Advantages: Excellent graphics, involving gameplay Disadvantages: Limited number of ships
Star Trek: Armada is, to put it quite frankly, a masterpiece. It has excellent graphics, five campaigns (Federation, Klingon, Romulan, Borg and a special "Finale" set of missions), four races, each with both familiar ships from the Star Trek series (e.g. the Sovereign, Defiant, and of course the Borg Cube) and also several new vessels (e.g. the Romulan Shadow class). The game also has an involving storyline.
After watching the impressive intro movie, ... ...Borg, Romulan Admiral Sela and would-be Klingon usurper Toral, you get to choose from one of the four initial campaigns, or an Instant Action/Multiplayer mode.
The Federation missions are your basic introduction - they introduce you to the game's controls and are not too challenging. They also set up a fair few of the game's plots - the first mission introduces the USS Premonition, a Federation ship from the future, and our favourite bad guys, the ...
black_dranzer_v2 15.09.2005
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Advantages: Keeps you busy for hours Disadvantages: You get so absorbed you forget everything else
...the familiar aliens of the Star Trek series. This includes the dreaded BORG.
From the initial graphics of the Enterprise flying across you screen you are drawn deeper and deeper into the game. There are times when you feel you might not complete your mission, but persist and you shall be rewarded. usually with a massive battle against the BORG.
On first starting the game the area of space you are in is uncharted. It is your task to both complete ... ...confirm your decision in typical Star Trek jargon. The exploration and mission completion take you to a final scenario which when completed lets you go on to the next mission. It is not by any means a complicated game but it is very strategic and absorbing.
During your mission you will be ordered by Starfleet to build certain things i.e. Space Stations Mining Stations. On each screen/mini mission there is a Moon which is rich in Dilithium, it is ...
donf18 02.11.2005
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Advantages: good graphics brilliant game play Disadvantages: only 4 races to choose from
...I had bought and played star trek armada two, I no it should go the other way round but I didn’t see the first one then.
Although the first game isn’t as good as the second one it is still quite a good game to play for star trek fans like me! Well I prefer the games to the series.
Any way in this game you can choose between four different races to be e.g. Federation/ Borg/ Klingon and I don’t remember the other one unfortunately as I have uninstalled ... ...version of windows, but I still managed to play the game and finish it so it wasn’t so bad.
The graphics are really good compared to some other games I no which are also the same age as this game and you can build starbases to harvest resources and construct your armada, you can also board derelict vessels and repair them to add to your fleet. You get over thirty ships and special weapons such as phasers photon torpedoes, quantum torpedoes etc to ...
jtsguy 28.11.2002
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Advantages: Game play, Story line, Graphics Disadvantages: None
The story line of Star Trek Armada is where the Borg have come to take over the Alpha Quadrant and gain the Omega particle.
The player gets to choose from four campaigns which are the Federation, Klingon, Romulan and of cause the Borg. Each campaign is meant to be happening at the same time as one another.
The Federation campaign begins with the USS Enterprise E going into an almost destroyed section where starbases are damaged and ships are uncrewed. ... ...I would recommend this game for Star Tek fans as well as anyone that is interested in real time 3D space strategy games.
System Specification Required:
Format: CD-ROM
Memory: 64MB
CPU Speed: 266MHz
CPU Type: Intel Pentium
OS (Operating System): Windows 95 & 98
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burns2007 15.05.2007
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...I am a self confessed star trek fan so I usually like this type of game anyway but this game was fantastic. Its just soo adictive. On the gameplay front its very reminicant of comand and conquer type games but there is just soo much more, the storyline that runs through the game pulls you on and forces you to complete mission after mission even though you may still be up at 3am in the morning. The graphics are pretty darn good too - full 3d ships ... ...or destroyed in dipendintly. The funnest thing about the game however is beaming troops aboard an enemy ship and capturing it.. Especially when you do it to borg cubes when you are the piddley federation. A must for everyone, even if you are not a Star Trek fan. ...
northernalex 16.07.2000
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...buy games for cheaper right? Star Trek Armada online is just brilliant, I love games like this, e.g Age of Empires II, Which i also have a review for, go and read it! (After this of course) This game is a superb online game, it supports up to 8 players at a time, and you can also have team games, there is a skirmish which lets you playu multi player offline if your not on the internet or do not have access to the internet. Its a fast game but the ... ...Space, i dont like the way they have presented the space and the planets. But apart from that its a great game, The sound and voices is just like the sound and voices from the films and series. So if you are planning on buying a game i would recomend for you to buy this! ...
