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Mixture
of Game Genres
Space Rangers is a unique combination of different
gaming genres. The gameplay is turn based
as you explore the Galaxy obtaining resources, trading,
making friends and enemies! You decide where to go and when.
You decide whether to help your race against the ever threatening
menace of the Dominators or just ignore it! Missions are
available which can quickly increase your wealth. Some involve
3D RTS battles on the surface of the planet as you
use robots to combat the Dominators. Fans of arcade
battles and text quests will also find something
to like. It is hard to imagine a game that could be more
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Your
First Steps
Having selected your race and difficulty level it's time
to
leave the safety of your planet and explore the Galaxy.
You start as a lowly ranger and will have to improve your
rating if you want others to respect you. What you do is
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Resources
Being an ambitious ranger you'll want more money to upgrade
your ship. One way is to fly between planets looking for
resources such as asteroids to blast and then collect the
valuable minerals that they contain. Take them to a populated
planet and trade them for cash. |
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Trade
There's lots of other items that you can trade with, such
as food and medicine. Perhaps a war is taking place on a
distant planet or a epidemic has broken out? Buy some medicine
and take it to that planet for an easy profit. |
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Upgrades
Your ship can only carry and do so much, so you'll want
to trade your current components for better or lighter ones.
Improved radar, engines or weapons are just three of the
many upgrades that you'll want to do. Especially if you
decide to go up against the Dominators. |
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News
The Galaxy does not stand still. The News service
is an excellent place to get information and spot potential
"business" opportunities plus find out how the
rest of the Galaxy is doing! |
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Choose
Your Enemies
You will meet other races, how you treat them and their
craft does matter. Destroying some helpless cargo
transporter for it's plunder may make sense at the time
but what if you need to get your ship repaired on their
home planet? |
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A
Big World
Once
you've finished exploring the known star systems you can
acquire more charts and open up new regions of space to
explore.
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Pirate?
Of course you can choose to be an upstanding citizen
and help fight against the space pirates that pick on the
weak or decide to become one yourself. |
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Missions
You can see if the Government of the planet has any
missions for you. This is an excellent way of making money
and friends! Missions can be quite varied, one day you could
be transporting a valuable artifact or going on a quest
(played out as a text adventure) or be asked to rid a planet
of Dominators in a 3D RTS battle. |
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Dominators
Up Close
3D planet side battles against the Dominators are dangerous
but rewarding challenges. You construct and control mighty
war robots in a battle for control of an island. |
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Construct
Robots
A variety of types of propulsion and weapons are at
your disposal when designing robots to meet the challenge.
Produce them at your factory along with defence turrets
and then explore the island - looking for your foe. |
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Battle
to the Death
Your robots can be controlled RTS style by lassoing
them and clicking where they should go and who they should
attack or you can control the movement and firing of an
individual robot while the others carry out your orders! |
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Not
Always Friendly
During your travels you will meet other pilots and rangers
that will strike up conversations, some will trade information,
some will want to join you but some will want to hijack
your ship! |
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March
of the Dominators
As you live your life in space, the threat of the Dominators
will increase. So even the badly behaved space ranger may
want to stop off at one of the orbiting Ranger Centres to
find out more about the Dominators and what you can do to
protect the Galaxy and yourself! |
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Space
Rangers on PC-DVD
Not only do you get the latest Space Rangers adventure
(Space Rangers 2: Dominators) but you also get the
original Space Rangers where the Klissans are the
big threat. |
