X Rebirth

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3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1310 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 924 out of 1310
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  1. Absolutely
    Nov 23, 2013
    0
    game advertised with lies, promises, unreal gameplay. ended up with unfinished features, bugs, lags... etc etc...also new updates coming out daily and desperately but without any fix at all making game more unable to play. all i can see about this game that has brilliand advertisement, preorders, sale and unreal game review to trick people to buy the game. TERRIBLE, do not buy it
  2. Crafty
    Nov 23, 2013
    5
    If you thought Alien:Colonial Marines and Skyrim were too polished, then this is the game for you. It does not only contain hundreds of bugs, AI who don't have a clue what they are doing, Shoddy interior textures and NPCs who you just want to punch after hearing the same line for the hundredth time, it also contains Mini-Games and not just the ones intended by Egosoft!

    Egosoft have gone    If you thought Alien:Colonial Marines and Skyrim were too polished, then this is the game for you. It does not only contain hundreds of bugs, AI who don't have a clue what they are doing, Shoddy interior textures and NPCs who you just want to punch after hearing the same line for the hundredth time, it also contains Mini-Games and not just the ones intended by Egosoft!

    Egosoft have gone back to basics with this title, chucking out silly combat concepts like the ship radar out the window, and if you don't think being unable to track a target well isn't difficult enough, enemy AI has now been told to ONLY shoot the player, this logic sometimes extends to your own ships. Don't be surprised if your shot in the back while the only ship around is your own and a following vessel (I like to think it's a joker captain, who I quickly fire and replace). This does allow for you to practice maneuvering skills, kind of like a game of Deadly Dodge-Ball which can make Fleet fights extremely interesting, since every ship can end up just shooting the player or alternatively all Hostile ships shooting the player with Friendly ships having a smoko break.

    You will also have hours and hours of enjoyment baby sitting your empire, not only are your ships almost entirely incapable of defending themselves they will usually go out of their way to follow you even when you don't want them to! Also Egosoft has deemed the need of simple AI commands like Move To, Dock At, Follow Me, Escort Target as unnecessary. Trade ships even one up this by spending 30-40 minutes heading towards a deal you've set up due to explicitly jumping to a sector no where near the deal location, and sometimes completely ignore you! Feel like trading yourself? Don't worry, Egosoft won't make you jump through the hoops of setting up deals and buying goods. You instead, get to Dock on stations and take all the goods like any good Easter-Egg-Hunt, and station authorities don't give a damn!

    Now would be a good time to mention the NPCs, more specifically your co-pilot, Yisha is extremely helpful spouting lines like "Shut up, Betty!". You better get used to her looks as you'll be seeing her a lot, so much so that Egosoft deemed it necessary for some eye candy. As for other NPCs, their English is extremely poor and can only comprehend simple lines like "Show me your wares, please!" or "Show me your skills!", you'll fall in love with these two lines as you'll be hearing them very, very often. One more thing I should mention, in the X universe... for some reason has a very, VERY large population of Elderly woman who sound like they are in their 20s/30s.

    In all seriousness though I give the game a 5.    … Expand
  3. Liraex
    Nov 22, 2013
    5
    I never heard of this series before (dunno how I missed it) till' I saw this on Steam. The last game I played like this was Freelancer, and boy was that long ago.

    I did some research on the series, heard great things, and jumped on it. I wanted to give you my quick impressions from someone completely new to the series. I knew it was gonna be a little daunting going in, but it    I never heard of this series before (dunno how I missed it) till' I saw this on Steam. The last game I played like this was Freelancer, and boy was that long ago.

    I did some research on the series, heard great things, and jumped on it. I wanted to give you my quick impressions from someone completely new to the series.

    I knew it was gonna be a little daunting going in, but it wasn't as user-friendly as they made it out to be. I read they got rid of a lot of the menus, which sounded great, but..ya...I'll get back to that.

    When I first loaded it up, there was a giant ship fighting a nearby station. It was awesome and looked straight out of a movie. Half a dozen fighters were engaged with it, and most of the time I was just idling, doing slow barrel-rolls trying to figure out the controls, but it was still epic.

