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 Posted: Tue, 12th Aug 2008 20:07 Post subject: Space trading and combat sims |
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Friend asked for suggestions in this genre, and my personal experience is limited to the X series and Freelancer. X3: Terran Conflict is of course due soon, but are there any other relatively recent (like 2000 and onwards) titles in this genre that are actually good? Seems like most if not all space trading/combat sims nowadays are indie titles from european dev houses with horrible production values.
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Big_Gun
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| Posted: Tue, 12th Aug 2008 20:41 Post subject: |
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Evochron Renegades. Yep. Indie developed but very very good.
Multiplayer with planetary landings. Huge seamless universe. Pretty decent graphics. Modifiable. Ability to run your own dedicated server. PVP and Coop play. Central story line. Ship yards where you can purchase equipment, scale and rotate ship pieces to change the look of your ship. Awesome awesome game.
Linkie:
http://starwraith3dgames.home.att.net/evochronrenegades/index.htm
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| Posted: Tue, 12th Aug 2008 21:10 Post subject: |
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Big_Gun
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| Posted: Tue, 12th Aug 2008 21:21 Post subject: |
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Space Rangers 2 is in my personal top 3 Greatest Games Of All Time list.
But, I dunno if that is the type of game he is referring to. Yes, it is space trading... but it is also an arcade game, an RTS, and a text adventure game all rolled into one sweet package.
And, the space traidng is 2d top down view. So, it really isn't a sim along the lines of Freelancer or the X games.
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| Posted: Tue, 12th Aug 2008 21:51 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Wed, 13th Aug 2008 06:28 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Wed, 13th Aug 2008 15:11 Post subject: |
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Spacerangers2 >> ugly starforce security crap.
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Wed, 13th Aug 2008 15:34 Post subject: |
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The reboot expansion for space rangers 2 removes any sort of copy protection there might be
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| Posted: Wed, 13th Aug 2008 16:57 Post subject: |
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Oh thats interesting thanks.. will have a read .
Hmm is there any info on the expansion on the main site, I cant seem to locate it via any links they have.
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| Posted: Wed, 13th Aug 2008 17:09 Post subject: |
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Didnt know about this expansion..actually found very little on the site though it seems you can buy it with tokens from totalgaming.com
It seems there is also a torrent of it (russian version only though)
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| Posted: Wed, 13th Aug 2008 17:12 Post subject: |
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Yes as far as i can see there is no available usenet etc for spacerangers2 unless you want the one that has starforce with it. Still ill keep my eyes open.
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crossmr
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| Posted: Thu, 14th Aug 2008 04:57 Post subject: |
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| Epsilon wrote: | | The reboot expansion for space rangers 2 removes any sort of copy protection there might be |
When was this released?
I don't see a mention of it on the site.
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Thu, 14th Aug 2008 05:10 Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: | | Epsilon wrote: | | The reboot expansion for space rangers 2 removes any sort of copy protection there might be |
When was this released?
I don't see a mention of it on the site. |
A month ago |
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| Posted: Thu, 14th Aug 2008 10:49 Post subject: |
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Guys, there are fixes that remove the SF protection on SR2, by the way. Check GCW. I own the SR double pack (SR1 and SR2 on DVD) but I detest Starforce and would never again, knowingly, install that trash on my machine. The last time I had that, it killed my old Plextor DVDRW. Now I just use fixes.
As for Reboot? Holy shit! *laughs* I didn't even know it existed! I'm going to try and find the English version.
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| Posted: Thu, 14th Aug 2008 16:06 Post subject: |
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| Big_Gun wrote: |
Space Rangers 2 is in my personal top 3 Greatest Games Of All Time list.
But, I dunno if that is the type of game he is referring to. Yes, it is space trading... but it is also an arcade game, an RTS, and a text adventure game all rolled into one sweet package.
And, the space traidng is 2d top down view. So, it really isn't a sim along the lines of Freelancer or the X games. |
OT: and what are the other 2 may I ask?
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crossmr
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| Posted: Fri, 15th Aug 2008 04:15 Post subject: |
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| sabin1981 wrote: | Guys, there are fixes that remove the SF protection on SR2, by the way. Check GCW. I own the SR double pack (SR1 and SR2 on DVD) but I detest Starforce and would never again, knowingly, install that trash on my machine. The last time I had that, it killed my old Plextor DVDRW. Now I just use fixes.
As for Reboot? Holy shit! *laughs* I didn't even know it existed! I'm going to try and find the English version. |
TGN is selling it, I also have the double pack (I had to import it at the time)
http://totalgaming.stardock.com/games/?id=sr2x
I don't see it anywhere else.. but if you happen to find it let me know..
[edit] and its not available in my country..so yeah.. if anyone sees it anywhere else..let me know..
god this is starting to piss me off..
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Big_Gun
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| Posted: Fri, 15th Aug 2008 04:44 Post subject: |
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| ThomasCro wrote: | | Big_Gun wrote: |
Space Rangers 2 is in my personal top 3 Greatest Games Of All Time list.
But, I dunno if that is the type of game he is referring to. Yes, it is space trading... but it is also an arcade game, an RTS, and a text adventure game all rolled into one sweet package.
And, the space traidng is 2d top down view. So, it really isn't a sim along the lines of Freelancer or the X games. |
OT: and what are the other 2 may I ask? |
1) Deus Ex
2) System Shock 2
Of course, if I go REALLY far back.. I have to throw in the first time I sat down at an Apple IIe and played Wizardry and Ultima. . . but I think the two games I mentioned above, for me, were the best games I have ever played. Course, I would need like a top 25 to really name all the one's I have found great over the years. But yeah, I am pretty comfortable with those as my top two personally. And, I would place Space Rangers 2 right behind them.
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Big_Gun
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| Posted: Fri, 15th Aug 2008 16:36 Post subject: |
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Really good review of Space Rangers 2 by the way:
http://www.netjak.com/review.php/1021
Summary:
" Overall:
Buy this game. It comes with Space Rangers 1, so it's really 2 games for $40. It's a fun experience from beginning to end, and it will keep you occupied for quite some time.
I had Advance Wars: Dual Strike, Radiata Stories, the online client for the Spycraft CCG, and a ton of other games to play and review. I was playing them before Space Rangers 2, and after I installed the game, I basically didn't touch any of them again until after I had beaten Space Rangers 2. After I had purchased the game, I replied to the guy with the MIT alumni address and told him, "Well, you've now completely sidetracked my review schedule." Not only is the best game I've played this year...it probably just cracked my top 15 games of all time."
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| Posted: Fri, 15th Aug 2008 23:06 Post subject: |
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Downloaded Space Rangers 2 but can't get it to work with Vista x64. Any work arounds??
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