A series of small messages announce fires on board.
The Chaos ship fires boarding vessels directly into my flank as a last-ditch defensive measure, but it is certainly doomed.Īs the Chaos ship powers away I order my capital ship to fire a brace of torpedoes right up its tailpipe. I select an order that essentially allows my city-sized capital ship to do a drifting turn. You can give ships special manoeuvre orders like ‘all ahead full’ to burst forward quickly, but for this attack Then, after enjoying the spectacle for a moment and taking the screenshot at the top of this review, I give my flagship vessel some commands. In order to complete my bold jump attack I need to pause the fight. Cruisers and larger battleships can unleash fighter and bomber squadrons, torpedo barrages, laser attacks, and boarding actions.
Smaller escorts can scan the map and identify enemy vessels. The ships handle like cruise liners, and each vessel has a whole dashboard of special abilities. Battles take place on a 2D plane populated by capture points and asteroid fields. Armada 2 is a real time tactics game about giant spaceships clashing in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
