X Rebirth

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3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1310 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 275 out of 1310
  2. Mixed: 111 out of 1310
  3. Negative: 924 out of 1310
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  1. Geefod
    Nov 19, 2013
    1
    In short: I great idea, horribly executed!!

    The game is so unfinished, that it is unplayable. Besides the gamebreaking bugs in the campaign, you will have to put up with performance, even on a highend pc, annoying NPC voices, with added bad animations. I found my self saving and loading continously trying to avoid the game breaking bugs in the campaign, just to get a little further,    In short: I great idea, horribly executed!!

    The game is so unfinished, that it is unplayable. Besides the gamebreaking bugs in the campaign, you will have to put up with performance, even on a highend pc, annoying NPC voices, with added bad animations.

    I found my self saving and loading continously trying to avoid the game breaking bugs in the campaign, just to get a little further, just because of the possibilities the game offers and the intriguing storyline pushed me forward. But after 9 hours of loading old saves and running into new game breaking bugs, I finally gave up.

    You could hope they will patch up all the issues, but there are just so many things wrong with this game it will take forever to make it playable.

    Everyone who bought this deserves a refund.    … Expand
  2. Scarr
    Nov 19, 2013
    1
    It has been a LONG time since I had to manually edit save game files just to proceed in a computer game. X Rebirth required me to edit my save game files numerous times on the first day. Broken scripts, missing game elements, unresponsive AI, and other random issues helped me rate this game very low.

    The graphics of space and the ships, stations and weapons are nicely done. The    It has been a LONG time since I had to manually edit save game files just to proceed in a computer game. X Rebirth required me to edit my save game files numerous times on the first day. Broken scripts, missing game elements, unresponsive AI, and other random issues helped me rate this game very low.

    The graphics of space and the ships, stations and weapons are nicely done. The characters in the game look like something from 2003.

    The voice acting is horrid, the actors were obviously recorded in different studios. Some actors sound like they are talking from inside a garbage can, while others sound like they are in an auditorium or in a sound proof box. The poor voice over work breaks the immersion of the moment.

    I had to keep the Steam Group Chat open while playing, because I would come across bugs so often. I would ask if anyone help had the same issue and execute their fix or go search the forum for a work around. I have played game in the past, perhaps a decade or so ago where something would go wrong and a quick savegame edit fix solved the problem. When that did happen, it would be a ONE time thing.... with Rebirth, I found myself editing my save.xml file several times a day... really? If I had not the savvy to do this, then the game would just ended already.

    I am done with this game, I may come back in a year or so and see if the developers can fix it and maybe the modding community can give it some life. Overall, this is a pile of cold crap... it's not even steaming.    … Expand
  3. zevl12
    Nov 21, 2013
    1
    This game is not x4, this is the defense by the devs. Ok i have never played x3 or any x game. I do not care about graphics or animation, i can tolerate bugs. The problems i mentioned now are not the problems of the game, the problem is the core game play. There is no good game hidden here. The entire game is utter crap, interface is HORRIBLE. Controls are HORRIBLE. There isn't a simulatedThis game is not x4, this is the defense by the devs. Ok i have never played x3 or any x game. I do not care about graphics or animation, i can tolerate bugs. The problems i mentioned now are not the problems of the game, the problem is the core game play. There is no good game hidden here. The entire game is utter crap, interface is HORRIBLE. Controls are HORRIBLE. There isn't a simulated game here, those small ships flying around do not have a purpose they are just cosmetic things flying around trying to make a nonexistentatmosphere. You can now only build on specific spots, trading is a boring time consuming non rewarding non informative piece of crap. The universe is really small. Previous titles had a gem hidden under the problems, entirety of x rebirth is a problem. 1/10, some things look cool (important when making trailers for this game that are scamming the public).… Expand
  4. HavocRazr30
    Nov 21, 2013
    1
    I do not like the direction Egosoft seems to be going with this game. It feels more like a FPS. It lacks the true depth and learning curve that the previous X games had. I loved the fact that I could buy AND pilot new ships, instead of just drones. Its not fun at all to just have one ship, granted I liked the Albion Pride design in X3: AP and wanted to capture it for my own, but still. TheI do not like the direction Egosoft seems to be going with this game. It feels more like a FPS. It lacks the true depth and learning curve that the previous X games had. I loved the fact that I could buy AND pilot new ships, instead of just drones. Its not fun at all to just have one ship, granted I liked the Albion Pride design in X3: AP and wanted to capture it for my own, but still. The game seems to rely on being a gamepad game too much now. I regret buying the game.… Expand
  5. feijoax
    Nov 21, 2013
    1
    This game is not ready for release in it's current state. Not worth USD $49.99 at all. I consider the game at the Alpha stage. The tutorial and story missions are completely broken; you'll get stuck and be unable to progress unless you download a "good" save game to get past the bugs. The game performs very poorly on a system that can run Skyrim at Ultra settings.

    The game's stations    This game is not ready for release in it's current state. Not worth USD $49.99 at all. I consider the game at the Alpha stage. The tutorial and story missions are completely broken; you'll get stuck and be unable to progress unless you download a "good" save game to get past the bugs. The game performs very poorly on a system that can run Skyrim at Ultra settings.

    The game's stations are all the same copy and pasted interiors. No variations, even the NPCs are copy and pasted. They look weird too; women with a body of a 20yr old but with an 80 year old face. The Universe is not huge at all.

    This is one purchase I truly regret and hope to get a refund from Steam (crossing my fingers).    … Expand
  6. sentorion
    Nov 23, 2013
    1
    This game is fun when it works, but the constant need to find a work around after each crash or game stopping bug is too much for me. I give up on this game offering any enjoyment in the near future.
    This game does not deserve a score based on what it could be, fact is without looking for work around you cannot finish it.
  7. 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
  8. slagath0r
    Nov 26, 2013
    1
    How could you kill the X series that easy???
  9. 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
  10. overthere2
    Nov 28, 2013
    1
    Just awful, buggy mess with broken animation broken missions, broken trading just did not work as advertised.
    The game mechanics have been grossly changed from previous games making it a slog.
    What did I get for my £40? The feeling I'm a complete idiot who's been taken for a ride. Got a 1 rather than 0 as some of the space scenes are quite pretty - Disappointed fan of the X series    Just awful, buggy mess with broken animation broken missions, broken trading just did not work as advertised.
    The game mechanics have been grossly changed from previous games making it a slog.
    What did I get for my £40? The feeling I'm a complete idiot who's been taken for a ride.
    Got a 1 rather than 0 as some of the space scenes are quite pretty

    - Disappointed fan of the X series
    With lots of other space genre games coming out know this is the last game I'll be buying from this studio    … Expand
  11. x1xscarfacex1x
    Dec 2, 2013
    1
    The game is slowly getting patched up to compensate for the catastrophic launch. Whether you have ever played any of the X series or not stay away from this title. It does not deliver a fraction of the features it promised. Read the critic reviews. There is a reason why they are so low.
  12. 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
  13. romaltya
    Dec 7, 2013
    1
    I'd like to stress that I've been a HUGE fan of the X-franchise ever since X: beyond the frontier. I was aware that this game would not be a "X4" but an entirely new look on the X franchise. Purpose was to make new gamers enjoy and get comfortable with the franchise and it's economys extreme complexity. A goal I thouroghly embraced.

    That being said this is perhaps the worst    I'd like to stress that I've been a HUGE fan of the X-franchise ever since X: beyond the frontier. I was aware that this game would not be a "X4" but an entirely new look on the X franchise. Purpose was to make new gamers enjoy and get comfortable with the franchise and it's economys extreme complexity. A goal I thouroghly embraced.

