Reception
Armada was noted as one of the few good Star Trek games to be made, garnering a 7.9 out of 10 from GameSpot. GameSpot praised the game for its graphics, which accurately replicated the ships from The Next Generation. GameSpot also noted the slight twists in resource and unit mechanics, but concluded that the game was more or less a standard RTS.
IGN gave Armada a 6.0 out of 10, criticizing a formulaic approach that failed to distinguish the game from other RTS titles. They also considered the single-player game to be boring. Both GameSpot and IGN noted several bugs causing video and sound problems, as well as alt-tabbing causing the game to crash.
Armada's sales made it the second best selling Star Trek game's behind Interplay's Star Trek: 25th Anniversary. Activision helped this by releasing simple modding tools on their site for people to create game maps and simple ships for the game.
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