Microsoft has been super-supportive and pumped out a couple revisions that get better every time. Based on screenshots and early looks, a lot of gamers have likened Armada to a space shooter from gaming's past, Asteroids , however, this isn't exactly the best comparison. Armada is a shooter with many unique missions and long-term character growth. You can take your character to other game worlds, and play with up to 4 people. Two elements in particular that we found interesting were the RPG aspects and the multi-player mode.
Lets just say it is much different.
The on-line game world was much larger and changeable, due to the fact that we were going to store dynamic world data on a server. The game's strong story line has certainly played a large part in shaping the direction and uniqueness of the game. The Armada is a mysterious species of space-dwelling biomechanical organisms. For some reason, they keep trying to destroy your civilization, but humanity rises to the task and develops technology to start fighting back. Your job is to protect civilization.