the game. I lost my wife over it. she left me after I racked up such a huge bill on my card. I chose this game over her. all of my family hates me. I am not able to walk after so many hours of playing this game. and my eyesight is almost gone after days of nonstop playing. my heart is overrun with my huge fat body from eating and playing. I wiegh 562 pounds more than when I started playing. I was fired from my job for playing the game while in job. my house is about to be taken by the bank. I cannot pay the bills because of using so much money a day on this game. so I resort to selling my personal belongings. this is all I have left in this world. if it gets shut down from lack of players I will surely go play another game. from bigpoint because I have so much money already invested in them. I play on the usa east server. my name on the server is evil titan. if you see me remember to run because I will destroy you. I can even kick ur butt in real life. so don’t mess with me. the doctors say I have to stop but as all you hardcore gamers know. nobody can make me stop playing with bigpoint. also can somebody send me cash to pay my house. the bill is for 12000 dollars.
5. Robert Patterson (July 27th, 2010 at 4:45 pm)

   I have used only 2000 on the game in a year of playing. My son is very addicted to this game and uses all the money I give him on it, he has been playing since the game started. Anyway don’t start playing darkorbit unless you can use at least 50 a month on this game. If I take it away from my son for one day, he geos on a rampage destroying everything in his path, throwing books hitting the tv breaking 2 liter bottles and milk cartons just to get the floor soggy. He has a girlfriend on this game who came to visit him, here is the catch though, she was 20 and he is only 13. You can imagine my suprize when I see a twenty year old woman at my door, asking me if I am my sons game username. She looked like she came to have sex and go. My son saw her and immediately hugged her and gave her a kiss on the cheek, then I called the cops, my son deosnt play anymore, he threw his computer out the window because I told him to stop playing, and it worked out well for me because I am not going to buy him another one. Anyway this was my experience with this awful game. Make sure if you and your kids start playing that you watch them carefully. Thank you for reading this and remember if you begin to see signs that your son or daughter is getting addicted to this game, remove it immediately and without remorse. Don’t let them get to addicted unless you want them to be playing untill college. You have been warned, DO NOT PLAY DARKORBIT!
6. UNKNOWN (July 28th, 2010 at 5:49 pm)

   PAY ONLY WITH A WALLIE CARD DONT DO IT WITH A CREDIT CARD YOU STUPID FOOLISH PEOPLE
7. UNKNOWN2 (August 23rd, 2010 at 4:24 pm)

   why would u spend 2000 thats a rip off ive only spent 20 dollars on it.
8. Frank Halverson (August 25th, 2010 at 5:42 pm)

   Well if you have used 20 dollars on it I guess u have either just started…. u will never have a ship worth playing for 20 dollars. The minimum cost of a full elite is 125.00 dollar’s without premium… add 60 for a year of premium. Basically if you use 20 on this game and go you will never have a true game experience and will have wasted less money but have no game whatsoever. Btw I have only used 450 dollars on this game. I have an FE pilot biod up Enforcer… Have been playing for 3 years. I play this game for the people that I meet on teamspeak and the intense battles 40 vs 40… If you eant a cheaper game style get a game called jumpgate evolution… cost 50 bucks a year but includes full game. Pirategalaxy.com is also a great game… pirategalaxy is much easier to play for free and deosnt force you to buy anything like Darkorbit.
9. Vlado_BA_SK (August 26th, 2010 at 3:38 pm)

   jane doe, yes, this is a “kick ass game”, where arrogant DODAs kick ass of ordinary players. Many found it yet, you will find it sooner or later as well. I put my experience (and many others) with this so called “free” online game at mydarkorbitexperience.com.
10. Fifth Elephant (December 15th, 2010 at 7:56 pm)

    In terms of a hit or miss, a complete miss.

    Why? New users don’t get to go head to head with other new users – their opponents are high powered multi-weaponed virgins who get their kicks blowing up relatively defenceless newcomers.

