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. RoqueNE
    Jul 22, 2023
    8
    That this game has still such a low rating is a tragedy. Yes it was buggy at the beginning and many of the design decisions are questionable. But they fixed a lot of the problems and with some mods this can be a very fine and interesting game. In some cases it even outclasses X4. Especially when it comes to sector-design.
  2. xtom
    May 17, 2020
    9
    On release this game took a review battering but playing after a number of big patches have been released and I can say this game is a space sim gem and does not deserve the low really low rating it currently has here.
  3. Morphine_Child
    Feb 2, 2020
    3
    The game was released as unfinished half product, overly complicated, super demanding and buggy, it got forgotten as fast as it deserved. I would rather go all the way back and play X2 again.
  4. Falcone
    Sep 1, 2019
    8
    X Rebirth in 2019 feels like a good game with bad trading system. I spent more than 10 hours to understand how trading works.
    In comparison with X4:Foundations this game has an interesting story.
    Omicron Laire perhaps has the most beautiful solar system I've ever seen.
    I'd like to mark this game as 10/10 but unfortunatelly I can't, the game has its own problem.
  5. exotikras
    Aug 12, 2019
    9
    I like this game so far. I should be patient of course because some game elements are slow and clunky, but in general the game is bug free (almost, except of bumping ship all around while you returning to your seat). I like campaign so far (it's tutorial basically). Basic combat is way way easier than at Elite for example and it's good thing. I can't stand idiotically hard combat at EliteI like this game so far. I should be patient of course because some game elements are slow and clunky, but in general the game is bug free (almost, except of bumping ship all around while you returning to your seat). I like campaign so far (it's tutorial basically). Basic combat is way way easier than at Elite for example and it's good thing. I can't stand idiotically hard combat at Elite even a simple one.… Expand
  6. jseph1234
    Jul 30, 2019
    10
    Most of the reviews are about the new RPG elements that were added such as walking around space stations and being able to talk to NPC's. I dare you to play this game with the New Frontier and Lost Sector mods. Its freakin' amazing and you won't regret playing in this Dynamic, Living World Space game. There isn't another game on the market like it and X4 Foundation improves on this.
  7. NanoPoly
    Nov 30, 2017
    6
    New patches seem to help this game a lot. Im not sure user score is fair now, looking at state of game at release. Hope X4 will have a better launch than this game, as Im still looking forward to a good X-... game again
  8. MalganisTusat
    Jul 6, 2017
    10
    Zum Releasetag war das Spiel wirklich mehr als verbugt. Mir hat es trotzdem gefallen. Doch nun nach dem ich nach 3 Jahren wieder anfing zu Spielen, muss ich sagen, dass mit dem Patch 4.10 das Spiel richtig gut geworden ist.

    Bei mir sind bis jetzt nach fast 22 Stunden keine Bugs aufgetaucht oder sonstige Probleme. Das Handeln funktioniert nun und auch der Plot ist spielbar. Über den Rest    Zum Releasetag war das Spiel wirklich mehr als verbugt. Mir hat es trotzdem gefallen. Doch nun nach dem ich nach 3 Jahren wieder anfing zu Spielen, muss ich sagen, dass mit dem Patch 4.10 das Spiel richtig gut geworden ist.

    Bei mir sind bis jetzt nach fast 22 Stunden keine Bugs aufgetaucht oder sonstige Probleme. Das Handeln funktioniert nun und auch der Plot ist spielbar. Über den Rest wurde schon viel gesagt, von daher lasse ich das.

    Jedenfalls gibt es von mir nun eine klare Kaufempfehlung.    … Expand
  9. Space_Norris
    Jun 7, 2017
    7
    Been waiting for a long time for sequel, and then... I don't think this is a bad game, but it just isn't what I expect from X series. Graphics is good, bugs have been ironed out with patches, but concept is just not what I wanted. After having fun for a while, I transferred to Elite, SPG and otherspace games to get my fix
  10. Broyax
    Mar 27, 2017
    2
    Au bout d'un an de patches (!), le jeu est plutôt jouable, stable mais encore buggué quoique qu'on ne sache pas si c'est en raison des mécaniques de jeu périmenazes et absconses ou simplement de purs vrais bugs résultant de l'incompétence notoire d'Egosoft qui fait pourtant le même simulateur spatial pourri depuis des années. Les deux sans doute.

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

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

    Techniquement parlant, c'est toujours aussi joli (mais diablement exigeant... l'optimisation est clairement absente) sauf les personnages horriblement modélisés, un massacre ! X Rebirth est tout en français avec un doublage plutôt correct. Dommage que ça n'aide pas vraiment à jouer ce jeu kafkaïen. Je n'ai pas le temps (à perdre) pour circonvenir les limitations bordéliques d'un jeu programmé par la même bande d'incapables depuis des décennies. Egosoft, vous êtes des clowns.    … Expand
  11. dilly
    Apr 1, 2016
    10
    This is one of the best games I have ever played. But I'm playing the 4.0 update right from the start and have never played the other X games.

    Beautiful visuals and music (except the NPCs), nice "generic" quests ("created" by the game and a nice campaign as well), awesome simulation (economic and "social") and jaw dropping exploration makes this game the perfect thing for a Space fan    This is one of the best games I have ever played. But I'm playing the 4.0 update right from the start and have never played the other X games.

    Beautiful visuals and music (except the NPCs), nice "generic" quests ("created" by the game and a nice campaign as well), awesome simulation (economic and "social") and jaw dropping exploration makes this game the perfect thing for a Space fan like me.

    Give it a chance if you like space exploration and fighting games! :D    … Expand
  12. hathewj
    Mar 6, 2016
    8
    I have played most of the x games, and the one thing that kept me from enjoying them were the docking and long travel times. It was a pain to find what you wanted. I heard that at release this game was horrible, but not now in my opinion. It is easy to get around, and the trading is complex, yet easy enough to figure out. You can zip around stations and the graphics look great. TheI have played most of the x games, and the one thing that kept me from enjoying them were the docking and long travel times. It was a pain to find what you wanted. I heard that at release this game was horrible, but not now in my opinion. It is easy to get around, and the trading is complex, yet easy enough to figure out. You can zip around stations and the graphics look great. The only thing I really hate is the voice overs that suck. These are easily modded out though, so I am enjoying this game much more than the unfinished Star Citizen and Elite.… Expand
  13. tagos
    Mar 6, 2016
    5
    I gave this a well deserved 2 originally. Having played it recently and used a ton of mods to get rid of large chunks of the game I now give it a 5.

    It's still quite badly bugged but nothing like before. You can get rid of a lot of the irritating and stupid bits. But you still fly the same crappy ship using the same crappy flight model. So if you want to do a bit of trading and    I gave this a well deserved 2 originally. Having played it recently and used a ton of mods to get rid of large chunks of the game I now give it a 5.

    It's still quite badly bugged but nothing like before. You can get rid of a lot of the irritating and stupid bits. But you still fly the same crappy ship using the same crappy flight model.

    So if you want to do a bit of trading and building then you might like it.

    It's not really a space sim, it's more of a management sim really.    … Expand
  14. aradapilot
    Mar 3, 2016
    9
    EgoSoft, you've come a long way with this. The launch version of this game was...unplayable. They've released a bunch of patches over the past couple years to remedy that, and a free content dlc on top of it, and now it is an excellent game.

    It still has bugs. It still has gameplay issues. Some things are frustrating (crew management and trade agents, ugh). But that's enough to    EgoSoft, you've come a long way with this. The launch version of this game was...unplayable. They've released a bunch of patches over the past couple years to remedy that, and a free content dlc on top of it, and now it is an excellent game.

    It still has bugs. It still has gameplay issues. Some things are frustrating (crew management and trade agents, ugh). But that's enough to knock one point off a perfect ten.

