太空游侠 2：统治者 Space Rangers 2: Dominators p.349

太空游侠 2：

Space Rangers 2:

统治者

Dominators

我不得不承认，俄罗斯人在制作电子游戏时，会让人觉得他们做的是款他们自己也想玩的游戏，而不是由营销委员会设计的没有灵魂的商品。

《太空游侠 2（Space Rangers 2）》便是最有力的证据，它几乎涵盖所有内容，融入了街机类的太空战斗、资源的经营管理、即时战略游戏般的战役、势力间的人气系统、游戏书（Choose Your Own Adventure gamebooks，CYOA）玩法等元素。乍看之下这种游戏设计本不应成立，因为就体验而言它貌似很难作到把这些紧密地结合到一起。但是这种假设大错特错，这里面所包含的多样化的开放世界体验是相当的有趣。

游戏设定在一个异星种族们都在为生存而战的虚拟宇宙中，而他们所对抗的便是统治着所有有机体生命的三大机械族派系。但这并不意味着所有外星种族都站在统一战线。事实上，每个种族都有着自己划定的领土范围，并且这些领土内的每一个星球都有着自己的工业和政府体系。

I have to hand it to the Russians – when they make video games it feels as if they create something they really wanted to play, rather than a soulless product designed by a marketing committee.

Space Rangers 2 is solid evidence of this. A space exploration RPG, it takes a kitchen sink approach, tossing in arcade space fights, resource trading managers, real-time strategy battles, a faction popularity system, Choose Your Own Adventure gamebooks and more. Game design such as this shouldn't work, as it appears to lack a tightly woven, cohesive experience. But how wrong that assumption is, and how fun is the diverse open-world experience contained here.

The game is set in a fictional universe where several alien races are fighting for their survival against the Dominators – three factions of a robotic species intent on ruling over all organic life. It's not as if the alien races are providing a united front, however, as often each race runs its own defined territory, and each planet inside these territories has its own focus on industry and system of government.

《太空游侠 2》的欧洲和北美零售版中除了原版的《太空游侠》游戏外还附带了一个名为《重启（Reboot）》的扩展包。

The European and North American retail versions of Space Rangers 2 came with an expansion pack called Reboot, plus the original Space Rangers game.

由于游戏中的行星非常的多样化，所以不同行星间的商品和价格也存在着巨大的差异。因此就算星际间正处于交战状态，也还是催生出了大量或合法或非法的材料贸易。私掠行为也是其中的重要元素，所以一艘武装精良护盾充盈的商船把炮口对向另一艘更加富有但武力不足的商船的情况并不罕见。

在一片混乱中，外星种族们建立起一个松散的联盟。为了应对日益猖獗的宇宙海盗和来自主宰者们的入侵势力，一支名为“太空游侠”的宇宙警察部队应运而生。玩家要创建的角色便是一位渴求加入游侠队伍的菜鸟。在完成一系列教学任务后，玩家将进入开放的宇宙，以完成某些目标——实际上是你想要做到的一切。

正如前文所述，《太空游侠 2》高度开放，其中充满了各式各样的活动内容。比方说，一开始玩家需要赚钱来升级自己的飞船，但也可以直接去买一艘更好的星舰。

Since the planets in the game are so diverse, the prices of their goods and commodities also range greatly from planet to planet, resulting in a significant amount of trade in legal and illegal materials despite ongoing interstellar war. Piracy is also a factor, and it is not rare to see one trade ship with decent guns and shields target a richer, but less armed trade ship.

Amidst this chaos, the aliens races create a loose confederation in order to deal with both the growing presence of pirates and the invading forces of the Dominators, forming an interstellar police force known as the Space Rangers. This is where the player comes in, creating a character who is a trainee seeking graduation into the ranks of the Rangers. After some tutorial missions, the player is set loose into the open universe in order to do... well, whatever the player feels like doing really.

As mentioned before, Space Rangers 2 is quite open-ended and full of diverse activities. Initially the player will want to earn funds in order to beef up his spaceship or to purchase a new and better vessel.