    The DO model is “your ship and weapons are shit unless you give us lots of money”
    Sadly, the censor the chat and even accidently using caps will get you a ban from their oh-so-sensitive and hypocritical chat monitors. (I’ve seen chat monitors attack people and use exactly the same phrases they ban others for)

    Avoid if you have half a brain because you’ll be bored within minutes.

    Typically of the company, their “support” is useless unless you’re having problems giving them money – only help you’ll ever get is with payment problems.

    Clueless coders also that alpha (yes – ALPHA) test code on the live systems.
11. Santa Claus (December 24th, 2010 at 10:52 pm)

    Ho Ho Ho, Merry oh whatever… This is Santa saying, I killed rudolph and i ate an elf, i snuck into your house and took you watch, I am accually a guy from outspace that loves to eat children and steal your watches then make them appear in your ass. – peace out mofo’s
12. lawver (January 3rd, 2011 at 6:48 pm)

    game is not free you can reach a certain lvl but after that you have to spend money to be succesfull . verry verry adictive game .
    also game admins and chatmoderators using their power of their piositions for taking advantage in the game . also alot cheats botts in the game that make the game absolut laggy and non playable .
    review if you plan to spend 400 bucks or more a month on a game that is laggy and not fair start playing dark orbit !!
    for all others STAY AWAY
13. Randovan (January 14th, 2011 at 4:50 am)

    Pirate galaxy is a game that unline darkorbit, is free, none of that bs free to play, this is as free as they come, pirate galaxy, it is 3D and none of the wimpy almost 3D of darkorbit, full 3D, you fly through tunnels of asteroids in space, fight for survival with your friends, you have no enemy players so you won’t be constantly scared of getting shot down, and you can actually rely on the staff, I sent a ticket to support and got one of their moderators to actually talk to me in under ten minutes, he fixed my problem, then moved on to the next, there are also no cheats on pirate galaxy, unlike DO wich has thirty eigth cheats, pirate galaxy has none, I was a moderator on darkorbit, I would do nothing but sit around and I apologize for it, but let me say that pirategalaxy is wayy better.
14. The Easter Monkey that awesomely hates darkorbit and eats shiat and throws it and junk say that things and shiat again allways because it is giant name................... I AM THE EASTER MONKEY (January 14th, 2011 at 4:54 am)

    Pirate galaxy, f u randovan, LOU1 sucks, GUN for the win! Omg I ate a shiat
15. The easter monkey (January 14th, 2011 at 5:00 am)

    I did a shiat and hid it in your lemonade santa.. F u randovan, my name on the game is durhamrockerZ, youtube poop thomas, youtube poop durhamrockerZ, ooh btw I did shiat and ate it, I’m going to halo, I’m bored as shiat, hello red dog, omg hey look do sucks.. I am not rabbit you mofos
16. Ruldoph (January 14th, 2011 at 5:03 am)

    Santa.. You cheap bastard, your punk hitmen couldn’t kill me… I’m comin for you… Ur gonna regret eatin me and prancers child.. Oh btw DO sucks I can’t play it because I have hoofes.. F*** you santa… F*** you…
17. Somebody who played DarkOrbit (January 28th, 2011 at 4:04 pm)

    Well my experience with Dark Orbit was a good and bad one, i started playing in 2006, the game used to be very cheap, i could buy alot with only ten dollars, people played the game for fun, and the thrill of the hunt. They began adding things like, New ammo, and even a new orange ship design, and the game felt unchanged really. Then as usual people started getting a little to serius and the first big wars of the game began. Then with another unnecessary upgrade to the game, came something called gates, who could use the most on currency to get the most gates, that is who will rule.. the game became a complete money game, updates that u needed if not the game was unplayable, skylab, pilot bio, the game used to cost an average 150 for a nicely equipped full elite, now the game is well over the 400 mark for nothing more then an empty gameplay with bad graphics, the game is, pick a company then fight the other ones indefinitely, making your own story along the way causing drama and fighting people over relationships and other things that appear in this game, i recently left because i got tired of the mess, i left in 2010. My rating, this game gets a 3.5, it is basically unplayable and completely boring.
18. Annoymous (March 3rd, 2011 at 2:55 am)