    This is an incredibly ambitious game, as the rest of the X series is known to be. It's huge, beautiful, and complex. And now that it's playable, I love it.    … Expand
  15. Spx
    Feb 27, 2016
    5
    Now it has become a better game, thanks to constant updates and patches of the developers. Sadly the game will never be as good as the previous chapters which share only the name. Player can pilot a single ship for all the game!!! This is unbelievable for people as me which bought and played the real X games. Don't buy this if it isn't on a (big) sale!
  16. Weltall_of_Id
    Nov 29, 2015
    5
    Lol.. I am writing this review not to say how I feel for this game. I am one of the X Universe fans, so obviously my review would be negative. I just want to tell to people that indeed this game is not bad. Here is how it goes;

    This game is perfect for; -New players with no expectations from X Universe games -Players that would not mind playing a sidestory that takes place after    Lol.. I am writing this review not to say how I feel for this game. I am one of the X Universe fans, so obviously my review would be negative. I just want to tell to people that indeed this game is not bad. Here is how it goes;

    This game is perfect for;
    -New players with no expectations from X Universe games
    -Players that would not mind playing a sidestory that takes place after Albion Prelude on a tiny part of the X universe and then go back playing X3.
    -Players that absolutely hate really complicated games.
    -Bored people that the best thing they have to do is watching paint dry. But since nowadays there are tons of games in the market, I doubt there are any of these.

    This game is not good for;
    -Anybody else.    … Expand
  17. Luke0086
    Nov 12, 2015
    10
    Though X-Rebirth was a frustration when first released, the development team are still active to this day improving the game and fixing problems - which scores massive points. It's not so bad releasing a problem bit of software if you're dedicated to fixing it.

    I find the graphics astounding in game, and sound effects quite good, too. I'd say the game has a large learning curve, and    Though X-Rebirth was a frustration when first released, the development team are still active to this day improving the game and fixing problems - which scores massive points. It's not so bad releasing a problem bit of software if you're dedicated to fixing it.

    I find the graphics astounding in game, and sound effects quite good, too. I'd say the game has a large learning curve, and it's not surprising that the game experiences some problems now and again, considering just how many aspects of the game there are.

    One other thing that scores points with me is that the forum is friendly and productive, and that includes the moderators and developers who also positively work together in diagnosing and fixing problems etc.

    The only thing that could stand to be improved is that once you're rich, there's not much for you to accomplish in the open ended game. You can build massive fleets, but it's not like there's any enemy that can fight these massive fleets of yours and it's not like you can go on a conquest.    … Expand
  18. 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.
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. jmhoffer
    May 19, 2015
    0
    It's been two years since this game was released. It has received update after update and it looks like the developers are done updating.

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

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

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

    I played for a few hours then uninstalled.

    People, PLEASE stop pre purchasing! The only reason game companies can release crap like this is because you idiots keep pre purchasing their games! They already have your money, so they can release junk and there is nothing you can do about it! STOP!    … Expand
  22. 3xpl01d
    May 18, 2015
    10
    X rebirth has gone through some major changes that have brought this universe from glitchy twitchy to an Extremely immersive envoirement. I've very much enjoyed my gameplay since Teladi Outpost, the fact that they release a free dlc with that many improvement is awesome.

    I'm looking forward to a new storyline or several to choose from to further shape the universe with causes and effects.
  23. arny2013
    May 15, 2015
    10
    I started playing with version 3.53 and i must say, this game is really good. Tons of things to do, nice story and great atmosphere. 40 hours of playtime is nothing.
    If you like space games like privateer, freelancer etc, you will not be disappointed.
  24. ksadralodabai
    Mar 30, 2015
    10
    This is, by far, the best game I've ever played in its genre. Why is the score so crappy? Well, they released a product that was BETA without calling it BETA. The community expected this to be a stable version right off the bat, but it was horribly bugged.

    I think that if they called it BETA, they would at least set the expectation lower for some people, and a whole lot of people would    This is, by far, the best game I've ever played in its genre. Why is the score so crappy? Well, they released a product that was BETA without calling it BETA. The community expected this to be a stable version right off the bat, but it was horribly bugged.

    I think that if they called it BETA, they would at least set the expectation lower for some people, and a whole lot of people would wait until the BETA turned into a very stable release (3.0+) before buying it and getting disappointed. This would have given it a much better rating.

    Why did I vote 10 for this game? I got in at just the right time, when 3.0 + DLC Teladi Outpost was released. Also, I haven't played the last X games so I come from a fresh perspective, not expecting this to be a sequel, but a brand new game.

    Egosoft rocks. Why, you say? Well they had one of two options after releasing the "BETA" product. With the whole community getting pissed off, Egosoft could have just discontinued development and abandoned this game, OR, and this is the option they chose, to continue development until every bit of what they promised came to fruition.

    This screams loyalty to all fans and I will continue buying Egosoft games now and forever.    … Expand
  25. Whanny
    Mar 27, 2015
    8
    Not the game it was on release. I'm really enjoying it! The mods make the game even more awesome. The devs still support the game and have had massive improvements. Things are looking good!
  26. vargata
    Mar 17, 2015
    3
    I loved X games always so I've pre-ordered it. The disappointment was so big i was fighting steam and ego to give back my money. finally the did. now, after one and a half year of patching Egosoft decided to give a free weekend so i thought to give them an other chance. played 17 hours in 2 days. Some would say it already worth £10 as entertainment but it was more of just suffering. itsI loved X games always so I've pre-ordered it. The disappointment was so big i was fighting steam and ego to give back my money. finally the did. now, after one and a half year of patching Egosoft decided to give a free weekend so i thought to give them an other chance. played 17 hours in 2 days. Some would say it already worth £10 as entertainment but it was more of just suffering. its not entertaining visually and not entertaining as a game. The game is still ugly, the grannies are still haunting it, the shiny surfaces are still all around, everything has the very same color. the AI is still crap, the new autopilot is useless, the gravidar was better while we missed it, at least it want annoying... it seems they just cant make anything right. i cant believe its made by the same company who has 25 years of experience in making X games... Avoid it in any cost.… Expand
  27. kotekzot
    Mar 14, 2015
    3
    Despite having been released over a year ago and receiving many patches, the game still severely underperforms on high-end hardware and does not have compelling gameplay. Expect to spend 80% of your play time flying back and forth through transparent space tubes, 10% flying around space stations within 10 meters of the hull to scan information points and giving trade orders to your ships,Despite having been released over a year ago and receiving many patches, the game still severely underperforms on high-end hardware and does not have compelling gameplay. Expect to spend 80% of your play time flying back and forth through transparent space tubes, 10% flying around space stations within 10 meters of the hull to scan information points and giving trade orders to your ships, and the last 10% pew-pewing spaceships with one weapon at a time.

    Here are some of the game's shortcomings:

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

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

    * Capital ship components can be damaged individually, adding depth to capital ship combat.
    * More piracy options, now you can not only extort and salvage enemy ships, but also hack them to release cargo.
    * Station complexes now exist as superstructures rather than individual stations connected by spaghetti strands.    … Expand
  28. TGMode
    Mar 5, 2015
    10
    I pre ordered this game and it was disappointing when it had a lot of glitches. The X series has been my favorite since X-Beyond. I knew the old games backwards and the new one was alien. I have since grown to love the game. The developers have been patching / fixing / improving the whole time and it's now a great game.
    Looking forward to the next installation.
  29. CrimeanChimera
    Mar 1, 2015
    8
    This game went through a shocking release and it's reputation suffered as a result, the game was a flawed mess. Some time later, and hard work from Egosoft's part, we have a much improved 3.0 version.

    Apart from a lot of stability, performance and bug fixing work, much needed features and functions like a proper command and control system, interface overhauls, camera views, proper    This game went through a shocking release and it's reputation suffered as a result, the game was a flawed mess. Some time later, and hard work from Egosoft's part, we have a much improved 3.0 version.

    Apart from a lot of stability, performance and bug fixing work, much needed features and functions like a proper command and control system, interface overhauls, camera views, proper station building and many other stuff has been added. I have played the game on release, and after the first few patches, lost complete faith in it and left it to pick up dust. Now I have returned to give it another go after a long time and what I found is a fine game worth playing.

    It is actually a pity the review cycle of this game cannot be rerun. I'm sure the game will receive much better ratings from players in the state it is in now. Egosoft has made a big mistake with the botched release but, they have stuck with it and did a brilliant job at fixing it up. If you want the best mix between Freelancer, Darkstar One and X3 then this game is for you.    … Expand
  30. 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.
  31. LouTheLou
    Feb 23, 2015
    10
    More than a year after its initial release, X: Rebirth has seen a myriad of patches and a few content additions, which made what was originally a painful-at-best experience and turned it into a truly enjoyable space simulation.

