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. Raresh
    Nov 25, 2013
    0
    This game is a MASSIVE failure. And to people saying "wait for patch" all i have to say is f**k you! A game released in this state shouldn't even be given out for free. From the interface, to the performance this game sucks at what it does. Also the flying to 100 different docking places on one station and walking through the couple of overused boring environment and the most UGLY NPC's iThis game is a MASSIVE failure. And to people saying "wait for patch" all i have to say is f**k you! A game released in this state shouldn't even be given out for free. From the interface, to the performance this game sucks at what it does. Also the flying to 100 different docking places on one station and walking through the couple of overused boring environment and the most UGLY NPC's i have EVER seen in 14 years of gaming. Seriously, how do you make NPC's so bloody ugly? You have to TRY to do so. Everyone looks like their 80 years old. If a NPC has something on his head, guess who turns first? The head, or the accessory he has on it's head? Also if i have to go to a station then come back to the previous station i have to go through the whole system to go back to it.

    Seriously if you consider to get a good space sim, get X3 AP or TC. Save yourself some money and frustration. I also love these people that give the game 10-8 rating saying that "well it's not good but give it some time"...no just no. If you don't feel like saying something better than that, don't.    … Expand
  2. Warlord8
    Nov 27, 2013
    2
    The game is a mess. Full of bugs. After the initial patches the game has improved but it is not what I've paid 50 for. I wanted to play a single player game with trading and single player possibilities, but what I've find is a game full of problems.

    I just hope they are going to fix it, because the game is interesting... it's only messy, and buggy.
  3. echeg
    Nov 17, 2013
    0
    Not buy it.

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

    Its game designed for Xbox and PS3
  4. martolives
    Nov 25, 2013
    1
    A tragedy of grand proportions, it gets 1 point for potential, and that's the tragedy of it, the potential this game has is through the roof, but it's been wasted by the game's terrible launch state.
  5. Tarskin
    Nov 17, 2013
    3
    I have played all the X2 and X3 games prior to this and was really hyped and looking forward to this game but... it just doesn't deliver anything compared to it's predecessors. The entire mini-game idea (finding boxes, trying to get close behind other ships in highways, hacking) is just beyond silly and kills immersion. The amount of game breaking bugs is just appaling, I have playedI have played all the X2 and X3 games prior to this and was really hyped and looking forward to this game but... it just doesn't deliver anything compared to it's predecessors. The entire mini-game idea (finding boxes, trying to get close behind other ships in highways, hacking) is just beyond silly and kills immersion. The amount of game breaking bugs is just appaling, I have played roughly 15 hours so far and of those 15 hours at least 10 were spent trying to get past a certain bug and the current bug that's got me stuck caused me to decide to just un-install this game, wait a few months and maybe try again. I find it much more likely that i'll just go play X3:TC instead which is superior in every way.… Expand
  6. Hypergau
    Nov 17, 2013
    0
    I tried to play on an absolutely high end PC with three monitors (not supported). I cannot believe that this people finally killed every hope for a revival of my beloved space games (I am 52 years old and played Elite and Wing Commander and many other games having a lot of fun). Where to start? Space looks like a garbage can or is completely overloaded. The characters are very badlyI tried to play on an absolutely high end PC with three monitors (not supported). I cannot believe that this people finally killed every hope for a revival of my beloved space games (I am 52 years old and played Elite and Wing Commander and many other games having a lot of fun). Where to start? Space looks like a garbage can or is completely overloaded. The characters are very badly animated. Have they never seen other games such as Half Life or L.A.Noire? I use a SideWinder, Mouse and Keyboard but clicking is somehow without sense. And this ***ing flight through this space routes. Difficult to get out, but somehow you do. Then you are somewhere and they ask you to go to another. I bought the special edition and I am sure that I will remove the game from my disk within the next ten days. I do not believe that there is any chance to make that thing become an enjoyable game.… Expand
  7. Tziel
    Nov 17, 2013
    0
    I would love for this game to be the next great space sim but it just isn't. Everything about it just feels unfinished as if they waited till the day before release to scramble and throw together anything they had lying around. I am so sorry Egosoft but I just can't support this one.
  8. wolp2306
    Nov 17, 2013
    0
    This game is in early alpha phase. to many bugs. no fun to play at the moment. give it some months, the community modder will fix the most problems that egosoft cant do. shame on you egosoft!
  9. vahadar
    Nov 24, 2013
    2
    All negative reviews sum it up. If they are so low it is to counter those fanboy 10/10 marks.

