In Star Trek: Armada however, each cube is about the same size as the Enterprise and about as strong. Having the bad guys win is apparently not on the cards - the Federation always manage to save the day. You cant assimilate the Enterprise for example, or assimilate the Earth and rule the galaxy (on a permanent basis, at least). This is an interesting approach in itself but does have the downside that you cant do anything that would alter the storyline.
The first of the reasons is that the Borg campaigns, like those of the other races, slot neatly into the storyline. Theyre so nasty, in fact, that I suspect at least half of all the people who bought Star Trek: Armada bought it just for the chance to play as the Borg.Īfter all, everyone knows that the when it comes to lethal weaponry and bottom-kicking ships, bad is best.
Still, shes more a blip than an emerging trend amongst the Borg, and the rest of the Borg remain thoroughly nasty, their nastiness rating boosted by the fact that they spend most of their free time mercilessly assimilating all species they come across, turning them into Borg drones and stripping them of their individuality. The Borg are half human, half mechanical and uglier than the Daleks ever were.Įxcept that is, for Voyagers Seven of Nine who has been shorn of most of her robotic appendages and appears to be the only member of the Voyager crew with a with access to unlimited supplies of lycra and special Borg implants which probably contravene every Starfleet clothing regulation. Shipping a product with this many bugs just isnt on and its especially annoying as Star Trek: Armada had the potential to be a real corker.īablyon 5 pulled this off well, featuring the evil Shadows, with their jet black ships and sneaky plots.Īnd the entertainingly off-kilter Lexx s central antagonist was a strange shadowy lifeform who initially ruled a rather macabre universe dominating empire (which Star Wars Imperial Empire had nothing on) and later became a sort of half machine creature who succeeded in destroying the entire universe piece by piece. Game content and materials are trademarks and copyrights of their respective publisher and its licensors.
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The mod continues to be developed by Stellar Parallax Productions. The mod was first released to the public as an open Beta (v0.95) on Decemand has since gone through 7 major updates, culminating in the current version, Star Trek: Armada III - The Final Frontier (TFF v1.0), which was released on December 5, 2016. The game begins with the first stirrings of the Dominion War and allows players to take command of six unique factions all vying for control of the known Galaxy. Set in the prime Star Trek universe around the time of the Dominion War, Star Trek: Armada III is designed to be the spiritual successor to the popular Star Trek: Armada video game series.
Its about time that the Star Trek license is being used to make GOOD games for a change, with Klingon Academy and Elite Force.Star Trek Armada 3 Full Game By plumocmicep1982 Follow | PublicĬurrently support 768 pages (235 articles) with 42,809 users participating in this Wiki so far. I'm running an AMD K62 550, 192MB RAM, and a Voodoo 5500 AGP with 64MB RAM on the card, and the game runs like a dream. I recommend a higher end system to get optimal performance with this game.
While the intro movie and cut sequences are pre-rendered, all gameplay, even the beginning of the "episodes" are rendered using the game engine.
Graphically this game is impressive as well. For example, all Klingon and Romulan ships can cloak, to Borg can assimilate an enemy ship to take it over, etc. However there are some racial adavantages that may make one race more interesting to play than another. The gameplay is quite balanced between the four races, none more powerful than the other. This game is top quality when it comes to its easy to use interface, highly detailed textures, and wonderful voice acting by Patrick Stewart, Michael Dorn, Denise Crosby, and other regulars like J.G. The gameplay is similar to most other real time strategy games out there like Command and Conquer or Warcraft/Starcraft. In this game you get to play one of four races, the Federation, the Klingons, the Romulans, and the Borg. Star Trek Armada takes place both after the Dominion war of DS9 and Insurrection for TNG.