    Quite simply, they didn't give up on the game as so many reviewers and players did. In reality, they likely released a little too early and without sufficient    More than a year after its initial release, X: Rebirth has seen a myriad of patches and a few content additions, which made what was originally a painful-at-best experience and turned it into a truly enjoyable space simulation.

    Quite simply, they didn't give up on the game as so many reviewers and players did. In reality, they likely released a little too early and without sufficient testing, but in this case, the end justifies the means. The amount of help they have received from the community in finding bugs is apparent, as the game is now relatively bug-free.

    I have over 200 hours logged into the game, with the first 100 played in the first couple months of release. To think that this is the same game that was maligned by critics over a year ago would be a mistake.    … Expand
  32. Spankahontis
    Jan 15, 2015
    7
    This is going to take time to give a full review as progress is ongoing but to cap it off Big Patch after Big Patch.

    4/10 Game version 1.0-1.5 was seriously crippled by bugs that made the game unplayable for many including myself. It had bare-bones features, the economy was dead on arrival and simply crippling bugs made allot of features dead on arrival. I'm a defender of Egosoft    This is going to take time to give a full review as progress is ongoing but to cap it off Big Patch after Big Patch.

    4/10

    Game version 1.0-1.5 was seriously crippled by bugs that made the game unplayable for many including myself.
    It had bare-bones features, the economy was dead on arrival and simply crippling bugs made allot of features dead on arrival. I'm a defender of Egosoft but the game at this stage of it's development was unacceptable. 4/10

    Version 2.0 - 2.5 was a major improvement to the game, the Economy was starting to look like it showed signs of life, new features, ships introduced and allot of game shattering bugs fixed.
    But it still has allot of work on it to do if it wants to get a better rating and claw back it's support.
    5.5/10

    Version 3.0 - 3.10 I believe is the pivotal moment in the updates that showed that X-Rebirth can turn a disastrous release around.. Most of the worst bugs have been fixed (still plenty more to fix), optimization is a hell of allot better, the Economy in my game is 90% fixed and wares are being made, exchanged and very hard to catch up to.
    More ship commands (still more needed), a free DLC for owners of the game within a 3 month time period (Egosoft said to be currently doing something about those that missed the deadline)
    You can now build in Empty Space and name the Space, which has been a demand with X Fans for years.
    Loads of new Missions including Chain Missions, rewards for missions have been re-valued so you can get 2 million credits for escorting a diplomat etc.
    We can now buy Medium/Small freighters and fighters from Shipyards/Lots.

    All in all a vast improvement, I still feel allot is still missing from the game but when 4.0 comes out I'll update this review, my current rating is.

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  33. Geodude
    Jan 11, 2015
    7
    I'm reviewing this because I think it's unfortunate that the old critic reviews are based on the game play before patch 3.10 and new reviewers are spending so little time before reviewing such a big game. So I've decided to review the game and and give my impressions.
    It's true what others say, this game is much different in that, unlike other X games where you could pilot different ships    I'm reviewing this because I think it's unfortunate that the old critic reviews are based on the game play before patch 3.10 and new reviewers are spending so little time before reviewing such a big game. So I've decided to review the game and and give my impressions.
    It's true what others say, this game is much different in that, unlike other X games where you could pilot different ships and enter space in a suit, you are now limited to one ship and instead of floating in space you now dock at stations and walk around trading with and hiring people.

    Doing the campaign is a good way to learn about the functions in X:Rebirth and there are A LOT of things to do in this game. You do need a decent gaming laptop or a desktop to play the game and have it look good. I thought my laptop was good until I tried playing this game on full details :x but relatively high still works fine and the game does looks awesome.

    Unfortunately, the game is lacking when it comes to things like customizing your ship, and there are many design quirks that make some things arduous like needing to restock fuel cells. Thankfully some of the more tedious functions in this game can be circumvented by player made mods. Buying the game on steam is especially useful for their point and click mod installations. Another bad thing is the price.
    It is a big game, but it's not for everyone so knowing if it's for you is important. I got it during a steam sale and have played 44 hours so far apparently... but that steam counter is shifty ¬_¬

    This game, like other X games, are for people who have a lot of time for space. Sure you can go off doing missions for factions, bounty hunting, patrolling, ect. that stuff doesn't take long and neither does getting the credits to upgrade your ship the way you want it. But when you want to settle down and build a station or factory or start trading or mining, it takes lots of time.

    In closing, I bought the game because I liked X3:AP and the story of the X Universe and because it was on sale. I would recommend it for fans of X series, but caution to newcomers who don't know what to expect. Also, after playing a bit without them; get mods.    … Expand
  34. Saratosa75
    Jan 4, 2015
    9
    Review of the patched up game (Dec. 2014)
    The game is shaping up very well after countless patches. It has plenty of depth and gameplay. Adding the Teladi trading post as well as numerous updates including cockpit configurations and automations (new trading software) for player owned ships,this game is slowly becoming what it wanted to be over a year ago.
    The campaign is still hard, but    Review of the patched up game (Dec. 2014)
    The game is shaping up very well after countless patches. It has plenty of depth and gameplay. Adding the Teladi trading post as well as numerous updates including cockpit configurations and automations (new trading software) for player owned ships,this game is slowly becoming what it wanted to be over a year ago.
    The campaign is still hard, but playable. I haven't had a crash since playing (over 20 hrs now) , but playing the freelancer /sandbox game is more rewarding.
    You can build your space stations and build up your fleet. It's gonna take a while, but with the new software upgrades of the player ship, the trade stations previously discovered, do not disappear from the trading menu.
    Fights are so-so, although it can be fun, since there are now rare items, which can be crafted after finding all the parts (random drops from enemy ships) and either sold for a lot of money or used as a trading tool to gain more reputation.
    I have to give my praise to Egosoft for not letting this game die and hopefully more people will try it and find out that it isn't bad at all as the review sites make it out to be. Those are the first reviews from 2013, but ever since then, the game has been seriously overhauled and the developers continue to patch it on even now.    … Expand
  35. onlyone
    Nov 28, 2014
    9
    Can not stop playing this game. So much fun after that bad bad bad release, last year. But they didn't run with our money, but still updating this game, and they doing a great job. playing the X series for along time, and I understand that this is not a X4, but a game with a new engine, and has a lot of opportunities.
    I didn't like how egosoft did release the game one year ago, and I    Can not stop playing this game. So much fun after that bad bad bad release, last year. But they didn't run with our money, but still updating this game, and they doing a great job. playing the X series for along time, and I understand that this is not a X4, but a game with a new engine, and has a lot of opportunities.
    I didn't like how egosoft did release the game one year ago, and I don't know what the reason was, but it is a small company with not much money, and stick by there games. I can not tell that form EA, or Sega, who do just collect a lot of money, and leave a bad game behind.
    So for that I give Egosoft some credit, and I like the way XR is going. It is a good time for me as a space fan. I am playing XR, ED, X3 XRM, and X3 LU. Only I had more time to spent. :)

    bad start, but a beautiful game it is know.    … Expand
  36. therest
    Nov 28, 2014
    8
    Playing X Rebirth 3.0 beta, and some part of the coming DLC The Teladi Outpost, I must say Egosoft did a great effort, to save this game after there bad release.
    The game is a game now, and it is great and fun. Again, it is not a X4, but still a great game to play. Still there isn't any other game out there, like the X games, and Egosoft keeps that honor till today.
    I also know many    Playing X Rebirth 3.0 beta, and some part of the coming DLC The Teladi Outpost, I must say Egosoft did a great effort, to save this game after there bad release.
    The game is a game now, and it is great and fun. Again, it is not a X4, but still a great game to play. Still there isn't any other game out there, like the X games, and Egosoft keeps that honor till today.
    I also know many space game coming out, but you can not compare them with a XR. Some comparing XR with ED, but there isn't much to compare at all, only that they are space games. ED is also great, but hasn't as much features as XR.
    X rebirth 2.5 was already good, but XR 3.0 will be even better.
    I am happy that Egosoft not leave this game, and keep updating it till it is finish.