    This game is very addictive, im 16 and all the money that i get from my parents usually goes into this game. I play this when ever i get the chance.So far i put about $200 into this game and i only have been playing for about 6 months. If u want to be really good and strong at this game u will need to spend some cash on it, maybe about $40 a month. If u play,btw i play on USA east server
19. ^Dark~King^ (April 29th, 2011 at 2:55 am)

    Okay i think you people are overeacting yo the addictivness of this game, im 14 years old and im about to turn 15. This game is kind of addicting but it is not to where like i go on a rampage if I dont get to play it. I haven’t a single dollar on this game but it is still loads of fun to me some of you who dont have a life maybe do get carried away and ignore the rest of your life because of this game but it is not that bad. I enjoy playing this game and i think that you should give it a try. It is probably better if you spend money on this game or work on it for a long time. If you do decide to play then choose EIC as your company to get started or else you will get popped very frequently and will not be able to level up. After you become higher level and more stronger then go ahead and change companies if you wish., i am ^Dark~King^ and i play on US east 1 and if you want to hunt with me sometime then just let me know.
20. erik (May 12th, 2011 at 5:23 am)

    Hi, i am like 13, and this game is my damn life. I met my girlfriend on this game and we are inlove, and she came over to my house so we could hunt aliens togeether and my dad like freaked out cus he sucks! hes mad cus my ship is better! and then he told my girlfreidn to leave because shes older and hes such a noob, I want to play this game unitll i die!!!
21. Somebody (May 20th, 2011 at 6:34 pm)

    Hi im 13 and well i started playing DO in february.The game is kinda addictive,but im not like that guy who spend 15000$ on this game.I meet i lot of new friends in this game and there are a lot of them that come form my city.So in conclusion DO is not BAD.
    If enebody ever wants to hunt with me just go on GE5 server and look for $[APOCALIPSEE]$

    TTFN
22. deathkiller (July 7th, 2011 at 2:22 am)

    the people saying this game was hacked are lying, this game was never hacked, and your credit cards are probably safer with them than any other company. They are just butthurt cuz they suck at the game.
23. Josh (July 23rd, 2011 at 9:20 am)

    Hi Erik you noob your dads write you should stop taking dugs ps your a spaz Im globle Europe – you
24. Josh (July 23rd, 2011 at 9:21 am)

    Haha your loser you live for bigpoi t what I life you have. Erik
25. Josh (July 23rd, 2011 at 9:30 am)

    Hay I start in 2011 march I spent 90dolllars on the Game im vengens 8 drones Level 15 and i Hunt goliath ps if eneay won wants to do 1vs1 with me im globke Europe 1 ps mmo is. best Company there
26. jjpopovich1994 (August 9th, 2011 at 9:01 pm)

    Ok so DO is an awesome game. I started playing a few months ago. I reached lvl7 in no time. I’m now almost lvl. 9. All you spammers and hatred just need to stop freaking. If u don’t like it, don’t play!!! As for you addicts, you should stop and prioritize your life. DO is a great game, no need to dramatize it or to go overviews either. As for those pre- teens meeting older girls, your dads did the right thing. Respect them for that. Hey I’m a teen too, I’m 17 and I’m saying your dads are right. Don’t make issues about DO it’s a cool ge to play. So stop and think for a moment, then prioritize, then go blow up MMO!!! That’s right I’m EIC!!! I’m strong for a lvl 9 and I did it by handwork. I haven’t spent a penny in the game and I have 35000 shields with 2 lf3s 2 lf2s and 1 mp1. I have 1 flax drone in a piranha as well as 2nd best repair bot and small rocket launcher. And 18000+ ammo and 450+ rockets. Hard work and safety people. So chill.
27. atomicwater (August 21st, 2011 at 9:48 am)

