Which x game best for casual interest/easy to learn/play?

[craig234]

I think I've bought them all and not played any yet. Some keys used some not.

Wondering, which X game is the best first/only/beginner/easy game?

[mmmcheesywaffles]

X4 has an easier menu structure. There are also lots of vids available to help you

[Zalzany]

x4 is easiest to get into I liked x3tc but my god it takes a while to get use to it. I can run most the game of x4 with my xbox controller if I wanted lol

[Belteguesian]

Actually there is no such thing as easy X game... Prepare yourself for steep learning curves and lots of grinding in the beginning...

Even though i prefer other X games, X4 still has a very active community. So, you'd better start with this and you'll be able to ask questions and get answers in a "timely manner"

[powergfx]

Originally posted by Belteguesian:

Actually there is no such thing as easy X game... Prepare yourself for steep learning curves and lots of grinding in the beginning...

Well, in the case of station building, and I mean proper designed stations, everything before X4 is actually a nightmare (especially without mods).

[Chip56]

yeah in regards to easiest to start into i would say x4 is th easiest (out of the X games, not easy compared to other games).

X3TC (with some comfort mods) is something i personally still prefer in some regards over x4. X3TC did improve a lot over X3. So starting with X3TC i would say is also something you could do.

I would suggest playing either of those if are new to the whole game. X1 and X2 are very old and i dont think those are a good starting point unless you are very nostalgic for old style games.

[craig234]

OK, thanks for the replies.

[Chaos12Legion]

I think X4 is the best entry and its also has the best user interface of the bunch. I would recomend it.

[eMYNOCK]

Originally posted by Chaos12Legion:

I think X4 is the best entry and its also has the best user interface of the bunch. I would recomend it.

you just forced me to use a big red marker to make a big red cross on my tiny calendar...
you said that the X4 UI is the best of the bunch...

[SpookySunday]

If I would answer your question precisely ("Which x game best for casual interest/easy to learn/play?") then my answer is X: Beyond the frontier. I played through that game (again) a couple of years ago in a breeze. Everything is accomplished so fast.
However, the points of the others are valid: X4: Foundations has an active community, so you'll find answers easily.
Enjoy!

[Zalzany]

Originally posted by eMYNOCK:

Originally posted by Chaos12Legion:

I think X4 is the best entry and its also has the best user interface of the bunch. I would recomend it.

you just forced me to use a big red marker to make a big red cross on my tiny calendar...
you said that the X4 UI is the best of the bunch...

Best not it needs no changing and is perfection. Just compared to x3 and others I played its easiest to navigate unlike last time I opened x3 and had to spen 3 hours just trying to relearn how to use UI, and play the game again lol

[chronobomb]

X4 is the easiest game to learn.

Terran's have the easiest faction with a simplified economy and they are protected from external threats.

[Humble]

Yup, X4 is easiest one to learn, X3 and X2 I recalled is very harder and and slowness as well, X4 is faster pace of game.
I do like jumpdrive in x3 and x2 to get away from enemies, even you are in very slow snail ship, but X4, well you can't get away from enemies in slow ship, it's bound to blow up, unless you are in fast combat ship.

[D55]

X beyond the frontier
I`d love to recapture that moment of taking the box home after randomly finding it in a game store, that first moment when i spoke to the teladi captain will stay with me forever.
You could then go through them one by one seeing the progression and begin to understand why some of us love X games so much

[aCrimsonMonarch]

All in all X4 is the easiest, especially building complex, you wont have to worry to deploy your node and collide or get lost in your own complex