Star Trek: Armada

Star Trek: Armada is the first real-time 3-D strategy game set in the Star Trek: The Next Generation universe. In various campaigns, the player assumes command of the fleets of the Federation, Klingon, Romulan, and Borg, using up to 30 starships in dynamic ship-to-ship combat as well as overseeing the construction, repair, and staffing of the ships.

Forgive me for not commenting on technical aspects because I don't know enough about it to do so. What I do know is that this is a fun and challenging game to play and to watch! The graphics are cool, the opening movie sequence is very impressive, and the "plot" for the single player game is respectable.

Patrick Stewart, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, and H.G. Hertzler lend their voices to the game, reprising their respective characters from "Next Generation" and "DS9", and it gives the game an excellent feel of authenticity and continuity.

I've always been a big fan of starships from the "Star Trek" shows, so that makes the game even more enjoyable. Build your fleet and send your ships into battle! The strategy aspects of the game are decent, and a good deal of micromanaging is necessary, so your skills as a gamer and a tactician all come into play.

The only suggestion that I would make is that Activision produce a follow-up package with more ships. There are a lot of great ships missing from the game. For instance, the Galaxy-class, Excelsior-class, and Miranda-class were all major parts of the TV shows, as was the original Klingon Battlecruiser. They may also benifit by adding original series ships like the Enterprise-A or the Romulan Bird-of-Prey.

I found the game fun, challenging, and worthy of the "Star Trek" name.


A Star Trek Admiral's Dream!   April 6, 2000
Dean Hoover (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

I wasn't sure if I wanted to get this at first. I mean, after-all, if you really look at the previous Star Trek software that came out, it's pretty boring and useless.

But not Star Trek: Armada. Not only do you get the decide how to attack the enemy, you have to have at least a general knowledge of the Star Trek TNG episodes to do any good.

I also like the 'episode' way it plays. This way, you can complete one and don't have to worry about making sure you saved it to continue.

Anyone who loves Star Trek, and who has ever fantasized that they could do better in a battle than Picard, this is your game.


The Startrek game I always dreamed about.   June 20, 2002
OAKSHAMAN (Algoma, WI United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

When I got my first Commodore proto-computer back in the early eighties this is exactly the sort of game that I hoped would one day be developed for home computers. If you are like me, you daydreamed alot about the various starship designs and the possibility of all-out fleet action between the Federation and the Klingon and Romulan Empires. Well, you don't have to do it in your mind anymore. Not only that, you also get the most overwhelming of all opponents, the Borg - and the chance to team up against them. Plus you get ships from minor races showing up, like the Ferengi, Jem Hadar, Cardassians, etc.

I couldn't imagine a better interface for controlling a fleet battle. It is very intuitive and smooth. And you aren't forced to run around constantly micro-managing individual ships. Plus you get that little cinematic "screen in screen" that lets you see individual ship-to-ship action like it was on a movie screen. A tiny little movie screen, but a movie screen.

Some reviewers have complained of technical problems and crashes- I've played this game through to the end at least three times now on an out-of-the-box standard Gateway, and I haven't had any problems.