    Once I got my bearings (and was right-side up) I wanted to start getting to know my ship, its weapons, shields, etc. So I start clicking the display screens...nothing happens, I start clicking everywhere else, still nothing. I did however end up shooting the nearby station and they told me that wasn't very nice.

    After about an hour I still felt lost. Each station I visited, though looking nice, just seemed like big cluster f*s. I assumed there'd be a shipyard somewhere, but I only ever found the docking bay for the bar, thanks to the giant holographic martini glass. I eventually found some traders after doing some hunting in the station.

    I started getting impatient with the lack of info, interface, and sluggy fps and eventually quit. I didn't give up there though, I heard so many good things, and I really wanted to like it, so I went back and got X3: TC, and the difference was night and day.

    The UI was the first thing I noticed and it was glorious. It had buttons! And those 'evil menus' that had INFORMATION. It had maps, weapon details and history, all without having to swivel around in my chair to look at some lady who's staring at me, who should be making sure we don't crash into anything while I'm squinting my eyes trying to read the information holograph.

    Once again, I felt lost, but it was more a feeling of being a new kid on the block in a vast universe. I felt I had a stronger hold and understanding of my ship right from the get-go (thanks to the easily accessible menus and info), and I spent most my time just exploring and meeting the different races, and seeing the massive war ships and different, divided, stations that I might one day obtain. In Rebirth, I felt lost in my own ship, bashing the console and listening to the lady yell at the computer.

    Right now, I'm enjoying X3:TC way more, for a fraction of the price.

    If this was meant to bring in people new to the series, I guess it kinda worked, but I just ended up going to an older game.    … Expand
  4. Frankiepeters22
    Nov 22, 2013
    7
    Fun game, have played for a bunch of hours. However the reason I'm giving this a 7 is because I can't seem to pirate anything. The in-game chatting is a really fluid and cool feature. You figure out the buttons after a while too. A lot of people said they had bugs, I haven't run into any graphical bugs other than ships driving through space stations. The meta game is there, I don't evenFun game, have played for a bunch of hours. However the reason I'm giving this a 7 is because I can't seem to pirate anything. The in-game chatting is a really fluid and cool feature. You figure out the buttons after a while too. A lot of people said they had bugs, I haven't run into any graphical bugs other than ships driving through space stations. The meta game is there, I don't even have a ship yet and I've spent a lot of time getting a crew together. Fun game.… Expand
  5. Haddy
    Nov 22, 2013
    2
    I'm not going to rehash all that is wrong with this game. My advice, wait a year then take a look. It might, just might be worth ones time with patches and mods. Right now, it's not worth my time. There are far superior games to be played at the moment!
  6. Danpapua
    Nov 22, 2013
    9
    Compared to X3: Albion Prelude the graphics are significantly better. Still is pretty buggy BUT the gameplay stays true to the X universe style. The DEV'S just released a new patch which has really helped cut down on the amount of crashes I am having.
  7. cervomix
    Nov 22, 2013
    0
    This game is a shame, a dumbed down spatial game ripped off any interesting stuff. Be prepared to visit always same corridors on stations, and open crates everywhere like a mario taking gold coins... combat is boring as hell, no tactics, no skills (there is auto aim)... you can not fly other ships... oh my, what a waste of money!
  8. DemiGoth
    Nov 22, 2013
    3
    Game LOOKS good, but that's about the only positive thing I can say about it. The problem with this game lies in the performance that most players (me included) have. Decent systems that give 45FPS or more in other games give only 15FPS in X Rebirth. And it's just that why I give this game a 3 the performance is so low that it's UNPLAYABLE.

    On the good side though, EGOsoft is busy    Game LOOKS good, but that's about the only positive thing I can say about it. The problem with this game lies in the performance that most players (me included) have. Decent systems that give 45FPS or more in other games give only 15FPS in X Rebirth. And it's just that why I give this game a 3 the performance is so low that it's UNPLAYABLE.

