X Rebirth

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3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1310 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 924 out of 1310
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  1. Stalkermaster
    Apr 8, 2014
    2
    For me to rate a game 2 or less it has to have ALOT of things wrong with it.
    It has to be a broken, misguided and just WTF game that I am playing. Well this is all three of those and more.
    When I first learned about X Rebirth I was astonished at the trailers and gameplay I was shown, it was being called the Rebirth of Space Sims as they come back into todays modern age. This game is a    For me to rate a game 2 or less it has to have ALOT of things wrong with it.
    It has to be a broken, misguided and just WTF game that I am playing. Well this is all three of those and more.
    When I first learned about X Rebirth I was astonished at the trailers and gameplay I was shown, it was being called the Rebirth of Space Sims as they come back into todays modern age.
    This game is a kick in the stomach to the above. Usually games with low scores are just called bandwagon jumpers, but for once I agree with most of what is being said. When I brought this game as a birthday present last year I was stoked, I was looking forward to trying this brand new game that would remind me of the old X wing games or just any space game in general, upon installing it I pressed play, but the game did not open, not only did it not open, but I received no crash message or errors, so I continued to keep pressing play and ended up racking about 10 minute's of gameplay just by pressing play. A couple of weeks later they released a patch which finally gives you a message stating about the crash and what is wrong. After spending about 2-3 hours trying all these different things to fix it I gave up, What I had was something I thought I could never play, until two months ago when I finally managed to get it to work. What did I get once I got it to work, well I got broken combat, ugly Npcs, some of the Worst Voices I have ever heard IE "Show me your wares" in a horrific voice, a got ugly indoor sections, ugly Npcs and a constant frame rate of 10-20 even though I can run most games on 60 fps like Battlefield 4 on ultra, Titan fall on ultra, crisis 3 on ultra and well you get the story, even after finally spending a hour finally getting somewhere I decide to go to sleep happy that I have finally got the game to work. The next day I wake up, have some nice breakfast, go onto my pc and launch the game, guess what happened? A save game bug wiped my progress, so I shut the game down contact steam support and got a refund, I was too disappointed with the game I deleted it and will probably never get the game. Well I usually say what the game does right and wrong here but ill leave it to the pros and cons of this terrible game

    Pro's
    + Space looks nice
    + The Ships look nice
    + Has the capabilities to be something amazing
    + Not playing the game

    Cons
    - Everything else
    - Terrible voice acting
    - Terrible graphics of both the NPC's and the indoor sections
    - Broken game, terrible Frame rate
    - I got it refunded (Yep that's right, it was that bad)
    - Still broken in many areas

    I rate this 1.5/10 but I choose two because I am nice
    There is also other accounts of them lying about the game through their trailers and it is misleading and well that's it to be honest, avoid this for a few 3-4 years until Modder's do something about it, I may pick it up for $5, even though I generally do not, but I really wanted to like this game, but it may just never happen    … Expand
  2. Bawlrytupad
    Oct 1, 2014
    3
    Rebirth is still a dull, shallow and lobotomized sequel to the X series. Ongoing bug fixing still hasn't changed the fundamental reasons why this isn't a good game. Egosoft will not be addressing the terribly poor core game-play, but instead will continue bug-fixing and adding new features and DLC.

    This game (as at 2.5 beta) still appears to have been cribbed by a third-rate company    Rebirth is still a dull, shallow and lobotomized sequel to the X series. Ongoing bug fixing still hasn't changed the fundamental reasons why this isn't a good game. Egosoft will not be addressing the terribly poor core game-play, but instead will continue bug-fixing and adding new features and DLC.

    This game (as at 2.5 beta) still appears to have been cribbed by a third-rate company from a competent developer, nearly a year after release. Buyer beware.    … Expand
  3. victorman
    Oct 12, 2014
    1
    I really don't understand how any player could rate "this" with a 10... This is the worst "X" ever made.
    All 10 rates must be egosoft employers, because I cant understand a 10 with "sure in the "distant" future egosoft improve que game.... has a lot of bugs but... or you need at least 50 hours to "understand" the game.... or posting only the very few improvements... The problem of this    I really don't understand how any player could rate "this" with a 10... This is the worst "X" ever made.
    All 10 rates must be egosoft employers, because I cant understand a 10 with "sure in the "distant" future egosoft improve que game.... has a lot of bugs but... or you need at least 50 hours to "understand" the game.... or posting only the very few improvements... The problem of this game at this rate is not the bugs, or the future paths, the main problem is the playability. If you want a space 3d shooter with legacy Xbox graphics, some economic features and waste a lot of times in stupid routines (about 5 minutes searching inside stations instead doing in 5 seconds this with the ship docked like in previous series), OK this can be your game, but the score must not be over 5. If you like a true space sandbox with good trading and exploration, the legacy X2 is still far better than this.... This game lost the "soul" of the X series, I try to find some fun in the 2.5 release, but the main problem is still the playability, economic simulation, IA, the whole universe, instead the bugs. Sorry for my bad english.    … Expand
  4. TheValeyard
    Oct 29, 2014
    2
    As a fan of the X-series, this game needs to be erased from my memory. All the things that made the previous game fun and enjoyable are gone. No more are the various ships you can fly, just the one. With the odd change to the hull and screen. While the giant stations and boarding are welcomed, it quickly becomes repetitive and the traffic space lanes are just annoying. Very disappointingAs a fan of the X-series, this game needs to be erased from my memory. All the things that made the previous game fun and enjoyable are gone. No more are the various ships you can fly, just the one. With the odd change to the hull and screen. While the giant stations and boarding are welcomed, it quickly becomes repetitive and the traffic space lanes are just annoying. Very disappointing and sometimes broken game from a company that had made some quality space games in the past.… Expand
  5. ArcaneLegion
    Nov 16, 2013
    2
    Summary: i gave this game a 2 because well i fought the urge to give it a 0 it has a few good points but mostly bad i can look past the graphics being sub-par if it is reflected in the performance but it is NOT. below is a list of my Personal reviews about 3 hours of gameplay even when i wanted to turn it off after 1

    PROS: -Space travel is much faster even if the Highways are stupid    Summary: i gave this game a 2 because well i fought the urge to give it a 0 it has a few good points but mostly bad i can look past the graphics being sub-par if it is reflected in the performance but it is NOT. below is a list of my Personal reviews about 3 hours of gameplay even when i wanted to turn it off after 1

    PROS: -Space travel is much faster even if the Highways are stupid
    -Can enter highways at any point not just front of the gate
    - Space performance is acceptable and "OK" Graphically
    - .........that's about it.

    CONS: Voice Acting.....Almost Non existent.
    - Everything Menu Related is Horrible it is all Console Based (Epic Fail) and is Laggy at best even on a gaming rig, trying to tell your fleet ANYTHING game needs to be paused, Trading Windows also Fail at times textures make it impossible to see the prices that is if you can figure out how to buy/sell anything
    - Can only Pilot 1 ship for the foreseeable campaign
    - docking your ship is a hassle and when docked you can only access a small part of the station usually limited to the room that you docked at
    - finding a specific person on a station without a nav beacon takes so much time because of the numerous docking ports on each station which you have to get Uber close to,to see who is in that room
    - the Land Or Station portion of the game is Atrocious even with more than powerful enough GPU's it is choppy/laggy, you have to be in front of a person before talking to them, again Menus are horrible and choppy, you can loot random boxes/lockers who just puts out random stuff for people to take even in games that is stupid,
    -.In Previous X titles stations were Menu based and you could access the whole station from the main docking port which is as it should be without all this walking around crap it was much simpler and Faster to me the First Person Station aspect is an entirely unneeded and Broken Portion of the game Although with the menu system this game has to offer it would somehow make it worse to revert back to the old way.

    All In All Steer Clear do not WASTE your money on this Pathetic excuse of a game, And EGOsoft you have just Lost at least one Loyal Fan(    … Expand
  6. Neilos
    Nov 18, 2013
    0
    Dear Egosoft,

    Here is some money, please develop X4.

    Yours Sincerely,

    A hacked off customer

    "Shut up Betty!" just why, why, why WHY! So much why, just why...
  7. Iracundus
    Feb 2, 2014
    0
    This game was in no way ready for release. Aside from the bugs and freezing such as during the station interiors, there are so many bad design decisions. The cockpit view fills my POV with needless clutter and obstructs the view of outside space. What is the point of having awesome space environments if you are looking at it through a tiny window?

    Then there is the whole nonsensical    This game was in no way ready for release. Aside from the bugs and freezing such as during the station interiors, there are so many bad design decisions. The cockpit view fills my POV with needless clutter and obstructs the view of outside space. What is the point of having awesome space environments if you are looking at it through a tiny window?