    Great game    … Expand
  37. TheValeyard
    Oct 29, 2014
    2
    As a fan of the X-series, this game needs to be erased from my memory. All the things that made the previous game fun and enjoyable are gone. No more are the various ships you can fly, just the one. With the odd change to the hull and screen. While the giant stations and boarding are welcomed, it quickly becomes repetitive and the traffic space lanes are just annoying. Very disappointingAs a fan of the X-series, this game needs to be erased from my memory. All the things that made the previous game fun and enjoyable are gone. No more are the various ships you can fly, just the one. With the odd change to the hull and screen. While the giant stations and boarding are welcomed, it quickly becomes repetitive and the traffic space lanes are just annoying. Very disappointing and sometimes broken game from a company that had made some quality space games in the past.… Expand
  38. 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
  39. Tanvaras
    Oct 21, 2014
    7
    As of update 2.50 Rebirth has improved quite a bit (Have over 100 hours of game time), from the original mess of release. I have found the game to function quite good and most areas of the game work as intended. With the Xpac around the corner (free to owners of Rebirth as long as you grab it prior to end of Nov 14) I think Rebirth will be in pretty good order, but taking additional 12As of update 2.50 Rebirth has improved quite a bit (Have over 100 hours of game time), from the original mess of release. I have found the game to function quite good and most areas of the game work as intended. With the Xpac around the corner (free to owners of Rebirth as long as you grab it prior to end of Nov 14) I think Rebirth will be in pretty good order, but taking additional 12 months to make it playable was bad for Egosoft and the players. Many left and most likely will not return.

    Can only give Rebirth 7/10 as there is a ways to go yet til its worth scoring any higher. But Egosoft does look as though they are pushing hard to get Rebirth to where it should of been at release.    … Expand
  40. 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
  41. Xeevis
    Oct 10, 2014
    9
    Game pulled through with patches after the initial launch. Company is determined at making it work and so I'm giving it much higher score than I did before.
  42. verun
    Oct 1, 2014
    0
    Instead of a review, I'll write my experience with this game.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    In short: Consolitis, severe alpha bugs, stay away at all costs!
    This game will never reach the state X2-The Threat had, better go with that game!    … Expand
  43. Bawlrytupad
    Oct 1, 2014
    3
    Rebirth is still a dull, shallow and lobotomized sequel to the X series. Ongoing bug fixing still hasn't changed the fundamental reasons why this isn't a good game. Egosoft will not be addressing the terribly poor core game-play, but instead will continue bug-fixing and adding new features and DLC.

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

    This game (as at 2.5 beta) still appears to have been cribbed by a third-rate company from a competent developer, nearly a year after release. Buyer beware.    … Expand
  44. asdsarta
    Oct 1, 2014
    10
    With the new patches being release plus the mods that adds even more fixes, this game can really make your day.Giving it a 10 to add a positive mix on the score.
  45. Sacrelicious
    Sep 28, 2014
    10
    It is now September 2014 an in Beta 2.50 the game is great and basically at the state it should have released. Go check it out if you have it, patch it up. Also there is free DLC you can grab on Steam (free until November 1). I´d give it an 8 now but as this game has so many trash reviews I´ll rate it a 10)
  46. gradash
    Sep 10, 2014
    7
    The game star bad, but now in 2.0 the game it's really good! Many of many bugs it's solved, many new features e optimizations.

    Gameplay it's good, but can be better.
  47. UNCLEPAULIE
    Sep 8, 2014
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. X Rebirth 2.50 9 months after launch

    This game is still no a working game, with every patch and update there comes with it an ever growing list of bugs and fixes . It is clear to me that every time Egosoft add something they also mess something up ........... 1 step forward, 2 steps back springs to mind .
    Its not all bad, there have been performance gains for people, there also has been a few decent things added, the only problem is anything they added is a basic feature you would come to expect in the vanilla version, nothing much to show for 9 months work .

    IMO and pretty much all the Steam community DO NOT BUY THIS GAME, THERE IS A REASON LESS THAN 400 PEOPLE PLAY IT    … Expand
  48. Reality1983
    Sep 2, 2014
    10
    casual gamers will not like this game, the meta rating of 33 is a disgrace for this rating system, if this is not ur type of game, dont rate it. people who are into space trading/fighting/story get negative influence when they see this rating. sure this game is not perfect, and yes i am a huge fan of space sims.

    i played this game like 20 hours and i say, compared to other games in this    casual gamers will not like this game, the meta rating of 33 is a disgrace for this rating system, if this is not ur type of game, dont rate it. people who are into space trading/fighting/story get negative influence when they see this rating. sure this game is not perfect, and yes i am a huge fan of space sims.

    i played this game like 20 hours and i say, compared to other games in this genre (and there are not very much) its a really decent game, u can put lots of time without getting bored into this game. exploring and making money for upgrading ur ship is very challenging.

    i give this game a score of 10 cause of the metacriticism is very low but really if u compare it to other games who are simular its still a 9+ game. i did buy it and will but the next if the evolving in game and graphics are like this game :)    … Expand
  49. mrdisaster88
    Jul 21, 2014
    0
    Deceitful sales tactics, fascist forum moderation & a truly horrible game which is still in alpha, even 6 months after its supposedly "finished" release. DO NOT BUY!!!
  50. tillhopesdies
    Jul 17, 2014
    3
    ok soooooooooooooo, I was expecting like (sins of a solar empire , meets x universe) with better graphics -- meaning , I invest into my empire , I care for my ships and am attached to them , but have capital ship battles that are epic and more enjoyable than the previouse x games then also incorporate a character system like the new shadow of mordor , where you hunt down a capital shipok soooooooooooooo, I was expecting like (sins of a solar empire , meets x universe) with better graphics -- meaning , I invest into my empire , I care for my ships and am attached to them , but have capital ship battles that are epic and more enjoyable than the previouse x games then also incorporate a character system like the new shadow of mordor , where you hunt down a capital ship because he laughed at your weakness in the early stage of your empires begging's and the traits of that character are different from another enemy capital. ii wanted to see like a fable system where your actions created your own character , effecting everything from trade to ship purchases... HOW ABOUT DESIGHING YOUR OWN CAPITAL new race , .... but was left with a first person shooter , boring and long , not much challenge .. I feel like I was just cheated on by my husband of 20 years and told it was for my own good.… Expand
  51. Malanthor
    Jun 28, 2014
    8
    Game has gotten much better since its original bug filled release.
    I agree with people that it should never have been released in the state it was in, but that is not how things stand today. I think people have forgotten how bug filled all the other X'series were originally, I remember lot of people crying their hearts out over them aswell. So I went into this game expecting my fair share    Game has gotten much better since its original bug filled release.
    I agree with people that it should never have been released in the state it was in, but that is not how things stand today. I think people have forgotten how bug filled all the other X'series were originally, I remember lot of people crying their hearts out over them aswell. So I went into this game expecting my fair share of bugs, and lo was I not surprised. What did I do? I simply sat the game on the shelf for a while, because I knew Egosoft and modders would eventually make it a good game, as they have with all the previous ones. So is the game a good game today? This is up to each and every one of you to answer, but it is a far cry from the grades it has gotten here so I choose to give it an 8. (and yes I think it is a good game and that it will be even better in the future)    … Expand
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. Ausar
    Jun 9, 2014
    8
    With patch in version 2.0 the game is great playable! X Rebirth is so huge and terrific, you must play it if you love space sims. Just find a good PC, not good - top PC )
  55. apexearth
    Jun 4, 2014
    7
    Since the release of version "2.0" in a free patch, the game has improved dramatically. I initially rated it a 3 and now I'm giving it a solid 7.

    The learning curve is large. The highways have more traffic than is logical. The voice and in-game humor is rough. Can only seem to fly one ship. (though you can own many fleets of ships) There are other things I could point out.    Since the release of version "2.0" in a free patch, the game has improved dramatically. I initially rated it a 3 and now I'm giving it a solid 7.