    yknow know why dont you guys just play eve online i mean it makes this game look like crap with better graphis an ever expanding universe with more ships weapons ammo shelids quests ranks huge glatic war on a massave scale warp drives better mining no scams legit fastpased combat i mean for 10.95 a month i mean shure a little bit pricy but you get what you pay fore i mean its not like spending over 2000 in a year for this game in uri and still get beat down where in eve you get FULL benifits for everything!!!! and only 10.95 bucks a month witch for a year its 131.40 in all isnt all that bad i mean shure darkorbit is FREE =O but to get any where you need to buy like 100-2000 dollars to not get your selve blowed up by golis!!!! =( so this iswhat im gonna do bu my selve a new comp cus this one sucks -~- and buy my selve a hi end gaming comp or build one my selve and buy eve and then escspe from this LOAD OF CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no offence
28. atomicwater (August 21st, 2011 at 9:49 am)

    yknow know why dont you guys just play eve online i mean it makes this game look like crap with better graphis an ever expanding universe with more ships weapons ammo shelids quests ranks huge glatic war on a massave scale warp drives better mining no scams legit fastpased combat i mean for 10.95 a month i mean shure a little bit pricy but you get what you pay fore i mean its not like spending over 20000 in a year for this game in uri and still get beat down where in eve you get FULL benifits for everything!!!! and only 10.95 bucks a month witch for a year its 131.40 in all isnt all that bad i mean shure darkorbit is FREE =O but to get any where you need to buy like 100-2000 dollars to not get your selve blowed up by golis!!!! =( so this iswhat im gonna do bu my selve a new comp cus this one sucks -~- and buy my selve a hi end gaming comp or build one my selve and buy eve and then escspe from this LOAD OF CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no offence
29. Stenny Gedlish (August 28th, 2011 at 9:09 pm)

    This is every negative statement already mentioned and much much worse. The game chat is monitored by illiterate, arrogant power seekers. The game structure is designed in a way, that you must spend to compete. Free browser game my ass!! The coding of the game belongs in the 80′s with games like dizzy and pacman. The amount of investment in server improvements and better coding is minimal. Although it does/did seem to be a fun game in the beginning, familiarity breeds contempt, so it’s not long before you are being openly insulted in chat, these insults are not only tolerated by moderators, but the moderators themselves are guilty of “flaming” players, and then of course they ban said players for any sort of retort. The support team consists of automated answers, eg 50 players could send in 50 different complaints, all receive the same answer. To actually play this game and gain all mod cons required would take a lifetime of gameplay, and to be honest, the game just isn’t worth it. It’s not a free browser game! It’s not a fair play game! This game is nothing more than cyber trash and you should never play it or recommend it to anyone else. If you want to go spending money on a game? go play final fantasy, the service, support and gameplay makes dark orbit look like it’s run by single cell organisms But! if you don’t mind being”EXPLOITED” and robbed by a substandard game, run by lobotomised chimps, well this is the game for you
30. LOL (September 3rd, 2011 at 10:16 pm)

    Most popular browser game? Ha! It’s a dying game now ever since it got greedy and its administrators got either sloppy or too edgy. I predict it’ll die in two or three years.
31. jjpopovich1994 (September 17th, 2011 at 12:42 am)

    I’m trading a full elite Goliath with 8 iris and multiple servers started.
    I’m looking for a half elite bigboy, nostromo, or vengeance. Designs are not required.
    If your interested email me at jjpopovich@hotmail.com
32. Edward (September 26th, 2011 at 10:52 pm)