    That being said this is perhaps the worst spacesimulation of all times.. I can't recall a game that failed to deliver in this way. It's controls are bad to put it mildly.. When u're in the of the only ship u can fly u're pretty much locked in u'r seat with few to no options in regards to view, weaponry or other standardised informations ie. a radar. The fact u can only fly one ship makes the somewhat strange as u'd think they'd atleast make it a good one they haven't.. The fact that i lacks all the basics for a functionally makes u wonder what on earth they spend 7 years on.. Wasn't the complex economy that's for sure.. The economy is non-existent, ships fly with little purpose other than the graphical.. If that wasn't bad enough the only ship u can fly is a ugly bucket, which I didn't think was such a problem as they promised a lot of flexibility in the ships modules they failed to deliver though.. The game promised to make things less complex hardly achieved.. It promised a more gripping storyline hardly as all stations look the same and dialogue options is limited to nonexistent.. What it has done is take a franchise and put it's entire future in the twilight of a nebula.. I for one will not recommend this game to anyone, and I hope the developers in Egosoft are ashamed for releasing such an unfinished game.. Amazing after 7 years abscense..    … Expand
  14. Xseries
    Dec 9, 2013
    1
    Just going to put ^ for all the complaints and then some for the about this atrocity.

    In fact, the total makeup of this game reminds me of Ubisoft, churning out rubbish linear, monotonus game-play games one after another and even then it didn't go all to "Better" graphics all go to waste in the absence of optimization, with a high end cpu i get choppy graphics. Last two releases were    Just going to put ^ for all the complaints and then some for the about this atrocity.

    In fact, the total makeup of this game reminds me of Ubisoft, churning out rubbish linear, monotonus game-play games one after another and even then it didn't go all to "Better" graphics all go to waste in the absence of optimization, with a high end cpu i get choppy graphics. Last two releases were wonderful, minus the terrible polygonal faces and lip movment.

    There is a major improvement in the humanoid department, maybe from virtua fighter days to 2000 (Current year is 2013 for the record). For heavens sake get someone who can actually make humanoids look like humanoids.

    Only thing i didn't experience from most of the other users, crashing.
    It's going to take a miracle to "fix" this game.
    Better start from scratch or just reuse the previous X-series formats, would still buy those. By the least i can CHOOSE a ship i want to use.

    1 point for the interior design of the Albion skunk. That's being generous.

    I'll only continue to support egosoft because of their history of good games and that this is a giant leap from the predescessors level of game design.    … Expand
  15. orindoomhammer
    Dec 9, 2013
    1
    I have put 49 hours into this game. Why? because I wanted to give it a fair chance, 49 hrs and many patches later i still wish it was better. You can argue and fuss all you want about the game but its mini game hell strung together with a pretty background and some interesting sounds and music. But even that doesn't help, its buggy sure but that is not the problem, They tried to make theI have put 49 hours into this game. Why? because I wanted to give it a fair chance, 49 hrs and many patches later i still wish it was better. You can argue and fuss all you want about the game but its mini game hell strung together with a pretty background and some interesting sounds and music. But even that doesn't help, its buggy sure but that is not the problem, They tried to make the game more engaging but they devastated it by adding way way too many features that shouldn't have been in there in the first place.

    Let me explain, as an avid X3 fan I enjoyed the space sim sure it was a bit hard to get the hang of and fighting in that game was ridiculously hard and pointless but i played it for the trading and what not anyway. This game feels like it is trying to follow Freelancer but failed because it tried to toss in a Mario party level of mini games that were mostly broken. Sure running around in stations sounds fun until you realise you have to do it for just about everything from upgrading your ship to buying drones and repairing your other ships, you have to put ships into your personal wing in order to do anything. thats right every ship you own goes into your wing and follows you around the universe as you explore fight and trade, the mini game for finding wrecks are more profitable than large scale trading as the goods you find are generally worth way way more and only take a few min to hunt down a couple million worth.

    The game is rough for a finished game and that doesn't bother me as thats what they do now days take your money give you a busted product and fix it over the next 6 months in most cases and i suspect thats what is going to happen here with X:R they are working on it and it has received tons of patches but honestly the game needs more work than patches as its horribly designed with the mini games and combat taking the foreground to anything else in the game, when it was released combat was the only thing that actually worked well, and I like it they brought back the freelancer feel with the games combat mechanics the ships even behave mostly the same so its not overly challenging for me as a vet of freelancer, not like the combat system in x3 anyway.

    I was optimistic that the stupid design decisions wouldn't get in the way of the game, when i was waiting eagerly for it and sadly they did from the beginning i found the mini games pretty annoying, if i wanted to play a game full of mini games id dig out my wii and play Mario party. I tried really really hard to like this game and i do somewhat for some of the things it got right like combat and pretty space backgrounds with decent sound and music to accompany it. but sadly i don't like it enough to continue to play it even if the game gets patched to the more stable state that its working towards.    … Expand
  16. Greyfox452
    Dec 9, 2013
    1
    Tried really hard to get into this game and was terribly dissapointed. Take everything that was good about the previous X games and throw it out the window, add in a lot of bugs, broken or outright missing game components, and an agonizingly repetitive dialog minigame and you have X-Rebirth. I have some small hope that when the bugs are fixed and user feedback is addressed it will becomeTried really hard to get into this game and was terribly dissapointed. Take everything that was good about the previous X games and throw it out the window, add in a lot of bugs, broken or outright missing game components, and an agonizingly repetitive dialog minigame and you have X-Rebirth. I have some small hope that when the bugs are fixed and user feedback is addressed it will become an OK game, but probably never a great one. It feels like a failed console game ported to PC with chewing gum and twine. It never should have been released in this condition, and I hope Egosoft realizes the enormous harm this has on their reputation isn't worth the little bit of money they made. If you want a good experience in this genre try playing X3, wait for Star Citizen (which will hopefully be good,) or even go all the way back to Freelancer. As old as Freelancer is now, it is a much better game.… Expand
  17. Mindstar48
    Dec 11, 2013
    1
    There is a very good reason this has a bad rating, it's because its BAD, I pre ordered this junk and sorely wish I hadn't numerous bugs, glitches a boring campaign ridiculous system requirements for it to run well a boring and stupid story and bad controls make it a chore to play, not fun at all and i would rather be working than playing this junk. The only good thing? It works whichThere is a very good reason this has a bad rating, it's because its BAD, I pre ordered this junk and sorely wish I hadn't numerous bugs, glitches a boring campaign ridiculous system requirements for it to run well a boring and stupid story and bad controls make it a chore to play, not fun at all and i would rather be working than playing this junk. The only good thing? It works which actually is a bad thing because of how bad this game is.… Expand
  18. Squarebasher
    Dec 12, 2013
    1
    Don't buy this game, I watched the pre-release videos, claiming that the game would be easier to use, it is not. The interface is completely frustrating, X terran conflict was far better, I really wish i had not wasted £40.00. The interactions with the NPCs are just irritating and really serve no function that a menu could not. Show me your skills please, is not only repetitive but tooDon't buy this game, I watched the pre-release videos, claiming that the game would be easier to use, it is not. The interface is completely frustrating, X terran conflict was far better, I really wish i had not wasted £40.00. The interactions with the NPCs are just irritating and really serve no function that a menu could not. Show me your skills please, is not only repetitive but too loud in comparison to the rest of the sounds. After the 1.19 update I thought I would give it another go, but have been stressed and frustrated for 30 minutes and cannot take anymore, I have never reviewed a game before, but I am so annoyed, that I have for this game just to make sure players are warned about it.

    Why when you have a small studio such as this with a relatively active community did egosoft not release this as a cheap alpha and get feedback and bug finding for free, if they paid there testers then i would ask for your money back.

