The 'X' Series (space sim)

[Vladimir]

Don't know about you, but i didn't buy the first game, so it went pretty alright because it had a little text file with it, explaining the very basic things. Try using google, it helps.

Also http://www.everfall.com/paste/id.php?2ci1lxse6m0x

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[the real dutch]

even bc3000AD is easier to handle

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[quantum244]

If I am not much mistaken, X3: The Terran Conflict saw a massive overhaul to the control scheme and interface. This is the one I bought, for that very reason, and I haven't had too much trouble figuring things out.

Of course, it takes the short side of forever to actually do anything, so I would recommend finding yourself a few cheats/mods/trainers.;)

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[Exodus]

Well, if you use "cheats" there is no reason to the whole game.. well if you like thinking and making strategies... but with some scripts you can create massive battles.. now that is fun. I've added some BSG Galactica mod and it looks nice. I don't play the story though.. just fighting cylons:)

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[Aphil]

Actually, if you want to set up a particular roleplay, it's usually encouraged that you cheat. It helps you get right into what you WANT to do, rather then what you HAVE to do. So if you wanted to be a Pirate with a Mobile TL Base, then just spawn one, put some equipment on it, spawn a decent Fighter and then work from there.:)

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[Gaz83]

I haven't got terran conflict or albion prelude, I'm still on X3 reunion.
That's mainly because I have no idea what I'm doing half the time.

[Asgardian]

I bought the X-Super box in the Steam sales over christmas and I'm not regretting it. I put many, many hours into Reunion and built up a fleet containing every single Destroyer in the game, along with a HQ and all that jazz. Was fairly epic. The control system in Reunion was horrendous and the game had a steep learning curve - But once you got the hang of it, it wasn't too bad.

What I did was go for the Bankrupt Assassin (No starting credits, but an M3 class fighter) and head to the nearest neutral/pirate sector (Hatikvah's Faith for me) and pirate only Paranid freighters (They're uppity and deserve it). Doesn't take long to build up a nice little fleet of freighter ships, selling for a cool 500k each, more if they're XL's and what not.

From there, I kept on doing combat missions and eventually built a super complex with my earnings. Out of luck, I got the Griffon Sentinel when it was at a ridiculous $14mil (Its now been adjusted to $36mil). Spent about 70 hours in-game purely having fun.

Would definitely recommend Terran Conflict and Albion Prelude, as the interface has been improved greatly and the newest patch (Out today!) has fixed the FPS problem everyone was having.

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[lw'nafh]

If the X games are a little /too/ complex, you can always try Evochron, too.

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[ophidian]

Though don't expect the same "finese" from Evochron, it is still a growing project of one man and it has certain issues, especially in UI design (in means of accessibility and visuals).

However, planet landing etc is fun.

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[Echo 7-7]

If the X games are a little /too/ complex, you can always try Evochron, too.

I tried its demo years back, but wasn't very impressed.


Thanks for the thoughts and comments, guys, they're all helpful. Keep them coming if you have any more advice!

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