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X Rebirth |OT| Back In The Womb With You
- Thread starter Alex Connolly
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br0ken_shad0w
Member
Hey look a space game that's actually released. If they fix the crippling bugs like the pathfinding, I'm all in.
Quick Mustard
Member
Subbed 
Cant Wait!
Cant Wait!
There's been a few of them lately, like Space Rangers HD and Salvation Prophecy.
Alex Connolly
Member
Oh, and maybe the gameplay will be good too.
Kept the OT to a single image, just so there's room for you and your quantum computer to work that special magic, Dennis.
I still hate that you can't fly any other ships in it now. One ship and it's not exactly a Normandy or Millennium Falcon.
AstroZombie
Banned
I wish all serious OTs were like this one.
I still hate that you can't fly any other ships in it now. One ship and it's not exactly a Normandy or Millennium Falcon.
What? There's only one pilotable ship in the game? You can't buy any others?
You can, but they are flown remotely
Technically yes you pilot one ship, although you can also pilot drones that you launch from your ship.
The Mana Legend
Banned
GOTY 2013, I feel it. I feel it in my bones and in my pants.
sazabirules
Unconfirmed Member
This game looks awesome. I hope to get it next week or by Christmas when I've cut down on my backlog.
ThreePiMatt
Member
My R9-290x is ready. Body also ready. Shame that I have to work the 15th and 16th, though.
The Mana Legend
Banned
Can I preload this before release? I'm not near a computer to find out.
You can like in every X game to buy everything.
Change is that you won't be able to pilot rest of ships yourself. You have one up-gradable ship + drones. You will hire NPCs traders soldiers and admirals to fly those ships for you.
They essentially did what most of people playing X series everntually do. Buy fast m3 with jump drive and fly that 24/7.
I hope though in next game or expansion they will allow to fly any ship.
Captain Smoker
Member
Man, this looks reaally interesting, didn't buy a PC game in ages, but I want this.
Can someone explain me the concept? OP has no information. ^^
Can someone explain me the concept? OP has no information. ^^
IAmRandom31
Banned
I love me some space games, so this will be an insta-buy.
Looks HOT!
Maybe this game will reduce the sting of likely not being able to get a PS4 at launch because I am a dumbass and did not pre-order lol.
Looks HOT!
Maybe this game will reduce the sting of likely not being able to get a PS4 at launch because I am a dumbass and did not pre-order lol.
oneils
Member
I still hate that you can't fly any other ships in it now. One ship and it's not exactly a Normandy or Millennium Falcon.
Edit: perkel answered my question.
Am I reading this right? You can only take the controls of this one ship? The others you can only command?
ThreePiMatt
Member
Man, this looks reaally interesting, didn't buy a PC game in ages, but I want this.
Can someone explain me the concept? OP has no information. ^^
Its an economic sandbox, basically. You are a dude in a spaceship and you can engage in trade, become a pirate or mercenary, do jobs for money, align with a faction, etc. You can mine asteroids, buy factories that produce goods. You could build and command a fleet of capital ships. Its very open to what you want to do. There's no specific goal and no specific endgame (shy of maybe owning everything and killing off everyone else).
IAmRandom31
Banned
Sounds like Star Citizen or Freelancer then. Except you can't change ships?
Aquamarine
Member
Oh sure, you can change ships if you want to!
It's very much like a vastly-upgraded version of Freelancer, or a single-player version of the popular "Eve Online" MMO. The simulated living economy in the X series is extremely robust and dynamic...it progresses with or without you.
You stand in one place and watch ships going to and from sectors, haggling and trying to make a name for themselves. It can be quite immersive.
I am so ridiculously hyped for this next iteration! Can't wait to play it.
Captain Smoker
Member
Alex Connolly
Member
Up until now, they've been primarily trading and corporation sims - at least, for me, you'd never want to play these like X-Wing or some such. We'll see how well Rebirth does in the traditional space fighter stakes, but I'm just keen to wander around a living, breathing realm.
Aquamarine
Member
Or be the head of an inter-galactic corporation where you compete with rivals to dominate the galaxy with your financial might!
You can even build your own space station if you wanted to.