    There are 2 good new things, the highways and the being able to target individual items on large ships and stations, and thats it.    … Expand
  19. larzslayer
    Dec 12, 2013
    1
    I have played x2/x3 countless hours, I played this game for around 40 hours and I was thinking its an interesting beta except its not.
    Visually its nice 8/10
    controls for flight solid 7/10 drones kinda a cool new way to use them 6/10 until your ship is destroyed because your in a drone lack of everything else user interface controls for commands for ships 0/10 there are really none    I have played x2/x3 countless hours, I played this game for around 40 hours and I was thinking its an interesting beta except its not.
    Visually its nice 8/10
    controls for flight solid 7/10
    drones kinda a cool new way to use them 6/10 until your ship is destroyed because your in a drone

    lack of everything else
    user interface controls for commands for ships 0/10 there are really none and the one thats there only half works add to squad however remove from squad and they still follow you and tell you there do not have fuel and still follow you glitchy
    missions 2/10 glitchy at best the pay and the difficulty have no bearing on anything there is no real briefing of what to do
    weapons 5 weapons total with no upgrade ability 1/10
    number of ships i can fly 1... 0/10
    how many times did i lose all controls and have to restart in 40 hours about 8 GLITCHY 0/10
    how many times did the game crash for no reason in 40 hours 5 0/10 UNSTABLE
    oh my combat targeting issues 0/10 for targeting why, you lock a target and then all ships blink and all locks gone and theres no hot key to lock targets or cycle them and with all them as red triangles whos closest?
    and killing drones and losing standing with everyone around even groups that hate the owner of said dead drones. 0/10
    but a show stopper is the stations it was removed after x2 because it slows the game down and players lose interest try looking for a single dealer selling 1 upgrade item in a random system random station on a random floor no maps and 10 other people selling things that are close but not the right one big upset there 0/10
    As a hard core X player if i remember i have this in 1-3 years i might try to update it and play it again and probably mod the heck out of it
    Overall
    no choices, slow play, glitchy, crashy, non x style game.
    DO NOT BUY IT YET SAVE YOUR MONEY TILL LATER
    1/10 overall due to cool graphics    … Expand
  20. bosh-tet
    Dec 21, 2013
    1
    Graphics are shockingly poor, ships and stations are all one copy-pasted location, the NPC characters are hideous (see Gamespot review for piccies) and the game is STILL impossible to complete in a legitimate way despite 20 patches to date. Fought for a refund from Steam for this one. Avoid. 1 point for the ship vistas in space.
  21. knightal
    Dec 27, 2013
    1
    The worst game for FPS every graphic setting turned off and still runs like a dog. (Sorry dogs), bugs too numerous to mention.

    As one person said in the forum "If you got this game for Xmas then you must have been real naughty"
  22. IceBlood
    Dec 31, 2013
    1
    Awful game where even the game engine is half made and broken. The UI is horrible, graphics is 10 years behind average and game is full of bugs. I WAS a huge fan of X-series and I have all the previous games from X-BTF. X Rebirth is just unplayable, unfinished and bad designed game. It feels more scam than finished game. I have no idea what Egosoft did during the 7 developing years but IAwful game where even the game engine is half made and broken. The UI is horrible, graphics is 10 years behind average and game is full of bugs. I WAS a huge fan of X-series and I have all the previous games from X-BTF. X Rebirth is just unplayable, unfinished and bad designed game. It feels more scam than finished game. I have no idea what Egosoft did during the 7 developing years but I believe they did everything else than code for this game.… Expand
  23. WhatszThis
    Dec 31, 2013
    1
    i really liked the other x-games, but this one is just aweful!!!

    -Buggy (plot stopper, crashes, fps drops), just unplayable
    -key features of the game dont work yet (like trading)
    -very ugly characters and animations
    -most of the game is just for show and not part of the simulation
    - u can only fly one ship
  24. 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.
  25. 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
  26. 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.
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. Dethstar
    Dec 2, 2013
    0
    Musics nice. Some of the graphics are nice. Others have shocking textures and fidelity. The textures in space stations are like something out of an old duke nukem game.

    The concepts and ambition in terms of making populated space feel a bit more alive than in previous games were admirable. Sadly this game is not. The latest long term series sunk. What stands out about this game    Musics nice. Some of the graphics are nice. Others have shocking textures and fidelity. The textures in space stations are like something out of an old duke nukem game.

    The concepts and ambition in terms of making populated space feel a bit more alive than in previous games were admirable. Sadly this game is not. The latest long term series sunk.

    What stands out about this game is that is the first game and only other genuine title which feels more like a scam. A lot of promises were made but this isnt just failing to meet expectations it is actually shamelessly scamming people. The X series is now officially over.

    I wouldn't take a free Ferrari from this company right now. Just waiting for the CEO of Egosoft to send me an email asking me for 50 Dollars to help a random contact or relation on the basis he will send me a 50,000 dollar cheque in return. They making these in Nigeria now?    … Expand
  31. Balthazzar
    Nov 19, 2013
    0
    The game isn't finished. Every frame in the trailers has been carefully chosen to give a fake impression of the visual appeal. In fact, the previous title looks way better then the new one. Once you're actually in-game and looking at the lights, smokes, decals and highway animations it becomes painfully obvious that they chose nothing short of perfect angles while shooting the trailers.The game isn't finished. Every frame in the trailers has been carefully chosen to give a fake impression of the visual appeal. In fact, the previous title looks way better then the new one. Once you're actually in-game and looking at the lights, smokes, decals and highway animations it becomes painfully obvious that they chose nothing short of perfect angles while shooting the trailers.
    Yes, I'm a fan, and yes I know they'll fix the game in 9-15 months. But it doesn't excuse the fact they they FAKED as much as they could. I won't even mention the absurd number of bugs. They lied and they released an alpha-stage game labeled as a full product.

    And no, you won't agree with this review until you tried the game yourself. It's hard to tell from the trailers.    … Expand
  32. hailey
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    X-Stillbirth would have been a more appropriate name. This game is truly awful, it takes the cake of worst PC release of 2013 by a mile. Yes, it's even worse than Rome 2. Sadly it will capitalize heavily on Star Citizen hype, it doesn't deserve your money or your time. Avoid at all costs. Terrible performance, terrible gameplay, terrible UI, terrible game.
  33. LP04
    Nov 17, 2013
    0
    Male voice for the player character only? In this day and age? I got as far as the first few lines of dialogue, looked for an option to change the player voice to female or silent, couldn't find it, and then instantly stopped playing. Instant zero. $60 wasted.
  34. Ultizer
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    Don't buy this game
    It's very unfinished, full of bugs & is crashing left right & center.
    it's also clearly designed for consoles, they are using PC gamers to beta test so when they launch the console version it''s polished & bug free

    Sony won't let them release such an unfinished game, so get beta testing PC gamers so they can release it on PS4 all ready, or don't buy it
  35. cafebabe
    Nov 18, 2013
    0
    Please note: There are many postive reviews from users who have only reviewed this game. Those are subject of Astroturfing! Egosoft Deep Silver know that they released s*** and now they pay for fake ratings!

    I made a mistake by buying this game. The game is an unstable console port. It crashes repeatedly. The graphics are outdated (DX9!) and I get frame drops many times on my top-notch    Please note: There are many postive reviews from users who have only reviewed this game. Those are subject of Astroturfing! Egosoft Deep Silver know that they released s*** and now they pay for fake ratings!

    I made a mistake by buying this game. The game is an unstable console port. It crashes repeatedly. The graphics are outdated (DX9!) and I get frame drops many times on my top-notch rig. There is upscaling for high resolutions. The gameplay is a joke. The menu system is really bad. A 10-year old can do a better UI and interaction design. For instance, the objects menu (ships & station parts) is organized as a tree but has a flat table. There is a bug where I can't even launch this ugly and useless sector/system map anymore. Space combat is annoying. Why do I have to maneuver in space to target enemies? Why not use a turret instead and let the player focus on alignment, weapons and systems management? Everytime you scan something, your co-pilot says the same over and over again as well as the pilots of the scanned targets. You can walk on stations. But that's just boring. There's nothing more to do than to open containers for loot and to interact with badly animated personnel who all look and sound the same. And who had that idea of lanes on the highway?! That looks interesting the first time you use them. But then, it gets just annoying. There is no external ship view anymore. And why does the game get a 3D but no freelook. This game feels completely unfinished. It has features that are plain stupid. This "game" requires an overhaul before I touch it again. I hope it does not take another 7 years.    … Expand
  36. 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.
  37. echeg
    Nov 17, 2013
    0
    Not buy it.

    This is not a game X series. this is a completely new and different game.
    1 Ship, no radar, no SETA, no view stats(speed, weapon, shield etc), no docking comp, no autopilot, small map, bugs, ugly npc and Indoor station.

