Egosoft's X Series: Which is the Best?
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I just went to install X3:R and it's no longer in my steam library... Lol
X3:AP it is...!
X3:AP it is...!
I can quite safely say anything from X2 onwards, they were one of the first games that got me into pc building, if only to keep my rig capable of playing them.
I really want to play x4, but I'll have to wait another 6-7 weeks for me to arrive back in the UK...
I really want to play x4, but I'll have to wait another 6-7 weeks for me to arrive back in the UK...
Oh dear!
I just tried playing X3:AP.
Good news, is my old PC can run it at 4k/60+FPS!
Bad news is the menus are so small I can't read them, and I genuinely got neck ache from having to turn my head to look in each area of my 55" screen.... Lol
Also any red text is garbled.
The game isn't didn't age well!
I'd also forgotten how unintuitive it is. It took me 20 minutes to dock.
And I'd totally forgotten the lack of "cockpits" so it feels like you're flying a very slow space window. Not very immersive compared to ED, or any other game ever. Lol
So after 20 minutes, I'd managed to setup up my controls a bit.
Jump to the Moon Sector.
Dock at a Shipyard.
Then quit because my eyes were hurting.
I think I'll just get X4.... when it goes on sale.
I just tried playing X3:AP.
Good news, is my old PC can run it at 4k/60+FPS!
Bad news is the menus are so small I can't read them, and I genuinely got neck ache from having to turn my head to look in each area of my 55" screen.... Lol
Also any red text is garbled.
The game isn't didn't age well!
I'd also forgotten how unintuitive it is. It took me 20 minutes to dock.
And I'd totally forgotten the lack of "cockpits" so it feels like you're flying a very slow space window. Not very immersive compared to ED, or any other game ever. Lol
So after 20 minutes, I'd managed to setup up my controls a bit.
Jump to the Moon Sector.
Dock at a Shipyard.
Then quit because my eyes were hurting.
I think I'll just get X4.... when it goes on sale.
not sure X:BTF is what I palyed the longest, was really cool.
X:R was kina broing beign tied to the most ugly ship in the era of space games ever.
X4 needs to be seen. its too early oo buggy.
@Spacehead, well X4 isn't exctl yintuitive as well. so the firts two hours will be changing buttons and thinking Where TF is that menu and this again?
X:R was kina broing beign tied to the most ugly ship in the era of space games ever.
X4 needs to be seen. its too early oo buggy.
@Spacehead, well X4 isn't exctl yintuitive as well. so the firts two hours will be changing buttons and thinking Where TF is that menu and this again?
Hello,
1,000 hours alone in X3TC. Finally i got the universe managed by 'Lucike's' sector traders (not that Universe Traders). And a very busy universe with just one player owned fab-complex for building the missiles.
I really like that most.
My first X game was XBtF with version 1.0, which i still own. And i started playing 1.0 and after 2 weeks we have been at ~1.6 [smile]
1,000 hours alone in X3TC. Finally i got the universe managed by 'Lucike's' sector traders (not that Universe Traders). And a very busy universe with just one player owned fab-complex for building the missiles.
I really like that most.
My first X game was XBtF with version 1.0, which i still own. And i started playing 1.0 and after 2 weeks we have been at ~1.6 [smile]
X:Rebirth is weird. Got it in some sale (as i knew to stay away at launch as per all Egosoft games, theirs and Paradox reputation is mostly deserved!) so it was a DLC included version (4.30) and God does it have some terrible design decisions (arcade mini game (the music!) of space lanes, and encouraging roaming around stealing everyone's stuff from lockers and cases etc) and some terrible character models (be happy ED has no space legs like it!).
Still i think i've mostly got rid of the stand-out annoyances with a few mods, but even so, and even if it gives one of the best visual representations of what a space-age might look like (traffic lines and cops etc) in a game, my money still goes on X3 (plus expansions and mods) as probably still the best of X games.
Still i think i've mostly got rid of the stand-out annoyances with a few mods, but even so, and even if it gives one of the best visual representations of what a space-age might look like (traffic lines and cops etc) in a game, my money still goes on X3 (plus expansions and mods) as probably still the best of X games.
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