    Then there is the whole nonsensical station interior gameplay where your character wanders around and scoops up anything not nailed down. That isn't trading. That's scavenging and stealing. Instead of the convenient comm based interaction with stations or mission givers, or being able to see what is for sale at a station, we have to land and wander the station looking for that one person that we need. Only then we find out they are not in this section of the station and we have to get back into space and land at another landing pad and repeat the same process.

    The control interface clearly shows this was designed first and foremost with consoles and any PC release was an afterthought. Paging through multiple menus just to do a simple and common task is infuriatingly annoying.

    Suffice to say, that X Rebirth has managed to take just about anything that worked with X: Terran Conflict and previous X games and thoroughly break it or render it a chore rather than enjoyable gameplay.    … Expand
  8. xystron
    Dec 5, 2013
    0
    Do not purchase this game. Even if it goes on some holiday sale for 75% off, it will end up eating most of your time trying to work around things. The trading system and other elements in the game that are main features are bugged or not working properly. It was unplayable. On a high end rig, this game runs like doo-doo. After one of the most recent patches, it actually dropped my fps inDo not purchase this game. Even if it goes on some holiday sale for 75% off, it will end up eating most of your time trying to work around things. The trading system and other elements in the game that are main features are bugged or not working properly. It was unplayable. On a high end rig, this game runs like doo-doo. After one of the most recent patches, it actually dropped my fps in stations and made things even more unresponsive. Gave me a headache. Alt-f4.

    Others have already expanded on the poor design, interface, bugs, reasons for crashes, etc. Yes, it is really that bad.

    I own all the X3 games and played the heck out of AP especially. Aside from the crashing and bugs, this game is a huge disappointment for me when comparing to all of the features and gameplay aspects there were in the previous X3 titles. I do not really understand how or why they made the horrible decisions they have made, but at this point I really don't care. I've spent less than 3 hours trying to actually play the game, crashes/bugs included, which is overshadowed by the 16+ hours in the span of two weeks spent figuring out how to fix the crashing/bugs/other annoying problems. It has not been an enjoyable experience at all. First and last time pre-ordering. Fan of Egosoft games lost.

    Bottom line: Do not buy this game.     … Expand
  9. ixion76
    Dec 11, 2013
    0
    das spiel ist das letzte es ist einfach kein x spiel mehr alles was spaß gemacht hat wurde aus dem spiel entfernt ich frage mich was egosoft in den letzten 7 jahren gemacht hat oder auch nicht
  10. Altrue
    Nov 16, 2013
    4
    After three hours of gameplay, including a crash that made me loose the first hour (yes, 60 minutes lost) by making me start the campaign again, I can certainly say that the game doesn't lack potential but was released in an unfinished state. It's buggy, missions and tutoriels are sometimes unintuitive, the AI flying the other ships of your squad is 80% of the time not working...

    Apart    After three hours of gameplay, including a crash that made me loose the first hour (yes, 60 minutes lost) by making me start the campaign again, I can certainly say that the game doesn't lack potential but was released in an unfinished state. It's buggy, missions and tutoriels are sometimes unintuitive, the AI flying the other ships of your squad is 80% of the time not working...

    Apart from all the things that might have been fixed with more development time, I have to say that the game currently also have poor game design decisions. The whole 1st person thing, the inability to be able to fly other ships, poor overall ergonomy of the interface, poor overall usability of trade interfaces.

    Also, in my opinions the graphics haven't progressed from the previous iteration of the X series, they are dull, they lack colors and overall they are just not pretty. Poor FX, poor backgrounds...

    The game is still "fun" to discover when its not bugging, but only because good space operas are lacking currently, and it certainly does not deserve more than a 4/10. Not at this price.    … Expand
  11. Spleens
    Nov 25, 2013
    1
    $50 AUD for a game of this quality is absolutely unacceptable. The released version feels like an Alpha test given that all the promised features are still under development, and the sheer amount of crashes and bugs that riddle this game.

    As a new comer to the X-series, I dearly want to like this game. I was sold to the concept of a space exploration game where you could build your own    $50 AUD for a game of this quality is absolutely unacceptable. The released version feels like an Alpha test given that all the promised features are still under development, and the sheer amount of crashes and bugs that riddle this game.

    As a new comer to the X-series, I dearly want to like this game. I was sold to the concept of a space exploration game where you could build your own empire. I will never buy another product from Egosoft, I have to vote with my wallet for this one.    … Expand
  12. ferretz
    Nov 17, 2013
    0
    I used to believe Egosoft made the X series as it is what THEY wanted to play. It has never been perfect but i've loved it. This game though was made for their grandchildren.

    8 hours in, awful design decisions, mini games and over simplification become the X legacy. There are 4 different weapons. There is no point making money as there is nothing to do with it. There is the god    I used to believe Egosoft made the X series as it is what THEY wanted to play. It has never been perfect but i've loved it. This game though was made for their grandchildren.

    8 hours in, awful design decisions, mini games and over simplification become the X legacy. There are 4 different weapons. There is no point making money as there is nothing to do with it. There is the god awful plot and all this before I even start on the station interiors.

    No issue with performance, only crashes every couple of hours.    … Expand
  13. LSa
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    Do not buy this game, the cost is way to high, performance is terrible, and the most disappointing thing in my opinion is that there are very few types of ships and you can only fly one.
  14. mizipzor
    Nov 17, 2013
    0
    After having spent 12 hours in the game, I feel violated.

    The minor issues can be overlooked, its a rushed game that suffers from crashes, glitching campaign that gets you stuck and bugs that requires you to restart it. But the major errors cannot simply be patched. The game is fundamentally flawed in virtually every way. My biggest annoyance was the horrendous user interface. Radial    After having spent 12 hours in the game, I feel violated.

    The minor issues can be overlooked, its a rushed game that suffers from crashes, glitching campaign that gets you stuck and bugs that requires you to restart it.

    But the major errors cannot simply be patched. The game is fundamentally flawed in virtually every way. My biggest annoyance was the horrendous user interface. Radial menus, delays after every click, stuff awkwardly broken up into pages, small font in low contrast.

    This game gets the lowest score possible, out of the weekend I spent with it I didn't enjoy a single minute. I registered here just to write this.

    Do NOT, under any circumstances, buy this game.    … Expand
  15. bboydp
    Nov 15, 2013
    3
    First off, the graphics are nice when running smoothly, but that is about as far as this game goes on the PC, the voice acting is like a terrible joke, the controls are half-assed, and the UI is disorganized. The game looks like it could be beautiful and the controls could be fixed, but unless that happens, this game is not worth your time or money. This game needs to have an overhaul,First off, the graphics are nice when running smoothly, but that is about as far as this game goes on the PC, the voice acting is like a terrible joke, the controls are half-assed, and the UI is disorganized. The game looks like it could be beautiful and the controls could be fixed, but unless that happens, this game is not worth your time or money. This game needs to have an overhaul, then lets reconsider.… Expand
  16. Luxangel7
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    Absolutely atrocious game release. X3TC was is my favorite game of all time, but this brings shame to the series, the developers and even the fans.

    What is incredibly shameful to boot is the amount of perfect 9 or 10 score reviews. Every time you see one of them click on the user name of the person posting and you will see that they have only ONE review and ONE score. They have all    Absolutely atrocious game release. X3TC was is my favorite game of all time, but this brings shame to the series, the developers and even the fans.

    What is incredibly shameful to boot is the amount of perfect 9 or 10 score reviews. Every time you see one of them click on the user name of the person posting and you will see that they have only ONE review and ONE score. They have all only reviewed X rebirth and have all given it a perfect score with a short blurb of text saying that everyone else is just "crazy" for saying it's bad.

    The amount of disappointment is monstrous. This is not only because this game is nowhere near what we were all hoping for, (at most it can be called an early alpha) but also because Egosoft is not some big name studio with endless cash reserves.

    This colossal failure will spell the end of Egosoft and their space sims, mark my words.

    Our last and best hope now lies with Star Citizen.

    Here's hoping....    … Expand
  17. PrivateLev
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    needs more optimization Indoor spaceship looks horrible doesn't free look when you are in the pit wtf horrible controls Do not waste your money pls
  18. nofruit
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    It has a lot of bugs and stutters. Fraps shows 10 to 15 fps. That hurts in the eyes after a short time.
    All my other games run just fine.

