X3 or X4 which one better

[Saul_Myers]

Title.
Burned myself on X: Rebirth, so being cautious with series now.

[conrado.lacerda]

X4 by a long shot. (Subjective, though.)

[Andros]

You will need to be more specific on what you are looking for in a game and how you burned yourself.

But this game is allot easier to get into and much more modern.

[Saul_Myers]

Originally posted by Andros:

You will need to be more specific on what you are looking for in a game and how you burned yourself.

But this game is allot easier to get into and much more modern.

Being limited to only one ship was a dealbreaker for me. Space highways felt like a lazy gimmick.

[conrado.lacerda]

Originally posted by Saul_Myers:

Space highways felt like a lazy gimmick.

X4 also has them, but to a much lesser degree.

[Humble]

If you want faster pace, and like to playing as combat pilot, it's X4,
If you don't mind slower pace, personal love roleplaying as trader with jump drive, it's X3.

[nZ RaifalM3n]

I would liked them to have' keep the slower pace and chill voices of X3 in X4. But thats that.

[DONAR]

Bin in den Vorgänger nie reingekommen, aber X4 ist defintiv eines der besten Spiele aller Zeiten. Das ist ganz heißer Shize. Nach 35 Jahren Gaming morpht einen kaum mehr ein Spiel rein, wie man das noch zu Anfang der Gamingkarriere bei vielen Titeln kannte.

X4 ist klar so ein Titel, großes Kino. Kannst am Rande etwas mit der Faszination von "Mount n Blade" vergleichen.

[Venerable_Sin]

Egosoft redeemed themselves with x rebirth by releasing X4 in my eyes. I never could get very deep into X3 because of the slowness and reduced graphics quality but i read people saying how X3 has more rewarding trading experience as well as having a ship that is much stronger than most ships in X4.

[Wraith]

I don't know about X3 being the more rewarding trading experience
I find X4 actually does it better

X3 has a better automated trading system though.

X3 definitely has stronger ships though but not Asgard strong.
They have the better default destroyers

[Humble]

Originally posted by Wraith:

I don't know about X3 being the more rewarding trading experience
I find X4 actually does it better

X3 has a better automated trading system though.

X3 definitely has stronger ships though but not Asgard strong.
They have the better default destroyers

X3 do had more rewarding trading experience, In X4 when you are in slow trader ship or ship design for trade, there is no jump drive, once enemies come out of no where or faster catch up to you, they able to shoot and stop your travel mode, it's lead to end up doom or game over. That's part reason why X3 had better trading experience for player who want in slow ship, jump drive gave lot of option for fun play for trader play type, player could drop Sat Nav , and race to beat other trader get station first, even with jump drive, it's very fun to race to get station to sell your goods in your cargo, any time enemies come to you, you can jump to avoid game over, and wise manage how much cell energy, it's all fun playing as personal trader, X4 don't had this anymore due design of gameplay, They forced on combat player, not trader player. I been play lot of hours in X2 The threat, X3, and X4 to know/understand what kind of gameplay design that pro and con.

Combat player don't like enemies jump ship, so X4 is design more fun for combat player while X3 is more fun for trader player for those who like large and slow yet powerful ship. X4 is little nerfed large ship and slow ship.

[Dreamer]

Originally posted by Saul_Myers:

Title.
Burned myself on X: Rebirth, so being cautious with series now.

X4, and its much better than Rebirth, can't even compare, very few similarities.

[Wraith]

yah but that not really the trading experience that just using jumpdrive for quick money and avoiding danger.

X4 has discounts - supply - demand and other modifiers.

I can literally earn like 200% extra profit just from using all the stacking modifiers and it boost my personal trading experience.

I can't say the same for X3 which is more random on which station demands what

[Captain Canard]

I started with X4 and then bought X3 on sale. I love X4, but I've never really been able to get into X3. It just feels too "slow", and I really do not like the idea of SETA; I much prefer X4's travel drive. Oh, and the ability to walk around my ships and stations in X4 is a huge contributor to my immersion!

Originally posted by Saul_Myers:

Space highways felt like a lazy gimmick.

Yeah, I actively hate the in-sector highways. Thankfully they are easy to remove in X4 (though I keep them on in Boron space both out of necessity and to give the Boron even more of an "advanced race" feel).

[Crimzin]

So I loved X3, TC specifically, but from playing X4 I cant anymore, the UI, QOL, everything X4 has given us over the years, I mean X3 TC lives in my head as one off the best games ever to exist, as long as I don't try and relive that by playing it again, It will stay that way lol.

[garryphinfan]

x4. and x3 was one of my favorite games.