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Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2

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Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2
Developer(s)Tindalos Interactive
Publisher(s)Focus Home Interactive
Director(s)Romain Clavier
Programmer(s)Dimitri Chambonneau
Artist(s)Edouard Boccard
Writer(s)Matt Ward
Composer(s)Doyle W. Donehoo
SeriesWarhammer 40,000
EngineUnreal Engine 4
Platform(s)Windows
Release
  • WW: January 24, 2019
Genre(s)Real-time tactics
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is a real-time tactics video game developed by Tindalos Interactive and published by Focus Home Interactive. It is a sequel to Battlefleet Gothic: Armada from 2016. It is set in the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, and is specifically an adaptation of the miniature wargame Battlefleet Gothic by Games Workshop.[1]

Gameplay

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The game features three narrative campaigns and 12 playable factions. New to the sequel is that the campaigns are playable in co-op multiplayer.[2]

Release

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Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 was announced by Focus Home Interactive on January 24, 2018.[3] In August 2018, the game was delayed from the original release date of September 2018 to January 2019.[4] An expansion pack, Chaos Campaign, was released on June 24, 2019.[5]

Reception

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Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 has received generally favorable reviews with a 77/100 on Metacritic.[6]

Tom Senior of PC Gamer awarded it a score of 84 out of 100, and said the game is "an absorbing space strategy game" and "one of the most authentic attempts to capture the grandiosity of Warhammer 40,000".[8]

Daniele Dolce of The Games Machine said: "There’s a lot of content here, but the many technical issues, the poor balancing between the twelve factions, and the many features missing from its direct predecessor make Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 an underwhelming experience."[9][6]

Alexander Williams of Strategy Gamer summarized: "It’s a solid but not exceptional middle-of-the-road game with some UI hang-ups but a wide variety of factions and a solid amount of the old 40K charm."[10]

The game was included in Eurogamer's list of "The best Warhammer 40k games to play in 2022".[11] PC Gamer listed the game eight on its list of best Warhammer 40,000 games, calling it "a hell of a spectacle".[12]

References

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  1. ^ Hall, Charlie (16 January 2019). "Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is Warhammer 40,000 played at the most epic scale yet". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2 will land in January with more planned content – Watch its new and glorious Faction Trailer!". Focus Home Interactive. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  3. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (24 January 2018). "Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 announced". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  4. ^ O'Connor, Alice (31 August 2018). "Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 delayed into 2019". Rock Paper Shotgun. Gamer Network. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 gets the massive Chaos Campaign Expansion and free single-player update on June 24". Focus Home Interactive. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  6. ^ a b c "Battlefield: Gothic Armada 2 for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  7. ^ Kleffmann, Marcel (6 February 2019). "Test: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2". 4Players. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  8. ^ a b Senior, Tom (6 February 2019). "Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 review". PC Gamer. Future plc. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  9. ^ a b Dolce, Daniele (28 January 2019). "Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 - Recensione". The Games Machine (in Italian). Aktia srl. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  10. ^ a b Williams, Alexander (24 January 2019). "Review: Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2". Strategy Gamer. Network N. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  11. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (5 August 2022). "The best Warhammer 40k games to play in 2022". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  12. ^ Macgregor, Jody (4 January 2023). "Every Warhammer 40,000 game, ranked". PC Gamer. Future plc. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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