Battlefleet Gothic: Armada

Battlefleet Gothic Armada can be a fun game, as long as you know what you’re getting yourself into. The videogame emulates the tabletop game it is based on, meaning that the battles take place on a 2D plane, similar to a chess board. The “Armada” found in the title’s name is misleading, as you only get to bring around 5 or 6 ships to a battle. Although there are ways of hiding your ships during a fight, the A.I. always knows where you are. While playing the singleplayer campaign, avoid Convoy missions. My personal favorite mission types were Cruiser Clash and Assassination. (Tip: you can cheese the game by saving before ending your turn, then reloading that save till your favorite mission types appear the next day) System requirements are quite high for such a simplistic game. Even on a powerful PC, expect long loading times. Get this game for the singleplayer campaign, since multiplayer has moved on to Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2.

As I Say this is no AAA, but does its job and ii is a good RTS in space, and does set an excellent arc fort the second game to nail it. The second game is the full blown campaign, but this first one is worth it in its own. It's not deep, neither large as the second, but it is fun and interesting. At this high discount price it is totally worth it. I own it here and on Steam and can't understand its low rating. It is well worth it, despite 2nd being the full game IMO. Spire story and Abbadon's fate are un-canonically excellently depicted here. Cutscenes and voices are top notch too, despite being scarce. .

I regret buying this game even though it looks amazing and fun on YouTube. After using every fix here at GOG and on discussion boards and videos, nothing allows it to fully launch more than 1 time out of every half dozen or more attempts. It's now way past the refund window. Very disappointing. So all I can suggest is to install it as soon as possible after purchase and apply for a refund within the limit should you have issues.

I enjoyed playing this game. It does a good job capturing the feel of holding back the tide. There are sector maps where your various enemies launch attacks, and you can only address a limited number of those a turn. If you lose all 50 planets, you lose the game. I think any strategy game that requires you to write off territories to protect ones that you feel are more important is off to a good start. You can also lose missions without losing the entire game, so failure is more a matter of being pushed back before you can return and smack the bad guys around. My one recommendation is that you play the objective. If you fixate on trying to destroy all of the enemy ships, you're going to lose -- especially on the higher difficulties. I wish the game had more mission types and that the sector maps had more strategic depth, but this was an overall fun, space ships make things go boom game.

I have to replay the missions over and over to be able to claim a victory, since the first mission. It's frustrating