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Much better than expected

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I just got Star Trek: Armada a couple of weeks ago and I was extremely impressed. Upon initially starting, I thought just the opening video was worth the money. So when I actually played the game, I was blown away. I'm a huge gamer and Star Trek fan, so a real-time strategy Star Trek game is a dream come true. And Armada certainly is qualified to carry the name. Graphics are excellent, gameplay is easy to get the hang of, and the interface is great. My only complaint is that the ships of the different species are to similar. (AKA, the Federation Akira class is exactly the same in capabilities as the Romulan Griffin class.) But that is very minor, and there are different special weapons that are unique, so don't let that stop you. The story and cinematics are good (voice-overs provided by Patrick Steward, Denise Crosby, and Michael Dorn) and the campaigns are all interconnected, so you get to play both sides of the conflict with four races. (In Tiberian Sun, you get to play two different sides, but the stories arn't interconnected). All in all, an excellent game, even for non Star Trek fans.

DAMN good effort!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game turns out to be almost everything that Star Fleet Command was not. You build a bunch of ships (and the infrastructure to support them), and go out and blow stuff up! The graphics are good, and the AI isn't too shoddy either (all though there were times I tried to ask it if it was retarded!).

These are my big complaints about this game:
1) A fleet can only consist of 9 ships. Where as ST: Armada 2 a fleet can be up to 16.
2) No real mission re-playability.
3) No map editor for single player games.

To some, these complaints may seem big but they really arent. The single player instant action comes with several different maps built, I just think it would have been cool to include a way to make your own map as well (I seem to recall seeing one out on the net somewhere - probably cheatplanet.com or something). Mission re-playability isn't a big deal either, because once I play thru a mission-only game, I usually don't go back to it too often. And fleet size, well, it was corrected in ST:Armada 2 to allow for larger fleets and different formation flying and such, but sometimes moving just 9 ships at a time is plenty.

Star Trek Armada I

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When I first started playing this game, it was challenging and I found it quite interesting. I've played this game for about 3 years on and off, and I love it. However, it gets easy after a while, but dont let that keep you from enjoying this game. It's a lot more fun playing it with friends over an internet or Local Area Network connection. Have Fun!!!

The Best Game Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Star Trek Armada is the greatest game ever.Once you learn how to build and command your troops (I reccomend multiplayer for this) this game just keeps on getting better.In the first mission you just have to distroy a few Jem'Hadar strike crusers,but you have the Enterprise and two akira class ships so it's real easy.Then I was hooked wen the Premonition appeared and told Picard that the Borg were about to return and wipe out the Federation.The you had to sve it from two borg spheres.After you do so you have to hurry off to stop the Borg.Throughout the campaign you will get to play as the Federation,the Klingons,the Romulans,and the Borg.After you beat each race's campaign you unlock the final mission.In multiplayer you can play on the internet or LAN.You can play with all four races in a bevy of maps.Combine all this, great controls ,and a wonderful story to make what I call the best game ever!

The Best Star Trek Game Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: May 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

WOW! This is the best Star Trek game out there! Star Trek fans or just strategy lovers must buy this game! There are 4 different story lines to follow that all interweave together. There are many different buildings, ships, and weapons for you to build and destroy with! You will just keep playing this game for hours!

Great game but just as all games bugs are in it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Armada is a great game but as all new games it has bugs more so than others mind you. All Star Trek fans will love this game. Be paitent with the bugs, in the long run the game wins out (story line, graphics, and gameplay).

the ultimate star trek game now at home!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: March 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

star trek armada is great. you get to command ships and send them fighting everywhere just like the real show. go get it. also get star trek voyager:elite force when that comes out too...the first star trek first person shooter using the quake III 3D engine. star trek armada is ggggggggggrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaaaattttttt.

Space Combat in 2 Dimensions...Anyone for Homeworld?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: May 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Do not even assume for a moment that Star Trek: Armada has any resemblance to Relic's Homeworld, the two are about as closely related as Woody Allen is to Arnold Schwarzengger. First off, it has the longest install process of any game I have ever played, and I have a 48x CD-ROM drive. Second, the interface is monstrous, even though it looks elegant and simple. While positioning ships is easy, (and it should be since they only move in 2 dimensions), there is no real sense of scale, plus they have a tendency to `bump' into objects like space stations and other ships. Secondly, the instant they see an enemy ship, any vessel you control within weapons' range automatically opens fire, taking interaction down a notch. Also unlike Homeworld the user cannot assign formations to his ships, making dispersement messy.

When the game starts the user is treated to a rather nicely rendered opening scene with lots of fleet action between Federation, Klingon, Romulan and Borg vessels that culminates on an all-out run on Borg Cubes. (Though one wonders how Picard can face down Locutus since they are the same guy. Did the Borg clone Picard?) Unfortunately, the game doesn't deliver anywhere near the excitement generated by a 3 minute opening segue. At the title screen you have a choice to play a series of missions as either the Federation, Klingon, Romulan and Borg and they all must be played before arriving at the finale mission. Overall, the game seems to have been slapped together to capitalize on the franchise, lacking both the quality and substance that LucasArts has put into their Star Wars line of games. Armada lacks the epic scope of similar games like Homeworld or even Starcraft. If you changed the space scapes to ground and the starships to Zerg or Protoss units, Armada would be Starcraft, except not as much fun.

Armada prolongs the Star Trek game curse when it should have shattered it. The prospect of moving a fleet of Defiant and Sovereign class starships around the screen should have been an easy game to create. Perhaps if Activision had optioned the Homeworld engine for Armada, things would have been different. However, on the upside, the rendered starships do look nice, as does the 3D lighting for all of the effects shots. Getting Patrick Stewart, Michael Dorn, and Denise Crosby to do voices will probably get die-hard Trek fans to purchase the game to feed their pirana-like frenzy for franchise merchandise, but style should never win out over substance in a game like this. There is very little meat to this game.

Do yourself a favor, power up your warp engines and get away from this title, as fast as you can.

Bugs & Dumps

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: April 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a good game if or when it works right...Which is never...I think it is a beta version which was raced into product without any real thought of the buying public's real usage. Activision won't email you to explain bug fixes. Resources on cd troubleshooting are limited. I pass on this turkey and any other Activision product.

Pitiful excuse of a RTS title

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 40
Date: March 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

First of all, like most Activision games, it's full of bugs. I not just talking about gameplay bugs, I'm talking about SHOW STOPPING bugs. The game won't even run with the latest hardware and chipsets. It's got a compatibility problem with AMD Athlon motherboards and nVidia-based graphics cards. It says that it looks best in 32-bit color mode, well, SURPRISE, it doesn't even work with 32-bit color graphic cards, namely GeForce and TNT cards. I've also heard, from the Armada Forum, that it screws up your computer's system files.

If you're lucky that you have a machine that it will run on, the gameplay is utterly ridiculous and silly. Play balancing is a joke. Each races ship-class's special weapons cancel each other out. Tic-Tac-Toe anyone? An 'X' for an 'O', sort of thing.

Graphics don't use lighting effects. Cut-scenes are screwed up with slow video-audio calibration.

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