I fancy a space game

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Hi,
I fancy getting a new game and I've not played a good space game for ages. I'm looking for a game with more than just combat, I want the full exploration, trading, manufacturing, factions etc experience. After a quick look around there doesn't seem to be that much around at the moment with Star Citizen and Elite Dangerous still a way off and X Rebirth being a buggy mess.
Are the X3 variants still my best option? I've heard they can be quite difficult to get into and a bit clunky but rewarding once you put some time in? If I do go for one of them which is the 'best' version (subjective I know) in terms of feature set, lack of bugs etc?
Oh, and I don't have a joystick so it has to be fully useable with just mouse and keyboard :)

Many Thanks,

Ross
 
Dare I say it, Eve Online.
Offers much, much more than just combat. Exploration via various probes and lots of unknown space, trading and manufacture by the bucket load. No use for a joystick either :p
Although I dare say you've probably already considered it and discarded it due to not directly flying the ships (jumped to this conclusion based on the games you've listed)

Otherwise I'd say one of the X3s at the moment. Terran Conflict was pretty awesome and I believe the newest X3 addon was even better?
 
Ah I should have mentioned that I've already played Eve a lot and really love it but I'm just too much of a carebear for it's harsh universe :)
 
HTFU :D

Go with X3 imo. If you've played it and are familiar with the story already perhaps try the Xtended mod. Completely new story and rebalanced everything.
 
ok cheers guys, would you recommend a mod like Xtended for a complete newcomer playing an X game for the first time or is it more aimed at experienced players wanting something a bit different?
 
Freelancer! Its all you need :p I recently started looking at other space sims, and then I found my old Freelancer copy and completely forgot about the alternatives. Such a great immersive game and as others has said there is quite the modding community out there.
 
Just spent a few minutes looking through the site though: dang that looks sexy.
I think I know what my next game purchase will be...!

On another note, go to Sourceforge and download Oolite. It's a clone of the original Elite and works on Win8...
 
I'm waiting for Star Citizen. I was really looking forward to X Rebirth but it was a total flop so now all my hope is in SC.

I LOVE EVE but only get to the end of the tutorial careers and then I seem to just run out of stuff to do... Not sure where to go from there.
 
Yeah both Star Citizen and Elite Dangerous look good, it was looking into them that got me wanting to play something now :)
 
Have a nosey as these two as well:

Evochron Mercenary (Free time limited demo on their site)
Void Destroyer (RTS - but you can pilot the ships)

I got VD yesterday but haven't had a chance to play it yet.
 
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