    Deep Silver should not have release the game in this state. Not good for their reputation.
  19. doodk3wl
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    DUPED AGAIN! Ugh well this is two turd in a row now, first Rome 2 and now X: Rebirth. Even once they do manage to fix the bugs it wont change the fact the core gameplay is NOT FUN! Its just not the X the fans want as you can clearly tell by the metascore. I would have more fun rolling dog turds around in the mud. Egosoft you blew it. You are on the boycott list along with BlizzardDUPED AGAIN! Ugh well this is two turd in a row now, first Rome 2 and now X: Rebirth. Even once they do manage to fix the bugs it wont change the fact the core gameplay is NOT FUN! Its just not the X the fans want as you can clearly tell by the metascore. I would have more fun rolling dog turds around in the mud. Egosoft you blew it. You are on the boycott list along with Blizzard and Creative Assembly.… Expand
  20. metnavman
    Nov 16, 2013
    4
    In a space simulation series where the best parts have been how awe-inspiring and powerful you can make your ships and your empire, X Rebirth leaves you simply feeling like a mediocre cog in a machine that's been hacked together using spare parts. Beautiful backdrops and a strong soundtrack will not save this watered-down attempt at a console game, which appears to have been back-pedaledIn a space simulation series where the best parts have been how awe-inspiring and powerful you can make your ships and your empire, X Rebirth leaves you simply feeling like a mediocre cog in a machine that's been hacked together using spare parts. Beautiful backdrops and a strong soundtrack will not save this watered-down attempt at a console game, which appears to have been back-pedaled into a PC game over a 7+ year development cycle.… Expand
  21. StartRunning
    Nov 16, 2013
    4
    This is a beautiful game, filled to the brim with exploration and possibilities. It's a total shame, however, that a huge number of bugs are preventing me from enjoying it. It's clear that there's a game in there somewhere, and I realize people have been saying that the developers are good at patching and stuff, but it's really hard to recommend this game in this state.
    I am hopeful that    This is a beautiful game, filled to the brim with exploration and possibilities. It's a total shame, however, that a huge number of bugs are preventing me from enjoying it. It's clear that there's a game in there somewhere, and I realize people have been saying that the developers are good at patching and stuff, but it's really hard to recommend this game in this state.
    I am hopeful that with the right number of tweaks from the devs and modding community, I will get enjoyment out of this sapcesim, but now is not the time to try it. Very sorry.    … Expand
  22. linc
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    I bought this game based on the series' prestige, and it's advertised full PC gamepad support. I thought this spacesim game would look great on a 100" screen. After playing for a few hours, I wish there was a way to return this game.

    The animations, repeated/limited visuals, and textures are all reminiscent of a PC game from 2005 and look terrible upclose, especially on an HD screen.    I bought this game based on the series' prestige, and it's advertised full PC gamepad support. I thought this spacesim game would look great on a 100" screen. After playing for a few hours, I wish there was a way to return this game.

    The animations, repeated/limited visuals, and textures are all reminiscent of a PC game from 2005 and look terrible upclose, especially on an HD screen. Everyone suffers from being really, terrible, ugly. Even selecting menu options with the Wireless Xbox 360 PC Gamepad is impossible as it will scroll twice for every one input, skipping right over menu options making it impossible to even click on them without a mouse. The tutorial will tell you the *wrong button controls* for the Xbox 360 gamepad!

    I feel like this is an alpha version of a game from five years ago. I plan to give the developer a few months to patch things up before playing again.    … Expand
  23. Lozsta
    Dec 4, 2013
    1
    Having played the X series a lot and really enjoyed them, this seems to have taken what was a really enjoyable game, chewed it up and crapped out a heap of awful. I have given the game about 5 hours, which may not be enough but from what I thought was going to be an amazing reimagining of a great franchise, but unfortunately not.

    The FPS part, completely not needed, the navigation    Having played the X series a lot and really enjoyed them, this seems to have taken what was a really enjoyable game, chewed it up and crapped out a heap of awful. I have given the game about 5 hours, which may not be enough but from what I thought was going to be an amazing reimagining of a great franchise, but unfortunately not.

    The FPS part, completely not needed, the navigation awful, and the drafting other vehicles in the space lanes.... FTW is this need for speed space?

    Back to the drawing board, play some Elite and then try again Deep Silver, this should never have left the brainstorming session let alone be a released game    … Expand
  24. Tibster
    Apr 18, 2014
    0
    I really tried to play this game, but had to give up after som hours, but the game was realy playing against you. Sad to say, but avoid this game at all cost !!
  25. Pannon
    Dec 20, 2013
    4
    I reserved my review, until a throrough play-through of the game, trying to understand all the underlying mechanics and trying to understand how to play this game. I have finished the campaign (with the aid of mods) as well as I free-played for over 40hours to see how far I can take it and waited for the patches to fix the most crucial game-breaking bugs, that crippled the entire game andI reserved my review, until a throrough play-through of the game, trying to understand all the underlying mechanics and trying to understand how to play this game. I have finished the campaign (with the aid of mods) as well as I free-played for over 40hours to see how far I can take it and waited for the patches to fix the most crucial game-breaking bugs, that crippled the entire game and the plot.
    Unfortunately, even with my hardest of trying, I still can't give more than 4 out of 10, because it's not just the bugs. It's the design and features. I don't have to mention the taking up 1/3 of the entire screen with no display of useful info, beside my little HUD in the right corner, 80% of the time saying "no signal".
    There is no useful map of any sort, just sometimes the little HUD shows the zone map for a few seconds, when I click on a highway symbol or space station. Probably another feature, but bugged still. I'm no version 1.21, and while the performance improved and a bunch of bugs killed, the game is still a chore to play as well as the economy of the game dies off and ships will get stuck doing nothing if you let the game run for several hours. The core feature of the game supposed to be the economy, and yet it's dysfunctional to a point, that you soon will realize, that all the empire and space building you were planning all along (after the campaign or free play) may not going to work and you won't be able to pull it off, unless you constantly cheat with a save game editor. Regardless which sector or faction you are dealing with, you will run into a problem of the producing space stations starving of resources and refuse to sell their products, or perhaps their freighters will be stuck with a full load of products, that cannot be sold and they will be idling in space.
    Other times you come back to a favorite station to buy a product, only to realize, that the loading dock or whatever attached to the space station is halfway destroyed. Not by enemy vessels, but possibly just a ship getting stuck inside the station model and it desperately keeps ramming the station from the inside (of the 3D model) and the game registers the bumps as weapon hits. Another major crippling "design feature" is, when you visit stations and scan the space factory, the information regarding this factory and prices disappear after a few hours, while you are in another system. How am I supposed to play a trading game, if my contacts and product locations keep disappearing?
    See, I'm not even gonna get into the bugs and the performance problems and the highway nuisances. I'm just mentioning the "design choices", how they are alone making the game unplayable.
    I just can't play this like that. It's like playing a first person shooter game, where your allies shoot you dead before you begin the campaign. Or your gun fires backwards or you stuck in crouch mode in a place, where you supposed to be running. Or your top-view strategy game won't let you use a mouse.
    Whoever designed this game should really quit designing anything. His or her vision of what a playable game is just not sustainable and not desired by 99% of the people.    … Expand
  26. Thor32123
    Mar 30, 2014
    2
    It has elements that showed potential but falls short, the game might entertain you for a little bit but it's not worth getting and the game has a major problem with the graphics, it take time for your surroundings to appear and sometimes even longer for the characters, so my advise is to save your money for a better game.
  27. Praetorian75
    Dec 3, 2013
    1
    Having been a big fan of the X franchise since X2 i was really looking forward to X Rebirth.

    Like so many others i was horrified when the game was finally released. Egosoft have a reputation for releasing buggy games and they do. But this was a new low. The game was in fact so buggy that it felt like playing a beta. That you paid full price for. Well lets list the Pros and Cons.    Having been a big fan of the X franchise since X2 i was really looking forward to X Rebirth.

    Like so many others i was horrified when the game was finally released. Egosoft have a reputation for releasing buggy games and they do. But this was a new low.

    The game was in fact so buggy that it felt like playing a beta. That you paid full price for.

    Well lets list the Pros and Cons.

    Pros:

    - The game engine, even if it is slightly buggy and have issues with high end hardware, looks really great in space.
    - They introduced NPCs that you can hire to work for you. Like ship captains, pilots etc. Good idea.

    Cons:

    - Game breaking bugs. Trade in the universe doesnt work, the plot has several missions with issues. I could go on, but trust me when i say its buggy and it wont be easily fixed anytime soon. Maybe 3-6 months down the road. Maybe.
    - Time sinks have been introduced. You have no SETA (which was an option to speed up time greatly in the previous X games) anymore. So its manually flying around, taking "highways" with a pointless mini game to get your speed up. You have to land on stations and walk around to talk to NPCs that you need for the plot line as well as hiring new NPCs to work for you.
    - They removed the radar (gravidar)
    - The UI is even worse now than in previous X games
    - The way you have to order your ships around is mind numbingly broken and non existant.
    - You can only pilot 1 ship and this is the ship you start in.

    I could go on, but i think this will suffice for now.

