Review Codex reviews Space Rangers 2

[bryce777]

I'll be interested to see if the US version has any improvements over the UK version like pach level or translation improvements.

 

[Balor]

Yea, there are new patches released in Russia (they can easily be integreated into US version) and hopefully that ALL text quests, not just the shortests ones, will be translated.
Master of Ikebaana is REALLY long and good. Kind of a game in itself .

 

[bryce777]

Yea, there are new patches released in Russia (they can easily be integreated into US version) and hopefully that ALL text quests, not just the shortests ones, will be translated.
Master of Ikebaana is REALLY long and good. Kind of a game in itself .

I am tempted just to get the US version now, but I will wait on the patch info and see.

 

[VasikkA]

Yea, there are new patches released in Russia (they can easily be integreated into US version) and hopefully that ALL text quests, not just the shortests ones, will be translated.
Master of Ikebaana is REALLY long and good. Kind of a game in itself .

What? Not all the text quests were included in the Euro version??

 

[Voss]

Hey Voss, long time no see.

Yep... between a move that led to a dial-up connection, the industry boring me into buying almost nothing, and Oblivion (which sums up the second point rather well, I think), I kind of wandered off.

 

[Halenthal]

Apparently a lot of the text quests were removed from the Euro version. It could be that the quests didn't make sense when translated, or it could be that there was just so much translating to do.

Still a damn good game, and I hope to someday see Space Rangers 3.

 

[Balor]

"Apparently a lot of the text quests were removed from the Euro version. It could be that the quests didn't make sense when translated, or it could be that there was just so much translating to do."
A couple of quests were indeed too Russia-specific, unless you are into Russian folklore.
But other ten or so were among the best and largest quests in the game... and they cut it out because they didn't feel like translating them.

 

[VasikkA]

Well, I do hope they release a patch that adds those quests into the game, especially if they're included in the US version. I can't be bothered to buy the game twice.

This is so discriminating.

 

[Halenthal]

Yeah, I read on the forums about the missing quests being huge and the best of the bunch. Sucks they're not in the Euro version, but it's still fun.

Fun enough that I WILL be bothered to buy the game twice if the US version has those quests. I'm not even bothered by the translation issues, very rarely does the translation cause to to think about what is being said.

Makes me wish I knew how to read Russian (forget speaking it, that's a harsh language. Right up there with Arabic and German for making your throat hurt)

 

[Psilon]

I'd consider buying the US version if it didn't have the Elus quest. Took me four hours to beat that one, and that's WITH writing a helper program to aid in deducing what the rules were for each round.

 

[bryce777]

Yeah, I read on the forums about the missing quests being huge and the best of the bunch. Sucks they're not in the Euro version, but it's still fun.

Fun enough that I WILL be bothered to buy the game twice if the US version has those quests. I'm not even bothered by the translation issues, very rarely does the translation cause to to think about what is being said.

Makes me wish I knew how to read Russian (forget speaking it, that's a harsh language. Right up there with Arabic and German for making your throat hurt)

Well, if there is some translation, some fans will eventually make a fan patch. There is an editor to add in missions. Doing the translation from scratch would be a lot of work, though. I have thought of getting into that eventually if no one else does, though.

 

[bryce777]

I'd consider buying the US version if it didn't have the Elus quest. Took me four hours to beat that one, and that's WITH writing a helper program to aid in deducing what the rules were for each round.

What's the elus quest?

Is that the pattern matching one? I spent hours on that one and had to write down all the old patterns. I don't think I have ever spent so long solving a puzzle.

 

[Balor]

Erm? You can always decline that mission if you don't feel like doing it .
But I guess that was sarcasm, heh.
Anyway, I beat it w/o any programs in, like... 2 hours or so. Maybe even less, not sure. Yea, it's really hard, but I kinda liked it.

 

[bryce777]

Erm? You can always decline that mission if you don't feel like doing it .
But I guess that was sarcasm, heh.
Anyway, I beat it w/o any programs in, like... 2 hours or so. Maybe even less, not sure. Yea, it's really hard, but I kinda liked it.

I spent at least that long, probably twice as long, and I did the einstein puzzle thing in about ten minutes.

 

[Psilon]

Yeah, most of the other puzzle quests are eminently doable. The problem with the elus one is that you can't screw up more than once. So when you get to round 3 and there are four or five rules that fit each of the three choices, you basically have to guess. Guess wrong, and it's time to restart.

 

[bryce777]

Yeah, most of the other puzzle quests are eminently doable. The problem with the elus one is that you can't screw up more than once. So when you get to round 3 and there are four or five rules that fit each of the three choices, you basically have to guess. Guess wrong, and it's time to restart.

Well, once I did it on paper it actually is not guessing. There is always a way to eliminate every option, but it was almost as bad as the state diagram I made for a compiler like 30 fricken years ago...I would be shocked if anyone could do that in their head. Like you said you could guess it, but I mean seriously *know*.