    Its game designed for Xbox and PS3
  38. Dexyt
    Nov 25, 2013
    0
    This game is a scam. It's an early development version rushed out the door in which nothing works properly. To make matters worse, the game design itself is flawed in many areas, including but not limited to: any complexity, depth and difficulty has been stripped away to make the game playable with a game pad; there is no radar; the maps are useless; the player is limited to a single ship;This game is a scam. It's an early development version rushed out the door in which nothing works properly. To make matters worse, the game design itself is flawed in many areas, including but not limited to: any complexity, depth and difficulty has been stripped away to make the game playable with a game pad; there is no radar; the maps are useless; the player is limited to a single ship; the universe is tiny; the designers have made the deliberate decision to force the player to walk around stations even if this part adds nothing to the game. Finally, the game has massive performance problems even on top notch systems.… Expand
  39. jeff1304
    Nov 19, 2013
    0
    This came is the Facebook game equivalent of a X game. Dumbed down features, graphics, ai, smallest game world I have seen in X. Save your money donate to the Philippines or give it to a street bum or just save it you will feel much better.
  40. gouki12
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    Ugly character models, clunky gameplay and optimization of the worst kind.

    25 fps on maximum settings and 30 fps on lowest possible settings ?

    Wut.
  41. 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
  42. PeyoteCoyote
    Nov 26, 2013
    0
    Pretty sure you have the picture by now. Good ideas, poorly implemented. That being said, I agree with the critic review reminding folks that Egosoft has a good reputation for cleaning up messes, and I suspect there will be a lot of added content and fixes to the game over the coming year or so. But this is all speculation, and doesn't address that the game as-is can be close to unplayablePretty sure you have the picture by now. Good ideas, poorly implemented. That being said, I agree with the critic review reminding folks that Egosoft has a good reputation for cleaning up messes, and I suspect there will be a lot of added content and fixes to the game over the coming year or so. But this is all speculation, and doesn't address that the game as-is can be close to unplayable due to buggy everything. As of now, you'd basically be paying to Beta test their game. Hard to believe it took them this long to come up with what they presented. For now, save your money.… Expand
  43. Malcoth
    Nov 18, 2013
    0
    Played 20 hours. This is far, far from the earlier X games in about all things. It's a totally different style of game (you fly only and always your starter ship, although you may upgrade it slightly). Controls and interface are extremely 'dumbed-down' console style, with all the heavy trade offs you pay for big screen interfaces and the possibility to cram as much complexity as you canPlayed 20 hours. This is far, far from the earlier X games in about all things. It's a totally different style of game (you fly only and always your starter ship, although you may upgrade it slightly). Controls and interface are extremely 'dumbed-down' console style, with all the heavy trade offs you pay for big screen interfaces and the possibility to cram as much complexity as you can into a console-style controller (which, of course, isn't a lot compared to earlier X games.
    Where the earlier X games were complex, but transparent and straightforward in their menus, gameplay, general interface etc., this one is oversimplified, counterintuitive, aimless and unrewarding. Graphics are nothing to write home about (although not totally yesterdays tech), some textures are truly bad, and character animation is... sad.
    The removal of the jump gates and clear division into square sectors of older X titles is nice, but without the necessary enhanced abilities of the map system (on the contrary, it's a load of rubbish compared to the former X maps) it kills every and all means to relate to the scope and the relative position of stuff. Planning a route yourself instead of stupidly following the autopilot is somewhere between agonizing and impossible.
    The 'highway' tunnels only give you good speed if you can trail other traffic but often there is no npc traffic to trail, meaning 5 minutes of pure boredom along the tube. Five play-minutes of totally wasted time.
    Using yellow highway tubes in a region of a yellow nebula, where large parts of the background are replaced by a giant yellow-orange-red star means half the time you have no way to even see the damn things.
    There are no targeting keys at all and the small edge-of-screen icons are not only small and impossible to see all at one glance, they're not even on the edge of the screen but along the edge of your window. That means you have to search along the jagged edges of your equipment and hope to spot something and vaguely approximate which direction this means. Even then you have neither radar nor any other way to know which icon is how far away, meaning it can be difficult to even determine which of those ten icons is firing at you and which nine others are way out of weapons range. Don't even think about trying to always attack the nearest enemy on an escort, just kill them like you get them on screen and double back frequently.

    It's not totally unenjoyable, you can see glimmers of potential, but they are so stomped by the terrible execution that no amount of patching will solve the basic gameplay problems.

    Add to sad sorry state of affairs the fact that the whole game is supremely buggy, it features among others:
    -random crashes
    -sudden animation failures (which mean no more sliding out of holo consoles, which makes lots of stuff uncontrollable because you lack the interface to do so)
    -horribly bad pathfinding by npc ships you escort through station complexes (escort: 15 min, parking afterward before you get paid: 45 min)
    -frequent graphic glitches

    This is a really really sad end to a great, great series of games. Based on the deliberate design direction they took with this game, I doubt we will ever again see an X game fit for more than the trash can. In any case, this game would not have been worth more than maybe 2 to 5 dollars in a bargain bin sale, not the hefty sum they took for the CE. Probably the last preorder I bought, certainly the last ever I buy from egosoft.    … Expand
  44. 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
  45. b7ad
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    Game has huge potential but completely destroyed at this point in time by horrific performance issues rendering the game unplayable. The graphics look really good, however texture quality up-close is very bad. Hopefully the performance issues can be resolved so we can actually play the game and give it a review based on actual gameplay.
  46. Slayerfar
    Nov 18, 2013
    0
    I have played ALL previous X titles, and I loved them. I love the open universe, where you CAN fly anywhere, thought at great risk, and you CAN do everything, even if it has consequences.

    This pathrtic thing though..This Alpha release...This refuse from Egosoft. It voids all previous work done by them. There is Egosoft pre X-Rebirth, and there is post X-Rebirth. Post X-Rebirth and    I have played ALL previous X titles, and I loved them. I love the open universe, where you CAN fly anywhere, thought at great risk, and you CAN do everything, even if it has consequences.

    This pathrtic thing though..This Alpha release...This refuse from Egosoft. It voids all previous work done by them. There is Egosoft pre X-Rebirth, and there is post X-Rebirth. Post X-Rebirth and Egosoft have placed themself in the dubious category of firms, that sell a title on nothing more than the success of its predecessors. Egosoft have gone Diablo 3 with X-Rebirth, only much, much worse.

    The good:

    The detail in space is fantastic. Space never looked so good. (Thats it. There really isn't anything else to say).

    The bad:

    These details are pointless, as the game bugs down to a 5 FPS slugfest on even the best of machines.

    The FPS lag fest will also have you clawing at your face, as you try to hit infinitely small docking ports....Twice, or perform any of the other myriad of necessary tasks.

    When you manage to dock, you enter a spacestation, 1 of 3 take your pick, that is beyond ugly. Some compare it to Halflife 2. I'm not that generous. Deus Ex 1 and you get the picture. The right angle tunnels are as ugly as a Trabant.

    The only thing more hideous than the spacestations, is its inhabitants. They are positively vile. The "animation", and I use this term VERY loosely, of these androgynic clones is so bad, that they make Scooby Doo, season 1-4, look like Toy Story.

    Then these misfits open their mouthes, and you just wish they hadn't, because the "voice acting", again a broad generalisation on my part, is abysmal. They have 10 lines to greet you, 10 lines to say goodbye, and they're ALL complete crap. A dog barking would be an improvement. Or a howler monkey.

    Then there's the menu's. Ohhh my god the menu's! To call up ship status, you have to press enter, then 2 and then 1. I am not making it up. You need to punch in a 3 keystroke code, just to see your inventory and ship status.

    Storyline mission is broken. Only way around it, is to keep 2 seperate strands of savegames, since if one strand breaks, you may voided hours of gameplay if you do not have a backup.

    Trading is broken and so cumbersome and lethargic, that only chartered accountants would find any joy in it.

    There is no radar.

    And since damage is distributed evenly on your shield, you can't see where the shots are coming from. And since the coclpit window is cluttered with ugly mood graphics, your "viewport" is basically a keyhole.

    As if this didn't make targetting hard enough, you also have to click the target you want to fire on. Aaaaaand there's the 5 FPS again.

    Lasers are rated by range and damage. Thats it. No FPS available, since there is no shot per second. So is the fased Maser better than the Plasma cannon? Who knows?

    There is only 3 or 4 of every ship component for your ship and you are stuck in the hideous rustbucket for ever. There is one ship, and ONLY one ship.

    Add to ALL this, the constant bugs, tedium, crash to desktop and other stuff.

    This is after 14 hours, and plenty of reloads, CTD's and other assorted "fun". The game might have other redeeming factors, but to be fair. Its not the the bugs or gameply thats the problem. It is the entire game. This isn't an unpolished gem. It is a polished turd.

