Your ultimate goal is to stop the dominators by locating and dealing with the three dominator command units, which are located somewhere in the galaxy. This galaxy is a busy and dangerous place, though, and there are all sorts of hazards floating around, from stray asteroids that can damage your ship, to pirates, hostile factions, planetary governments that you've managed to offend, to the dominators, a dread race of robots that is slowly conquering the galaxy. After you create a character by choosing a race and a profession (there are five races and five professions, such as merchant and pirate), you're dropped into your starship and what's next is entirely up to you. Space Rangers 2 randomly generates a galaxy each time you start a new game, so you'll never have the same game twice. Clearly, the designers were going for a kitchen-sink approach to game design, but it's also apparent that they wanted to keep all these things light and simple, so as not to confuse the player. The game also features a lightweight real-time strategy mode where you design and build robotic war machines to conquer planets. You can live the life of a trader, be a pirate or mercenary, or just explore the unknown sectors of the galaxy. Your job will be to create your own space ranger-a sort of an elite interplanetary mercenary-and fly about the galaxy, hunting down criminals, delivering vital supplies, and pretty much going where you want and doing what you want. You can best think of Space Rangers 2 as a blend of Star Control (the classic space exploration game from the early 90s) and Sid Meier's Pirates! with some real-time strategy and role-playing thrown in. Just keep an eye out for pirates, asteroids, and evil robots. Cinemaware Marquee is bringing Space Rangers 2 to the US next month, and we got our hands on the game to check out its mix of adventure, space trading, and exploration. Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators won't be mistaken for one of those games, but that's apparently part of its charm in Europe, where it has been available for a while now. Over the years, the space exploration and trading genre has become more and more simulation heavy, with games that let you slowly fly and appreciate the grandeur of space while you gaze at beautiful planets and complex space stations.
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