Also, shield your eyes (care of Zenicetus at RPS)
Wut?
Also, shield your eyes (care of Zenicetus at RPS)
Wut?
I certainly did.
If this is ever brought to a decent state, it will take months and months.
However, you need to open your eyes to realise that.
That said, it DOES have some potential.
The first game I thought of while playing it was Battlecruiser 3000AD - which I bought on release day.
You can take that for what it's worth
It definitely has serious issues but they are definitely working hard on fixing them, too. You can follow the patch notes on Steam. I expect the game will need a few months before I'll really want to buy it.
Albion Prelude is just an expansion. You probably want to buy the War Pack if you want to get the expansion right off the bat but, honestly, there are a few hundred hours just in X3:Terran Conflict alone. I would just buy that then get the expansion if you are really enjoying the game. It's NOT a game for everyone!
Is that still the case? I looked it up on Steam after my friends all bought X3 for 10 € in the last Steam Autumn Sale. It really looks awesome in the trailers. And then I heard the first screams "Don't do it! Don't buy this game! It is a lag fest!!!". Is it really still that bad? Too bad I missed the 10€ offer for X3 - Albion Prelude. I hope they will reoffer it during christmas sale… fingers crossed!
Link- http://steamcommunity.com/games/2870/announcements/detail/1387418590636426607X Rebirth 2.0 - Secret Service Missions now available
Egosoft is extremely pleased to finally announce the release of X Rebirth 2.0 - Secret Service Missions. After considerable effort and with an eye to all the great feedback we've received, X Rebirth 2.0 represents a major update for a wide variety of gameplay mechanics.
• New Feature: Three new gamestarts, each with a new cockpit configuration.
• New Feature: Rebalanced combat with three difficulty settings.
• New Feature: Additional commands for your ships.
• New Feature: Autopilot can fly your ship while you are busy.
• New Feature: All new highway flight model.
• New Feature: Most tasks can now be performed without landing on stations.
• New Feature: Full screen HUD detail monitor option.
• New Feature: Clicks on event monitor now open relevant menus.
• New Feature: Map/radar on event monitor.
• New Feature: New ships in Omicron Lyrae.
• New Feature: Huge new Xenon ship.
• New Feature: Four new missile types.
• New Feature: Improved graphics for an even more beautiful universe.
• New Feature: New graphics options and presets.
• New Feature: New start menu scene.
• New Feature: New Steam achievements.
• Added support for up to 8 input devices (now even your pet octopus can get the most from the game).
• Added option to buy replacement player ship cockpit layout from certain traders.
• Added shield damage for collisions.
• Improved responsiveness of main menu and dialogs.
• Improved event monitor with more space for important information.
• Improved positioning of interface elements in first person mode.
• Improved production logic now skips products where the station has too much stock.
• Fixed gamepad mode switching on when axis has non-zero value while at rest.
• Fixed problem with wrecked state of ship/station surface elements not always being loaded from savegames correctly.
• Fixed collectable objects not showing a target element.
• Fixed gates not showing a target element.
• Fixed info points not being displayed at drone launch pads.
• Fixed cases where clicking on larger targets didn't work.
• Fixed rare instance of mission objective bar being stuck on screen.
• Fixed text field not being reset when closing and reopening trade menu.
• Fixed problems with overlapping/truncated text on first person event monitor.
• Fixed cases resulting in jumping target elements.
• Fixed incorrect text in certain conversations.
• Fixed icon size in licence encyclopedia entry.
• Fixed distance sorting in trade menu.
• Fixed capital ships becoming invisible when boosting while player is close.
• Fixed cases where build icons were displayed without a builder ship in the player squad.
• Fixed missing trade offers for architects with no money.
• Fixed rare case of missing target elements (usually build locations or player owned cap ships).
• Fixed cases where targeting objects using gamepad/joystick controls did not work correctly.
• Fixed trade restrictions menu getting stuck.
• Fixed several causes of occasional crashes.
• Various optimisations resulting in small performance improvements.
And Gemini 2.
Amazon US has the game on sale for pretty cheap: http://smile.amazon.com/X-Rebirth-W...UTF8&qid=1417187039&sr=1-1&keywords=x+rebirth
I finally started playing the game. It's… it's… well, I don't know what to think. There's a lot of stuff in here I shouldn't enjoy (like flying around stations to explore them) but… I do? I look forward to playing the game when I come home. I don't understand why but I do. It's like they snuck some addictive, subliminal messages into the game that convince me I'm having fun.
I can say that I despise the small talk mini-game. You're unlikely to lose so you end up just hearing the same few conversations over and over and over… who the Hades thought this was fun!?
Documentation is getting difficult, too. There have been a lot of changes since release but the manual in the box obviously isn't changing to match. I wonder if the online manual is updated?