    So in essence: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Egosoft have been making a fool of everyone that pre ordered. They are not to be trusted to actually fix this travesty of a game.    … Expand
  28. SolomonKane
    Apr 26, 2014
    1
    Crap game. Do not buy. A complete wash of money. Crap game. Do not buy. A complete wash of money.Crap game. Do not buy. A complete wash of money. Poopie Game
  29. utkez
    Nov 18, 2013
    3
    Totally unplayable for now. While this game shows some potential, it has significant technical problems. Campaign has some bugged scripts and overall performance is awful even on fast computers. Poorly implemented user interface doesn't help too. Wait for several months before trying this one.
  30. SjadoHawk
    Nov 17, 2013
    4
    There are a lot of mixed emotions about this game. Based entirely on it's own, this is a nice looking game with many problems that will be addressed in patches over the 3 to 6 months I would expect.

    However a lot of the frustration that is showing comes from the fact that most of these gamers have waited years for a game that EgoSoft kept delaying stating that they wanted to make sure    There are a lot of mixed emotions about this game. Based entirely on it's own, this is a nice looking game with many problems that will be addressed in patches over the 3 to 6 months I would expect.

    However a lot of the frustration that is showing comes from the fact that most of these gamers have waited years for a game that EgoSoft kept delaying stating that they wanted to make sure they released a polished product. For those gamers, this product fell well below the standards they were expecting from EgoSoft after playing other X series games.

    I won't give it a 0 but 4 is fairly accurate in it's current state in my opinion of course.    … Expand
  31. krikkeljan
    Nov 18, 2013
    4
    It would've been better if they stuck to some of the old and trusted ways of doing things, but they're trying something new and are obviously a smaller team of developers and thus things don't always work out. They decided to listen to feedback from the previous games, and a lot of that feedback has found its way into this game.

    The things that bother me the most at the moment after 5    It would've been better if they stuck to some of the old and trusted ways of doing things, but they're trying something new and are obviously a smaller team of developers and thus things don't always work out. They decided to listen to feedback from the previous games, and a lot of that feedback has found its way into this game.

    The things that bother me the most at the moment after 5 hours of playing are the UI and walking around on stations. The latter is a nice feature that a lot of people wanted, but it's not implemented well. Plus the interactions only get better the more you drink... beverages of an alcoholic nature .
    And returning to your ship, I don't understand the constant need of your co-pilot to show off her cleavage.

    The UI is just disgraceful, but again a lot of feedback regarding the earlier complexity moved the developers towards a silly console like approach. This is sad... as well as the already mentioned lack of keyboard shortcuts and what not. Getting around in the game at the moment is still very frustrating.

    As of yet I don't have the X feeling with this game. I find it to be a different game. It's not horrible but it certainly isn't good.... yet. The developers will fix things with time, but as the team is small it will take a bit of time.    … Expand
  32. viewtiful1337
    Apr 15, 2014
    0
    h bin der Meinung vieler der vorherigen Rezensenten, daher fasse ich mich sehr kurz.

    Dieses Spiel in der jetzigen Form raus zu bringen ist einfach nur frech, dreist und unverschämt. Ein halbfertiges Produkt, welches entgegen der Behauptungen in den diversen Interviews im Grunde genauso schwer und unübersichtlich vom Einstieg her ist. Das Tutorial selbst ist ein Witz, man wird von A nach    h bin der Meinung vieler der vorherigen Rezensenten, daher fasse ich mich sehr kurz.

    Dieses Spiel in der jetzigen Form raus zu bringen ist einfach nur frech, dreist und unverschämt. Ein halbfertiges Produkt, welches entgegen der Behauptungen in den diversen Interviews im Grunde genauso schwer und unübersichtlich vom Einstieg her ist. Das Tutorial selbst ist ein Witz, man wird von A nach B gescheucht, Verständnis für Zusammenhänge muss man sich selbst zusammensuchen.

    Bugs ohne Ende, selbst bei einer Tutorialmission fehlen Missionsbeschreibungen und genaue Orders. Stellt man sich in einer Station direkt vor ein Lüftungsgitter und öffnet dieses, wird man wie von einem Gabelstapler von dem Gitter in die Luft gehoben und in eine Position gebraucht, in der man sich nicht mehr bewegen kann - natürlich kann man das Gitter auch nicht wieder schließen - hier hilft dann nur der Shortcut um sich direkt ins Raumschiff versetzen zu lassen.

    Die Grafik ist im Weltraum ganz ordentlich, auf den Stationen allerdings unterirdisch schlecht. Außerdem ist "Leben" auf den Stationen wirklich was Anderes. Ein paar lieblos hingeklatschte NPCs und das wars. Der Aufbau ist zudem in den Innenräumen immer gleich. Ich könnte mit Kritik nun hier noch gefühlte Ewigkeiten fortfahren, aber ich habe keine Lust mehr, mich mit dem Spiel zu beschäftigen und Ihr sicher nicht aufs Lesen.

    Mein Fazit: Ich bin unsagbar enttäuscht von Egosoft. Alles im Vorfeld war nur PR-Gelaber. Ich sehe auch den Grund, warum keine Demo und kein ordentliches, unabhängiges Review da war / gewünscht war. Ich kann nur jedem raten, sich das Geld zu sparen - das Spiel ist es einfach nicht wert.
    Mein Wunsch, ein kleines deutsches Entwicklerstudio zu supporten, war leider übermächtig der Vernunft. Nie wieder.
    Kauft lieber eurer Freundin / eurem Freund was Nettes, da hab ihr und er/sie mehr von.    … Expand
  33. tillhopesdies
    Jul 17, 2014
    3
    ok soooooooooooooo, I was expecting like (sins of a solar empire , meets x universe) with better graphics -- meaning , I invest into my empire , I care for my ships and am attached to them , but have capital ship battles that are epic and more enjoyable than the previouse x games then also incorporate a character system like the new shadow of mordor , where you hunt down a capital shipok soooooooooooooo, I was expecting like (sins of a solar empire , meets x universe) with better graphics -- meaning , I invest into my empire , I care for my ships and am attached to them , but have capital ship battles that are epic and more enjoyable than the previouse x games then also incorporate a character system like the new shadow of mordor , where you hunt down a capital ship because he laughed at your weakness in the early stage of your empires begging's and the traits of that character are different from another enemy capital. ii wanted to see like a fable system where your actions created your own character , effecting everything from trade to ship purchases... HOW ABOUT DESIGHING YOUR OWN CAPITAL new race , .... but was left with a first person shooter , boring and long , not much challenge .. I feel like I was just cheated on by my husband of 20 years and told it was for my own good.… Expand
  34. Sherfire
    Oct 24, 2014
    1
    I heard about this series from friends so I jumped right in to this game. BIG MISTAKE. After a year of updates and communication with the developer I have come to the conclusion that they are incompetent.

    This game doesn't work. They advertise a thriving economy in which your actions effect the world. NO, you build a station and nothing comes to trade. You build a capital fleet and the    I heard about this series from friends so I jumped right in to this game. BIG MISTAKE. After a year of updates and communication with the developer I have come to the conclusion that they are incompetent.

    This game doesn't work. They advertise a thriving economy in which your actions effect the world. NO, you build a station and nothing comes to trade. You build a capital fleet and the fleet doesn't work. The ships don't go mine like they are supposed to. Your drones don't come back to your ship. Unless you are in system with your ships they just sit there, waiting for you, instead of following their orders.

    I spent about 100 hours playing this game. Then returned to put in another 20 hours several months later. Then again several months after that.

    NOW, the developer is releasing an "expansion" yet the vanilla game features still don't work. Why are they developing new content instead of fixing the vanilla game? Well, the only thing I can come up with is that this game is so broken, fundamentally, that they can't fix it.

    Save your money, buy anything else, this game is one of the top 3 worst piles of junk I have ever played in my 30 years of gaming.    … Expand
  35. generalzee
    Nov 16, 2013
    3
    This game is in beta right now, despite the claim that it is in v 1.12. Large ships have immense problems navigating stations, often moving directly through them, or simply spinning in circles aimlessly. Missions cannot be completed because AI bugs out and can't find its destination (in Trade or in Escort missions).

    Of course, these things can be fixed as the game continues, but what    This game is in beta right now, despite the claim that it is in v 1.12. Large ships have immense problems navigating stations, often moving directly through them, or simply spinning in circles aimlessly. Missions cannot be completed because AI bugs out and can't find its destination (in Trade or in Escort missions).

    Of course, these things can be fixed as the game continues, but what probably won't be fixed is the terrible voice acting. Not since the 1990's influx of hastily-translated Japanese games have I heard voice acting so poor. Your co-pilot seems to be voiced by a woman who simply read each word in the dictionary once (which the editors cobbled together to vaguely form sentences).

