Can anyone explain what X games are about? Spaceships? How do they play? They look fantastic, but I've never dived into one... Rebirth could be where I start.
Checkout the scale and detail video, just get ready to catch your jaw
X games are basically a space game sandbox where you trade,mine,fight and build your space empire. The game world aint built around the player, you really are a tiny tiny cog in this game. Every npc has a purpose they could be trading themselves and if you destroy them then it can affect the economy.
You can do trading, so buy a 100 water purifiers and sell them for profit at another station. You could be evil and destroy any trade ships that are going to that particular space station and that would bump up the sell value on water purifiers.
Combat looks a lot more insane in this game with huge battles going on. You might of not even started it, infact you might not be in that start system and when you come back there might be on going fights. Like I said this game aint been made around you.
There is an optional story mode (like elder scroll games) to play that's meant to be good for new comers as its got a tutorial. This game has been made more accessible for new comers. Don't get me wrong its still complex, but they made it easier to understand. Infact you can play this game with an xbox controller. Theres a video on it worth watching, im gonna be playing it with a controller and sit back and relax as I build my trading empire