Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators Demo

As any science-fiction book and movie might tell you, self-aware artificial intelligence will rise against humanity once it is achieved, even if the actual purpose of such a rebellion is never quite clear. When the story includes space exploration as well, the robots are almost certain to rebel, especially since they are much better suited to survive on inhospitable planets.

Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators tells approximately the same story, although it adds a bit of intrigue and interesting developments along the way to keep you invested in the action. Moreover, it also makes use of a variety of mechanics and mini-games to maintain the novelty factor intact all throughout the main campaign and the auxiliary game mods, which definitely a neat trick to see in action.

The plot is pretty much self-explanatory, although there some twists and turns along the way, again, to keep you interested into what comes next. Hence, a sentient race of battle androids decide to declare war on everything and everyone, including humans and all the other races that are part of the galaxy. Their purpose is to conquer and extend their power, only to get more advanced and intelligent.

As previously mentioned, the game makes use of a variety of mini-games to spice up the action, some of which involves 3rd person combat, or real-time strategy skirmishes against the artificial intelligence overlords. Needless to say, the variety works wonders for the experience and there is plenty to go around for everyone, given the fact that the main campaign is quite long and satisfying.

Good things can be said about the graphics as well, since they switch from 2D to 3D on a regular basis, depending on what kind of action you happen to be undertaking. Obviously, the real-time strategy portions are in three dimensions, in order to allow you complete freedom on the battlefield, not to mention the option to jump into a soldier of your choosing and personally shooting at the enemy.

In the end, Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators has everything you might want if you fancy yourself a science-fiction fan: androids, aliens, interesting planets and ludicrous technology to explain it all. Moreover, the gameplay is fun and varied, while the visual quality is top notch as well.