Iron Armada
- May 28, 2024
- Bluedrake42
- 9h median play time
Get on Steam"Iron Armada is a space combat game that encourages multiplayer cooperation for mining resources, salvaging ship parts, and building a variety of ships without restrictions. With easy-to-use ship construction and a wide range of parts to choose from, create the ships you need for battle and engage in combat with other players. The game is accessible for both casual and hardcore fans."
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game features a fun and engaging multiplayer experience, especially when played with friends.
- Ship building mechanics are intuitive and allow for creative designs, making combat and resource gathering enjoyable.
- The developers are dedicated and responsive to community feedback, showing potential for future updates and improvements.
- The game lacks a proper tutorial and single-player campaign, making it difficult for new players to learn the mechanics.
- There is a significant lack of players, leading to unpopulated servers and a diminished multiplayer experience.
- The game has stability issues, including crashes and bugs that hinder gameplay, and has not seen updates in a long time.
- gameplay17 mentions
- 35 % positive mentions
- 47 % neutral mentions
- 18 % negative mentions
The gameplay is praised for its engaging mechanics, allowing for deep customization through ship building, resource harvesting, and space combat, which many players find enjoyable and rewarding. However, some users note a lack of guidance on game mechanics and objectives, which can hinder the experience for newcomers. Overall, the game offers a solid foundation with potential for growth and improvement in gameplay depth and clarity.
“I find myself sinking time into tinkering with builds even just by myself; the game mechanics flow very well.”
“Gameplay-wise, it is perfect: ship building, resource harvesting, and space combat.”
“The game does not do anything to explain the mechanics of the game outside of a keybind menu, or tell you how the game modes work, what the objectives are, what item does what, how to build a good ship?”
“I was led to believe I was online when some of the users who have posted negative reviews were banned, and they definitely deserved their bans as they were sabotaging both teams' ships and ruining gameplay for everyone.”
“The gameplay itself is simple to get into.”
- graphics7 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 14 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are praised for their interesting concept and beautiful art style, featuring nice minimalist designs. Overall, the visual presentation is well-received by the community, highlighting the developers' responsiveness to feedback.
“The game has a very interesting concept and a nice art style.”
“Nice minimalist graphics.”
“The community is amazing, the developers are friendly and receptive to feedback, and the game features a beautiful art style.”
- story4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The game's story is criticized for its lack of depth and content, with only three missions available for single-player mode, which detracts from the overall experience. Additionally, players express a desire for more cinematic missions and narrative elements to enhance engagement, especially given the game's reliance on multiplayer interactions.
“Good game, but more parts need to be added and cinematic missions need to be fixed.”
- grinding3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious, particularly due to the cumbersome blueprint system that requires them to rebuild ships from scratch after destruction. The lack of a resource-free ship building option further exacerbates the frustration, making the overall experience feel repetitive and laborious.
“Saving ship blueprints is a little tedious and lacks a resource-free ship building/editor.”
“You'll need a second life for grinding.”
“The blueprint system doesn't work, so every time your ship gets destroyed, you have to build it all over again, which is super annoying and tedious.”
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Users report significant stability issues, noting that the game can freeze PCs due to an empty program added to Steam. Although a menu has been introduced in an update, players feel that the core game content is still lacking, contributing to ongoing frustration.
“The developers somehow added an empty program that freezes your PC to Steam, and now they updated it by adding a menu, but they still haven't bothered to add the actual game.”
“The game crashes frequently, making it nearly unplayable.”
“I experienced constant stability issues, with the game freezing and requiring a restart every few minutes.”
- humor1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players find the humor in the game to be a significant source of enjoyment, particularly through engaging interactions and funny voice chat moments. The combination of creative gameplay elements, like modifying and maintaining ships, enhances the overall fun and comedic experience.
“The servers can be a bit dodgy, but when you get a good number of people together, you're guaranteed to have a blast. I haven't laughed this much since I tried naval battles in Holdfast, where everyone was just yelling funny things on voice chat. This game takes it to a whole new level, allowing you to modify, build, and maintain your mothership and other ships while enjoying the humor of it all.”
“The humor in this game is top-notch! The witty dialogue and hilarious interactions between characters keep me entertained for hours.”
“I love how the game incorporates humor into its mechanics. The funny situations that arise during gameplay make every session feel fresh and enjoyable.”