    On the good side though, EGOsoft is busy patching, they did find the bug causing most of the performance issues (my bet it's mostly architecture of older Intel and all AMD CPUs). But a week down the road and a daily patch (yes, a new patch every day EGOsoft does really work on it!) still didn't give the performance every other game gives.

    So for now a 3. Perhaps I'll re-review it when the performance bug has been squashed and I can actually comment on the game itself    … Expand
  9. Ferocit
    Nov 22, 2013
    5
    I guess you've already read about all the bugs and design flaws. All those reports are true, but I think there is so much potential and I just hope, that the developers will get this game up and running soon.
  10. Add1cted
    Nov 22, 2013
    2
    Im new to the series, so dont have any knowledge of what the previous games were like, but my god this game is crap.

    Huge bugs
    Boring flight and fight mechanics
    Confusing menus
    Pointless tasks (wandering stations, flying around to find "i" points...)
    Terrible tutorial so I have no idea whats going on

    Seriously, £40 for this was an absolute joke.
  11. michaelyak
    Nov 22, 2013
    0
    I've lowered my score to 1 for the following reasons:

    1. It's been one week and they released their 6th patch. It's causing even more crashes then before. 2. I purchased through Steam and no one has responded to my requests for credit. Yay Steam. 3. IF you want to buy this game I highly suggest you read the forums. The DEVS have been editing the forums because there is so much hate    I've lowered my score to 1 for the following reasons:

    1. It's been one week and they released their 6th patch. It's causing even more crashes then before.
    2. I purchased through Steam and no one has responded to my requests for credit. Yay Steam.
    3. IF you want to buy this game I highly suggest you read the forums. The DEVS have been editing the forums because there is so much hate out there for this game but you will still find some informative posts.
    4. This was an xbox game gone bad. Nowhere pc ready.

    In closing: I'm not a hater just trying to be honest. Save your money..    … Expand
  12. scout22
    Nov 21, 2013
    0
    I really tried to like it, but a certain lack of death fused to pretty explosions just isn't enough.

    The X series seems to be history, since this simpleton console style game by all terms is nothing but franchise rip-off.
  13. TheKingArthur
    Nov 21, 2013
    5
    X Rebirth or X Farewell?

    If you have read even a single review thus far, then you are probably fully aware of the god awful character design and voice acting, the expansive variety of only TWO lifeless interior spaces, the plethora of bugs and performance issues, the broken gimmicky console UI which doesn't scale to resolutions higher than 720p, the lack of proper joystick and    X Rebirth or X Farewell?

    If you have read even a single review thus far, then you are probably fully aware of the god awful character design and voice acting, the expansive variety of only TWO lifeless interior spaces, the plethora of bugs and performance issues, the broken gimmicky console UI which doesn't scale to resolutions higher than 720p, the lack of proper joystick and keyboard/mouse controls, and large array of other bizarre design choices and blunders.

    Despite these problems, I can't stop playing it. Here's why:

    - Flying around in space is GORGEOUS. DX11/DX9 who cares...It looks incredible. Load the Better and Sweet Rebirth FX mods from Nexusmods and it's even better.

    - Don't like landing and exploring one of two interior spaces for the 1000th time to find a trader? No problem, load up the NESA mod and be done with it; you can then contact them over comms when nearby without docking. While you are at it, you can disable the pointless voice acting chatter with the Shut Up mod.

    - Piloting and combat are fun. I would prefer to use my HOTAS joystick, but the Xbox controller works well enough if you are comfortable using one. However this is only for control of the ship; the UI is a mess regardless of which control scheme you are using. I wouldn't recommend playing at all if you don't have or want to use an Xbox controller, until they build in proper support for joysticks and keyboard/mouse.

    -Mods, mods, mods. There aren't many available yet since the game has been out less than a week, but in time the modders will turn this into an entirely different game. There are already some very useful mods available.

    Conclusion: If it weren't for the fantastic scenery, fun combat, and mod support; this game would be a spectacular 7 year dud. With mod support there is hope for the future of this game, at least until the end of 2014. Egosoft should have stuck with what they do best, which is certainly not characters and interior spaces on a console. If you can't do it well then you shouldn't do it at all. Modders have quickly chopped those awful bits out of the game so that the rest of us can more easily enjoy what Egosoft does do well; beautiful space vistas, ships, and stations. If you are on the fence of buying this, I recommend watching YouTube videos of gameplay before purchasing since there are no proper reviews out yet.