    The learning curve is large.
    The highways have more traffic than is logical.
    The voice and in-game humor is rough.
    Can only seem to fly one ship. (though you can own many fleets of ships)

    There are other things I could point out. Thankfully however, they're not game-breaking problems. Typically they're all things which upset the level of immersion a game like this reaches for.

    I've put 7 or 8 hours into a new campaign run and I'm quite addicted to playing the game much like I was addicted to the previous X games. This campaign strikes me as better than the previous X games so far.

    For all those who bought the game and were sorely disappointed, now seems like a good time to try it out again. For me, the game left a large stink in my memory. I didn't look forward to redoing much of the campaign that I struggled/hacked the game to get through. Once I started, though, I had a lot of fun.    … Expand
  56. Bmane
    May 23, 2014
    1
    X-Rebirth. What a disaster. Where did it all go wrong? Who mistook innovation for bad game mechanics? Who thought it was a good idea to require you to land on stations and have to waste time hunting for dull npc's to engage with them in small-talk mini-games just so you can get a leg-up on getting good deals? I never pre-ordered X-Rebirth or bought it due to the bad vibe that I wasX-Rebirth. What a disaster. Where did it all go wrong? Who mistook innovation for bad game mechanics? Who thought it was a good idea to require you to land on stations and have to waste time hunting for dull npc's to engage with them in small-talk mini-games just so you can get a leg-up on getting good deals? I never pre-ordered X-Rebirth or bought it due to the bad vibe that I was getting. I have played it extensively however recently on a friends computer and I have to say that all the negative reviews are generally spot-on. Does make me consider the mental health (or agenda) of any reviewer who can honestly give this game a rating above a 5...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    I love the X-Series. X3TC is by far my favorite (along with some mods) so I had high hopes for X-Rebirth despite my misgivings about the 1-ship deal. Unfortunately X-Rebirth is one of those rare games in which there is nothing in it that I can honestly say I like. That's an achievement for someone like myself who loved the series.    … Expand
  57. Rethulion
    May 23, 2014
    10
    After patch 2.0 game runs with no problems . Trading, galactic map and some minor bugs still need some work but this game in my opinion should get second chance from players who loved X series.

    Okay driving one ship only might be problem for many ppl who played X2 and x3 . But hey that's for patches are for.
  58. 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.
  59. reijison
    May 22, 2014
    1
    Bought and played after patch 2.0. I really want to believe there's a good game here, but there isn't. The entire game feels as though the developers had the best of intentions with the mechanics and game play, but then never actually ended up playing the game they made, or spending time in UX feedback. The game plays extremely clumsy and is riddled with bugs and poor gameplay experience.Bought and played after patch 2.0. I really want to believe there's a good game here, but there isn't. The entire game feels as though the developers had the best of intentions with the mechanics and game play, but then never actually ended up playing the game they made, or spending time in UX feedback. The game plays extremely clumsy and is riddled with bugs and poor gameplay experience. As you play through the campaign, you'll have to have Google open next to you, because you'll encounter all sorts of roadblocks or spend a lot of time banging your head against the wall as you ponder why on Earth this was made this way. There's no good answer, only that they probably shipped an incomplete game.

    I was really hoping for a good space game, but this isn't it. And now i'm very disappointed.    … Expand
  60. alderistes
    May 21, 2014
    7
    Mit 2.0 langsam spielbar. Gravidar und Zielkontrolle implementiert, Leitsystem funktioniert, Yisha ist leider immer noch die hässlichste Copilotin aller Zeiten und wurde noch nicht durch ein sexy Skunk ersetzt. Keine Abstürze nach 4h Spiel, Story bisher spielbar. Menüs immer noch viel zu klein und verschachtelt. Aber für X3-Zocker im aktuellen Steam-Sale durchaus eine Überlegung wert. WerMit 2.0 langsam spielbar. Gravidar und Zielkontrolle implementiert, Leitsystem funktioniert, Yisha ist leider immer noch die hässlichste Copilotin aller Zeiten und wurde noch nicht durch ein sexy Skunk ersetzt. Keine Abstürze nach 4h Spiel, Story bisher spielbar. Menüs immer noch viel zu klein und verschachtelt. Aber für X3-Zocker im aktuellen Steam-Sale durchaus eine Überlegung wert. Wer X-BTF - X3 noch nicht gespielt hat sollte da anfangen.… Expand
  61. 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
  62. shea1980
    May 19, 2014
    1
    Where can i start,The game has so many problems,If anyone played X3 TC,you would know that it was a proper pc game,with X rebirth it was defo designed for Xbox and PS3,The graphics are good but the preformance is terrible and i do have a fast machine.Saying that the new beta patch adds alot of things but still it is a turd.Never ever again will i pre-order a game.I bought the CE of theWhere can i start,The game has so many problems,If anyone played X3 TC,you would know that it was a proper pc game,with X rebirth it was defo designed for Xbox and PS3,The graphics are good but the preformance is terrible and i do have a fast machine.Saying that the new beta patch adds alot of things but still it is a turd.Never ever again will i pre-order a game.I bought the CE of the game for 65 euro and i should have just thrown that money in the fire.Guys take my advise stay away from X rebirth,Maybe in a year or so it might be a small bit better.… Expand
  63. HarryCYUL
    May 19, 2014
    10
    I loved the game since launch and the new version 2.0 releasing soon is amazing. I'm playing the betarc9 release and it's awesome: new cockpits, new graphics, new gameplay, etc.
  64. Canarchiste
    May 17, 2014
    10
    Here i am, 7 months after the... "Released"... And 7 months that the game is over patched... And i must say congrats to Ego. They failed, but they've learnt, and they 've listenned to the rest of the community. X Rebirth 2.00 will be released end of May, and trust me, it's the good occasion to test it again.

    Go back to your new cockpitS !
  65. kerric
    May 5, 2014
    0
    The only thing this game shares with the legendary X series is the name. A more appropriate title would have been X - Stillbirth. Practically everything that made the previous X games great is missing.
  66. 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.
  67. 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
  68. 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.
  69. 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 !!
  70. viewtiful1337
    Apr 15, 2014
    0
    h bin der Meinung vieler der vorherigen Rezensenten, daher fasse ich mich sehr kurz.

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

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

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

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

    Mein Fazit: Ich bin unsagbar enttäuscht von Egosoft. Alles im Vorfeld war nur PR-Gelaber. Ich sehe auch den Grund, warum keine Demo und kein ordentliches, unabhängiges Review da war / gewünscht war. Ich kann nur jedem raten, sich das Geld zu sparen - das Spiel ist es einfach nicht wert.
    Mein Wunsch, ein kleines deutsches Entwicklerstudio zu supporten, war leider übermächtig der Vernunft. Nie wieder.
    Kauft lieber eurer Freundin / eurem Freund was Nettes, da hab ihr und er/sie mehr von.    … Expand
  71. 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.
  72. Stalkermaster
    Apr 8, 2014
    2
    For me to rate a game 2 or less it has to have ALOT of things wrong with it.
    It has to be a broken, misguided and just WTF game that I am playing. Well this is all three of those and more.
    When I first learned about X Rebirth I was astonished at the trailers and gameplay I was shown, it was being called the Rebirth of Space Sims as they come back into todays modern age. This game is a    For me to rate a game 2 or less it has to have ALOT of things wrong with it.
    It has to be a broken, misguided and just WTF game that I am playing. Well this is all three of those and more.
    When I first learned about X Rebirth I was astonished at the trailers and gameplay I was shown, it was being called the Rebirth of Space Sims as they come back into todays modern age.
    This game is a kick in the stomach to the above. Usually games with low scores are just called bandwagon jumpers, but for once I agree with most of what is being said. When I brought this game as a birthday present last year I was stoked, I was looking forward to trying this brand new game that would remind me of the old X wing games or just any space game in general, upon installing it I pressed play, but the game did not open, not only did it not open, but I received no crash message or errors, so I continued to keep pressing play and ended up racking about 10 minute's of gameplay just by pressing play. A couple of weeks later they released a patch which finally gives you a message stating about the crash and what is wrong. After spending about 2-3 hours trying all these different things to fix it I gave up, What I had was something I thought I could never play, until two months ago when I finally managed to get it to work. What did I get once I got it to work, well I got broken combat, ugly Npcs, some of the Worst Voices I have ever heard IE "Show me your wares" in a horrific voice, a got ugly indoor sections, ugly Npcs and a constant frame rate of 10-20 even though I can run most games on 60 fps like Battlefield 4 on ultra, Titan fall on ultra, crisis 3 on ultra and well you get the story, even after finally spending a hour finally getting somewhere I decide to go to sleep happy that I have finally got the game to work. The next day I wake up, have some nice breakfast, go onto my pc and launch the game, guess what happened? A save game bug wiped my progress, so I shut the game down contact steam support and got a refund, I was too disappointed with the game I deleted it and will probably never get the game. Well I usually say what the game does right and wrong here but ill leave it to the pros and cons of this terrible game