    Avoid this game at all costs, and avoid all Egosoft titles after this one, until you have verified their quality.    … Expand
  47. Danceswithsheep
    Dec 9, 2013
    0
    Another nail in the coffin of Space Sims. If Elite dangerous and Star Citizen make the same stumbling mistakes as this achingly poorly implemented pos then that could kill the genre stone dead. Egosoft promised a lot and delivered little that was working or resembling their boasts, the trade system is broken, the combat is broken, the commands are broken..get my drift?
  48. Brabizon
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    Bitterly disappointed with this. Horrible story, juvenile characterisation and writing, truly awful npc models pointless filler animations when docking, no external ship view, and top it off a truly woeful user interface. Only positive I can think of is the beautiful space and station graphics and massive world but despite this why do I feel so shut out from an immersive sandboxBitterly disappointed with this. Horrible story, juvenile characterisation and writing, truly awful npc models pointless filler animations when docking, no external ship view, and top it off a truly woeful user interface. Only positive I can think of is the beautiful space and station graphics and massive world but despite this why do I feel so shut out from an immersive sandbox experience and find almost all design/story elements cringeworthy to the extreme?… Expand
  49. X0R
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    really regret buying this afterbirth, feels like I bought an MS-DOS game by mistake. the graphics are truly terrible Why are all female characters so fugly in this game? Why are the controls so clunky for PC? Great concept, but I guess I'll go back to Privateer or Wing Commander for the next two years until they patch and release an expansion to improve it to the 2013 era. Starreally regret buying this afterbirth, feels like I bought an MS-DOS game by mistake. the graphics are truly terrible Why are all female characters so fugly in this game? Why are the controls so clunky for PC? Great concept, but I guess I'll go back to Privateer or Wing Commander for the next two years until they patch and release an expansion to improve it to the 2013 era. Star Citizen is my only hope.… Expand
  50. urpoturpo
    Jan 13, 2014
    0
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    Uhh. Just don't. Do not. Stay away.
    ........................You've been warned.
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  51. MechMK1
    Dec 10, 2013
    0
    This is simply the most horrible part of the X series ever. It's like they thought "What are the good things about the X series? Why do our customers love our games?" and changed exactly that.

    My bad score does not take all the bugs, flaws or technical difficulties into account. Those could all be patched out (someday). Rather, this game is defective by design. There are so many things    This is simply the most horrible part of the X series ever. It's like they thought "What are the good things about the X series? Why do our customers love our games?" and changed exactly that.

    My bad score does not take all the bugs, flaws or technical difficulties into account. Those could all be patched out (someday). Rather, this game is defective by design. There are so many things that just make this game a horrible experience to play, not just for X-veterans.

    A big part of my experience consisted of walking through copy-pasted levels to find a person that may or may not be there to buy something they may or may not have. Imagining walking through the same level of Super Mario over and over just to see if a certain enemy may spawn and drop a start or mushroom or whatever. That's entertaining by comparison to X: Rebirth.

    All in all, I can not even discribe how disappointed I was of all the things I had hoped for. I was jumping up and down like a crazy kid when I heard of a new X title and got it as soon as it was on steam. Now I wish I wouldn't.    … Expand
  52. 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.
  53. Cereal_Killa
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    This game is full of bugs, but even if they were all fixed, it would still only get 2/10 max for horrible design choices.

    They have taken X3 and tried to cater to a wider audience but ended up alienating everyone. Taking complicated menu's and making them only accessible through a controller radial menu system does NOT equal user-friendly! Forcing users to play contrived minigames    This game is full of bugs, but even if they were all fixed, it would still only get 2/10 max for horrible design choices.

    They have taken X3 and tried to cater to a wider audience but ended up alienating everyone.

    Taking complicated menu's and making them only accessible through a controller radial menu system does NOT equal user-friendly!

    Forcing users to play contrived minigames like superhighway leap frog and run around stations to trade (also looting crates, WTF this isn't zelda), and asking everyone to show their skills..

    The game is very poorly designed.

    The gyroscopic radar was REMOVED.

    The map was REMOVED.

    Highways send you to places with no visibility of the journey.

    Prepare to have no idea where you are and just follow the yellow arrow to the destination of your ONE QUEST.    … Expand
  54. 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.
  55. 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.
    Deleted.

    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
  56. Seinekar
    Nov 21, 2013
    0
    It feels like an Alpha. Quite buggy. From minor bugs, to total crashes that doesn´t let u play the game at all. But, even skipping that fact, the game is just a step back on X series.

    Graphics doesn´t seems any better than in X3, in fact they even look worse sometimes. Its false that every ship has an assignement on the universe, they spawn, move in circles and vanish after some    It feels like an Alpha. Quite buggy. From minor bugs, to total crashes that doesn´t let u play the game at all. But, even skipping that fact, the game is just a step back on X series.

    Graphics doesn´t seems any better than in X3, in fact they even look worse sometimes.

    Its false that every ship has an assignement on the universe, they spawn, move in circles and vanish after some time.

    Also, in game deep has dissapeared. Im agree with the idea of makin X game more simple and user friendly, but what they did is just remove features. Just to point the worse, u are no onger able to build a large fleet like u could in previuos games.

    ...and its 60$. Or more if u want collector pack. The game is just unfinished, buggy, even unplayable, and even so, its just WORSE in every aspect than previous. Tip: get X3 Albion Prelude, or Terran conflict. Even "professional" reviews are scoring it under 4, and that sth really hard to happen....    … Expand
  57. render369
    Nov 17, 2013
    0
    Each time I play this game I like it less. Not a game for fans of the X series. Graphics are bad, performance is horrible, gameplay is awful. The interface nearly gave me a stroke it was that infuriatingly bad. You can only fly 1 ship. Which only has 4 weapons to choose from, and can only use 1 weapon at a time.

    I was really looking forward to this game, I've tried multiple times to    Each time I play this game I like it less. Not a game for fans of the X series. Graphics are bad, performance is horrible, gameplay is awful. The interface nearly gave me a stroke it was that infuriatingly bad. You can only fly 1 ship. Which only has 4 weapons to choose from, and can only use 1 weapon at a time.

    I was really looking forward to this game, I've tried multiple times to like it, and it just keeps getting worse. Congrats Egosoft on this massive ****-up.    … Expand
  58. cervomix
    Nov 22, 2013
    0
    This game is a shame, a dumbed down spatial game ripped off any interesting stuff. Be prepared to visit always same corridors on stations, and open crates everywhere like a mario taking gold coins... combat is boring as hell, no tactics, no skills (there is auto aim)... you can not fly other ships... oh my, what a waste of money!
  59. Valarian25
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    Hello, i just tried X Rebirth and as a long time x series fan, i will say that this is a horrible and unforgivable poor game that deserves a downright abortion.

    I never seen such poor graphics combined with such a horrible GUI, and mix this with only one ship to fly, allot of dumb down consol features, poor combat, and a "walking in station" that has the worst texures in history of    Hello, i just tried X Rebirth and as a long time x series fan, i will say that this is a horrible and unforgivable poor game that deserves a downright abortion.

    I never seen such poor graphics combined with such a horrible GUI, and mix this with only one ship to fly, allot of dumb down consol features, poor combat, and a "walking in station" that has the worst texures in history of modern gaming.

    This is the worst game in the series, and due to my high expectations only dragon age 2 has come close to making me this sad

    Avoid this game like the plague if your a X fan, Great Story lover, Fan of Graphics,Fan of Games, basicly anyone with a working braincortex.

    i played almost 50 euro for this on steam. and due to gamebreaking bugs.. i cant play it even if i wanted to... My 5ghz Watercooled 8 Core CPU and my dual GTX titan cards will keep it on a stable 40 fps ??????

