Battlefleet Gothic Armada (Video Game)

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is an RTS videogame adaption of the classic tabletop game with the same name developed by Focus Home Interactive. The setting takes place during Abaddons 12thBlack Crusade also known as the Gothic War where players must defend the Gothic Sector from the Orks, Chaos, Eldar, Pirates and Rebellious members of the Imperial Navy.

Gameplay
Players take control of 4 factions mainly the Imperial Navy, Chaos Fleet, Eldar and The Orks. Each faction have there own unique ships and playstyle. Players can also customize there ships weapons, subsystem, void shields and so on. A level up system in place where players gain experience from battles in which they earn more exp when they win but gain less exp if they lose. After gaining specific levels, players access to better ship classes, upgrades, crew promotion and so on.

Factions

Imperial Navy: Focuses on heavy armor and the usage heavy weaponry for its ships available to them and heavy usage of Torpedoes at the cost of speed and most of there ships are ineffective at longer ranges.

Chaos Fleet: Focuses on bombarding there foes at longer ranges and most of there fleet composed of ships with many launch bays at the cost of lesser heavy armored ships available to them, most of there cannons are weak compared other factions and they have less available ships to use torpedoes.

Orks: Focuses on heavy armor but unlike the Imperial Navy there ships are more resilient than theres, Every ship have no limited slots for upgrades allowing better and more tactical advantages in battle and the Orks have stronger boarding parties than most factions at the cost of there captains easily cause insubordination quickly in battle, there weapons and equipment are unstable and may backfire on them and they have the poorest accuracy and range out of all the factions.

Eldar Corsairs: Focuses on hit and run tactics where there faction has the fastest and most manouverable ships available to them, the faction with the best fighters and bombers and the least likely to cause insubordination unlike the other factions at the cost of there ships being very fragile, most of there ships are equiped with frontal weapons lacking broadside cannons and they are very vulnerable to boarding.

Ship Customization: Players can upgrade there ships and level up certain crew members to increase there effectiveness during battle. In order for the players to customize there ships they must earn renown points before they can buy upgrades for there ships while every ship have a limited amount of slots for upgrades with the exception of the ork faction.

Game Modes

During the course of the campaign,skirmish and multiplayer a varity of game modes such as it follows

Convoy Escorts: Attackers must destroy half or if possible all of the convoy ships escorted by the defender while the defender wins if they manage to reach end escape route without losing any convoy ships or atleast 1 destroyed while the rest escaped

Space Station Assualt: Attackers must destroy space station in order to win while the defender win if they manage to destroy or route the attackers

Breakthrough: Defenders must defend platforms and destroy or route the attackers while the attackers win if they manage to destroy or route the enemy fleet at the same time destroying the defenders platforms.

Data Recovery: Acts like capture the flag like game mode where the Defender must escape while protecting the data from boarding actions. The attacker must steal the data from the defender and escape to achieve victory.

Assassination: Defenders must defend there admiral from the attackers until the admiral ship escape from the battle.

Setting
Game sets in the Gothic Sector where Abbadon The Despoiler launches his 12thBlack Crusade as he captures Blackstone Fortress and use them to destroy planets under the control of the Imperium of Man. Due to Abaddon Launching his Black Crusade the sector plunge into chaos as planets wiped out by Abaddon's Blackstone Fortress' or captured by the forces of chaos, Imperial Trade routes under attack by Chaos, Marauding Pirates and the Orks, massive amounts rebellion due to chaos influences and so on.

Plot
Players take control of a captain named Spire on a mission to investigate the sudden communication blackout from orbital staion Aleph. There he under the suggestion of a unnamed commissar sent a boarding party to investigate the orbital station. Once the boarding party entered the station they reported signs of fighting from within the station and after minutes of searching they found out the entire crew where slaughtered until they found a survivor which turns out they were infact Chaos soldiers were waiting for them. The entire Boarding were slaughtered to man while Captain Spire's ship under attack from Chaos Controlled defense platform. After destroying the defense platform they then sent there escort ships to eliminate them but Captain Spire and his crew destroyed them first. After destroying the Escort ships a massive Chaos Fleet Arrived under Abaddon's command, Captain Spire tried to warn Fleet Command but unfortunately they jammed there communications and the only way to warn Fleet Command they risk an emergency warp jump close to a star. After a few minutes they successfully escape and warned Fleet Command he was then put on a trial by Inquisitor Horst to see if he was telling the truth or lying to them. After the trial he was promoted to Admiral by Lord Admiral Ravensburg and was sent on several missions that was crucial in protecting worlds from Rebellions, ork incursions and repelling Chaos Invasion of the sector.

External Link
Official Website