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

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

    I rate this 1.5/10 but I choose two because I am nice
    There is also other accounts of them lying about the game through their trailers and it is misleading and well that's it to be honest, avoid this for a few 3-4 years until Modder's do something about it, I may pick it up for $5, even though I generally do not, but I really wanted to like this game, but it may just never happen    … Expand
  73. stoliking
    Apr 3, 2014
    9
    This kind of review is only for the whom have something to relate to the original game... It's awesom... Today I tried to start again an X3 game, and it was so boring... This one once you start to understand how it works, it is amaszing (the only thing, but I like it, is the crates... very old duke nukem stile)... It takes time to understand what to and how to, but after a while, it'sThis kind of review is only for the whom have something to relate to the original game... It's awesom... Today I tried to start again an X3 game, and it was so boring... This one once you start to understand how it works, it is amaszing (the only thing, but I like it, is the crates... very old duke nukem stile)... It takes time to understand what to and how to, but after a while, it's good... What to say... Most of the people who doesn't like it, probably spent only 10 minutes... this is not how X world works... If you want something faster play Pac Man (the original, not on a computer)… Expand
  74. Thor32123
    Mar 30, 2014
    2
    It has elements that showed potential but falls short, the game might entertain you for a little bit but it's not worth getting and the game has a major problem with the graphics, it take time for your surroundings to appear and sometimes even longer for the characters, so my advise is to save your money for a better game.
  75. SuperGod
    Mar 21, 2014
    0
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    WARNING DO NOT BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    --------------------------------------- The problems of this game will never get fixed. They will fix the bugs but not the bad features. Do not buy this game. Just don't. It may look pretty, and it may sound interesting but it is a disaster. I tried this game and played to see all the "features" and the    ---------------------------------------
    WARNING DO NOT BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    The problems of this game will never get fixed. They will fix the bugs but not the bad features.

    Do not buy this game. Just don't. It may look pretty, and it may sound interesting but it is a disaster. I tried this game and played to see all the "features" and the game is just so bad. The AI is non-existent, Ships can fly through station Graphics. Your ship cannot take damage from collisions. The highway system is just bad. Highways in space is a stupid idea anyways. There is no real challenge in space battles. Your ship is the strongest of all ships your cl****. Larger ships are too stupid to fight you. You can just hide in their hanger bay and shoot them for as long as it takes until they blow up. You are forced to have a geriatric zombie for a co pilot that wont shut up. There are maybe 3 upgrades for your ship. You are only allowed to fly one ship, you can never get another ship or fly another type of ship. There is only one flyable ship in the game. You cannot make trades in your ship. You must get others to trade for you. The games trading system is broken. Making a simple trade transaction takes too long (hours). More complex features are missing. The economic system is simplistic at its most complex. Nothing interesting ever happens in this game. There are no random events. There are no powerful enemies. The story is bad. The voice acting is bad. The human NPCs look like filth. The The alien models are all the most basic and uninspired.

    The makers of this game are **** holes. The Egosoft website is filled with mindless yes men. They will make fun of you if you don't like their game. The egosoft CEO is a jerk. He mocks the fans and tells them what they liked is irrelevant. The company and the CEO forces its employes to troll the Egosoft forums and the internet and post good things about the game. They will outright lie about features the game does not have just to make a sale. Everyone posting a 10 out of 10 on here and giving this game rave reviews are just company shills and trolls. They have no honer. They will mock anyone who liked the older games. They will mock anyone who does not like this current game of theirs. They make fun of Star Citizen and Elite Dangerous. They Ban people on their forums for telling them that their game is trash. They will not listen to any bug reports. They will not get rid of "features" that their old fan base does not like.

    AVOID THIS COMPANY AND THE GAME.    … Expand
  76. Foam
    Mar 20, 2014
    1
    "Simply Trash"
    That statement best describes X-Rebirth. Long story short: They took most features from the previous games that fans loved, gutted them, and tried to automate or simplify everything in a catastrophic mess. Some 10/10 reviews on here say it's only a vocal minority that dislike the game. This is a load of **** as if you check the Steamgraph data on it, you'll find that    "Simply Trash"
    That statement best describes X-Rebirth. Long story short: They took most features from the previous games that fans loved, gutted them, and tried to automate or simplify everything in a catastrophic mess. Some 10/10 reviews on here say it's only a vocal minority that dislike the game. This is a load of **** as if you check the Steamgraph data on it, you'll find that literally 0 people have played the game for months. If Rebirth was so great as these reviewers say, then people would still be plugging hundreds of hours into it.    … Expand
  77. purplekrunk
    Mar 18, 2014
    0
    This game is TERRIBLE...DO NOT PURCHASE IT....I have played all of the x series and enjoyed them immensely, but this is the WORST of the series. Terrible broken English makes it very clear that this game is created by a Russian, or other non English speaking person. Graphics and maps and Hangars and general localities are repetitive again and again and again you go through the same exactThis game is TERRIBLE...DO NOT PURCHASE IT....I have played all of the x series and enjoyed them immensely, but this is the WORST of the series. Terrible broken English makes it very clear that this game is created by a Russian, or other non English speaking person. Graphics and maps and Hangars and general localities are repetitive again and again and again you go through the same exact looking stations, and see the same face with different colors, and hear the same terrible accents and bad grammar.
    Flight control System is ok, but key assignments are so limited compared to the original game that you might as well forget it.
    If you bought this game because you thought you were going to get to fly a bunch of ships and build trade lanes and create a presence in the universe....well you bought the wrong game...go back and get X3TC or X3 Reunion MUCH more fun games, despite the limitations.
    let me tell you something about CRASHES....omg...constantly...sometimes the trade screen freezes, the only way out is to ALT TAB and then ALT TAB AGAIN....ugh....sometimes it just crashes in the middle of flying sometimes when you dock....it is GARBAGE....
    I could go on, but as a gamer starting in 1983 I believe that my opinion carries a great deal of weight, and this game 10 thumbs DOWN....garbage....    … Expand
  78. Partisan
    Mar 16, 2014
    0
    Вам продают новую машину без мотора, какая будет у вас реакция заплатив за нее 100% и что за новая мода продавать не готовую игру (альфу) по стоимости целой?
  79. Mine_opinion
    Mar 11, 2014
    0
    I've already commented on this game, but after playing it further I have to comment again. It is not like any previous X universe game, it is absolutely terrible, if you want an actual X universe game if you haven't already, get an earlier game, you will not be disappointed. If you are thinking about getting this game because you liked the previous games do not get this one. This game isI've already commented on this game, but after playing it further I have to comment again. It is not like any previous X universe game, it is absolutely terrible, if you want an actual X universe game if you haven't already, get an earlier game, you will not be disappointed. If you are thinking about getting this game because you liked the previous games do not get this one. This game is not like the previous games, it is like a bad Freelancer idea of the X universe. Really bad!! If you want meaningful system maps that mean anything, good look with that, and that's after you find them. It's awful,don't do it, I wish that they hadn't. They managed to take a superb game and completely mess it up. System maps are terrible, navigation is terrible, on station graphics are terrible, is there a pattern here? If you want to play a space sim go get Elite, if you can:] then play all previous X universe games, but not this one. The first is better than this and it was released in 1999, I know, I played it in 1999. I have a high end system and this game is not good, I'm putting it politely, it can't even use two graphics cards in parallel, odd considering all descent motherboards come with two full speed slots, and they have done for at least the last four years! This game has left me feeling so let down after experiencing so much with the previous games. If the developers are listening, go back and build on the previous games, forget Freelancer it wasn't even close to Elite. The X universe took Elite to the next level, almost, there is room for improvement :]… Expand
  80. mustafa6734573
    Feb 21, 2014
    0
    Thank God for "illegal" download, I would not buy this game even to torture someone I hate.

