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.
I played this as a child 20 years ago and fell in love, with RTS games, this one was made with so much love it is conforting to play it again.
Long campaign and a good story will get you playing this game. It was very hard to find until now that it was relaunched, Thank you GOG!
Neither Armada (1 or 2) function with windows 7, 10, or 11... multiple clean installs and multiple VMs (even tried via wine on a linux install which ironically had got it to work the best of them all if only 15mins between crashes).
Menu's will not render, game crashes on load.
Can NOT patch this version with mods as the RDNA fix screws everything over.
It's a very good game though, but better to buy on ebay.
This installed cleanly on Ubuntu using Play of Linux with no tweaks. The into videos and screens don't load properly, but you can press space a few times to skip to the main menu which works well. Some minor issues with menu screens popping and loading at weird resolutions that have required me to kill the program and restart, but he game plays well otherwise. I think for a straight install with minimal fuss, its a good game on Linux.
First off, I have issues getting the game's display to work while using in-game menus even after extensive work looking at the support forums. Even with all that, I still play the game a lot, and that speaks volumes about the game's design, replayability, and fun factor. The game plays beautifully and smoothly without any problems once the match begins.
The original Armada was a great game and this sequel has many improvements fans wanted to see at the time like newer ships, weapons, races, and features to boost the RTS experience. I personally love both games and have a hard time deciding which one I like more. Fans of the original game beware that the mechanics in this game are a tad different and come with a learning curve. However, once you get used to the game's somewhat-new mechanics you'll have a blast.
All the different playable races have their advantages and disadvantages, and you feel that your skills are tested when you play as a new race you haven't played before. There's enough variety here you'll find a race you enjoy playing the most. I love the voice-acting in this game, and each race has its own distinct voice-overs that help give you the Star Trek experience.
Bottom line--if you're a fan of the original Star Trek Armada you have more of the same here (in a good way) with some adjustments to make it a fun experience.