    Dont ruin your memories of X series... let this one go    … Expand
  60. AcidCasualty
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    This game is an unplayable mess. It's one big bug. Released in pre-alpha, it promises a nearly impossible list of features that would revolutionize the space sim, if they worked. Without offering spoilers, I can say that if you get the game past the initial memory error crashes, you'll discover most of said features don't work. Every aspect of X Rebirth is broken, from music playback toThis game is an unplayable mess. It's one big bug. Released in pre-alpha, it promises a nearly impossible list of features that would revolutionize the space sim, if they worked. Without offering spoilers, I can say that if you get the game past the initial memory error crashes, you'll discover most of said features don't work. Every aspect of X Rebirth is broken, from music playback to overall performance and responsiveness. This is not a bad game; it's the murderer of a once-great franchise. Avoid at all costs.… Expand
  61. 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.
  62. 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 !!
  63. robertaswanson
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    X rebirth: alpha version 0.02

    Thats how game should be called now. Although this game is gorgeus in its way, it's broken on the other hand. It feels like a very bad console port -BAD performance -ugly textures -frequent crashes -boring, dumbed gameplay -no joystick support? WHAT? It's not even close to the X series too. Don't buy. Save money and your nerves. Until they get    X rebirth: alpha version 0.02

    Thats how game should be called now.
    Although this game is gorgeus in its way, it's broken on the other hand.

    It feels like a very bad console port
    -BAD performance
    -ugly textures
    -frequent crashes
    -boring, dumbed gameplay
    -no joystick support? WHAT?
    It's not even close to the X series too.

    Don't buy. Save money and your nerves. Until they get out of beta.    … Expand
  64. VioletGiraffe
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    I have to play it more to understand how this game is actually meant to be played. First impressions after a couple of hours:
    1. Very low performance (15-20 FPS on AMD 6950, LOD and view distance settings make no difference at all).
    2. ITERFACE. It is AWFUL. All of it. Just look at the map...
    3. Combat is incredibly hard, dunno why.
    4. This is not an X game. Only a single ship available???
  65. yoyolll
    Nov 29, 2013
    0
    Nearly at patch 1.18 and game still doesn't work. Forget about whether or not the game is "good", because sooner or later you will run into a game crippling bug and have to restart. Example: buying energy cells is the 6th or 7th step of the tutorial, and if it so happens that there is another ship at the only trading dock that you can use for this step, it's game over. Create a new gameNearly at patch 1.18 and game still doesn't work. Forget about whether or not the game is "good", because sooner or later you will run into a game crippling bug and have to restart. Example: buying energy cells is the 6th or 7th step of the tutorial, and if it so happens that there is another ship at the only trading dock that you can use for this step, it's game over. Create a new game and if you get lucky this time the dock will be empty. How can they charge people $50 for a game that straight up doesn't work?… Expand
  66. 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.
  67. 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
  68. zepoxi
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    This game isn't ready for release. It might look great on trailer but trailers are made to look great. The game industry standard is to release half finished content with game crashing bugs and hope to patch it up later.
    This game does not deserve a 0 but I only gave it one to counter the 10 's and 9's it got. Best case, it'll drop down to 5 or,maybe 6, no more.
    Do not get this game    This game isn't ready for release. It might look great on trailer but trailers are made to look great. The game industry standard is to release half finished content with game crashing bugs and hope to patch it up later.
    This game does not deserve a 0 but I only gave it one to counter the 10 's and 9's it got. Best case, it'll drop down to 5 or,maybe 6, no more.
    Do not get this game until it's properly fixed.    … Expand
  69. saz
    May 28, 2015
    0
    Still has bugs and the design just isn't engaging. Crazy folks are putting up high marks. Auto pilot drops you in station hulls where you have to restart or instead of going directly towards a gate takes you on a scenic path that is longer that I have boost for. You can't destroy stations and can only build in certain spots. The factions just spawn ships so the economy is just for you.Still has bugs and the design just isn't engaging. Crazy folks are putting up high marks. Auto pilot drops you in station hulls where you have to restart or instead of going directly towards a gate takes you on a scenic path that is longer that I have boost for. You can't destroy stations and can only build in certain spots. The factions just spawn ships so the economy is just for you. Highways suck. I'm constantly muting stupid chatter with NPCs, Ren and Yesha like every time you ask for wares or assign a new superior. Mods help but aren't updated so many aren't working now. FPS issues in certain zones so you have to change graphics options back and forth. I spend all my in game time just flying around stations. It's no fun. And all the trading is done in a tiny text window. Come on how about a nice drag and drop or something that doesn't resemble DOS.… Expand
  70. Hauptfeldwebel
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    Ein wirklich schlechtes Spiel, unvollständig und verbuggt.
    Es ist eine Frechheit sowas den Kunden zu verkaufen.

    Es fehlen sogar Sprachdateien im Spiel.
  71. JAV1L15
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    This game deserves around a 3, but there's too many people jumping up and down holding 10/10 cards.

    I am bitterly disappointed.... Having fallen in love with the X series since X3: Reunion, I was greatly anticipating this said rebirth of the series, the rebirth brought: - poor performance - lack of joystick support - horrible graphics, Half Life 2 has better visual    This game deserves around a 3, but there's too many people jumping up and down holding 10/10 cards.

    I am bitterly disappointed....

    Having fallen in love with the X series since X3: Reunion, I was greatly anticipating this said rebirth of the series, the rebirth brought:

    - poor performance
    - lack of joystick support
    - horrible graphics, Half Life 2 has better visual presentation, and that came out 9 years ago!
    - awful voice acting
    - console style settings page.... For a PC exclusive
    - stupid gate highway system
    - a sector map consisting of thousands of clumped grey squares
    - overall terrible game decisions that have not been justified (the story is horrible, yet because of this story we are restricted to only ever flying one ship)

    I look forward to awakening my Paranid and OTAS combined arms fleet in albion prelude, time to kill some Xenon the proper way    … Expand
  72. gibsonje
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    Feels like a beta. The UI is garbage. The sheer number of game breaking bugs is unacceptable. The "Recommended" specs will let you play the game at low resolution on minimum settings, which I find to be unacceptable false advertising. I'm just overall extremely disappointed in this game. It feels like it was released a year too early and wasn't tested at all.
  73. 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
  74. 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.
  75. chasesan
    Nov 17, 2013
    0
    This game is poor. Horrible FPS on lowest settings on a decent computer. But ignoring the performance issues.

    The game is confusing, restrictive, and boring. There are countless bugs, and there is very little to actually do in game. To be blunt, the game isn't very fun.
  76. 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
  77. 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.
  78. blackbird1
    Jun 17, 2014
    0
    X Rebirth
    Average User Score: 3.1
    Jun 17, 2014
    5
    X Rebirth Imageomg i missklicked my first review and gave this mess a 5 BUT ITS a ZERO
    I never was so dissapointed by a game like this is the worst game for me of all time and i have 17 years of PC Gaming history
  79. ekatonpl
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    This game is utterly horrible bugs, triviality, I'm glad I watched my friend play it and didn't have to waste 50 euros on something like this. Also I find it really bad that they made this game more console-player than PC-player friendly. I know that consoles get more and more popular but still... not a good thing to do at all.
  80. danceswithfools
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    Next in line after

    COD: Ghost
    Total war :rome 2
    Hitman Absolution

    all the money and effort went into paying Odesk employees to sway review sites and marketing.
    The games are pretty shells with a turd inside.

    Zero points to make up for all the people being paid to vote 10
  81. Stellen
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    Made for consoles. Massively dumbed down from the previous titles, everything which made them good has been removed and replaced by a buggy action-adventure game. Someone obviously played Mass Effect and thought, "Me too!"

    The interface is terrible, and support for the keyboard, mouse, or joystick is barely there. If you're not playing with a X-Box gamepad, you're out of luck with    Made for consoles. Massively dumbed down from the previous titles, everything which made them good has been removed and replaced by a buggy action-adventure game. Someone obviously played Mass Effect and thought, "Me too!"