    The game is in beta or post alpha stage. I would advise people to wait at least 6 months before purchasing it. Egosoft has always put much love in fixing it games post release. But here the problem dont lie only with bugs, but with design features, that were sold to us many times but arent in    All negative reviews sum it up. If they are so low it is to counter those fanboy 10/10 marks.

    The game is in beta or post alpha stage. I would advise people to wait at least 6 months before purchasing it. Egosoft has always put much love in fixing it games post release. But here the problem dont lie only with bugs, but with design features, that were sold to us many times but arent in the game, instead we have poor design and loads of bugs.

    Plague by bugs.
    Trading not working.
    Capital ships owned by player not fighting.
    Quests stuck because of many bugs (i myself made an extensive thread sticked in the Workaround thread on official forum to give many hints on how to bypass them editing savegame so i know exactly what i'm talking about)
    UI very poor compared to previous titles (takes more actions with keyboard for similar commands)
    Not even a decent fleet command.
    Lacking fundamentals key binding, like target next ennemy, closest and so on.
    No radar.
    Very poor map, cant read it correctly.
    Walking in station was a good idea but it is very poorly done, you loose too much time in there.
    And many more that could be said (just check all other negative reviews for anidea).

    That said this game has huge potential, but i wont rate it on its potential but its current state. You probably wont be able to play it within the next month without huge issues forcing you to restart or edit your savegame, so for me its a 2/10 right now.

    Egosoft lied to us selling us awsomeness in all their interviews and trailers, even untill a week before release. When they knew their game was so badly tested, unfinished (missing small ships dealers and so on). In short they deceived the fans. And i was a very lonng term fan.

    Stay clear from this, and check official forum in 6 months or more to see how the game has evolved.    … Expand
  10. x1xscarfacex1x
    Dec 2, 2013
    1
    The game is slowly getting patched up to compensate for the catastrophic launch. Whether you have ever played any of the X series or not stay away from this title. It does not deliver a fraction of the features it promised. Read the critic reviews. There is a reason why they are so low.
  11. 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
  12. Chaz0r
    Nov 18, 2013
    3
    There is an absolutely great game under this mountain of problems. Don't buy it yet! Follow the development of the game and see if and when they fix these problems. If they do and the game runs smoother, has less bugs and is more comfortable, then really, really buy it! But not now!
  13. Voyageurceleste
    Nov 18, 2013
    1
    As a fan from start of X series i am disapointed.
    I can understand its a new starting game even if it was announced to be the NEXT BIG THING.
    I can understand there are major bugs that can be resolved I can understand it lack of control that can be added Thoses missing script there are can be reviewed modded But what i cant understand is to let our community think of a    As a fan from start of X series i am disapointed.
    I can understand its a new starting game even if it was announced to be the NEXT BIG THING.
    I can understand there are major bugs that can be resolved
    I can understand it lack of control that can be added
    Thoses missing script there are can be reviewed modded

    But what i cant understand is to let our community think of a masterpiece and when it launched we got that.
    Nothing is deep, this remind me on old series like Master of Orion or Freelancer in more simple. But we are in 2013 !!
    Boring after hours stupid AI, stupid mini game choices no core game, design is awfull.
    Many dev have look deeper in the code and we can think it was coded first for Xbox360.
    That mean the UI is worst on a PC.

    I give it a "1" sadly i would have prefered to give a "10" for sure.
    I feel sad giving this cause behind this, there are people working with familly.
    But its a fail and it need to be known by users and the team leader of Egosoft.

    So sad after years waiting for this result..    … Expand
  14. 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
  15. Dethstar
    Dec 2, 2013
    0
    Musics nice. Some of the graphics are nice. Others have shocking textures and fidelity. The textures in space stations are like something out of an old duke nukem game.

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

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

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

    I wouldn't take a free Ferrari from this company right now. Just waiting for the CEO of Egosoft to send me an email asking me for 50 Dollars to help a random contact or relation on the basis he will send me a 50,000 dollar cheque in return. They making these in Nigeria now?    … Expand
  16. LP04
    Nov 17, 2013
    0
    Male voice for the player character only? In this day and age? I got as far as the first few lines of dialogue, looked for an option to change the player voice to female or silent, couldn't find it, and then instantly stopped playing. Instant zero. $60 wasted.
  17. myx23
    Nov 17, 2013
    3
    after a few hours of suffering through this mess i will de-install the game and forget about it and egosoft. they are clearly on a path i don't want to follow as a longtime gamer. x rebirth shall mark the release in time when i finally stopped pre-ordering titles.
  18. Southerncross
    Nov 26, 2013
    2
    Do not buy this game. No amount of patching will be able to fix its inherent flaws. Wait for Elite: Dangerous or Star Citizen.

