Is Battle fleet Gothic: Armada Any Good?

Is Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Any Good?

Upgrading ships between missions

Battlefleet is a sci-fi RTS set in the Warhammer 40k universe. For the purpose of this format I will not be including the DLC. Warhammer. If you have never played an RTS before Battlefleet is a great introduction and it has a masters degree in the rule of cool. This means that destroying a ship feels like you really did something that mattered, taking down a battleship actually feels like you just destroyed a true Goliath and taking down ships that you are bigger than is a serious power trip. However if you are a veteran RTS player and not a fan of the universe there is not much here to offer compared to some other RTS in the early game especially. The campaign takes place on a campaign map where you will respond to various threats. Whether that be the traitorous chaos forces or the Ork pirates you don't want to lose planets. Should you not respond to a threat in the campaign map or lose the battle when you do respond you lose the planet. This will do things from increase the cost of everything by 1% or maybe you will lose access to something entirely. Either way the campaign is a downward spiral. For completing missions to certain factions within the  Empire. This will give you powerful favours. They can easily define a ship whether that be the Adeptes Astartes making boarding actions more powerful or the inquisition being a powerful reconnaissance ship.

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Main antagonist Abaddon the Despoiler

 Battlefleet is effective at showing grand scale and making you feel like a sci-fi admiral. You truly feel as though you are doing something huge commanding capital ships their moves are very deliberate and while you have the ability to go faster it is limited and you can still be made to regret using your boosters, however it can be incredibly valuable as no ships have the ability to shoot backwards making them vulnerable to a flank. There are many strategies that work for the different factions I would recommend a beginner start with the Imperium as they have the most standard fighting style, grinding down the opponent and taking good engagements. I can't stress enough that the art is amazing in this game adding to the overall battles. Ork pirate ships look as though they are about to fall apart, Imperial ships have cathedrals looming overtop and the ever mysterious eldar have sleek magic sailboats.

Conclusion

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is a fantastic game combining both the players ability to manage risks with turn based strategy and real time strategy. All this comes together blending into what is one of if not the best Warhammer 40K game of 2016.