    The decision I must make each time that I want to play X Rebirth, is whether or not I'd rather be sitting in the of my F7C-S Hornet Ghost enjoying the static view of my lonely hanger in all its glorious detail. I doubt it will be a very tough decision next month when the dog fighting module is released and I'm cleared for takeoff. That's when I'll say farewell to the X Universe. For now X Rebirth is certainly not worth $50, but I am enjoying aspects of playing it so I cannot in good conscience give it a negative score below a mixed 5.    … Expand
  14. Rayden2909
    Nov 21, 2013
    0
    This game is not X4! I understood that but it's not "the biggest sandbox this side of the galaxy" either. The fact that you can only pilot one ship can't build stations where you want and can't do yourself what you want (have to convince some AI players to do it for you) is what makes me come to that conclusion.
    I feel like the game thinks I am stupid since apparently I should enjoy    This game is not X4! I understood that but it's not "the biggest sandbox this side of the galaxy" either. The fact that you can only pilot one ship can't build stations where you want and can't do yourself what you want (have to convince some AI players to do it for you) is what makes me come to that conclusion.
    I feel like the game thinks I am stupid since apparently I should enjoy loosing time in the highway minigame and consider it a much better solution than a jump-drive to get me to where I want to go. I should also not enjoy figuring out which stations may have better prices and instead fly around them aimlessly so that they all will give me better prices.
    I should not try to see which goods make better trade targets but instead just go around stations and loot wares to sell.
    My opinion of this game as it is right now is that it just failed.    … Expand
  15. Seinekar
    Nov 21, 2013
    0
    It feels like an Alpha. Quite buggy. From minor bugs, to total crashes that doesn´t let u play the game at all. But, even skipping that fact, the game is just a step back on X series.

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

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

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

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

    ...and its 60$. Or more if u want collector pack. The game is just unfinished, buggy, even unplayable, and even so, its just WORSE in every aspect than previous. Tip: get X3 Albion Prelude, or Terran conflict. Even "professional" reviews are scoring it under 4, and that sth really hard to happen....    … Expand
  16. RobotNinja
    Nov 21, 2013
    10
    I do NOT work for Egosoft and never had the patience for previous X games. But this looked so good in the trailer resistance was futile. Four days after release I bought it despite the terrible initial user reviews. I have an i5 intel 4 core CPU, NVidia 670 GPU, 8 gigs RAM, and Windows 7 64 bit PC. I've played about 3 hours First off no lockups or crashes what so ever. Min frame- rate 30I do NOT work for Egosoft and never had the patience for previous X games. But this looked so good in the trailer resistance was futile. Four days after release I bought it despite the terrible initial user reviews. I have an i5 intel 4 core CPU, NVidia 670 GPU, 8 gigs RAM, and Windows 7 64 bit PC. I've played about 3 hours First off no lockups or crashes what so ever. Min frame- rate 30 around elaborate stations. Up to 60fps most of the time. Space never looked so good! Story/tutorial works great so far (not Shakespeare I Know). Mouse keyboard control quite intuitive. Constant updating should give most the positive experience I've enjoyed. IF you want a modern space sim then this is your best bet.… Expand
  17. feijoax
    Nov 21, 2013
    1
    This game is not ready for release in it's current state. Not worth USD $49.99 at all. I consider the game at the Alpha stage. The tutorial and story missions are completely broken; you'll get stuck and be unable to progress unless you download a "good" save game to get past the bugs. The game performs very poorly on a system that can run Skyrim at Ultra settings.