    Go back to X3TC AP if you have to.

    You have been warned.
  19. 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
  20. Fletcherea
    Nov 30, 2013
    2
    Bad UI, confusing game mechanics, terrible performance with random fps spikes and drops.
    I would like to take this a bit further, great NPC conversations and dialogue, NOT!

    Fun sandbox, EVE single player like concept, terrible execution.
  21. G4ze
    Nov 18, 2013
    0
    Having played for 20 hours now i can safely tell you this isn't a true X game. If you look very closely at both the fact this game has 7 years in development and that it's originally designed for xbox you'll realize they knew it failed. It failed and they released it for PC. Sure, the visuals are nice, but the game doesn't even fit within the lure of other X games.

    First and foremost    Having played for 20 hours now i can safely tell you this isn't a true X game. If you look very closely at both the fact this game has 7 years in development and that it's originally designed for xbox you'll realize they knew it failed. It failed and they released it for PC. Sure, the visuals are nice, but the game doesn't even fit within the lure of other X games.

    First and foremost the game doesn't even work. For $50 on opening day that is abysmally bad. Trading is terribly hard to do and buggy. Boarding ships is bugged. AI is buggy. Campaign is buggy. I'm not sure anything really works as intended except the highways and missiles.

    The game wasn't originally X. Think about it; 7 years in development? It's just a generic space game for consoles that 2 years ago when Egosoft (so ironic of a name) announced it and presumably spent all this time pasting X lure all over the game. The ships aren't the same however. The guns don't even follow similar naming schemes (a whopping all 4 of them) nor do aaaaaall 4 missile types. The races aren't even all there anymore. Don't even bother trying to control capital ships either. It's mind-boggling how bad and hard it is to make them do what you want. On a side note, you're locked to one ship and you must walk around copy pasted stations to get anything done.

    Playing this game is like strangling an elephant by hand; damn near impossible.
    It might be worth $10-15 only because of the nice scenery it offers you. For me; i wish i had a refund.    … Expand
  22. NLS
    Nov 18, 2013
    1
    The game is utter cr*p.
    A friend beat me to buying it first, which saved me from making the mistake. Problem is he doesn't talk to me any more, because I pushed him to buy this (I own all X tittles except this one and he doesn't).
    We spent many hours to prove ourselves wrong. Let me take out the SINGLE thing that is fantastic in this game: The view of space stations (FROM SPACE only).    The game is utter cr*p.
    A friend beat me to buying it first, which saved me from making the mistake. Problem is he doesn't talk to me any more, because I pushed him to buy this (I own all X tittles except this one and he doesn't).
    We spent many hours to prove ourselves wrong.
    Let me take out the SINGLE thing that is fantastic in this game: The view of space stations (FROM SPACE only). Fantastic.
    Then?
    There are a million bugs. Some just kill the game, you cannot move the story forward etc. Eventually Egosoft will fix most of them (give them 2-3 years as their history shows), but what I cannot stand is that the game broken IN CONCEPT!
    Let me see...

    - Vital commands are missing. Your ships for example follow you wherever (crashing into structures in the process), you cannot tell them not to.

    - Console controls. Actually BAD console controls, as I tried using my X360 controller and I was still missing so many things. The games was intended for console. It almost "yells" "CONSOLE". WAY WAY worse controls than X:AP. People have found X360 strings in the files too, but let's not get into conspiracy theories.

    - (Non-)Immersion #1. The game forces to do everything using NPCs. Thing is... NPCs look like a 10 years old game. Bad textures, they don't move at all (I MEAN EVER even if you visit the station after a month), they reply incoherently, their lip syncing is German even when they talk English (yes like old Chinese karate movies) and to actually make them talk you need to point at a SPECIFIC box, not just point to the person.

    - Even whatshername, the NPC that actually is next to you as your assistant... They didn't take the time to at least make HER better (and I don't mean even bigger breasts).

    - (Non-)Immersion #2: Stations themselves? Tiny. You open boxes you cannot close (WTF?), you get stuck in environment (ok that's a bug, I said I would bother with bugs) ah... and almost all look the same (yes even where the boxes are).