    There's a lot of potential here, the stations are intricate and interesting, the graphics are beautiful, transportation is actually interesting for once, and the battles can be epic and fun, but the major bugs, and poor voice acting make the game in its current state unplayable.    … Expand
  36. sensai25
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    Worst X Game EVER. Laggy on a high end specs PC. Interface is a shame, all station are same looking inside from a sector to an other. Character design are horrible it remind me old 2004 games.

    Go away from this bad game, trying to be refunded.
  37. kilo12
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    First of all this game has been in development for 7 years at EGOSOFT.
    -Developers showed lot of bells and whistles before launch but only if they worked properly.
    -Very poorly designed interface. Non responsive -Character animation is all copy and paste all over the game. There are 3-4 original characters. -This game a DirectX 9.0 Game and it is not optimized for Multicore CPU or GPU.    First of all this game has been in development for 7 years at EGOSOFT.
    -Developers showed lot of bells and whistles before launch but only if they worked properly.
    -Very poorly designed interface. Non responsive
    -Character animation is all copy and paste all over the game. There are 3-4 original characters.
    -This game a DirectX 9.0 Game and it is not optimized for Multicore CPU or GPU. Not optimized to run on even high end systems.
    - It is not worth $50, I suggest wait for sale if you must have it

    This was my very first Review on Metacritic, really disappointed at EGOSOFT for misguiding the public.    … Expand
  38. Tzven
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    Poor design choices, game-breaking bugs, and major performance problems all contribute to an incredibly disappointing release.

    Egosoft has made it very clear that this is a new game, and should be viewed on it's own merits. It is indeed impossible to play it without comparing it against some of the older entries in the series. The command functionality has been reduced to the point    Poor design choices, game-breaking bugs, and major performance problems all contribute to an incredibly disappointing release.

    Egosoft has made it very clear that this is a new game, and should be viewed on it's own merits. It is indeed impossible to play it without comparing it against some of the older entries in the series.

    The command functionality has been reduced to the point of obscurity. Remote control of ships is impossible, as is all forms of total automation. The minigames are repetitive and boring and worse, impossible to skip. The stations interiors are all identical. The list goes on, but it is sufficient to say that the game mechanics are broken.

    The campaign is not immune to the problems. If you do decide to purchase this "game", make sure to save often and in different slots. As it is currently impossible to remove orders from freighters, invalid orders will cause your freighters to sit there and do nothing making the campaign impossible to continue. Without time compression, damaged engines will make flying back to a station a chore.

    It pains me to admit I regret buying this title. Furthermore, the realization that this is the direction Egosoft seems to be taking their series both saddens and makes me worry for their future. Hopefully this debacle will remind them of their games strengths.

    I'll shelve the game for now. Maybe after a year or two of further development it will be worth playing. For now, skip this.    … Expand
  39. Rickjames125
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    I have too many negative things to say about this game to be honest. Lets start with the actual concepts and mechanics in the game(the ones that atleast work). So a few years back i wrote plenty of suggestions in the Rebirth forum about this game. One suggestion I made was even featured in an interview with Bernd. This was essentially what I had asked about. "Will there be anyI have too many negative things to say about this game to be honest. Lets start with the actual concepts and mechanics in the game(the ones that atleast work). So a few years back i wrote plenty of suggestions in the Rebirth forum about this game. One suggestion I made was even featured in an interview with Bernd. This was essentially what I had asked about. "Will there be any functionality or ways to have the player build his/her own empire like fleets/ stations and essentially almost have a player controlled faction?" Bernd had replied yes that there will be large fleets the player can create and he can also customize each ship and station.

    Well guess what? I cant even tell 1 ship to go buy something. The features that the dev had said himself would be in this game are non existent. Now thats fine, just give me an expanded version of Terran Conflict so I can make lemonade out of lemons.

    Too bad thats gone too, This is an entirely different game folks, Your stuck with a ship that has the most pathetic name of all time and you can pick 1 out of 4 weapons to fire away with. You also cant have a ship patrol an area, it can only follow you or go mine some rocks. As for stations, well now you have to work extra hard to find a trader or an officer or someone who sells a specific drone. I don't bother with looking at ship types, because they all look the same to me. The plot is boring, broken and hasn't remotely interested me since i saw the first databurst in the game explaining the setting and whats changed. Lets not forget the amount of bugs and performance issues i have on high end custom built PC. I had better performance playing Rome 2 maxxed out on release day than this game. This is not XRebirth, nor will it ever be. Its also not a rebirth, its the final nail in the coffin of this series.    … Expand
  40. Knurrli
    Dec 4, 2013
    0
    betatestng. I'm really quite through with testng these unfinished software. Just simply please test the software before selling it for crying out loud. Whats the point in selling this software in development.
  41. Zedro
    Dec 3, 2013
    0
    I was really looking forward to this when it came out... what a disappointment! On my M11xR3, fully speced out, it couldn't achieve higher then 15 FPS unless I was looking at blank space on ultra low settings. Bugs like broken quests, player owned ships not following or accepting commands, NPC that squat up and down when talking to them... It goes on and on. The interior environments?I was really looking forward to this when it came out... what a disappointment! On my M11xR3, fully speced out, it couldn't achieve higher then 15 FPS unless I was looking at blank space on ultra low settings. Bugs like broken quests, player owned ships not following or accepting commands, NPC that squat up and down when talking to them... It goes on and on. The interior environments? Reused over and over again, bland with generic bland NPC. Control was built with the xBox 360 in mind, while the mouse and keyboard are hard to use and unpleasant

    The game is garbage throughout. I went to a city area and took 45 minuets (I could have done it quicker; I took my time) to destroy a large transport ship. Other than repeated calls for help with bad, reused voice acting, only once, at the beginning, did two ships try to stop me. After that, the façade broken down to a lifeless universe while I pew pew this poor ship till it blew up. It didn't try to escape or move away. Just open up weak turrets to shoot at me from time to time. It also helped me out by putting away the turrets after I went out of it firing angle. Garbage, throughout.

    This game should be the poster child for a mandatory, no-question-asked 72 hour refund window for broken, unfinished, unplayable games. If developers and publishers really believed in their product and the quality, then they would have nothing to fear.

    This game has been called Stillborn or Miscarriage. Those are apt descriptions. DO NOT buy this game! Steam has many games that are far better on sale and if you're really desperate for some space action, then play Egosoft's older X3 games.    … Expand
  42. Bloodhawk
    Nov 16, 2013
    3
    The X series is known for its cruel learning curves and some what daunting scale, It's lure of big ships and tycoon station building, It's wow graphics and even its un-forgiveness. However, If these are the things you love about the series, its time to mourn in the wake of the newly released X:rebirth.

    Its flawed yet stunning graphics keep you captivated as you negate smashed planets,    The X series is known for its cruel learning curves and some what daunting scale, It's lure of big ships and tycoon station building, It's wow graphics and even its un-forgiveness. However, If these are the things you love about the series, its time to mourn in the wake of the newly released X:rebirth.

    Its flawed yet stunning graphics keep you captivated as you negate smashed planets, debris and beautiful super space cities. The much improved ship physics and travel make space battles more invigorating, even jump gates seem to make so much more sense as you look back a million miles away from where you just came. But as you play more, the games seems just that extra light year away.

    Us PC gamers are hardened to bugs, glitches and crashes, But sadly X: Rebirth almost drowns you in them. Your only allowed to fly the one ship your given, and buying a new ship feels like getting a new Lamborghini and then only being allowed to watch your friend race it around the block. characters are repetitive and creepy looking, however its forgivable seeing as its a space sim and not a FPS. Ship traffic shows a dynamic living world, however stalking them for good trade routes reveal that they are lost or just enjoy going in circles. walking around on stations just feel unproductive and unnecessary. The game barely keeps my attention for more then 4 hours and didn't ruin my social life as i hoped for in the next 2 weeks.

    Sadly Egosoft have become very much like that dad who is trying to fit in with the younger generation with its new looks and faster pace, but it try's so hard that it trips on its own complexity.