    Controls are so hard you can't shoot straight, cant select, cargo is looted with ramming into it, every single thing has a special kind of torture sequence. Every bar is the same, every station is the same (only the outer shape is different-sometimes), every ship inner **** is the same and that    Thank God for "illegal" download, I would not buy this game even to torture someone I hate.

    Controls are so hard you can't shoot straight, cant select, cargo is looted with ramming into it, every single thing has a special kind of torture sequence. Every bar is the same, every station is the same (only the outer shape is different-sometimes), every ship inner **** is the same and that is all u have in the game. Its not complex, its just ridiculous, unplayable on every possible angle. On a scale of 0 to 100, this game gets a magnificent score of -858993460.

    May you rest in peace now X, we all loved you and still do.    … Expand
  81. Shadix
    Feb 13, 2014
    0
    I cried for the first 15 minutes while playing this game. Seven years of waiting and all I got is a completely rubbish game full of bugs, glitch, bad performance, etc, you name it.

    Campaign is broken with bad scripting. Trading doesn't work, stuck in the skunk forever, and I can't even tell my other ships to go to a place where I want.. For every 1 hour of campaign, i spend 40    I cried for the first 15 minutes while playing this game. Seven years of waiting and all I got is a completely rubbish game full of bugs, glitch, bad performance, etc, you name it.

    Campaign is broken with bad scripting. Trading doesn't work, stuck in the skunk forever, and I can't even tell my other ships to go to a place where I want..

    For every 1 hour of campaign, i spend 40 minutes searching solution or editing savegame due to many,many bugs.

    I miss my X3:TC.. This game is simply frustating, not enjoying at all. There's no fun in this game!    … Expand
  82. DonGarcon
    Feb 10, 2014
    0
    Bought this game in december and now in february still no patch that fixes game crash. Effectively I have wasted money on unplayable game that doest even work! Over the years I have bought and played a lot of games and this is the first time I experience so poorly developed product. I wish someone sue developers for this scam. It really is scam when you pay for something that doesnt workBought this game in december and now in february still no patch that fixes game crash. Effectively I have wasted money on unplayable game that doest even work! Over the years I have bought and played a lot of games and this is the first time I experience so poorly developed product. I wish someone sue developers for this scam. It really is scam when you pay for something that doesnt work and you can't even get a refund!… Expand
  83. Gamemaster1
    Feb 6, 2014
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hello all, Gamemaster1...here! Now, before you go all crazy I will be giving "Pros" and "Cons" of X Rebirth.
    Lets start with the Pro's: The detail is fantastic! Not just the cool backdrop of planets or the blown up celestial rocks that used to be planets or the distant nebulae floating in vibrant colors. I'm talking about pulling up to the factories and watching the belts of rocks going into the foundaries to be melted down, or the jungle sounds to include running water when you pull your ship over the growing greenery. Police ships scanning for contraband and eletrical sparks emmitting from solar panels. Inside the stations you'll find a mini -game arcade of "Beyond the Frontier"(unplayable but cool eye candy)
    Also, if you pay attention you can see shuttles/elevators going back in forth/up & down as to drop off workers to their apartments, watching energy cells being charged up ready for shipping and crane operators moving large containers...etc.
    So much attention to detail went into the planning of the universe. You can dock with your freighters and capital ships or catch a ride near any "big boy" by flying close enough to get sucked in by the ships massive gravity well,if I may. If you don't feel like fighting battles, dock with your ship and stretch your legs and watch the battle from within the docking bay...brilliant added feature. When you do feel frisky you can target different components of capitals or freighters such as the shield generators, rear engines, jump drive(so they can't run from your wrath of firepower).
    The ability to stop at a station for some "coffee and donuts"(not actually in game) and chit-chat with a number of interesting space folk. Hire some Engineers(to fix your war torn vessel),Managers(to keep track of stations operations), Defence Officers(to protect your assets during battles), Marine Officers(to keep your marines in line during boarding raids), Captains(to fly your newly captured ships)...just to name a few! Thats sooo cool!
    While on board the stations you can look for loot in vents, lockers, boxes and in various places. And sell them to the Black Market dudes(if it's illegal,wink wink) If you like to dance(not actually possible yet) go to the dance clubs and grove to flickering strobe lights and watch hot holographic dancers shake their money maker!...Whoop Whoop!(i'm not a perv, honest).
    While fying your newly found craft sitting next to a hot stowaway(just kidding,you rescue her in beginning) you can discover many hidden cache's of wares(i found 70k and more) in deep space using your scanning mode. The storyline takes you from a slacker "jack of all trades" to a wanted crimminal fighting against an Opressor, Plutarch Mining Company! My list of good goes on and on.

    Now for the Cons: Some of the coding is unrefined. Which in most case causes you to restart or load a previous saved game.(they have since patched up to 1.24 which fixes a mess of coding deficiancies) Some of the previous X games added "Fleet control" which is lacking in X Rebirth. A major downer for me since i'm OCD and like to have all my ducks in a row, eating what I tell it to and bitting who I command( the duck's are actually ships folks...jeez)
    And the all too often mentioned "Grandma UI"...is hard to look at, scarred face(Al Pacino style...lol), short hair, and rude to boot.(but thats expected from space fairing peeps) The UI are pretty much stationary except for an occassional girl walking back and forth. And the maintenance guy welding things.
    The lack of movement in your cockpit(you can move around in the back of your ship). There are no buttons to push in front of you for added realism. The poor support for your joysticks. Limited field of view in front of you and no head movement(mouse free look for the lay person...lol). I like to win battles but the fighting/battle worthiness is too easy, and the enemies are predictable with only a few moves under their belt.
    I wish their was a more detailed sector map that showed containers from battles won...over all, their is a long list of just basic content that would make the game more fluid and enjoyable(they are working on bugs and then adding more content later from what I gather.    … Expand
  84. Sandboxgamer
    Feb 4, 2014
    5
    This game is slowly improving with each successive patch, but the odds of it having a rebirth of it's own in the eyes of the critics and haters are next to none, If you are reading this when the patch number gets to about 1.6 then perhaps give it a go it may have all the bugs fixed by then, but this game is effectively dead in the eyes of the gaming community.
  85. 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
  86. Redmanking
    Jan 30, 2014
    10
    Every new game has its flaws and bugs. Lucky for us we don't have to suffer too long. Here's what I've seen in the last two months of bug fixing.

    Nov. launch date, there was serious bugs with trading, graphics, and actually saving the game on your computer and even crashes when you try to save. So I decided to take action, fixed my graphics card (HINT, HINT), made sure my integrated    Every new game has its flaws and bugs. Lucky for us we don't have to suffer too long. Here's what I've seen in the last two months of bug fixing.

