*****EGOSOFT TNBT (X Rebirth)****

It seems they're stepping up their game with Rebirth now that there is competition on the horizon. Makes me wonder how TC and Reunion would have turned out if they weren't the only space sim in town, they were already great games.
 
dreigns said:
I remember getting X-beyond the frontier when it first came out all them years ago when I was about 14 and at that time you had to buy seta in the game you didn't start with it like you do now days.
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I introduced a friend to X3 last year - being his first X game he dove straight into an open world/no plot game.

He didn't know about the SETA button, so he used to aim at a destination, go downstairs and have his tea, then regularly go back to his computer to make sure he hadn't crashed into a rock / been attacked / missed the jump gate.

He played like this for a week.
 
Krait said:
I don't know if it's been mentioned yet but it looks like it will also be a 64bit only game as well as using multiple cores on the CPU.
That might be the first time ever for a game?
:)
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Excellent news. Wish more games would drop 32bit and make use of multiple cores to improve performance rather than catering for machines that aren't fast enough anyway...
 
Cant believe i missed the news of a release date, but then i have been on holiday for the past 2 weeks.

This is going to be one epic game, cant wait.

Will have to put a pre-order in, i dont pay full price for many games but egosoft deserve every penny they get.

So lets get a check list going.

1) preorder game
2) dust off joystick
3) book week off from work
4) Sit back and go :eek: :cool: :D
 
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MOOGLEYS said:
1) preorder game
2) dust off joystick
3) book week off from work
4) Sit back and go
5) Await patches to fix buggy release

:)
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Was really tempted to put fix buggy release in the list :D.

We all know there will be bugs on release, but we also know egosoft will fix them and keep supporting and adding to the game for years to come.

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Just remembered there is a step 0) fix pc as PSU died on Wednesday night, should have a new one arriving today.
 
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Krait said:
I don't know if it's been mentioned yet but it looks like it will also be a 64bit only game as well as using multiple cores on the CPU.
That might be the first time ever for a game?
:)
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That would be exceptional if they did it, let's hope so. I've had 4 cores or more in my PC for years and far too few games and applications make use of them!
 
jakspyder said:
And we've had 64bit CPUs since what... P4? Bout time.
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We have had 64bit cpu's since the AMD released the Athlon 64 back in 2003, 64bit didnt start appearing on p4's until 2004.

So that over 10 years and still most games are written for 32bit (dam consoles and their antiquated technology holding back PC's)
 
http://store.steampowered.com/app/2870/?snr=1_4_4__105_3

Price is £35.99 with 10% off cos of pre-order price.

There is a preorder with a soundtrack on ES website shop and collectors editions for german and a possible english one.

Bit pricey i think at £35.99 like cos id have bought it if it was under 20 quid probably. Now tho ill wait till its out and see what its like from reviews and utube vids and mates opinions i think and then if its worth it get it on steam sale or when its just not at "new" price.
 
It is worth £35.99, you can spend £50 on the latest new fps and only get 10 hours gameplay. I just looked at steam and I have played x3 etc for more than 1100 hours god knows how much I played x3 before I bought it on steam. Could well be 4000+ hours with the whole x series of games.

Lets no forget about the free updates to x3 tc and Ab anyone?
 
It really depends on the customer. I bought the first x game in 99 and put a ton of hours in that then at least a year non stop of x2. Liked the x games up untill x3 when i didnt like the direction it went i.e no cockpit or docking and menus i hated as i much prefered x2 menu system.

For new players or recent x players yes defo yes its a good price i guess. But i duno i just dont want a game that takes that long these days cos ive done it twice before with xbtf and x2. Bought x3 and wasted money on that cos i never played it.

Tho at least rebirth is trying to be different even tho it kinda at heart the same game still but yeah ill be a lot more open to this than say x4 if they did it. Does look cool so ill be lookin for reviews, demos seeing if it needs a good patching first etc before i buy it and even if i get it well moneys tight at the mo so it would need to be sub 20 for me to get it as the only over 20 quid buy from me would be gta v for pc when it comes out thats only cos i want it so bad.

If i do get rebirth ill play it cos i bought it but probs just do the campaign and see how i get on from there cos theres no way im gona wana do the station building side again especially without seta :p
 
Kishywish said:
I introduced a friend to X3 last year - being his first X game he dove straight into an open world/no plot game.

He didn't know about the SETA button, so he used to aim at a destination, go downstairs and have his tea, then regularly go back to his computer to make sure he hadn't crashed into a rock / been attacked / missed the jump gate.

He played like this for a week.
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Haha that's brilliant. What was his reaction when you showed him the SETA function?

The X Series are incredibly difficult to get into but very rewarding if you can get past the steep learning curve. I just hope they improve the station management bit because all my stations used to look like dogs dinners, tubes and factories all over the place. It was kinda impossible to actually make them look neat. Really upset my OCD :D
 
Krisali said:
Haha that's brilliant. What was his reaction when you showed him the SETA function?

The X Series are incredibly difficult to get into but very rewarding if you can get past the steep learning curve. I just hope they improve the station management bit because all my stations used to look like dogs dinners, tubes and factories all over the place. It was kinda impossible to actually make them look neat. Really upset my OCD :D
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In Beyond The Frontier you didn't start with seta when it first came out you had to earn money and buy it.
it was fun back then but later it was added by default in a patch :)

I can't wait to see what has happened to the xenon in rebirth they also seem to have increased the size of of everything in space eg.. asteroids, planets, Star's ;)
 
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wnb said:
It is worth £35.99, you can spend £50 on the latest new fps and only get 10 hours gameplay.
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Indeed, ive 2100 hours of gameplay logged on X3TC alone, so for me personally, that £35.99 will be worth every penny for XRb, i'm itching to sink my teeth into a new X game.
 
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