X-rebirth 2.0

[Ranorak]

So, I love space games.
And I love space ships.
I also tried to get into X3 Terran Conflict but never got really into it, it was a bit too.... overwhelming.

I knew the original version of this game was crap, how is this 2.0 version?
Is it improved enough to pay the 24 euro price it has on steam now?

 

[Zontar]

Part of me wants to believe that it's playable and maybe even fun, but unlike the other fames they've released where it was riddled with bugs, Rebirth had problems because of the core gameplay. I'd say wait for when the sale comes near its end a re read up on what users have to say about it.

 

[raeior]

I guess I'll play it over the weekend for a while but looking at the patch notes a lot of the problems still remain. Still only one ship (well..at least they now have 3 different cockpit designs you can change to), no buyable small ships, unfinished storyline, AI is afaik still dumb as hell and the performance can vary between 60 and 1 fps depending on your hardware and the current moon phase. The main problems of the game seem to stem from their underlying design decisions. Stuff like the forced landing on stations (which was now patched out), the highway minigame stuff (which was also patched out or at least modified? patch notes were not clear about that), the completely user unfriendly interface, the weirdness of trading in general. The station building is pretty lacklustre and the combat is boring as hell because you can destroy nearly every ship by flying into its docking bay and shooting at it from the inside.

I guess if you found X3 TC overwhelming then Rebirth won't help you much. It got a tutorial but that still explains next to nothing and they managed to make many of the menus even worse.