    Nov. launch date, there was serious bugs with trading, graphics, and actually saving the game on your computer and even crashes when you try to save. So I decided to take action, fixed my graphics card (HINT, HINT), made sure my integrated graphics wasn't messing with my gaming GPU and whoa. Everything graphic wise was fixed, next I made sure there were no viruses on my computer that can impact the game like saving and actually installing the game. Yeah, that was one problem that didn't allow me to save and possibly what caused most crashes during the game. Next I reinstall the game and I was enjoying the thrill of a space sim. Complex trade routes, nice joy rides through highways, capturing "Plutarch" ships, building space stations, and don't forget about those millions of credits from missions. :)

    All in all, the game is great for folks who take care of their computer and enjoy the game like pros.    … Expand
  87. Arctarus
    Jan 28, 2014
    1
    After a full month of playtime and countless crashes on my high end pc system, I can safely say that X rebirth gives a revolting feeling of being let down by the game maker. For years, Egosoft has been making the X series. I've been trying to play them, and expected the latest to be no different. Having said this, I certainly didn't expect it to be this broken. And so, I can only agreeAfter a full month of playtime and countless crashes on my high end pc system, I can safely say that X rebirth gives a revolting feeling of being let down by the game maker. For years, Egosoft has been making the X series. I've been trying to play them, and expected the latest to be no different. Having said this, I certainly didn't expect it to be this broken. And so, I can only agree to the numerous harsh critics about not only the technicalities and mechanics being flawed in the game where one cannot do much at all with the state of the game. It's really not a game anymore, but some parts here and there, attached together by fragile coding without proper testings on high end systems. You wonder what a company like Egosoft put into a 7 years plan to make X rebirth to the state it is at release is beyond words. To rely and exploit solely on the modding community to save their own franchise is appalling and truly demeaning. There is really no excuse for this sort of base behavior. An existing ethic committee should be enforcing laws to prevent this from happening just as much as they have decided to prevent piracy. 4 points for bringing a broken game to the table and -3 points for exploiting the modding community to save their "dignity"… Expand
  88. SaniK
    Jan 26, 2014
    10
    Everyone looking for the right review look here. Ignore all negative reviews under 5. The reason why this game has not received many positive reviews is because all the people who enjoy this game are too busy playing it and having a great time to rate it! While there were issues as all games do at launch, most of the bugs have been ironed out and its a wonderful top of the lane game toEveryone looking for the right review look here. Ignore all negative reviews under 5. The reason why this game has not received many positive reviews is because all the people who enjoy this game are too busy playing it and having a great time to rate it! While there were issues as all games do at launch, most of the bugs have been ironed out and its a wonderful top of the lane game to play as long as you have a computer that can handle the immense awesome this game brings. I've played all the predecessors and each one gets better and better, Please do buy it....its worth every penny and then sum!

    The game is an open box create your own destiny, challenges, and fun. You can follow the story line but go off on your own whenever you so choose to and still be able to return to it at anytime. You start out with a basic ship and through many various ways of collecting wealth via trading, mining, policing, mercenary, missions, requests, stock market, pirating, station building, resource producing etc you make modifications to your command ship with bigger weapons, modules, armors, engines but also be able to purchase traders, fighters, war ships, even giant battleships with a variety of weapons that can be used simultaneously.

    The game has its own economy that runs by itself with AI ships, stations, corporations that in each game in unique and diverse so no two games are alike. Based on the chooses and actions will change the world and behavior around you. The larger you emase your empire, the more fierce your competitors and enemies become.

    Highly recommend this game to all who love beautiful sci-fi graphics, amazing 3-D space action, and economy trading and empire building strategy games.    … Expand
  89. 1nsider
    Jan 25, 2014
    2
    Not a way to treat a hardcore open-universe space series. And not a good action either. If you're into serious space exploring sim - better try previous titles from X-series, this game is practically born dead.
  90. morvain
    Jan 15, 2014
    2
    I have played this game for several hours. the sad thing is that, the longer i played this game the more bad things i found out about it. it is like they left out each good thing they had in the x3 series and replaced it with bad things.
    The cockpit is blocking half of your field of view. there are thousands of bugs, menus dissapear, trading does not work properly, there are less ships,    I have played this game for several hours. the sad thing is that, the longer i played this game the more bad things i found out about it. it is like they left out each good thing they had in the x3 series and replaced it with bad things.
    The cockpit is blocking half of your field of view. there are thousands of bugs, menus dissapear, trading does not work properly, there are less ships, less sectors, less action, less available commands and of course less fun. The only improvement i found are the graphics.
    please dont waste your time playing this game.    … Expand
  91. 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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  92. RedRhoc
    Jan 11, 2014
    3
    I really want to like this game.... but it's awful. The graphics are decent, the UI is hard to navigate, story is below average, performance is bad, gameplay is... not good and the voice acting is horrible. The pretty screenshots look tempting - but avoid buying this game.
  93. Arminius
    Jan 6, 2014
    3
    After I bought "Schicksalsklinge HD" in summer, I thought there will never be a game again that is that much flawed, bugged and unfinished at the time of release.
    Here I stand corrected.
    This wasn´t even a feature-completed Alpha when shipped, and it will take at least one more year of heavy patching to finish it. Sadly, I don´t believe it will live up to the expectations even when it´s done.
  94. JCM-disappointe
    Jan 3, 2014
    0
    Unplayable. My first computer game (I am 67) is a huge disappointment following a strong recommendation by a friend. The game needs to have much work done on it.....maybe by release .100 it will work. Very poor. No more EGO SOFT products for me.
  95. Aristarch
    Jan 3, 2014
    9
    I write... I to play the old games like Elite, Wing Commander or Privateer. I play X series games of since its inception. I'm a fan of hers. Game charmed me and I enjoy. If Egosoft game repair, is already working, not regret buying the X Rebirth. But please note X Rebirth is a little different as X3. Suits me better than X3, but someone else might not. But it's certainly not a bad game. IsI write... I to play the old games like Elite, Wing Commander or Privateer. I play X series games of since its inception. I'm a fan of hers. Game charmed me and I enjoy. If Egosoft game repair, is already working, not regret buying the X Rebirth. But please note X Rebirth is a little different as X3. Suits me better than X3, but someone else might not. But it's certainly not a bad game. Is it true that X Rebirth has a bad start … Expand
  96. 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
  97. 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
  98. Darkgungrave
    Dec 30, 2013
    0
    I want my money back for this game ...

    i play all X games but this is a bu ll sh it

    i feel me you hit my face so deep the characters from Gothic 1 are better this
  99. corso
    Dec 29, 2013
    10
    No entiendo como le dan a este juego una nota tan baja es verdad que tiene fallos como bugs y tal, pero irán actualizándolos con parches, no olvidemos que juegos como Battlefield 4 han sido nefastos en su lanzamiento y han ido mejorándolo con actualizaciones y le otorgan un 9 .¿Que deberían lanzarlos ya pulidos?,¡¡¡pues si!!! Como fan de juegos de temática espacial que soy encuentro elNo entiendo como le dan a este juego una nota tan baja es verdad que tiene fallos como bugs y tal, pero irán actualizándolos con parches, no olvidemos que juegos como Battlefield 4 han sido nefastos en su lanzamiento y han ido mejorándolo con actualizaciones y le otorgan un 9 .¿Que deberían lanzarlos ya pulidos?,¡¡¡pues si!!! Como fan de juegos de temática espacial que soy encuentro el juego precioso hasta el punto que a veces me dedico a pasear entre las estaciones es bastante más intuitivo que sus predecesores cosa que agradezco por que hasta que medio dominé el x3 terminé un poco desesperado .El juego rezuma vida por todos lados y el nuevo diseño de estaciones y naves lo encuentro muy acertado y me gusta la idea de controlar mi flota desde mi nave principal.En mi opinión cuando el juego este pulido será una obra de arte que para mi ya lo es pero en fin como gustos hay colores.… Expand
  100. TheAtomicOption
    Dec 29, 2013
    3
    This game has some incredibly fun moments that are absolutely ruined by the ridiculous number of bugs, terrible UI, and lack of information about how the UI works.

    This game has some moments that reminded me of the great classic Freelancer. The graphics are decent. You can trade stuff between zones to make money. You use highways and gates and it takes time to get around which makes    This game has some incredibly fun moments that are absolutely ruined by the ridiculous number of bugs, terrible UI, and lack of information about how the UI works.

    This game has some moments that reminded me of the great classic Freelancer. The graphics are decent. You can trade stuff between zones to make money. You use highways and gates and it takes time to get around which makes the universe feel big.

    But you can't trade, cause your freighter won't follow orders, and your computer only remembers available trades for an hour. There are some important orders for crew and captains that just plain aren't there (like hold position or goto zone X without me). Some main plot missions can't be finished without editing your save file manually, and the game occasionally hangs or crashes straight to the desktop.

    The combat is probably the best part. Fly around like in freelancer and shoot stuff. But boarding capital ships is pretty broken. Often your marines will all die while you're following the instructions perfectly with no explanation.

    Bottom line: this game has the potential to be great, but it needs another year of quality development time before it'll be worth the money.    … 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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