    - (Non-)Immersion #3. All these would be "tiny" if the game didn't actually use them as core game elements. Your own ship interior (and ALL stations too, but let's concentrate on your own ship)... Textures must be 32x32 pixels or something (yes I am talking about textures like coming from System Shock). They look totally cr*ppy.

    - On with the (non-)immersion... You cannot move your "head" in the you are stuck looking forward or for certain functions turn right to face the (cr*ppy looking) assistant. UNBELIEVABLE.

    - List goes on... You cannot see your ship from outside, there is no autopilot (yes there is no autopilot!), the "highways" have a stupid "slipstream" mini-game (WTF!), viable way to gather some money is to open station boxes (those that cannot be closed) even with station security "looking" at you and get what is inside, there is the introduction of double-click (YES DOUBLE CLICK, like on desktop) for some actions, which must be the most counter-intuitive thing I've seen in a game for years... I can go on forever.

    Funny detail (possibly because game is an XBox game actually): Each save is around 25megs. So 40 of them is a gig. Would be ok with our huge disks these days BUT... Those 25MB ARE XML (i.e. TEXT) FILES that you can compress to around 1MB each. No.. Egosoft didn't add this stupidly easy procedure to save routine.

    Now, knowing Egosoft, assuming they survive from the sales this stupid excuse for a game will make, they will patch serious bugs in the next six months to a year, many more bugs in the next two three years, around the time a "2.0" version will come that will be what 1.0 should be today. Then assuming this game builds some fan base (yes people fall for whatever), they will eventually make a 3.0 that will include some things from the fan base wishlist, most actually implemented by mods... for free. Way to go Egosoft.

    Many people are looking into getting a refund (knowing Steam, they won't get it). Save the money for something else people. I am not buying it even when (it's not a matter of "if", it is a matter of "when") it goes down to budget title prices. Good thing there are at least two nice "space saga" games coming sooner or later. Sorry friend for tricking you into buying this game.    … Expand
  23. vexzidane
    Nov 18, 2013
    0
    Just for this game I made an account because I really wanted to give it a 0.
    Seriously give my money back, the game is broken.
    I smell a console game that din't work and they just patched it up, trew it on the pc to make some money. This is an utter scam, 7 years of development....... sure..... - allot of stations yup true but only what maybe 4 models? - npc jup allot of them but    Just for this game I made an account because I really wanted to give it a 0.
    Seriously give my money back, the game is broken.
    I smell a console game that din't work and they just patched it up, trew it on the pc to make some money.
    This is an utter scam, 7 years of development....... sure.....

    - allot of stations yup true but only what maybe 4 models?
    - npc jup allot of them but only maybe 8 models? and they all look 100 years old.
    - trading? ye.... no not realy your trade ships have the IQ of a chipmunk. With 0 response unless you wanne reload your game 10 times for every trade.
    - dogfighting..... ye sure... in the 1 ship you have that you can't mod and weapons that you don't even have a clue about what they are good for.
    - this is a game were the bugs are nothing compared to the bad programming and UTTER scam that this company pulled off.    … Expand
  24. MaxCrest
    Nov 18, 2013
    0
    Most of it has been said already, so I'll talk about "feel" more than the specific game mechanics and problems, since the old X series made you "feel" like you were in space with all possibilities at your fingertips. No more!

    X used to feel huge. You "felt" space, the emptyness, the distances. No more and the reason is the highways. Space may be a lot larger now, but since you use    Most of it has been said already, so I'll talk about "feel" more than the specific game mechanics and problems, since the old X series made you "feel" like you were in space with all possibilities at your fingertips. No more!

    X used to feel huge. You "felt" space, the emptyness, the distances. No more and the reason is the highways. Space may be a lot larger now, but since you use highways from zone to zone, and you see (nearly) nothing from the highway, you essentially only fly around in these zones. Stations are very close and traffic is dense: Not the vastness I used to love anymore.
    For me, exploring is seeing something tiny in the distance and flying closer to explore. Not seeing something clearly and just fly a little closer. Oh, and it is not flying close to the module, but close to the "i" icon: If you happen to be at the other side of the module, you don't see the "i" and learn nothing.