    Honestly im addicted to it but I have a life unlike some of u ppl whoblame bigpoint and their games for ur mistakes. Also there is no way to spend that much maybe $600 at the most. I am not a mod nor admin just a regular player. And to all these false experiances are mostly cause they suck at the game. I look forward to working with bigpoint for they have been very loyal.in fact I had a flip top virgin mobile when I first started now I have a lg optimus s android smartphone 2.3froyo. I am 15 and purcjased it with my money also purchasing my parents both htcs with my money a home wifi system and got my self dead space for the 360 this year. So if u feel the need to purchase uri that bad… U need help.
    sincerely edward
    a.k.a_MANTISJERRY_
    US EAST 1
    LEADER OF CLAN eHm if u want to find me good luck ill either help u or pop u
33. Edward (September 26th, 2011 at 11:12 pm)

    O and lol I forgot to mention game didnt make m e money I just use it for fun just like runescape and star legends. Dont forget while playing do not attempt to recreat this scenario: OMG! I got popped! Nooooooooooo! As this may cause anger , I laugh when I pop cause if its someone I just send my clan after them, or if I deserve it I leave it alone. Wish me luck as a script writer for bp!

    I typed this on my android
    cause it run flash too:)
    rooted
34. demonride (September 27th, 2011 at 9:40 pm)

    I have something to say! i played this game ever since 2009 and it ruled! but then the made the new client and we where like ok its cool we could live thru it. THEN! they made all the ships had new ship designs and then they had Pilot bio and now you have to spend like $3000 on it so you can be full elite bio goliath and that sux. i use to had a half fe account named demonride level 13 and ranked in 2000 place and IT GOT HACKED i spend $300 on it now i have an account named how-to-kiss-ur-GF on global europe 4 server im a clan leader (CTT) CANT TOUCH THIS if you want to hunt with me u can im EIC in 2 weeks my mom is putting $1000 on it and i can help u guys out
35. Nedkata (October 22nd, 2011 at 11:29 am)

    I sell my account in dark orbit. Europe Grobal 3 and 6 – 2 full elite ships. Negotiable skype: cash_money_91
36. Truthsayer (December 6th, 2011 at 2:30 pm)

    Dear readers,

    I have played DO for longer than 2 years, with a 1 year pause, Started april 2009. It is true that the game can be lots of fun, because of the interaction between players.

    It is also true that playing this game includes LOTS of serious drawbacks. Every review site that covers DO, tells u about rude CM’s wihout a conscience, Constant GUI problems (Lagg) and especially, BAD SERVICE. It is typically Western European fashion nowadays to be proud of being a bully without manners, when going commercial. I play on Global Europe 2 and live in Holland. It is also typical that the game get’s flooded with people, young and old, with attitude and/or aggression-problems, some of them even become Chat moderators.

    When I tried to get professional help over a service-issue in Holland (where money is God) , I got told if I choose to play this game it was my own responsibility, that this company is designed to rob people as blind as possible. I bet that Bigpoint’s highest paid employee is a lawyer… . In other words u don’t stand a snowball’s chance in hell when u want to get your rights/service.

    Yesterday the server (Global Europe2) crashed again. It mostly happens after extensive advertising for some festival to come, so players spend a lot of money, which the game costs (about 400 euro’s to become FE). But the only backups that are made are weekly ones. So they placed the week-old backup and posted that they were sorry on some forum (amazing). Consequently Support doesn’t say anything about WHEN they will refund the payments. So now I am waiting and it could take weeks. 100 euro’s invested last week are gone, my gate is gone and I am 1 level lower than last week, not to mention all the effort I did.

    This has gone way to far, I would seriously recommend people (unless they’re masochists) NOT to ever start with this game… .
    There is NOBODY on the staff at Bigpoint that actually cares about your gaming fun, NOT ONE.

    Kind Regards!!
37. john (January 5th, 2012 at 12:02 pm)

    fools spend money on this game, i have seen many happy players that are now full-elites and didnt spend a penny, you just got to know the tips and tricks
38. daydreamerr GreatBritain (January 8th, 2012 at 10:32 am)

    guys use prepaid phones only no way could hack you and I do know some are addicted kinda sad I pay only because grew to really like some people

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