ThreePiMatt
Member
Yeah, the not-changing-ships part has been a point of contention for sure. I don't think it'll be as big a deal as people make it out to be, like someone above said, everyone in X3 just used a fast M3 anyhow, flying the capitals and even corvettes manually was just tedious and slow.
Man, this looks reaally interesting, didn't buy a PC game in ages, but I want this.
Can someone explain me the concept? OP has no information. ^^
Concept of this game:
You have starting starship, there is story going on. You shoot things trade stuff , buy stuff
Difference here between your normal spaceship game like FreeSpace 2 is scale.
Everything you see in game be it small spaceship, big carrier or even whole shipyard can be bought by player and used.
This is something comparable to EVE, ultimate sandbox.
In earlier games you could start for example from one small ship and get to point where you can fight whole nations with your own armadas and it is not only about fighting.
Each piece of weapon armor shield or anything can be produced.
For example you can have factory that produces small spaceship but that spaceship needs to be outfitted with for example shields, weapons, missles and so on. So for example for one ship you have whole chain of factories that will supply shipyard and those factiories alone will need source of resources energy, they will need protection and so on.
You can mine things, get enlisted in army for some nation, work for space police scanning other ships for illegal cargo and so much more.
ambientmystic
Member
Man am I looking forward to seeing how this game will fare on my ancient rig. Haven't played an X game since Reunion came out!
Aquamarine, you're a PC gamer too? Thought you were a Nintendo investor and GAF Sales Age correspondent, I seldom see you post in any specific game OP. What platform are you not invested in lol.
Oh sure, you can change ships if you want to!
It's very much like a vastly-upgraded version of Freelancer, or a single-player version of the popular "Eve Online" MMO. The simulated living economy in the X series is extremely robust and dynamic...it progresses with or without you.
You stand in one place and watch ships going to and from sectors, haggling and trying to make a name for themselves. It can be quite immersive.
I am so ridiculously hyped for this next iteration! Can't wait to play it.
Aquamarine, you're a PC gamer too? Thought you were a Nintendo investor and GAF Sales Age correspondent, I seldom see you post in any specific game OP. What platform are you not invested in lol.
legacyzero
Banned
Subscribed. I love your minimal OT. It's great!
I'm VERY picky on games that take place in space. I'm looking for a game that is JUST RIGHT. Im not sure this, or even Star Citizen are it, but this one is certainly on my radar.
I'm VERY picky on games that take place in space. I'm looking for a game that is JUST RIGHT. Im not sure this, or even Star Citizen are it, but this one is certainly on my radar.
Aquamarine
Member
Why can't I be both? :-(
I like robust, open-world simulations where you can pretty much do whatever you want. The X series has always fascinated me with its sheer volume and depth. It really is a series you can spend hundreds and hundreds of hours deeply invested in.
Alex Connolly
Member
Regarding the OT, there's enough puff and overbearing presskit silliness in other official threads that - for the most part - gets quickly scanned over once and never returned to. All the info is a click away and I might update it with reviews thereafter...however, given the way X games are, reviews are rendered meaningless with mods etc.
And agreed on finding that *right* space game. Terran Conflict with mods was pretty much on the money, but I'm looking forward to this new take on the Egosoft formula. Can't wait to wander around on space stations or command big mining operations.
Now that's an OT I can get behind. Simple and to the point.
I just pre-ordered AC4 and Rebirth last night. Never was much into the X-series. Always had tons of issues with them, they seemed poorly coded in some places and just overly complex in that boring style where you don't care to learn it.
Visually it looks fantastic, so hopefully it doesn't disappoint.
I just pre-ordered AC4 and Rebirth last night. Never was much into the X-series. Always had tons of issues with them, they seemed poorly coded in some places and just overly complex in that boring style where you don't care to learn it.
Visually it looks fantastic, so hopefully it doesn't disappoint.
Then either X isn't for you or you don't get what it's about.
I for one, am hyped to the max for this one!
Alex Connolly
Member
That's a bit unfair. This just might be the turning point for the series in allowing an easier entry into the X experience, so while we know a deficit of cool ships isn't X's problem, the somewhat hefty asking price emphasises the gamble for those on the fence.
Especially if Terran Conflict et al. didn't do much for them.