Armada 2526

Ntronium Games · Jun 10, 2010

Everyone10+

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Guide one of 12 races on their first interstellar journey from a single planet, until it becomes a mighty pan-galactic empire. From the Star Map you must manage your empire, deploy your fleets and conduct research, diplomacy and trade. Plot your strategy. Explore the universe and found new colonies. Turn your planets into mighty bastions. Make pacts and alliances, make threats or ask for favours - and when the time is right, continue diplomacy by 'other means' and fight it out in a real-time 3D system that brings to life the beauty and visceral carnage of space combat. All with one purpose: to emerge victorious and conquer the galaxy. Although complex and deep, with possibly endless strategies, powerful help and advisor features help you get up to speed quickly.

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Critic 6.6 (4 critics) · Gamer 6.5

Critic reviews

Game Zone
Mike Splechta · Jul 21, 2010
7.0
Armada’s accessibility ensures that many people who maybe have been wary of jumping onto the 4X bandwagon, will be able to enjoy themselves. On the other hand, it’s just not up to today's standards graphically, especially when looking back at the fantastic Sins of the Solar Empire, the overall 2D graphical style seems to be a step back in the space strategy genre.
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Game Watcher
Simon Priest · Jul 05, 2010
7.5
Fortunately though this is a game that can benefit from future updates from the Ntronium team and so hopefully these issues can be washed away by community feedback. Only the presentation holds back the game from truly reaching out to the stars. For a 4X strategy title it hits a lot of the sweet spots you want and is a great entry for anyone who wants to give running a star spanning empire a whirl.
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Multiplayer.it
Tommaso Pugliese · Jan 20, 2010
5.5
Armada 2526 è uno strategico fin troppo classico nelle sue caratteristiche, che offre una struttura dotata di indubbio spessore per quanto riguarda la fase esplorativa e di sviluppo, ma che di fatto non aggiunge nulla di nuovo a un filone ormai da troppo tempo ancorato a determinate tradizioni. A questa mancanza di innovazione bisogna purtroppo aggiungere una lista di mancanze tutt'altro che trascurabili: le fasi di combattimento sono limitate e semplicistiche, l'interfaccia è poco pratica e la realizzazione tecnica sembra quella di una produzione amatoriale.
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Absolute Games
Константин 'Бобик' Фомин · Feb 28, 2010
6.5
Создать собственную цивилизацию с нуля нельзя, однако первые несколько партий будут увлекательными: разница между игрой за агрессивных пиратов-мутантов и мудрых медуз-псиоников существенна. Жаль, что мультиплеер доступен только в режиме hot seat: заключать сделки и плести интриги интересно, но собрать вместе фанатов таких развлечений — нетривиальная задача.
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