    Im going to crack out X:3 and help remind my self why I love Egosoft.    … Expand
  43. faceless-1
    Apr 8, 2014
    0
    Uhhh this game is really bad. It really tries to be worst game this year i think. This game is so mega bugged that i cannot believe that they released such a broken game.
  44. maxg
    Dec 4, 2013
    0
    This game is abysmal. Even after something like 8 patches the game is flawed to the point where you can't even finish the main campaign missions because of major bugs. It's really disgusting that you can release a game like this and not offer refunds.
  45. mrdisaster88
    Jul 21, 2014
    0
    Deceitful sales tactics, fascist forum moderation & a truly horrible game which is still in alpha, even 6 months after its supposedly "finished" release. DO NOT BUY!!!
  46. something9173
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    I've put 10+ hours into this. I've put A LOT more into X3 games. They have killed the excellent UI and game mechanics that made X work. The new gameplay is horrible being limited to flying one ship is a deal breaker. There is no SETA anymore so it is excruciatingly slow. Looking over the control mappings, they've removed a lot of functionality. It is a major pain to do anythingI've put 10+ hours into this. I've put A LOT more into X3 games. They have killed the excellent UI and game mechanics that made X work. The new gameplay is horrible being limited to flying one ship is a deal breaker. There is no SETA anymore so it is excruciatingly slow. Looking over the control mappings, they've removed a lot of functionality. It is a major pain to do anything anymore, and I can't imagine being able to build the kind of "empire" that I had built in X3. So far the game is more like Darkstar One instead of an X game. OH, and they're also hiring PS/XBOX programmers right now, so its clear where their priority is. One more game franchise that is being dumbed down for consoles, period. I want my money back.… Expand
  47. DanishNinja
    Nov 16, 2013
    3
    his game is just I've now spent 5 hours on this, and i really regret it.
    The game is full of bugs and is optimized so bad that i get 35-10 fps on my gtx 660.
    I am an x3 veteran and this game is the crappiest game of them all. I regret having spend so much money on it. The x3 series was BY FAR better than this... It fails at such a basic level. Fx all the small menus, the character    his game is just I've now spent 5 hours on this, and i really regret it.
    The game is full of bugs and is optimized so bad that i get 35-10 fps on my gtx 660.
    I am an x3 veteran and this game is the crappiest game of them all. I regret having spend so much money on it. The x3 series was BY FAR better than this... It fails at such a basic level. Fx all the small menus, the character interaction and the frustrating fleet control! I'ts especially bad when you are going to use your trading ship since the maps requires a degree in f**king map reading to understand...    … Expand
  48. Monkeyshots
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    This game has terrible frame rate issues even on 2,500-3000$ gaming rigs.

    The graphics look very undetailled too. especially inside buildings. there are no reflections only flat textures with bold black borders. looks like a comic style at times.
  49. reijison
    May 22, 2014
    1
    Bought and played after patch 2.0. I really want to believe there's a good game here, but there isn't. The entire game feels as though the developers had the best of intentions with the mechanics and game play, but then never actually ended up playing the game they made, or spending time in UX feedback. The game plays extremely clumsy and is riddled with bugs and poor gameplay experience.Bought and played after patch 2.0. I really want to believe there's a good game here, but there isn't. The entire game feels as though the developers had the best of intentions with the mechanics and game play, but then never actually ended up playing the game they made, or spending time in UX feedback. The game plays extremely clumsy and is riddled with bugs and poor gameplay experience. As you play through the campaign, you'll have to have Google open next to you, because you'll encounter all sorts of roadblocks or spend a lot of time banging your head against the wall as you ponder why on Earth this was made this way. There's no good answer, only that they probably shipped an incomplete game.

    I was really hoping for a good space game, but this isn't it. And now i'm very disappointed.    … Expand
  50. Bmane
    May 23, 2014
    1
    X-Rebirth. What a disaster. Where did it all go wrong? Who mistook innovation for bad game mechanics? Who thought it was a good idea to require you to land on stations and have to waste time hunting for dull npc's to engage with them in small-talk mini-games just so you can get a leg-up on getting good deals? I never pre-ordered X-Rebirth or bought it due to the bad vibe that I wasX-Rebirth. What a disaster. Where did it all go wrong? Who mistook innovation for bad game mechanics? Who thought it was a good idea to require you to land on stations and have to waste time hunting for dull npc's to engage with them in small-talk mini-games just so you can get a leg-up on getting good deals? I never pre-ordered X-Rebirth or bought it due to the bad vibe that I was getting. I have played it extensively however recently on a friends computer and I have to say that all the negative reviews are generally spot-on. Does make me consider the mental health (or agenda) of any reviewer who can honestly give this game a rating above a 5...

    X-Rebirth was suppose to dress a lot of the issues present in the past series. So lets have a look at them.

    Interface: Did they address it? No! They've actually made it worse! What were they thinking? It also feels like it isn't even complete. There is no mission board so your left hunting, literally, for mission icons on stations to just pick up a job.

    AI Pathfinding/Auto-pilot: Even with the 2.0 patch lately, the AI is still horrendous and simplified compared to the previous game.

    Map Size: I've often read on the forums of a poor defense argument when it comes to the map size. Some will say that while there is less sectors (only 4) they are a LOT bigger than your average sector. True. But an easy rebuttal is that if you combine just 8-10 sectors from the previous game you would come up with one whole sector, and considering the previous game had around 199 sectors, yeah... See my point? 4x10 is just 40 sectors! Course I've not gotten my measuring tape out but it's quite obvious that the map has been downsized. I'd imagine that will increase later on with paid DLC, O YAY!... (Sarcasm)

    Graphics: Again, another area in game development that has suffered, strangely enough. You'd imagine this would be an area of development that would have improved, but no! The shaders, while the 2.0 patch has improved them slightly, are still poor. Station interiors are horrendous. NPC's still look like plastic dolls. Stations themselves look like their made out of shiny plastic and the ship designs are, well, crap...

    Player Mechanics: Ah yes, a topic that has been discussed to death on the forums prior and post release. Egosoft did their best in trying to PR this disaster in stating that the restriction on player ships would no way hamper gameplay, instead, we would have drones to make up for it! Err... Yay? Egosoft made some excuses, prior to release, that such a limitation was there because THEY decided that it be more fun that way. That's right, they figured it wasn't fun to fly other ships and instead more fun to fly just the one! Yes, Bernd did state as such on the forums. Now we know they were just trying to coddle us.

    With the arrival of the 2.0 patch, or as I call it, X-Rebirth 1.00, there has been some bug fixing, interface improvements and general across the board touch-ups. But, regardless of any future 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 patches, I can't see them fixing the core of the game which is a shoddy mess of design. No matter how many patches/dlc is released, X-Rebirth will still be X-Rebirth at the end of the day, and that's a bad thing.

    I love the X-Series. X3TC is by far my favorite (along with some mods) so I had high hopes for X-Rebirth despite my misgivings about the 1-ship deal. Unfortunately X-Rebirth is one of those rare games in which there is nothing in it that I can honestly say I like. That's an achievement for someone like myself who loved the series.    … Expand
  51. eduardvictor
    May 3, 2014
    0
    Garbage. I've played ALL the previous games in the series, i have a few hundred hours in X1 and X2, and a few THOUSAND in X3, X3 AP and X3 TC, in this game I have a little over 20 and I am already **** sick of all the **** boring gameplay, console interface, clunky controls and horrible bugs it has. Avoid at all costs, I wish I could get my 60 euros back and get into Elite Dangerous Beta instead.
  52. brocboy
    Nov 16, 2013
    2
    I have also been waiting for a long time for a REALISTIC IMMERSIVE space sim that actually makes you feel like you are in a believable futuristic space world. That means DEVS, There is no air in space. Which means ships have no max speed, only max acceleration and burn time. Sure you can use ship computers to limit max speeds during combat or in certain areas. With that being said why doI have also been waiting for a long time for a REALISTIC IMMERSIVE space sim that actually makes you feel like you are in a believable futuristic space world. That means DEVS, There is no air in space. Which means ships have no max speed, only max acceleration and burn time. Sure you can use ship computers to limit max speeds during combat or in certain areas. With that being said why do ships in this game have to use these Disney like monorail highway systems. Can't ships just travel the old fashioned way, with the use of their own engines? I thought the accelerator gates in the terran systems where ridiculous. This is worse.
    Another very important part of a space sim is the detail and functionality of your ship. All of the parts should work and the should be completely realistic and functional, not what the 'skunk' has which is just simple eye candy garbage.
    The final most important thing in space are something that is always forgotten. It is what we live on, Planets. When considering a new space sim I always ask a couple of simple questions. First, can I interact with planets? Like something so simple as orbiting them, or landing on them. Egosoft has always ignored planets as with most other space sims. Except for freelancer, which is 10 years old. I thought X rebirth might fix this. I think not, again they are completely inaccessible pictures in the background.

    Another thing I ask is when I look at that nebula in the background can I actually get there. In this game there is no real way to get there because the ships are slower than a modern day airliner. Again just background pictures that mean nothing, immersion breaking.
    The performance issues of this game are truly bad and there is so much unrealistic space junk floating around I just get a headache.
    Here Is my final prayer for a distant wish, or dream of a realistic, believable space sim, not Mario brothers in space for a console. Please please Star Citizen save me!!!    … Expand
  53. verun
    Oct 1, 2014
    0
    Instead of a review, I'll write my experience with this game.

