'Armada - Galactic War' by Pixel Stream is a no-nonsense real-time strategy (RTS) game that jumps straight out of the need for a single-player experience and immediately throws you up against living, breathing opponents. Armada is a multi-player only game for 2-4 players that needs 3G or Wifi to play.
For many RTS games their success or failure can be directly attributed to their controls, especially when the average player is capable of processing 50 to 70 actions per minute. Armada solves this problem for the iPhone by streamlining its controls, using simple gestures like tapping to assign attack targets for selected units and double tapping to force a move. Holding the 'select' button lets you tap or drag to select multiple units, however adding units to an already selected group or saving selected units to separate groups is surprisingly absent.
Base-building has also been streamlined out of the gameplay, which makes for strongly battle-oriented gameplay that can quickly swing back and forth, however with the lack of finessed selection controls most battles consist of massed units instead of carefully controlled strategy.
The three races available are more of an aesthetic choice and while 'Armada - Galactic War' might just scratch your RTS itch, the generic gameplay quickly becomes repetitive. Some great ideas have gone in to making this game and it's certainly great value at its introductory price, but veteran players will want to wait until Armada matures with updates.
Description
This version of Armada does not require fuel cells.
Choose your Armada and prepare for war in this revolutionary four player online 3D Real Time Strategy game. Battle against your friends to get new upgrades and become the most powerful and fearsome Armada in the galaxy!
Watch our Epic Trailer at http://www.armada-war.com
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3G or Wi-Fi access to the internet is highly recommended! You can still practice offline but we encourage you to play online against your friends!
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This game is extremely addicting! We have designed this compact real time strategy game from the ground up for the iPhone and iPod touch. Just pick it up and battle!
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OBJECTIVE OF GAME
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- Gather resources
- Create powerful Mechs, Tanks, and Ships
- Destroy your opponent's Mothership
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PLAY ONLINE
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Play online over 3G or Wi-Fi against your buddies to a private match!
- Choose between Human Armada, Cyborg Armada and Alien Armada
- Engage in intense battles against other players
- Battle across 5 stunning maps in full 3D environments
- Track your wins and losses and climb up the leaderboard
- Challenge your buddies to a private match
- Battle against our advanced AI if no players are available online
- ARMS Upgrade balance system will set everyone's upgrades to the same level as the lowest upgraded or non upgraded player for even match up.
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Offline Practice
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- Practice offline before playing online against other players
- If you do not have wifi access or 3G access you can play offline
- Fire up the game and play the "offline practice" mode
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CUSTOMIZE YOUR ARMADA
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Upgrade your Mechs, Tanks, Ships and Motherships to increase and customize your Armada’s power. Carry your upgrades onto new battles and pit your Armada against other customized Armadas!
- At the end of every battle you will be awarded credits you can use to obtain items in the A.R.M.S. (armament refinement mobile systems)
- Mechs, Tanks, Ships and Motherships can be upgraded with: health, armor, mobility speed, attack power, attack speed and visibility
- You can have up to 10 upgrade slots maximum so it is important that you upgrade your units strategically towards your game play style
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TIPS
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- Use class 1 mechs to collect AP from the green crystals. You can pile mechs on a patch of crystals to speed up your AP collection.
- Build units quickly and take over as many green crystal patches to out gain your opponents.
- Mechs are low cost in AP to create so they are good against shooting down ships.
- Tanks are good at destroying land units with splash damage. They hold up well against a fleet of mechs.
- Ships are good at taking out tanks since tanks cannot shoot at ships.
- Use your Mothership! Move your Mothership closer to the front line so you can deploy units into battle quickly.
- Use a variety of units in a group to complement each of their strengths and weaknesses.
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Trouble Shooting
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If you have any issues with the game please email us at
[email protected] and we will be glad to help you. We've worked hard on this game and it hurts our ratings if you put one star. Thank You!
What's New in Version 1.3
Interface and Gameplay improvements
- newly created units are automatically selected if mothership is selected
- mech placement is easier to collect minerals
- improved selection/deselection of units
- Destroying a mothership will top up your resources
- Each mothership destroyed counts as a win
Player matching improvements
- three rooms - newbie, intermediate, extreme
- only newbies can enter the newbie room
- extreme room gives 2x credits
ARMS item improvements
- lowered cost of items
- items increase stats as well as decrease other stats
- simplified the number of items
$2.99
