How is this game?

[H. P. Hatecraft]

Sounds interesting.

[Ranger]

it is whatevver you want it to be. its good imo

[LeftPaw]

NOT a game. It's way of life, or at least it has that effect. It's clunky in parts and a little buggy, maybe a little more than a little but my word it's near undiluted addiction.
Moddable and able to stand the test of time. Haunting beautiful and sometimes maddening.

[Talby]

the learning curve is a bit high, once you figure out the basics it is quite satisfying with absolute freedom to carve your own path.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W83oB1sYB0

[Vheissu]

It's really good but not for everybody. Very janky but does stuff no other games do. I'd compare it to Kenshi or Mount & Blade

[Kalil]

Really gets going after the first 200 hours!

[Tommytools]

It's bloody awful, I hate being able to fly around in any ship I own and building massive stations to see my income skyrocket. I hate being an evil corporation that causes wars just to sell a few more ships. I hate how after over 1000 hours I'm still learning new tricks from these discussion boards. It's a bit like a nicotine addiction, you know you shouldn't do it, but you do it anyway.

Buy it, if you dare :)

[Sticky Wicket]

Could be good but needs fixing. AI and interface are bad. Very micromanagement heavy.

You'll spend most of your time trying to deal with tedious problems.

[LeftPaw]

Originally posted by Sticky Wicket:

Could be good but needs fixing. AI and interface are bad. Very micromanagement heavy.

You'll spend most of your time trying to deal with tedious problems.

I won't argue with that, to many times I've spent a good hour figuring out how to do a simple action that normally in any other game would consist a instant one click or press.
And on other functions where the options should be grouped in one menu tree are scattered over several menu trees.

[Crawdaddy79]

I found X3 to be much more approachable and intuitive. Try that first. By the time you're done with that, assuming you like it, X4 will only be an even better game.

[Despiser]

Originally posted by Crawdaddy79:

I found X3 to be much more approachable and intuitive. Try that first. By the time you're done with that, assuming you like it, X4 will only be an even better game.

Why not just deal with the learning curve? It’s not rocket science (well, maybe it is) but there’s plenty of aids. I found the tutorials too tedious but some may benefit from them. In the process you get a better game and real economy. X3 would be too much of a time sink for a lesser version.

[PositiveDude]

buggy as hell. but its fun

[H. P. Hatecraft]

I'm going to 'demo' it since I did enjoy X3 but never really got into it. I was able to learn some of the basics. This looks like a way better version of X3.

[DaBa]

Fair warning: unless you are really into space sims and immediately love what you see when you see the gameplay, there is a very high chance you won't last past the first couple of hours. Since you're asking, that's probably the case.

Also, This game won't hold you by your hand, it's not a game made for people who are used to modern game design philosophy. You will be throw into a huge sandbox and expected to figure things out on your own pretty much, with the few tutorials and explanations there are. You must be willing to learn, do your own research, ask people who know things you don't yet, and in general prepare to commit to it. You don't play X4 (or most X games for that matter) for 10 hours and put them back down, it's game that will demand dozens of hours from you to even begin to get your footing and be able to properly play it and enjoy it.

If I somehow did not scare you off yet, then there is a chance you'll like it and have just found a game that you can spend hundreds of hours on and have a blast.

[DaBa]

Originally posted by Aethelwulf:

I'm going to 'demo' it since I did enjoy X3 but never really got into it. I was able to learn some of the basics. This looks like a way better version of X3.

Well, good luck. This game gives horrible first impressions. As I wrote above, you really only begin to see why this game is so great after you put in dozens of hours and learned a lot about it. Unless you're ready to commit, you will bounce off.

[H. P. Hatecraft]

Sounds good to me. I'm just lazy. But I have some X3 experience maybe that'll help.