    I've waited a half year to try this because Egosoft usually takes this long to get a new X game running. I was eager to try my new Saitek X52 Pro on this one. First I went into options, like with any PC game to set some graphical stuff. I found the resolution was set to 1280 which was very odd, so I set it to my native res    Instead of a review, I'll write my experience with this game.

    I've waited a half year to try this because Egosoft usually takes this long to get a new X game running. I was eager to try my new Saitek X52 Pro on this one.

    First I went into options, like with any PC game to set some graphical stuff. I found the resolution was set to 1280 which was very odd, so I set it to my native res (usually done automatically in PC games, first fears of Consolitis surfaced in me).

    I read on the net, that the "story" mode is a big tutorial, so I went with that to get ready for free play.
    The first thing I saw was this polygon puppet that is supposed to be a woman. It looks exactly like a 3D woman looked.... back in the year 2000. I'm not exaggerating here! The character animations are on the same level and look like a mixture of zombies and robots.
    The game is (supposedly) not about character interaction though, so I thought and just ignored that and went on to fly....

    ... or not.
    The entire Joystick keybinds were completely messed up. Like this game was made for a (inferior) console and not for the PC gaming master race. So there was some Consolitis in the game. I didn't even know they released this game for a console. A space sim... really? They are MADE for PC's.
    I accepted that too, though it started to bug me...

    Anyway I went on to configure the joystick so that it was able to actually fly forward (strafe up/down; left/right were set as default instead of pitch and jaw) and use some of the functions that were unbound or bound to strange keys (autopilot, map, dock, targeting). I still had to choose menu options with the mouse and run around with kb+mouse setup. Strangely there were highlighted button names like they appear on game pads (A)... hmmm...
    I was kinda pissed at this time, but I still hoped the game was at least bug free, stable and that the free play mode later would offer some fun.

    After one hour I was ready to fly. Yippee! A big universe awaits!
    First mission: target practice!

    The game tutorial told me the highlighted stuff was showing me where to go. This was nice, the only downside was that there was no highlighted stuff. It also told me it would display the distance - but it didn't display anything, not even my flight speed.
    While I was still trying to get that display of normal HUD info up and running, which is to be expected in every space sim game since the most early ones, I suddenly lost all control of not only the ship, but also the HOTAS, the mouse and the keyboard too. The ship was now drifting towards some asteroids...
    So I half heartedly tried to solve this next obstacle... I even tabbed out of the game and tried to go back, but couldn't as it was "Not Responding".

    Well okay, then I'll not respond to it either.
    0 points for this epic wanna be space sim fail.
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    TL/DR:
    Wow! After a half year, this game is buggier than the alpha version of Star Citizen - Arena Commander, it surpasses all games I know in terms of unplayability and the character models and animations were directly sent here from 14 years in the past.

    In short: Consolitis, severe alpha bugs, stay away at all costs!
    This game will never reach the state X2-The Threat had, better go with that game!    … Expand
  54. rcapy
    Nov 26, 2013
    1
    You know I have been looking forward to this release for some time and now I can't make my self play it anymore. I have been playing the X series for many years even before I started my steam account But this X Rebirth was so bad that I don't think it can even be patched up or fixed with DLC's it should be scraped and never let out again or rework the whole game. guess I'll go back to X3AP
  55. bartmoss
    May 22, 2014
    1
    This is an absolutely terrible game. As in, really bad. The 2.0 update doesn't really fix it, instead I found it even less playable. If you get a free copy and your time is worth nothing, then this is probably a game to pick up. Otherwise you are better off staring at your bedroom walls. The only reason I give it one point is that there is still Garry's Incident.
  56. jmhoffer
    May 19, 2015
    0
    It's been two years since this game was released. It has received update after update and it looks like the developers are done updating.

    And you still shouldn't pay a cent for it. It is still riddled with glitches, bugs and low FPS issues even on high end systems. The campaign is more frustrating than fun (such as sending you into combat that you can't win unless you run away and    It's been two years since this game was released. It has received update after update and it looks like the developers are done updating.

    And you still shouldn't pay a cent for it.

    It is still riddled with glitches, bugs and low FPS issues even on high end systems. The campaign is more frustrating than fun (such as sending you into combat that you can't win unless you run away and make your enemy follow you to a station and let the station turrets destroy them).

    I played for a few hours then uninstalled.

    People, PLEASE stop pre purchasing! The only reason game companies can release crap like this is because you idiots keep pre purchasing their games! They already have your money, so they can release junk and there is nothing you can do about it! STOP!    … Expand
  57. Riker_sui
    Feb 27, 2015
    0
    The biggest disappointment ever. I'm was a massiv fan of X-BTF, X2, X3, but this game are a crap unplayable console game on PC. My big mistake, i bought the Collectors Edition.
  58. redalert3084
    Apr 21, 2014
    1
    I per ordered this game and waited this long to write a review.

    I gave EGOSOFT plenty of time to offer something as a way of compensating those who bought an unusable game and had to wait for updates. and we got nothing. So this game gets the lowest score i can give. I'll even come back and change my score if EGOSOFT starts to compensate for the broken game.
  59. arglebargle_asd
    May 20, 2014
    0
    X Rebirth? More like X Stillbirth. This isn't a game, it's a waste of your money. Technically the game is horrid, grinding to 10-15fps on high end machines. Gameplay-wise the game is horrid with early 2000's style wooden npcs and horrific off-ship play. Did I mention the bugs? You'll spend more time trying to figure out how to work around bugs than you will actually playing the game.

    If    X Rebirth? More like X Stillbirth. This isn't a game, it's a waste of your money. Technically the game is horrid, grinding to 10-15fps on high end machines. Gameplay-wise the game is horrid with early 2000's style wooden npcs and horrific off-ship play. Did I mention the bugs? You'll spend more time trying to figure out how to work around bugs than you will actually playing the game.

    If you want an X game go play X3 TC. This is digital garbage, not an X game.

    If, however, slamming your dick in a car door for an afternoon sounds appealing then this just might be the game for you.    … Expand
  60. kerric
    May 5, 2014
    0
    The only thing this game shares with the legendary X series is the name. A more appropriate title would have been X - Stillbirth. Practically everything that made the previous X games great is missing.
  61. shea1980
    May 19, 2014
    1
    Where can i start,The game has so many problems,If anyone played X3 TC,you would know that it was a proper pc game,with X rebirth it was defo designed for Xbox and PS3,The graphics are good but the preformance is terrible and i do have a fast machine.Saying that the new beta patch adds alot of things but still it is a turd.Never ever again will i pre-order a game.I bought the CE of theWhere can i start,The game has so many problems,If anyone played X3 TC,you would know that it was a proper pc game,with X rebirth it was defo designed for Xbox and PS3,The graphics are good but the preformance is terrible and i do have a fast machine.Saying that the new beta patch adds alot of things but still it is a turd.Never ever again will i pre-order a game.I bought the CE of the game for 65 euro and i should have just thrown that money in the fire.Guys take my advise stay away from X rebirth,Maybe in a year or so it might be a small bit better.… Expand
  62. Exocrime
    Jul 24, 2015
    0
    even after patch 3.53 the game is crap. still no economic system, still the same station to walk at every station, still a stupid autopilot ( remember me of X3 TC autopilot, do the same crap and crash you into stations ^^)

    this game is still only a space shooter with a tiny element of random Price history tradingsystem. X games had 4 foundations of gameplay: "trade, fight, build,    even after patch 3.53 the game is crap. still no economic system, still the same station to walk at every station, still a stupid autopilot ( remember me of X3 TC autopilot, do the same crap and crash you into stations ^^)

    this game is still only a space shooter with a tiny element of random Price history tradingsystem.
    X games had 4 foundations of gameplay: "trade, fight, build, think". Rebirth has only 2 left : fight and build.

