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Impulse: Space Rangers 2 @ $4USD for the Weekend!

devoirdevoir Registered User regular
edited December 2008 in Games and Technology
Saw on RPS that Space Rangers 2 is $4USD (5CDN, 6AUD) for this weekend, along with a bunch of other bargains. The weekend's bargains are listed below, including World of Goo and Supreme Commander.

http://www.impulsedriven.com/news/1166_Weekend_Impulse_Buys

Impulse is Stardock's digital distribution platform. It's kinda like Steam, but not.

Anyway, I picked up Space Rangers 2 for the $6AUD, and it's usually $60+.

Space Rangers 2 Wikipedia link.
Space Rangers 2 combines multiple gameplay modes. Space travel takes place in a third-person perspective turn-based 2D engine. The game also includes a 3D real-time strategy engine for planetary battles, with the option to control units within the RTS engine to play the battles as third-person shooters. The game also features an arcade shoot 'em up mode, and text-based missions that include interactive fiction and logic puzzle elements. The player character can gain experience points and improve skills, and the player character's ship can be upgraded as the player earns more cash. Sources of income for the player character include trading, piracy, completing missions for various factions, mining, and deploying research probes.

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  • JohnDoeJohnDoe Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Cool. Wasn't there an expansion for this as well? I only played vanilla.

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  • devoirdevoir Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    The version on Impulse is the main game plus the Reboot expansion. It also gives you seperate access to the Vanilla version as well.

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Hmm. I played the original, and while it had a nice thing going for it it really got bogged down towards the middle and end of the game when you got raped by maintainance fees and the dreaded years-long quest drought. Did Reboot fix that?

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  • n00bishn00bish Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Yesssssss. Bought this ages ago and the dumb CDs don't install right. Now I have it with expansion goodness and no Starforce for 4 dollars! \o/ Thanks for the heads up, dev.

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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Anyone know what the expansion adds?

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  • devoirdevoir Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    http://www.1cpublishing.eu/game/space-rangers-2-reboot/overview
    Key Features:
    5 new text quests!
    27 new maps for planetary battles!
    10 new maps for hyperspace battles.
    New government tasks.
    New equipment and unique hull designs, including three super spaceships.
    New game modes: step-by-step progress through text quests and planetary battles.
    Expanded interface of ship’s hold and information center.
    More than 50 new governmental tasks of different types.
    New unique equipment.
    Galaxy search system improved.

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