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Best game since Fallout 2!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 23
Date: June 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Rarely do I give 5 stars in both categories!!! In fact, I've critiqued so many PC games negatively on Amazon, that I felt obligated to give credit where it's due.

I've been a gamer since the C-64 days and I have a PC game collection that dates back to the late 80's. Since I've played dozens of RPG/Stragegy games I'm qualified to say that this is one of the best PC games of all time. Probably the best since Fallout 2. I've heard comparisons between Star Control 2 and this game before I bought it, however I wouldn't have ever believed that these comparisons could be accurate. I was completely stunned! The game is highly engaging, addictive and you shouldn't play it at night unless you want to be up until 5 AM!

While this is less of a RPG than Star Control 2, it does have the same "feel" to it in both the interface and plot. You can control the building and movement of your ship as you could in SC2. You can trade, take on quests (in TEXT format, but crafted so well you won't care), and fight on the ground (Mech Commander style) or in space. It seems that the designers of this game have taken the best elements from almost every significant PC game since Zork.

However, the thing that makes this game unique from SC 2 is its very open-ended structure and the fact that there's a variety of different ways to enjoy it. The game can go on for several weeks before you defeat the final opponents and, if you're a hard-core gamer, you probably wont want to end anyway until you've explored every last nook and cranny of the huge (HUGE Gigantic Tremendous)galaxy that these game designers have invented.

Anyway, this game is truly a work of art. The text quests are truly impresive I also haved to warn people that I think it's of Russian (or Balkan) design. Sometimes the translation of the text quests is sloppy, but never sloppy enough to affect the completion of the quests. I suppose that the lame movie at the beginning will also fluster some potential players. My advice is to skip the opening movie and go straight for the game. Make sure to have plenty late-night snacks.

I want Star Rangers 3 now badly, however, I wonder if the world has a high enough IQ for a game like that?

Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators= "diamond in the rough."

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: June 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

To begin with, if you consider video games with less than stellar graphics or you are illiterate, don't bother to read on ........ .............. ..............................

For the rest of you out there this is perhaps one of the best games I have played in a long time. It has everything that we as strategy gamers love. The breadth and magnitude of this game is overwhelming. You have so many options for so many varied adventures that it is truly amazing.

I have played many games. I am a fan of games like Sim City 4, Tropico, BF2, Rome Total War, Freelancer, Call of Duty, Halo, Guild Wars, Rise of Nations, Age of Empires etc. Compared to all of these games however Space Rangers 2: The Rise of the Dominators has virtually all of these games wrapped up within. And all of this for $30!

Those with less than suped up machines will be able to load this game up and play, because the graphics surely are nothing to write home about, but they serve their own purpose (in fact I enjoy the realistic renderings of the various planets).

I have searched so long to find a game like this. There is no cookie cutter way to play, you just jump in your ship, fight when you want to fight, run when you want to run, trade, sell, buy, build. There is so much to do 100+ planets to travel to. The mini-games are whole games in and of themselves. Granted some of these are solely question/answer text games, but they make you think. My wife had to do some complex algebra for me to answer a question correctly.

If you like numbers this game is for you. Those Russians know what they are doing when it comes to gameplay.

GET THIS GAME! It is hard to figure out at first, the learning curve is a little steep, but it is well worth it. I am married with three children, getting ready to move to Texas and start a new career, but I can't put this game down or stop thinking how to play my next turn. The game is turn based, but the mechanics make it very easy to deal with (typically I am not a fan of turn-based games).

There are so many nuggets of humor in this game, it makes you want to read all of the text. I can't fully sum up how fun this game is, you need to just go out and purchase it and play it. If you are itching to go to Best Buy, Circuit City, or here on Amazon and pick up a new fun computer game, get Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators. It is a goofy title, but it only scrapes at the surface of a very deep game.