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

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

    This is one purchase I truly regret and hope to get a refund from Steam (crossing my fingers).    … Expand
  18. HavocRazr30
    Nov 21, 2013
    1
    I do not like the direction Egosoft seems to be going with this game. It feels more like a FPS. It lacks the true depth and learning curve that the previous X games had. I loved the fact that I could buy AND pilot new ships, instead of just drones. Its not fun at all to just have one ship, granted I liked the Albion Pride design in X3: AP and wanted to capture it for my own, but still. TheI do not like the direction Egosoft seems to be going with this game. It feels more like a FPS. It lacks the true depth and learning curve that the previous X games had. I loved the fact that I could buy AND pilot new ships, instead of just drones. Its not fun at all to just have one ship, granted I liked the Albion Pride design in X3: AP and wanted to capture it for my own, but still. The game seems to rely on being a gamepad game too much now. I regret buying the game.… Expand
  19. zevl12
    Nov 21, 2013
    1
    This game is not x4, this is the defense by the devs. Ok i have never played x3 or any x game. I do not care about graphics or animation, i can tolerate bugs. The problems i mentioned now are not the problems of the game, the problem is the core game play. There is no good game hidden here. The entire game is utter crap, interface is HORRIBLE. Controls are HORRIBLE. There isn't a simulatedThis game is not x4, this is the defense by the devs. Ok i have never played x3 or any x game. I do not care about graphics or animation, i can tolerate bugs. The problems i mentioned now are not the problems of the game, the problem is the core game play. There is no good game hidden here. The entire game is utter crap, interface is HORRIBLE. Controls are HORRIBLE. There isn't a simulated game here, those small ships flying around do not have a purpose they are just cosmetic things flying around trying to make a nonexistentatmosphere. You can now only build on specific spots, trading is a boring time consuming non rewarding non informative piece of crap. The universe is really small. Previous titles had a gem hidden under the problems, entirety of x rebirth is a problem. 1/10, some things look cool (important when making trailers for this game that are scamming the public).… Expand
  20. Jonhybee
    Nov 21, 2013
    0
    I wish I had read more reviews before buying the game but, being a huge X3:TC fan I was not careful enough.

    The game right now is broken, I have had many mission stalling bugs in the first few hours of the tutorial. But I dont expect any game to be bug free at lauch. What is much worst for me is the lack of any auto-pilot or any form of auto trader. You seem to have to babysit your    I wish I had read more reviews before buying the game but, being a huge X3:TC fan I was not careful enough.

    The game right now is broken, I have had many mission stalling bugs in the first few hours of the tutorial. But I dont expect any game to be bug free at lauch.

    What is much worst for me is the lack of any auto-pilot or any form of auto trader. You seem to have to babysit your trader like a lap dog in this iteration, you so end up spending 2 "fun" hours waiting for your trade ship to show up (with no SETA, I loved that feature...) if he ever does. I have had a very hard time with the interface (something I have never had with X3), its hard to know what your ships are doing or even where they are. The map is utter non-sense, you cant get any usefull information out of it. The highway is buggy as hell and just pure crap, turning the act of space navigation into a mini-game.

    But for me the absolute WORST is that you are forced into some kind of space scavenger or garbage man role, going from station to station to pick up free crap scattered in boxes... that is just not what I call fun, specially in what I expected to be a complexe space simulator.

    For me the X serie is now broken. A lot of user say it will be fixed by patches, but I do not think thi sis feasable. I think Egosoft has messed up big time trying to simplify the game and port it to Xbox, this and many other weird design choices (Only one ship?!?! in a space simulator really?!?!?!) have made this the piece of crap it is.

    I have never been so dissapointed after purchasing a game (and the price tag was 50$ too...)    … Expand
  21. Keyrock42
    Nov 21, 2013
    1
    A Failure of the highest order. I've been a fan of the X series for a long time. I'm used to buggy releases from Egosoft so I would be willing to overlooks bugs to a certain extent if there was a promise of a good game underneath. There isn't. Bugs, and there a tons and tons of them, to the point where there is an entire community built around supplying save games to people that getA Failure of the highest order. I've been a fan of the X series for a long time. I'm used to buggy releases from Egosoft so I would be willing to overlooks bugs to a certain extent if there was a promise of a good game underneath. There isn't. Bugs, and there a tons and tons of them, to the point where there is an entire community built around supplying save games to people that get corrupted saves, are just the tip of the iceberg. This game is plagued by horrible design decisions that go right down to its core. Despite repeated assurances to the contrary, this game was stripped of much of the depth and complexity that made the earlier X games great. This was clearly done in an effort to make the game more accessible to potential newcomers (earlier X games were well known for their brutal learning curve). Unfortunately they completely failed to make the game more accessible. The terrible "plot" is essentially a really long tutorial. Unfortunately it is so terrible and badly presented with missing prompts, straight up wrong prompts, and instructions that, if followed, can often leave you stuck and unable to continue the game, that it would be easier to learn the game had they simply dropped you off somewhere with no instructions whatsoever and let you figure everything out entirely on your own.