ncky6969 11.10.2000
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Advantages: Excellent historical continuity Disadvantages: Gremlins in the grahpics if PC not fully compatible
This game is really for the Start Trek fan, as non-Trekers will find it more difficult to understand the nuiences of each particular race under their command. The context of the game will be instntly recognisable as it carries on from where DS9 finished. Superb attention to detail in the characters, technology and space ships. I couldn't stop playing this game once I started, and I don't recommend playing this game if you have loving partners at ... ...and it could put your relationships in jepordy! Another thing to bear in mind is the grahics capability of your PC, if you haven't got a decent modern machine with good 3D or 3D emulatable capability don't waste your money. It's worth going to the Activision website to check wether your PC is capable of running the game, noteably the compatability of your grahpics card, although you may be able to download a patch. All in all an excellent game IF ...
ficam0 03.08.2000
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Advantages: Brilliant gameplay Disadvantages: Sometimes the graphics do not work properly
...is a must for any star trek fan. Even if you don't overly like star trek, like myself, you still can enjoy this game. This is also a great game for anyone who enjoys strategy games like C&C(command and conquer). This game is basically C&C but set in space. You control a fleet of starships, and you use them to carry out missions. Along the way, you have to destroy other races which try to stop you. Each race has differnt weapons adding to the uniqueness ... ...very enjoyable game. The twist of star trek makes the game that little bit more interesting. This game is well worth the money. Since the release of Star trek armada II, it may well be worth considering buying this instead. Star trek armada II has many improvements on the original. ...
Mrr4477 01.07.2002
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Star trek armarda is one of the classic star trek games. It is an excellent star trek and strategy game.
There are 5 campaigns, the first is the federation when you first find out about the borg, the second is the klingon empire and how they are brought to civil war, the third is the romulan empire and there mission to capture the omega particle and the fourth is the borg collective and there mission to assimilate earth and capture the omega particle. ... ...overs for there own characters. The game orgianlity is very well done. The story line is also very well done to. This game is very enjoyable and very addictive.
Overall i do recommend this game to all. It is a true star trek game and an excellent strategy game. ...
seadevil 14.01.2007
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Advantages: good fun good graphics great gameplay Disadvantages: tiny bit short mission wise but always the multiplayer makes up for that either against computer enemies or across the net
...stratergy game and thought about star trek armada but u were worried u had to be a trekkie. dont worrie this is one of the best stratergy games out at the moment and i dont even have a clue who the romulans are i just know there ships dissaper every now and again.
Its very addictive it runs well the plot isnt too long and the cut scenes dont take hours and hours to watch so all in all u just get to play. The graphics are really good and the units ... ...new depth to the normal old regular metal and energy but instead something called dilithium mined from moons. the metal stuff. then there is also crew and officers needed to run the ships its all rather clever really.
Its really good fun to play and the computer can use some very devious tactics if u want it too using all of the available technologies. I have nt found it yet falling in to the same game plan over and over. ...
Zenoth 27.12.2000
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Advantages: Star trek faithfully recreated, you get to play as star fleet, klingons, the borg, and the romulans Disadvantages: Occasionally crashes for seemingly no reason, some of my saved games on borg levels had corrupt backgrounds when reloaded
...the romulans will happilly run away if they take a beating. This game could have been better with more work, and if it didn't have the star trek license it may not have sold a single copy. As it is however, the game is very playable, and enjoyable. ...
bobsmith 19.07.2000
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Advantages: Challenging levels and more!! Disadvantages: Some levels are too short.
...can play with ‘Ferengi on’. With this on, any derelict ships will be acquired by a Ferengi ship and towed off the playing board!!
This game also has great video shots!!! The intro-movie is very cool!!
If you’re a star trek fan or not, you will definitely enjoy this game!! ...
lord_littlebro 13.11.2003
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Advantages: Good game Disadvantages: I had problems
As a Star Trek fan I could not resist the fact that there was a game which gave you control of the familiar arsenal of the four main races of the galaxy. Well here was the chance for you to take the helm in a command and conquer style interface.
Installation was slow as it requires some 650 MB of hard disk space. Then it happened, I tried to play on it. The graphics went bizarre which meant that I lost the mouse pointer and could not play. I have ... ...yet it still had problems. I downloaded the latest patch, I reinstalled. I tried everything with no success.
In the end I decided to return the game and get a full refund, but that's another story. Graphics a great if you have a 3D card and a very high spec machine. If it works it would be great, otherwise avoid. ...
jonyee 09.07.2000
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...Galaxy. This game is huge Star Trek: Armada is bigger than a big lot of big things stuck together, and that's just the training stages. If you've ever watched an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and wondered what it would be like to see lots of space craft battling in a strategical environment, this game is for you. If, however, you spend your time watching the show and thinking about Officer Troy naked, you're better off at another web ...
Kiesmith1983 17.06.2000
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Advantages: Multiplayer Disadvantages: It is a bit dodgy
I bought this game with some of my money I had for chrismas. I had read reviews and new it was good. When I played it the grafics were good and the gameplay was even better. This games is challenging but not to hard. The multiplayer mode is a real advantage to it. Sometimes when you start it up you may have to restart the computer I don't know if its just my computer or wether it is the game. The grafics have to be the high light of this stategy ...
simonwhistler 09.01.2001
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