    The interface is terrible, and support for the keyboard, mouse, or joystick is barely there. If you're not playing with a X-Box gamepad, you're out of luck with this title.    … Expand
  82. messiahua
    Nov 17, 2013
    0
    As a fan of previous X series I AM disappointed. This game had huge potential. Some spectacular features were added, but a lot of other important and fundamental features removed/changed. This release reminds me of rome 2 total war. I very much like new station complexes, they are huge and look amazing, I like ambient traffic and activity, which is very cool and makes a living world, IAs a fan of previous X series I AM disappointed. This game had huge potential. Some spectacular features were added, but a lot of other important and fundamental features removed/changed. This release reminds me of rome 2 total war. I very much like new station complexes, they are huge and look amazing, I like ambient traffic and activity, which is very cool and makes a living world, I like theoretical concept of free space and more playable areas, except predefined sectors (like it was in previous X's), I like expanded crew idea, a lot of different professions and ability to assign subordinates for commanders (in previous X's almost with anything you had to micro-manage and it was very time consuming if you had big empire) to make something work autonomous, but everything else is such a shame:

    1. No basic stuff like radar (and/or minimap), hotkeys for example to select nearest target
    2. UI is very uncomfortable to use, your only ONE ship is not interactive at all and blocks a lot of view, not possible to rotate your head
    3. Repeated dialogs and phrases of NPCs, which you start to hate after several hours of gameplay
    4. Almost entirely identical station interiors, which you already hate
    5. Impossible to talk with NPCs remotely and you are forced to dock each time and you're not really sure you will find the one you're looking for, sometimes you get direction for the one, who is red (low reputation and he won't speak to you)
    6. Impossible to give any basic commands to you subordinate ships (only to form up squad)
    7. Map is almost useless and navigation is hard, you sometimes can't figure out where your ships are at all
    8. Game crashes very often, like at least one time in an hour, but really, this would not be a problem, if gameplay was fine
    9. mini-games everyone... crate/locker hunter simulator REALLY? That's the most idea ever, it feels like this one came from some 10years old child. Unlimited personal inventory... enough...

    I really don't understand. Are developers not playing the game itself? Are they blind? How at least mentioned basic stuff is missing? It's enough to play a few hours to understand all problems. On the other side, they probably seen all this, but couldn't change anything and simply released crappy game for everyone to choke on.

    Probably I can continue this list, if I would make additional notes while playing to remember every damn negative bit of this game, but what's the point... Like with rome 2 total war, the most important thing money collected. I don't like how this is going and I'm almost sure nothing will change, except if they will make another "NOT X" game and name it as "X".    … Expand
  83. daviddavidson
    Nov 23, 2013
    0
    It's not hard to see that rebirth is a botched console port; though even disregarding that it's still a terrible game.
    First off, they have made it so you're stuck in one ship, which wouldn't be bad if you could customise it heavily, though in reality there are less than ten guns to equip it with. There are other ships in the game, though you can't fly them yourself, you have to rely on    It's not hard to see that rebirth is a botched console port; though even disregarding that it's still a terrible game.
    First off, they have made it so you're stuck in one ship, which wouldn't be bad if you could customise it heavily, though in reality there are less than ten guns to equip it with. There are other ships in the game, though you can't fly them yourself, you have to rely on that being done by AI, which once again wouldn't be a huge issue, but in this case the AI is heavily broken; ships rarely do what they tell you and even then it takes forever for them to do anything. Orders given to ships are managed through a radial menu optimised for consoles, so telling your ships what to do takes forever again.
    Trading has to be babysat by going to every system you want to sell in and placing your orders at the station, meaning that it is slow and tedious, there are even silly minigames involving you clicking on certain parts of the station to get discounts, once again dumbing down a tried and tested formula that has worked with X games for years.
    The interiors of just about everything look terrible, your single ship has only two rooms that are accessible other than the cargo hold, one is the which you have your view locked in the forward position and the other is a tiny little room with a table and chair, you can't sit at the chair. Station interiors have to be visited and are barren and lifeless, unless you count the talking tables in the bar, which, presumably were supposed to have people sitting at them, generating background noise. The stations are compulsory too, meaning that if you want to hire someone, you need to go into the station, then look around and find them. I need also mention that stations contain silly minigames too, consisting of crawling through the same two vents and opening crates.

    It should be called X-Miscarriage, not X-Rebirth    … Expand
  84. BrentLauer
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    As someone who played every Game since X:BtF, i was incredibly disappointed by this game.

    I'm not someone who gives bad reviews on a whim i played around 8 hours and it doesn't feel like a X game at all. Here is why: 1) I won't say it's outright broken, but they clearly delivered a more than unfinished product. So far i've encountered a hefty amount of serious bugs, every half an    As someone who played every Game since X:BtF, i was incredibly disappointed by this game.

    I'm not someone who gives bad reviews on a whim i played around 8 hours and it doesn't feel like a X game at all. Here is why:

    1) I won't say it's outright broken, but they clearly delivered a more than unfinished product. So far i've encountered a hefty amount of serious bugs, every half an hour or so my game crashed completely. I'm really asking myself did Egosoft even do any basic bugtesting at all? I know very well, that they also released buggy games in the past, but this is getting out of control. The trend of releasing untested games needs to stop. Someone has to say something.

    2) The bad performance is also a serious issue. I have an I-7 (4.2ghz), GTX 690 4GB and 16GB Ram yet i'm getting laughable 20-30 FPS average. If i fly into busy areas i get even less FPS, same on stations. This is just hilarious and shows how poorly optimized the game is.

    3) Many of the core features from the past games were cut away or steamlined beyond recognition. They left out the Warp gates, instead you'll get some weird space highways. There is no 3rd person camera anymore and no free look inside your Many textures are simply low res and look nothing like the beautiful ones from the trailers and gameplay videos. The Story is plain childish. etc. etc.

    Also the Graphic special effects are very overused. I feel like being in that one simpsons episode, where they went to japan and got seizures all the time while watching a flashy gundam show on tv.

    4) You only get to fly 1 (in words: ONE) ship in person. Gone are the days, when you were able to fly basically any existing ship out there. Now you have to stick with this small Albion Ship for eternity.

    5) The UI and menu is simply horrible! I can't tell where the heck my ships are, let alone give orders to them. This whole "press enter and do everything from a separate screen" thing is really awful. It feels more like a console port than an improvement of any sort. Basically this is like 3 steps backwards compared to X3:TC.

    It hurts me to say it, but this game is Bad with a capital B! At least give it another 6 months so the community can fix the mess Egosoft released, before you even CONCIDER paying money for this game.    … Expand
  85. ChaosMatrix
    Nov 18, 2013
    0
    I find it interesting how other reviewers who give this game good reviews claim to have been able to play it. When the game for the most part its almost completely unplayable. Long story short, this game is nowhere near a complete product and should not had attempted to deceive people into buying whats pretty much an beta version at best.
  86. 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
  87. Ikarian
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    I played X:TC and X:AP, both fantastic with really great freedom, non-linearity gameplay, many ships etc.
    I played these games for many days, sometimes even eight or ten hours by day. Now, I bought X Rebirth and I lost because of that 1,400 CZK for NOTHING!!! Its unbelievable this game was so long developed and is such great step backward... pity I can not refund.
  88. Jazoray
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    This game is inferior to its predecessors in every way. It's full of flaws and bad design decisions. It's not worth even a tenth of its retail price.

    The horrible framerates are inexcusable. Given such crude graphics, the game should run a lot faster. There are numerous Bugs in the game, ranging from annoying things like highly fluctuating FPS, to showstoppers like the interface    This game is inferior to its predecessors in every way. It's full of flaws and bad design decisions. It's not worth even a tenth of its retail price.

    The horrible framerates are inexcusable. Given such crude graphics, the game should run a lot faster.

    There are numerous Bugs in the game, ranging from annoying things like highly fluctuating FPS, to showstoppers like the interface becoming unresponsive until you restart the game, or a story mission becoming impossible to solve because the mission target simply ceased to exist.

    the gameplay has no depth at all. There is very little activity for the player himself. at all times, you feel disconnected from the rest of the universe because your crew does all the interactions for you. Is this social anxiety simulator 2013?

    The interface is horrible. Anything you do, you do through crew members. And Every time you want to do something, you have to listen to their single line of dialogue until you're allowed to continue, which gets annoying quickly.
    You're not allowed to move your ship while using a menu, so you spend most of the time standing still because to even look at your cash balance, you have to navigate through several submenus

    Navigation simply doesn't work. at all times you lack a sense of direction.