Pros: Money, trade, economic system that is very realistic, faster than normal load times, ZERO technical issues (thus far), very stable, absolutely fun, low tech specs required, multiple games in one, $30!, hilarious, makes you actually use your brain, easy saves, no checkpoints, no cookie cutter game play, non-linear.

Cons: Low res graphics (makes it faster though), inadequate (yet heavy) manual (describes some stuff very well, but leaves other stuff out entirely), some grammatical/spelling errors, as if I don't have any in this review (but there is a butt-load of text so they actually did very well for being Russian), the title (pretty nit picky).

Overall: You are not a fan of PC gaming if you do not own this title. Don't rip it off either. We need to let the industry know that they need to put out more quality games such as this, rather than some of the mind-numbing, time wasting, hard-drive filling, crud that they have been putting out.

fun unique game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 12
Date: June 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a gem of a game. high quality all around.

a couple of points

-this version of the game is v1.3 same as UK version (DVD)
although the disk says v1.0 (its an oversight)

-ignore all the starforce rants. starforce may have been problematic several years ago, but I had no troubles at all with the newer versions of starforce.

Tried but True

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: August 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The land battles are a unique and flying around in a small universe is real cool. Trying to figure out how to finaly win and finish the game was not as easy. There is a unique look at life in different professions. This game is a real challange in thought and use of weapons. Its replay value is off the chart. This is worth the money. Prepair to spend a lot of time playing and fighting.

Easily overlooked, but definately addicting and replayable.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: November 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I don't know where or how I found out about this Russian game. I think there were a bunch a rave reviews about this seemingly indie game about a month back or so. Played the demo and it was ok. Nothing special only because you can only play the demo for a timed period then it advertises itself and exits. The gameplay intrigued me enough to scope out the price on Amazon.com. I was shocked to see a good review by an actual game creator for this old AtariST computer game called Sundog: The Frozen Legacy, which I used to be completely addicted to. This guy claims that Space Rangers is everything that he wished he could have done with Sundog.

After that, I was sold. Bought it the next weekend and I've been playing religiously for about a month now. The majority of the game is a 2D, turn-based space adventure. You can fly to different planets and trade to build up cash. Planets usually have quests ranging from FedEx missions to "take down this Pirate in such and such star system". Some will even offer a text adventure! Yes, these are the old-timed text adventures of old and are quite fun, even if they can be oddly translated sometimes. There are even black holes you can fly into and have yet another game that is more arcade like that anything where you fly around with the WASD keys and shoot anything that moves.

When you are not flying around, interacting with other ships, trading with other planets, buying and re-fitting your ever-changing ship, you will have to occasionally fight the nefarious Dominators. Dominators are evil robots with the intent to completely wipe out all organic life. Dominators are usually fought in the 2D space, but if you land on a planet in a recently liberated star system, you will be asked to assist in wiping the remaining dominators off the planets surface. If you agree, prepare for a not-too-shabby RTS game.

So there you have it. With all these game types, and the sheer addictiveness of constantly bettering your ship and skills by doing missions and trading, its very hard to put down. You won't be blown away by the graphics really, but the fun factor and freedom to do what the hell you want anytime holds the key to this game's victory in my book. Ive put more hours into this game than Oblivion or any big name Role Playing game out there to date. Check out the reviews at Gamespy, IGN, MetaCritic, or G4. This bargain title scores high 90's all over the place. Its worth checking out.

A Good Mix

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: April 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game has a good mix of the new and old type role playing games. It has limitless possibilities. I've only begun to explore some of them. A great game for the serious gamer! Don't pass this one up. Try it, you'll like it.

