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wormholewizards: I need some opinion here. Due to tight budget i can only afford 1 game. Which one do you think offer better overall experience? Star Wolves or Space Rangers 2?

It's for my little brother actually. He love sci-fi RTS like C&C and space RTS which has big mothership / battleship like Homeworld and Sins of Solar Empire.
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Pheace: Although I absolutely love SR2, it's nothing like Homeworld of Sins so I wouldn't buy it for him based on that. You really only own one ship in that game, with a few possible companion ships if you recruit them but it's really all about you. And no 'motherships' and the like.

It's really more like Star Control or Elite than a space RTS. (there's some RTS minigame on the planets every now and then though, however they're *tough* and pretty simplistic compared to standard RTS games)

I <3 Space Rangers 2 but don't expect it to be anything like those games.
So there's no battle between spaceship in Space Rangers?
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Pheace: Although I absolutely love SR2, it's nothing like Homeworld of Sins so I wouldn't buy it for him based on that. You really only own one ship in that game, with a few possible companion ships if you recruit them but it's really all about you. And no 'motherships' and the like.

It's really more like Star Control or Elite than a space RTS. (there's some RTS minigame on the planets every now and then though, however they're *tough* and pretty simplistic compared to standard RTS games)

I <3 Space Rangers 2 but don't expect it to be anything like those games.
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wormholewizards: So there's no battle between spaceship in Space Rangers?
There is, but it's mostly just some one-man ships against against some other one-man ships, and there're no real tactical possibilities whatsoever (aside from firing with long-range weapons so that the enemy can't shoot back).
Post edited November 21, 2011 by DrIstvaan
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wormholewizards: So there's no battle between spaceship in Space Rangers?
There is, but the game is more on the scale of a Baldur's Gate style RPG than a big RTS or 4X like Sins or MoO. It's essentially a RPG, but you are a spaceship instead of a wizard. Combat relies on special abilities and using the space bar to pause and issue commands. You control one single ship, and occasionally other ships join your "party" while you do fun space things.

EDIT: Damn it, I was mixing it up with Star Wolves. Sorry folks, nothing to see here.
Post edited November 21, 2011 by PenutBrittle
In the end i decided to get Star Wolves after showed him some footage of these 2 games.
Because Star Wolves is much more simple and shouldn't tax his brain too much.