    It all mess makes you wonder what the devs were doing in those 7 years they took to regurgitate this junk heap of a game.    … Expand
  89. CLHansen
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    I am a disabled gamer. I have no finger dexterity, and very limited hand coordination, but I can play everything from Skyrim to Call of Duty--though I'm a lousy shot. Control customization means everything to me, especially for the mouse. Egosoft has ignored-- almost, purposefully, it seems--to allow even something so common as inverting the "y axis" in flight. Yes, you can invertI am a disabled gamer. I have no finger dexterity, and very limited hand coordination, but I can play everything from Skyrim to Call of Duty--though I'm a lousy shot. Control customization means everything to me, especially for the mouse. Egosoft has ignored-- almost, purposefully, it seems--to allow even something so common as inverting the "y axis" in flight. Yes, you can invert walking about in first person, but not in flight. You can't even choose to fire your weapon with the left mouse button. Or unbind the mouse wheel from throttle.

    These are game breaking issues for me.

    I wanted to love this game, too. Hell, I could've overlooked almost any kind of bug to this.
    It's just a shame. I really thought this would be the one.

    But, hey, they got the xbox controller working for a PC game. I guess that's something.    … Expand
  90. ceva
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    Awful graphics, awful animations, textures from 2005 even on max adjustments. All of those, who rated it >5 score obviously developers from egosoft. Play for two hours get three crash. Have not even autosave all progress is doomed.
  91. SirMeno
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    Grief! Slop graphics with horrible optimization with fecal epic animation and muddy textures! Where physics? What a shameful shooter in space with elements of monopoly? How to return my money back? Give me back my money!
  92. Elbo5995
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    "After playing x hours the game is fantastic!", "Awesome game, don't listen to haters!"... 10/10
    Hey, you Egosoft guys just try to randomize your pretty reviews a little bit!
    This game is horrible. If you are X series veteran, just stay away from it. It shares nothing with previous games. Primitive gameplay mechanics, dumb space combats, fiddly in-game menus and interfaces, ugly NPC    "After playing x hours the game is fantastic!", "Awesome game, don't listen to haters!"... 10/10
    Hey, you Egosoft guys just try to randomize your pretty reviews a little bit!

    This game is horrible. If you are X series veteran, just stay away from it. It shares nothing with previous games. Primitive gameplay mechanics, dumb space combats, fiddly in-game menus and interfaces, ugly NPC and station interiors, horrible dialogue sounds, just_one_ship_to_fly (Skunk what a stupid name for space vessel), tons of bugs, very bad performance even on Corei7/280x/SSD.
    The only nice things are pretty space backgrounds and music.
    I assume that Fail of the Year trophy goes from ACM to X:R.
    You dissapointed me, Egosoft.    … Expand
  93. blackdata
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    This is an unfinished product no matter how you slice it. Unoptimized game, not ready for release, character models are awful, sound and character dialogs make my ear bleed. Good try from egosoft, has potential, but sucks really bad at the moment. Don't buy.
  94. jazzroutine
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    I'm ashamed to be an X fan.
    Don't buy this game!
    X-universe is totally ruined, gameplay in terrible, price is too high, this game isn't ready for release at all.
    Lots of mouse actions, ugly menus, terrible performance, no map!!! Lots of stupid minigames and arcade style gameplay. ONLY ONE SHIP TO FLY!
  95. rawhide1970
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    What an incredible disappointment this was. No free look inside the no external camera views, can only fly one ship, joystick support is totally broken, and the interiors and NPCs look and act like 2003.

    I was a huge X3 fan and have been looking forward to this for years. Shameful Egosoft, shameful...
  96. Crular
    Nov 16, 2013
    0
    My first review got deleted somehow, so here we go again. The game doesn't really deserve a 0, but as already mentioned by some people here I also have to give it 0 to compensate for the obvious fake 10 reviews here.

    Pros: - nice try Cons: - Graphics: though looking like from the last decade the performance is abysmal - Design: so many design flaws, don't want to list them all,    My first review got deleted somehow, so here we go again. The game doesn't really deserve a 0, but as already mentioned by some people here I also have to give it 0 to compensate for the obvious fake 10 reviews here.

    Pros:
    - nice try

    Cons:
    - Graphics: though looking like from the last decade the performance is abysmal
    - Design: so many design flaws, don't want to list them all, but for example the walking around in stations and looting crates and lockers for stuff, as well as crawling through air vents and finding artifacts there. Seriously?
    - Bugs: tons of those. And the kind anyone who played this game for 5 minutes would be able to find.
    - Price: much too high for the product

    I honestly haven't played a worse game in this millennium. It's no wonder there won't be a demo for this game. Gotta reel in the cash as long as you can, right?    … Expand
  97. Kanaric
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    If you rate this game anywhere near a 10 you have absolutely no morals or taste in games at all.

    I have been a fan of this franchise since the very first game and I must say i am monumentally disappointed....... The interface is horrible, easily their worst and that's saying a lot. The franchise was usually known for groundbreaking graphics, this game seems to have taken a step    If you rate this game anywhere near a 10 you have absolutely no morals or taste in games at all.

    I have been a fan of this franchise since the very first game and I must say i am monumentally disappointed.......

    The interface is horrible, easily their worst and that's saying a lot. The franchise was usually known for groundbreaking graphics, this game seems to have taken a step backwards of all things from the last game! I bought this game without reading reviews unquestioned because the X games were all good. This is easily one of the worst games i've played in the past few years.

    Anyone who rates this anything near a 10 must not have any clue at all what makes a good game. I cannot understand how anyone can rate this at least a 5/10 this game is THAT bad. Hope they don't expect modders to fix their game again because this is an insult to their fanbase and Star Citizen looks like it's going to be great.

    Whats most ridiculous is this is like some kind of a console port and doesn't even support DirectX 11. This game is DirectX 9....... Just shows how little care was put into this title. Despite the Windows XP era graphics the game somehow only gets 25fps on my dual 6970 setup. They always seem to have dreams of a console port since X2 and end up releasing the game on Windows screwing the fans over with a terrible interface. Now they have wrecked a once promising franchise with their hubris.

    I have been playing games since 1989, I have NOT ONCE asked for a refund. As soon as their crashed forum server is back up I will be demanding a refund from them.

    Whats funny is that I didn't get started on the bugs, broken missions, and poor universe design. Don't even need to go that far. Was going to rate this a 4/10 but immoral fanboys are rating it a 10 so here is another 0 for you guys.    … Expand
  98. spaceace32
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    Absolutely terrible game. Should never have been released in the state that it's in. Hundreds of game ending bugs, terrible frame rates even on top of the line gaming rigs, and to top it off they removed most of the good features from previous X games.

    They ultimately dumbed the game waaay down to appeal to non-space sim fans and in the process alienated their own fan base. Do not    Absolutely terrible game. Should never have been released in the state that it's in. Hundreds of game ending bugs, terrible frame rates even on top of the line gaming rigs, and to top it off they removed most of the good features from previous X games.

    They ultimately dumbed the game waaay down to appeal to non-space sim fans and in the process alienated their own fan base.

    Do not purchase this game. At least wait ~half a year for the true space sim fans to create some mods that actually make it worthwhile.    … Expand
  99. Nimrod80
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    Early alpha not more. No autosave and crashes. Horrible menu. No radar. Low FPS while Crysis 3 runs on max Settings with 50. Missing soundfiles. Stupid map system. And more...
  100. Jaenis
    Nov 15, 2013
    0
    I am so utterly disgusted and disappointed in this game. I have been an ardent X player for years supporting Egosoft and I expected so much more than this pile.

    There are just too many things wrong with this game, from unintuitive UI, bad lip syncing, inanimate NPCS to just bad gameplay decisions (seriously? No camera views? 1 ship? Tutorial bugs?) You've got to be kidding me. I    I am so utterly disgusted and disappointed in this game. I have been an ardent X player for years supporting Egosoft and I expected so much more than this pile.

    There are just too many things wrong with this game, from unintuitive UI, bad lip syncing, inanimate NPCS to just bad gameplay decisions (seriously? No camera views? 1 ship? Tutorial bugs?) You've got to be kidding me.

    I spent all day trying to find something I actually liked in this game to justify my purchase, and after 12 hours, it still eludes me. Needless to say, after 1000's of hours in the X universe, I can't even enjoy 12 hours in this one.

    Its not an issue of expectations being to high, but this is NOT an X game. It may be labeled as a rebirth, something new but its more like a stillbirth.

    I have never before felt so ripped off purchasing a game since the Battleship 3000AD fiasco many years ago.    … Expand
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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 24
  3. Negative: 24 out of 24
  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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