X: Beyond the Frontier reviews

You always say that in this game to colonize Freedom and the dream of the stars With Trade, Construction, Combat and Thinking Is the Developer Egosoft came to this game called X: Beyond The Frontier you can say what you want My first game what space and Strategy like Superiority en in a is with very good Sci-fi feeling it has grabbed me because of I say only one we are not alone in the unisverse;)

X-Beyond the Frontier was released in 1999. That's a While ago. It's not a bad Game-after all, I enjoyed myself with it for a good 50h. But when I alluded To X2-The Threat, I realized: X2 contains everything that also includes X ... plus buyable Ships ... Plus significantly better Graphics ... Plus the Game much more supple upgrades for the Ships. X should only install game archaeologists. Everyone else should head for X2 right away. Hence Thumbs down for X-with Reference to the Successor X2.

So from a game design point of view, the Developers who came up with the "batshit crazy" have been ^ ^ You can only save by docking at a Space Station (for which you need to know at least three Key assignments by heart) and "Salvage Insurance" There. Buys. When you press Escape, no Menu opens: You can only leave the Game via Shift-Q or Alt-F4: As I said, Madman ^ ^ So get to Play the Successors, the Original Is largely unplayable. For the Nostalgia value I still got me and played half an Hour.

The first Game in the X-series already has a relatively large Number of elements, which can still be found today in current X-games. The most important thing to emphasize is the dynamic Economy, which in the Form at that time was not available in any other Game. Other Elements such as Peoples, Goods, Sectors can also be found in more modern Games in this Series. Graphically, due to Age, the Game is no longer up-to-date, but is still quite nice to watch. In Particular, the Size of the Universe is still well established due to the high Rendering Distance. As usual with X, the Controls are quite cluttered and will overwhelm one or the other Despite the existing Tutorial.

Wanted to play through the game after the newer X2/X3 Parts. But Is more for Masochists with a lot of Time. If you can live with all the Autopilot Bugs of X2 and X3, you should leave out the first Part, who can't grab another Game. If you want to build a Factory in X, for Example, you have to fly around in the system almost by chance for an eternal long time, because an Orientation with the potthian slurred something is somewhere and you are now looking in any Direction is hardly possible. Then you click to the Pilot, put him on, fly to a Shipyard and wait a few Hours (realtime). The Pilot ignores the whole thing, of course. So look for the Freighter again, hire it, to the Station, wait for free etc.-Fun Factor: 0.