Longer campaigns.
More races.
Full cinematic 3-D Action.
The Borg are back with an insidious new weapon that threatens the very fabric of the galaxy. Meanwhile, a spatial rift has the mysterious Species 8472 flooding into Federation space. Battle in intense competition over TCP/IP LAN, where the o...
Longer campaigns.
More races.
Full cinematic 3-D Action.
The Borg are back with an insidious new weapon that threatens the very fabric of the galaxy. Meanwhile, a spatial rift has the mysterious Species 8472 flooding into Federation space. Battle in intense competition over TCP/IP LAN, where the outcome of every encounter depends on your ability to manage your fleets across the galaxy. All-new ship classes, weapons and intense tactical challenges collide in epic 3-D battles.
Intense 3-D Combat
Command from any angle-formation affect stategic and tactical decisions.
More Ship Classes
Control over 80 unique ships, with up to 16 ships per fleet.
Strategic View
This default view allows you to control your ships from overhead.
Tactical View
This mode allows you to control ships right in the midst of the action.
The Final Frontier
Battle in the Alpha Quadrant, Borg territory and never-before-seen fluidic space.
Alien Influences
Old nemeses await, plus new threats includings Species 8472 and the Cardassians.
New Weapons
A wide variety of full-range weapons inflict facing-based damange on enemies.
what else can be said for game that many hold true to their hearts.......
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It works pretty well for me except for one thing, I can't change the resolution in the game. To do this, I have to manually change the resolution in the game folder and in the ARMADA.PRF file.
I think it's a shame that the German language is not included. My solution is to swap the English language files with the German ones from my original CD, that works.
It's been a long time since I played Armada 2, so some of my memories are hazy, but I remember that it was fun, just not as fun as Armada 1. I appreciate that they attempted to evolve the design formula of the first game, and on paper a lot of the new features (warp, planet colonization, more ship types, etc) sound great, but they feel a bit redundant in practice.
I think the clean design of the first game (just a handful of ship types + classic RTS formula + some unique mechanics like the crew and boarding) worked better, and that they should have tried to add just one new element for the sequel, instead of a bunch.
That being said, the game was still a lot of fun to play, and the battles were very cinematic. The voice acting was excellent, the story was serviceable if unremarkable.
I think this game can be a perfect example of a 4/5 or 8/10 game. It's good, just not mind blowing. For fans of ST, especially TNG, DS9 and VOY, it can be an extremely enjoyable ride.
This was my favourite RTS when I was younger, I got the game on release and played 1000's of hours on it. I even downloaded the map editor and made various online maps some of which became popular in the online community at the time. I really should play this game again soon.