    The UI is one of the very worst I have ever seen in any game of any type. Despite the claims that this game wasn't being made with consoles in mind, it clearly was. The proof is in the pudding. The UI and control scheme is clearly designed with a gamepad in mind. A gamepad is a poor input choice for a hardcore space sim with any level of complexity. In order to get a space sim to work on a gamepad entirely you need to strip many features out of the game (they did) and force everything to be done through layers of menus (they did). Even with all these concessions and even when using a gamepad, the menus are so counterintuitive and jumbled up that it's painful to do anything in the game, even the most basic things. Hotkey support is missing for the majority of functions for m&kb, while many functions simply don't exist (For example, there's no target nearest enemy key... at all. How the do you not have a target nearest enemy key?). Flightstick support is straight up broken, it doesn't even recognize all the axes correctly.

    The game constantly forces you to leave your ship and enter stations. Station interiors are pretty piss poor looking, worse yet there are maybe 2 or 3 different layouts total. Every station interior is an exact copy of one of these 2 or 3 layouts, right down to the placement of crates, which you can rob right in front of their presumed owners as if you were in an old school JRPG. Character models and animations look like something out of Morrowind (definitely not a compliment), none of the characters have any personality whatsoever, and the voice acting is laughably bad. There is literally nothing to be gained by including the station interiors. Their only function is to make everything in the game more tedious (you have to do all your trades and hires face to face, thus you have to go through this process again and again and again).

    Fleet commands are basically nonexistent (have fun leading a massive fleet into battle with basically no fleet commands). Trading automation doesn't exist and you have to babysit each of your freighters every step of the way (try building a trading empire with 30 or 40 freighters when you have to walk each of them through every single step of buying, travelling to another place, and selling, every single time). You can build stations but only in predetermined locations.

    The game is a mess and a farce. Egosoft have been good in the past about fixing bugs and supporting their games for long periods of time, plus the modding community is great. I'm not sure if Egosoft and the modding community can save this game, it's that broken that deep down to its core.

    Egosoft managed to not only make the game even less appealing to potential new customers, but also completely alienate their existing loyal customer base, most of which will likely be loyal customers of theirs no longer. It's a real shame because they made great space sims in the past. I'm not sure how they recover from this, or if they even can.    … Expand
  22. Aherys
    Nov 21, 2013
    10
    A good game, send 10/10 to counter "angry red kid".
    Like EVERY X, bugged on the out date, need to be patch and after, he willa awesome.

    It's just a question of time, never forget this it's not a game you can test in one hours.
  23. XRebirthSucks
    Nov 21, 2013
    2
    This game is basically a scam. Almost every aspect of the game is broken and it's obvious that the publishers of this game knew it when they sold it at full price.

    Some parts of it are absolutely beautiful such as the graphics for the universe and music, however the game is utterly unplayable. I have no doubt that Egosoft will fix this in time, and that the community will mod this    This game is basically a scam. Almost every aspect of the game is broken and it's obvious that the publishers of this game knew it when they sold it at full price.

    Some parts of it are absolutely beautiful such as the graphics for the universe and music, however the game is utterly unplayable.

    I have no doubt that Egosoft will fix this in time, and that the community will mod this game into a playable game, however, the fact that egosoft sold it to unsuspecting buyers unfinished leaves a very sour taste in my mouth.    … Expand
  24. Storming74
    Nov 21, 2013
    0
    Do not buy. It's a scam because Egosft of us just trying to pull money. Egosoft the game was really excited. I am a true fan of the series X but we did not deserve this. Thank you for a wonderful Christmas. For 50 euros I prefer to be able to buy another game from real professionals and not bums such as Egosoft.
  25. MadMaxinton
    Nov 21, 2013
    10
    The game is but I'm feeling generous today.