A game that has sooo many modes to play !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I started off mining and trading, then discovered the quests - some are quite annoying and some are so easy ... Best to SAVE just before accepting a quest, since an uncompleted quest will result in worse relations with the planet which offered the quest. There is a 2D Inter-System turn based mode, and a 2D 'arcade atyle' hyperspace mode (which can be played on autopilot if desired). Business Centers offer Medical insurance, which can be used to get 'stimulants' at 1/2 price at the Medical Centers. The Science Centers are needed to repair 'non-standard' equipment as well as being the only place (unless you have one special stimulant) to pay full retail for Dominator equipment salvaged from battlefields and will use dominator residue to develop certain enhancers. Ranger centers develop technologies to help in defeating dominators, which rely on you providing dominator residues there. and Military bases seem to offer the cheapest repairs - as well as occasional transport to battles and a means to enter into the 3D 'Robot land battles'. Pirate centers offer cosmetic surgery, in case you wish to change race - as well as good selections of damaged equipment (weapons, engines, etc.). Note that only two (of 5) races start with an 'afterburner' function for the engine (which, after some upgrades has made my ship faster than most missiles or torpedoes). Stuff wears out, and you must obtain fuel. Planets have different values for commodities - and different restrictions (and you may, if desired, traffic in restricted commodities, which may be quite profitable if you're not caught).

The addictive quality is excellent, I haven't seen such replayability since Wizardry 8. It took several tries to learn enough about the play to end up with a version that I am playing for a while now. I possibly should have tried Space Rangers 1 before starting with '2' - but it is a delightful game.

I've read some bad stuff about STARFORCE, although the only problem I had was when it asked for DISC 2 it wouldn't start (it worked when I gave it DISC 1 however). I haven't tried any other CD/DVD's since installing it - so I may have problems that I am perhaps unaware of yet... Rootkit seems a bit heavy-handed for copy-protection, I have lots of other games that didn't need to play with My OS to operate (or specifically, require the appropiate CD to be in place to run, such as Wiz 8, or Freespace I,II). Rootkits are simply "bad menners".

For the money, this game is a fantastic bargain though !

IT DOMINATES THE DOMINATORS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

i purchased this game a week ago and i love it. the space traveling and arcade battles are also and yet sort of 3d. when you go to govermnent buildings the graphics are sooo realistic
[PROS] very fun game provides hours of enjoyable gameplay, lots of good items to buy sell and trade, many skills to develop and all 5 races are great and have a variety of looks to choose from, plenty of upgradable, customizable ships and customizable equipment,many customizable,upgradable weapons and you can make squads to follow you and team up with others, quick load times, a superb mixture of gaming genres, classes have unique abilities, you can become a threat to the coalition and make deals with dominators& steal cargos plus planetary battles are fun,includes the first space rangers game in english which rocks, great 108 page manual and reference card i like the poster and great quests. u can get arrested and win money in fist fights and bug races.many galaxies,planets,starsystems&stations and probes rock same with moduels. hundreds of AI and the game evolves itself, do anything you want [CONS] uhhhh.... you won't want to leave the computer and you'll go crazy about endless possibilties. get it its like a free star wars galaxies or eve only $30 and has been named one of the best games of the year so go get it because i want to stop typing and go play RISE OF THE DOMINATORS!!!

Awesome Game!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is like StarshipTrader, a web game that I played online once, but with better graphics and more activities.

Oh, yeah ... is StarForce that bad? To the people who purchased this game: Have any of you had bad experience with the version of StarForce that was included with Space Rangers 2?

Holy Spacemonkeys!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Space Rangers 2 is pure fun. It reminds me of an old game named Privateer that ran on DOS. You run around the galaxy in your spaceship fighting, trading, doing small missions and buying upgrades for your ship. You can play the game as a fighter, merchant or pirate. Part of the game includes a StarCraft like element where you fight in a real-time strategy mode, but for those who don't like that kind of action you can skip those missions entirely. You start off as a weakling and build up as the game goes on acquiring rank, skill, money and reputation. You can also hire other rangers to work under your direction as you build skill so that when you get into battles you bring your entire "entourage" with you.

The game is highly addictive and you will find yourself engrossed for hours (or days) at a time. The Space Rangers 2 development team has done a great job of creating a totally unique genre with this game. If you're into flashy graphical games with weak story lines and marginal game play development this title is not for you.

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