    if u want a space shooter. this is your game. if u want a simulation, its not.    … Expand
  63. vargata
    Mar 17, 2015
    3
    I loved X games always so I've pre-ordered it. The disappointment was so big i was fighting steam and ego to give back my money. finally the did. now, after one and a half year of patching Egosoft decided to give a free weekend so i thought to give them an other chance. played 17 hours in 2 days. Some would say it already worth £10 as entertainment but it was more of just suffering. itsI loved X games always so I've pre-ordered it. The disappointment was so big i was fighting steam and ego to give back my money. finally the did. now, after one and a half year of patching Egosoft decided to give a free weekend so i thought to give them an other chance. played 17 hours in 2 days. Some would say it already worth £10 as entertainment but it was more of just suffering. its not entertaining visually and not entertaining as a game. The game is still ugly, the grannies are still haunting it, the shiny surfaces are still all around, everything has the very same color. the AI is still crap, the new autopilot is useless, the gravidar was better while we missed it, at least it want annoying... it seems they just cant make anything right. i cant believe its made by the same company who has 25 years of experience in making X games... Avoid it in any cost.… Expand
  64. Kaine4100
    Jun 23, 2014
    1
    Wer gerne Stationen abgrast, auf der suche nach Kisten. Die gefüllt sind mit Plunder ist hier genau richtig.
    Die Dialogen auf den Stationen wiederholen sich ständig, was an sich nicht schlimm ist. Da Rabatte bei Händler aber über Dialog Minispiele geführt werden nervt es mit der zeit.
    Die Optik des Spiels ist gut, die Übersicht im Spiel ist aber gewöhnungsbedürftig. X Rebirth hat    Wer gerne Stationen abgrast, auf der suche nach Kisten. Die gefüllt sind mit Plunder ist hier genau richtig.
    Die Dialogen auf den Stationen wiederholen sich ständig, was an sich nicht schlimm ist. Da Rabatte bei Händler aber über Dialog Minispiele geführt werden nervt es mit der zeit.
    Die Optik des Spiels ist gut, die Übersicht im Spiel ist aber gewöhnungsbedürftig.
    X Rebirth hat gegenüber von X3 Re./TC./AP deutlich an Spieltiefe verloren.    … Expand
  65. kotekzot
    Mar 14, 2015
    3
    Despite having been released over a year ago and receiving many patches, the game still severely underperforms on high-end hardware and does not have compelling gameplay. Expect to spend 80% of your play time flying back and forth through transparent space tubes, 10% flying around space stations within 10 meters of the hull to scan information points and giving trade orders to your ships,Despite having been released over a year ago and receiving many patches, the game still severely underperforms on high-end hardware and does not have compelling gameplay. Expect to spend 80% of your play time flying back and forth through transparent space tubes, 10% flying around space stations within 10 meters of the hull to scan information points and giving trade orders to your ships, and the last 10% pew-pewing spaceships with one weapon at a time.

    Here are some of the game's shortcomings:

    * Boring gameplay consisting mostly of flying through space tubes, as if you're playing some sort of public transit passenger simulator rather than a space game.
    * Vastly fewer weapon options with no ability to fire multiple weapons simulatenously.
    * You can only pilot one ship unlike previous games, where you had hundreds of choices in many ship categories, from scouts to carriers to freighters.
    * All objects in space are inexplicably surrounded by protective bubbles that absorb all damage from collisions, making the few precious moments spent outside space tubes even less exciting.
    * A lot of tasks needlessly require the player's presence, such as chauffeuring ship officers from stations to the ships where they are to work.
    * When talking to NPCs, you must wait for them to finish talking before your commands take effect, given the fact that a particular zone may have dozens of NPCs of the same type offering their services, this makes finding specific goods very annoying.
    * You are forced to use a cockpit, wasting 30% of your screen on what is essentially a static model with some flashing lights here and there. A discreet HUD overlaid on an unobstructed view of space would be vastly superior for many players.
    * The draw distance is depressing, with objects conspicuously popping in as you travel inside space tubes.
    * The 4 different sectors are basically palette swaps of each other with a few cosmetic differences (a cracked planet here, some space debris there, etc).
    * The script and voiceovers quite obviously weren't done by native speakers, resulting in strange and immersion-breaking dialogue and pronunciation.
    * Character models and station interiors are very low-quality.
    * The Teladi look like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. This would be funny if it weren't so tragic.
    * Your co-pilot's jumpsuit has an embarrassing boob window that betrays a lack of respect for the playerbase.

    The game does feature a few improvements, however they hardly justify all its shortcomings:

    * Capital ship components can be damaged individually, adding depth to capital ship combat.
    * More piracy options, now you can not only extort and salvage enemy ships, but also hack them to release cargo.
    * Station complexes now exist as superstructures rather than individual stations connected by spaghetti strands.    … Expand
  66. IIntrude
    Nov 15, 2013
    2
    Very cool idea, but it runs like a 1 legged dog. Despite having more than the recommended specs, and a very clean machine which is up to date and all that, the opening scene ran at 15 fps, shooting up to 60, then back down to around 20.

    Despite the performance issues, the game looks massive and open. Dock on stations, get out of your ship, walk around the hanger and then take a stroll    Very cool idea, but it runs like a 1 legged dog. Despite having more than the recommended specs, and a very clean machine which is up to date and all that, the opening scene ran at 15 fps, shooting up to 60, then back down to around 20.

    Despite the performance issues, the game looks massive and open. Dock on stations, get out of your ship, walk around the hanger and then take a stroll through the station. It is very impressive.

    However due to the performance issues I cannot give a high score as of now. The game really is unplayable at 10-15 fps in fights on a machine that handles most current games superbly.    … Expand
  67. Partisan
    Mar 16, 2014
    0
    Вам продают новую машину без мотора, какая будет у вас реакция заплатив за нее 100% и что за новая мода продавать не готовую игру (альфу) по стоимости целой?
  68. Mortensus
    Nov 16, 2013
    3
    It's not the perfect game i hoped, at least not right now, but it's good nevertheless.

    I know they will listen to their customers, and i also put faith in the modding community so i can accommodate this game to my personal taste, put so far it's "good". The thing that is bugging me a little is that they insisted very much in the "immersion" but that part, the crew management, walking    It's not the perfect game i hoped, at least not right now, but it's good nevertheless.

    I know they will listen to their customers, and i also put faith in the modding community so i can accommodate this game to my personal taste, put so far it's "good".

    The thing that is bugging me a little is that they insisted very much in the "immersion" but that part, the crew management, walking in the stations, talking with pnj, that part was really poorly executed boring for me, way too repetitive, and the voice actor...

    The flying part is very enjoyable.

    I can't recommend to buy this game full price if you are not a "fan", but i don't feel robbed so far because after some hours, i know i have only scratched the surface.    … Expand
  69. Jams79
    Sep 19, 2015
    0
    I take it all back, this game hasn't improved anywhere near as much as I hoped it would and what we are left with is a drastic decrease in quality compared to the games preceding it.
  70. pirikuras
    Nov 16, 2013
    3
    Good game for plenty of content and what to do,normal graphics. All very negative coments is from that kind of people who say heroes of might and magic 3 is beter then any other version ,but look into whose people who play homm 3 in 2013 :D their opinion just doesnt matter for normal people :D
  71. Broyax
    Mar 27, 2017
    2
    Au bout d'un an de patches (!), le jeu est plutôt jouable, stable mais encore buggué quoique qu'on ne sache pas si c'est en raison des mécaniques de jeu périmenazes et absconses ou simplement de purs vrais bugs résultant de l'incompétence notoire d'Egosoft qui fait pourtant le même simulateur spatial pourri depuis des années. Les deux sans doute.

    L'interface au pad 360 est bizarre mais    Au bout d'un an de patches (!), le jeu est plutôt jouable, stable mais encore buggué quoique qu'on ne sache pas si c'est en raison des mécaniques de jeu périmenazes et absconses ou simplement de purs vrais bugs résultant de l'incompétence notoire d'Egosoft qui fait pourtant le même simulateur spatial pourri depuis des années. Les deux sans doute.

    L'interface au pad 360 est bizarre mais presque correcte tout comme les menus à la fois laids et peu pratiques. En vérité, rien n'est vraiment "pratique" dans un X, tout est pensé en dépit du bon sens. Le commerce est incroyablement lourd à gérer, même l'exploitation minière est un pensum. Les combats sont moyens, on est loin des vieux standards de référence (des années 90 !) en la matière !

    Techniquement parlant, c'est toujours aussi joli (mais diablement exigeant... l'optimisation est clairement absente) sauf les personnages horriblement modélisés, un massacre ! X Rebirth est tout en français avec un doublage plutôt correct. Dommage que ça n'aide pas vraiment à jouer ce jeu kafkaïen. Je n'ai pas le temps (à perdre) pour circonvenir les limitations bordéliques d'un jeu programmé par la même bande d'incapables depuis des décennies. Egosoft, vous êtes des clowns.    … Expand
  72. Morphine_Child
    Feb 2, 2020
    3
    The game was released as unfinished half product, overly complicated, super demanding and buggy, it got forgotten as fast as it deserved. I would rather go all the way back and play X2 again.
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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

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  1. IGN Italia
    Feb 18, 2014
    40
    Rebirth lacks inspiration, purpose, good ideas. It's riddled with bugs and, even when it seems to work, it manages to be dull. There isn't any true reason to play it.
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  2. CD-Action
    Feb 10, 2014
    30
    Instead of giving the series a new life the developers buried it and the patches are a classic case of ‘too little, too late’. There’s a lot of things you can forgive this game but not the fact that it’s boring. [02/2014, p.58]
  3. PC Gamer
    Jan 31, 2014
    39
    X misses the spot. The occasional bit of spectacle can't save this boring, broken and charmless space simulation. [March 2014, p.60]
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