    Another thing about the highways: Where do the 100's of ships come from that are flying in it??? They are definitely not entering them and definitely not existing them. They are only "spawned" there for the mini-game. Not only this ruins the feel of a "real galaxy", but also this: Why the F are they all so much faster than you? In the zones this is not the case, so what kind of "secret" technology do they have that our ship hasn't??? Again, a big immersion breaker.

    "Immersion" was available in the old X in spades. And talking to people on stations would be fine if we would actually build a relationship that would aid us in the future, not for 1 trade:S Talking is therefore a small gimmick for a single bonus and not the long-term investment that you could make. A simple "station-module" rating would have brought this better: Trade a lot with a module, or do missions for them and you gain rating, gaining bonuses and discounts. .

    Then there is this "real" economy they are praising on about. Well, why can't AI controlled modules/companies go bankrupt then? Do they have infinite funds? Apparently so. They could have invested a few months in bankrupcy and AI creation of new stations/modules to flow with demand. If you, as a player, would disrupt production of let's say Energy Cells, other modules would go bankrupt and new solarfarms would be created by AI to meet demands.

    Then there is the "building an empire": How? How the hell are you going to manage 60 ships, dozens of stations and so on. Most players can't get there single trader to do what we want. I can't see this will be possible.

    Then there is the "looting" on stations. How are we suppose to feel immersed in a simulation of a real world when you can loot without punishment. And not only do we have 1 locker somewhere that is unlocked either. No, you can loot ALL lockers. This makes no sense in a simulation and completely ruins immersion.
    Even more so, how am I carrying all that loot??? There's spacesuits, entertainment consoles and many other things I'm looting. How the hell do I sneak that stuff out and how is it fitting in a small box or a locker in the first place?

    Then there is the inside of your ship. Yeah, we can walk around in to... Oh sorry, but not in your of course. And nothing works or interacts in your ship. Okay, so then we will simply enjoy "our" ship by the looks you might think? Wrong again! The textures are at horrible, and I do mean HORRIBLE resolutions. Why??? Even if they don't have the money to create elaborate textures, using simple textures at high-res is not more expensive that simple textures at low-res. Drawing them in hi-res takes the same amount of time. My only conclusion is that their engine performs SO BADLY that they had to do this to make the game even run at the sh*tty framerate they now have. Must be a very bad engine is my conclusion!

    Then about the characters on stations. Why not build a character generator? Nice for a player to customize the avatar AND the solution to randomize NPCs in stations.

    And another thing about the NPCs. Why am I trading a 1000 space suits with a woman in a lockerroom??? Where is she storing them? Shouldn't she have like a warehouse or shop or something? Would have made the stations a lot nicer to.

    One final thing: If you have a bad reputation, ships will start attacking you. If you fight back in order to save your life, your rep becomes even worse. How are you EVER going to get a better reputation after that? It becomes a vicious circle that you cannot get out of. Good luck with that!

    To conclude my rant: There is no depth to the world. None! Most new features are about single advantages and add nothing real to the game. The only thing that remains is your reputation, which isn't new to X. Space became larger and small at the same time. It has become a chain of mini-games (highway, sweet-talking, fly-by's) that push the "sandbox" to the background and frustrate you with "chores", not "adventures".

    My advise: Play X3 with the XRM or Elite or Star Citizen for combats. Stay away!    … Expand
  25. Nomade12
    Nov 24, 2013
    0
    I'm a big fan of Egosoft and loved the X series games from X2: The Threat.

    X Rebirth is a broken mess. Broken gameplay with disastrous design decision, poor radial UI menus with deeply nested commands, dialogues are terrible and so the voice acting, animation are somewhat creepy and mechanical and this game is repetitive beyond any level of acceptance (stations, people, dialogues and    I'm a big fan of Egosoft and loved the X series games from X2: The Threat.

    X Rebirth is a broken mess.

    Broken gameplay with disastrous design decision, poor radial UI menus with deeply nested commands, dialogues are terrible and so the voice acting, animation are somewhat creepy and mechanical and this game is repetitive beyond any level of acceptance (stations, people, dialogues and landing platforms are a complete copy-paste).

    The SETA doesn't exist anymore, so you have to wait ages until your freighter/drones complete their jobs.

    The Autopilot and the Command console are missing and you can only manually issue to your pilot 2-3 basic commands like follow (Join squad) and the basic sell or buy wares from comm menu. (If you manage to get them working)

    Also the docking concept is completely changed; to dock, you have to manually scan the huge station for the right landing platform (there are plenty) and double click the "Dock" icon when you are on a 100mt range. Then a small cut-scene starts and you magically spawn at the landing platform.