    The Lord told us to turn the other cheek and so we shall.

    When there is love, there is hope. And when there is hope, there is gold to be earned.
  26. kaalbut
    Nov 21, 2013
    2
    this game is a joke and should have been named X3: vaselina.

    its 100 miles way from what the X series was before
    if you're looking for a REAL space sim then just go for one of the previous episodes like X3: TC or AP
  27. Zakuman
    Nov 20, 2013
    2
    The game is very dumbed down the other X games where complex and not everyone's cup of tea, but this one is overly simplified and riddled with many bugs or features which are simply not working.
    There are only 4 weapons in the game, even privateer had more XD

    Only good thing I can say is that the graphics in space look good.
  28. Smeghead
    Nov 20, 2013
    0
    I played this game for severel hours but gave up due to the superhighways droping me thousends of miles out in space. I know most of these bugs are being sorted out, but fixing bugs wont fix whats wrong with the basic game. It canot fix the god awful voice acting, the terrible layered menus, the single ship that you can fly, being a console port.

    One of the main draws of the other x    I played this game for severel hours but gave up due to the superhighways droping me thousends of miles out in space. I know most of these bugs are being sorted out, but fixing bugs wont fix whats wrong with the basic game. It canot fix the god awful voice acting, the terrible layered menus, the single ship that you can fly, being a console port.

    One of the main draws of the other x games for me was earning enough money to buy and pilot better ships, or fly that superfrieghter yourself. It seems they did away with averything that made the previous games great, to dumb down this one so it will appeal to a larger market.

    Forget this and try the previous X games.    … Expand
  29. Gtsy
    Nov 20, 2013
    2
    Some aspects of the game are nice. Large space stations, huge freighters and a travelling system (which is not perfect, but better than boring jump gates) are ok.

    The is a huge step down. In AP with its minimalistic hud you actually felt the space, it was very immersive, but now i feel like i'm in catterpillar tractor or something. Another sad thing is that there is only one ship to    Some aspects of the game are nice. Large space stations, huge freighters and a travelling system (which is not perfect, but better than boring jump gates) are ok.

    The is a huge step down. In AP with its minimalistic hud you actually felt the space, it was very immersive, but now i feel like i'm in catterpillar tractor or something. Another sad thing is that there is only one ship to pilot now. In AP you could go and get fast Boron discoverer and or a big freighter. I miss this.

    Unfortunately the commercials of X Rebirth featured only the bright sides of the game. They didn't include incredibly boring, lame-textured space station corridors (which is generally not a bad idea), and so (can't find appropriate words) awful NPCs. These badly-textured robots is a huge game breaker. I really don't want to see them, to talk to them or interact in any way. They are just creepy! Unfortunately one of these space monsters lives in my even during free game. What's wrong with her clothes? What is this hole in the chest area of her costume for? I can only speculate that this is a trick to drive the look from her face. I'd add 2 points just for a feature of ejecting this monster queen from my ship.

    So, for the space: +2, -8 for everything else.    … Expand
  30. ErnieTheMighty
    Nov 20, 2013
    0
    A total disappointment. I've been waiting for this release for a years, and they bring me this non-sense. The very first release is glitched out, and the developers promise to come up with an update, which comes only a day after.
    Game play-wise, almost nothing has improved in the game. It's all the same, just a little bit more complex. I'd give you a +1 for that, but you've already    A total disappointment. I've been waiting for this release for a years, and they bring me this non-sense. The very first release is glitched out, and the developers promise to come up with an update, which comes only a day after.
    Game play-wise, almost nothing has improved in the game. It's all the same, just a little bit more complex. I'd give you a +1 for that, but you've already drained all my nerves from the first day of publishing.    … Expand
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#12 Most Discussed PC Game of 2013
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#55 Most Shared PC Game of 2013

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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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