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29 Nov 2014, 3:09 pm

Egosoft is about to release X: Rebirth 3.0 and it seems like the game might actually be worth trying again!



As a veteran of many Egosoft releases, I knew XR would be pretty bad when it first came out--Ego's games always are.

However, Ego is also one of the best devs out there as far as supporting/fixing games is concerned. After a year, they've done TONS of bug fixes and redesigns, and added lots of new, free content to the game.

If you have the game, like me, and haven't played in a while, it's probably time to fire it up.

If you don't have the game, but you like space sims, it might be time to buy it from steam for cheap...


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29 Nov 2014, 9:24 pm

X: Rebirth is a weird game with potential. Before it was released I liked the images and the trailer was pretty good. I saw it in a store... and purchased the game without knowing the hate and negative feedback its been getting. Kinda surprised me. I hope they do turn things around, however its still disappointing that it was released in a broken state.



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29 Nov 2014, 10:31 pm

Nice graphics. I haven't played a cockpit space-shooty game since Wing Commander



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29 Nov 2014, 10:34 pm

Lightligurua wrote:
X: Rebirth is a weird game with potential. Before it was released I liked the images and the trailer was pretty good. I saw it in a store... and purchased the game without knowing the hate and negative feedback its been getting. Kinda surprised me. I hope they do turn things around, however its still disappointing that it was released in a broken state.

If you want to see what a fully mature Egosoft space game is like, try X3: Albion Prelude...

You can get it from Steam right now for about $5.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/201310/

It's deep and has a steep learning curve, but it's worth it if you like space sims.


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30 Nov 2014, 2:00 pm

GoonSquad wrote:
Lightligurua wrote:
X: Rebirth is a weird game with potential. Before it was released I liked the images and the trailer was pretty good. I saw it in a store... and purchased the game without knowing the hate and negative feedback its been getting. Kinda surprised me. I hope they do turn things around, however its still disappointing that it was released in a broken state.

If you want to see what a fully mature Egosoft space game is like, try X3: Albion Prelude...

You can get it from Steam right now for about $5.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/201310/

It's deep and has a steep learning curve, but it's worth it if you like space sims.


I already have much of the X3 games but I haven't played them much. :) I played lots of Evochron Mercenary, its really good.



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30 Nov 2014, 5:27 pm

Thanks for the tip... The steam page says the game has realistic physics. I've been looking for another game like that since Iwar 2.

I think I'll give it a try.


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