    The game is still broken and cannot be completed because a series of bugs in the AI of the NPC ships.

    Maybe Egosoft can fix X Rebirth to make it playable, but I don't think that egosoft can raise this game to even look like a X series game was, because this will mean to completely scrap their work and start anew.

    I don't understand why people is giving this game reviews like 10/10 just because Egosoft is fixing it ATM.

    This game is broken deep inside the design and the engine (Xbox 360 port) and will never be what other X series game were.    … Expand
  26. eddiedm
    Dec 2, 2013
    0
    Launch day: Loaded the game up and first couple of minutes, doubt it was actually "tested." I work in IT Support and we regularly test products for bugs and user problems. This phase was obviously skipped. Couldn't even progress through the first few items in the campaign. Horrid performance. Obvious and clear problems!

    Two weeks later after initial patches. Patching that quickly?    Launch day: Loaded the game up and first couple of minutes, doubt it was actually "tested." I work in IT Support and we regularly test products for bugs and user problems. This phase was obviously skipped. Couldn't even progress through the first few items in the campaign. Horrid performance. Obvious and clear problems!

    Two weeks later after initial patches. Patching that quickly? Patches good. But they couldnt test it prior to release? All major problems still present.

    0 to bring a 10 to 5.    … Expand
  27. Rizendell
    Dec 2, 2013
    0
    After 100 hours of play time giving this game a fair chance, I give this game a 0. Weeks after release, and the basic functions such as trading, mining, and drones are still hopelessly broken. While I have tried and tried again to get through the campaign it is wrought with endless bugs and glitches that make it unenjoyable and unplayable. The performance droops, hitches, and bouncesAfter 100 hours of play time giving this game a fair chance, I give this game a 0. Weeks after release, and the basic functions such as trading, mining, and drones are still hopelessly broken. While I have tried and tried again to get through the campaign it is wrought with endless bugs and glitches that make it unenjoyable and unplayable. The performance droops, hitches, and bounces all over the place. Even with the graphics settings turned up, the textures all look like they were place holders. The modeling detail is poor.

    The development team has reverted the game into a "public beta" state in a failed attempt to fix the bugs, and has a lack of communication with the community about its plans, its progress, and when we can expect. They haven't even posted on the steam forums in over 2 weeks.

    I am extremely disappointed in Egosoft. After being a loyal X-Universe fan since the beginning, receiving a game that just plain doesn't work is a huge shock. I will never ever buy another game from Egosoft. They might as well liquidate the company and give themselves a slap in the face on the way out.

    If you care about your wallet, and about receiving quality software for your money, do not buy this game or support Egosoft by playing it.    … Expand
  28. romaltya
    Dec 7, 2013
    1
    I'd like to stress that I've been a HUGE fan of the X-franchise ever since X: beyond the frontier. I was aware that this game would not be a "X4" but an entirely new look on the X franchise. Purpose was to make new gamers enjoy and get comfortable with the franchise and it's economys extreme complexity. A goal I thouroghly embraced.

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

    That being said this is perhaps the worst spacesimulation of all times.. I can't recall a game that failed to deliver in this way. It's controls are bad to put it mildly.. When u're in the of the only ship u can fly u're pretty much locked in u'r seat with few to no options in regards to view, weaponry or other standardised informations ie. a radar. The fact u can only fly one ship makes the somewhat strange as u'd think they'd atleast make it a good one they haven't.. The fact that i lacks all the basics for a functionally makes u wonder what on earth they spend 7 years on.. Wasn't the complex economy that's for sure.. The economy is non-existent, ships fly with little purpose other than the graphical.. If that wasn't bad enough the only ship u can fly is a ugly bucket, which I didn't think was such a problem as they promised a lot of flexibility in the ships modules they failed to deliver though.. The game promised to make things less complex hardly achieved.. It promised a more gripping storyline hardly as all stations look the same and dialogue options is limited to nonexistent.. What it has done is take a franchise and put it's entire future in the twilight of a nebula.. I for one will not recommend this game to anyone, and I hope the developers in Egosoft are ashamed for releasing such an unfinished game.. Amazing after 7 years abscense..    … Expand
  29. jjalison
    Dec 12, 2013
    2
    Most games release with a few bugs. In the bug range from simple ants to gigantic roaches. This game has a swarm of roaches. The flying kind that lay eggs. The bugs even have bugs....
  30. 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
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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  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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