X Rebirth

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  1. Basejumper123
    Nov 16, 2013
    2
    What can I say? As a fan of the whole X-series I had such high expectations for this game.

    What we got made me feel not only disappointed, but also ripped off. The trailers and hype highlighted the (admittedly) beautiful space scenery and combat, while hiding the broken mechanics, control system, menu layout, ridiculous script, amateur voice acting, and bad indie-game last-gen graphics    What can I say? As a fan of the whole X-series I had such high expectations for this game.

    What we got made me feel not only disappointed, but also ripped off. The trailers and hype highlighted the (admittedly) beautiful space scenery and combat, while hiding the broken mechanics, control system, menu layout, ridiculous script, amateur voice acting, and bad indie-game last-gen graphics when docked at a station.

    Egosoft lead us to believe that we would be getting a first person experience at the level of quality we have come to expect in the series. What we got was a basic and uninspired (freelancer-esque) place where players can wander and explore the same few rooms on every damn station while trying to locate some poorly modeled and textured npc who will either offer to "show us their wares" or (if you ask for the ship dealer which no longer exists) will simply insult you and end the conversation.

    This game is a travesty, and Egosoft should be ashamed for having made it. If I thought there was any chance of getting one, I would ask for a refund.    … Expand
  2. brocboy
    Nov 16, 2013
    2
    I have also been waiting for a long time for a REALISTIC IMMERSIVE space sim that actually makes you feel like you are in a believable futuristic space world. That means DEVS, There is no air in space. Which means ships have no max speed, only max acceleration and burn time. Sure you can use ship computers to limit max speeds during combat or in certain areas. With that being said why doI have also been waiting for a long time for a REALISTIC IMMERSIVE space sim that actually makes you feel like you are in a believable futuristic space world. That means DEVS, There is no air in space. Which means ships have no max speed, only max acceleration and burn time. Sure you can use ship computers to limit max speeds during combat or in certain areas. With that being said why do ships in this game have to use these Disney like monorail highway systems. Can't ships just travel the old fashioned way, with the use of their own engines? I thought the accelerator gates in the terran systems where ridiculous. This is worse.
    Another very important part of a space sim is the detail and functionality of your ship. All of the parts should work and the should be completely realistic and functional, not what the 'skunk' has which is just simple eye candy garbage.
    The final most important thing in space are something that is always forgotten. It is what we live on, Planets. When considering a new space sim I always ask a couple of simple questions. First, can I interact with planets? Like something so simple as orbiting them, or landing on them. Egosoft has always ignored planets as with most other space sims. Except for freelancer, which is 10 years old. I thought X rebirth might fix this. I think not, again they are completely inaccessible pictures in the background.

    Another thing I ask is when I look at that nebula in the background can I actually get there. In this game there is no real way to get there because the ships are slower than a modern day airliner. Again just background pictures that mean nothing, immersion breaking.
    The performance issues of this game are truly bad and there is so much unrealistic space junk floating around I just get a headache.
    Here Is my final prayer for a distant wish, or dream of a realistic, believable space sim, not Mario brothers in space for a console. Please please Star Citizen save me!!!    … Expand
  3. HeavyCavalrySgt
    Nov 16, 2013
    2
    Okay. It is buggy. Bugs can be fixed, so if you wait a couple of months you'll be better off than the release day victims. Fine.

    Okay this isn't like one of the other "X" games. Fine. It should have a different title, but that is a marketing thing I get it. What is really incomprehensible is that the game doesn't even have basic functions like "target nearest enemy", any sort    Okay. It is buggy. Bugs can be fixed, so if you wait a couple of months you'll be better off than the release day victims. Fine.

    Okay this isn't like one of the other "X" games. Fine. It should have a different title, but that is a marketing thing I get it.

    What is really incomprehensible is that the game doesn't even have basic functions like "target nearest enemy", any sort of situational awareness tool, no way to scroll through contacts, intentional delays in menus to slow you down... just horrific design decisions.

    For hours at a time, you'll be stealing things out of boxes and crates nobody cares and selling the contents to the guy standing next to you as you do it.

    This looks more like an attempt to sabotage a great series than any serious effort at making a decent game.    … Expand
  4. XenonQ
    Nov 16, 2013
    2
    I've waited for this game for 3 years. It is such a disappointment. First, they had a horrible advertising campaign. They had us believe that it would come out in 2012. Then for a year, they were completely silent, with occasional videos of how they work in GERMAN language. Such a treat for devoted fans. So it was postponed to 2013, and frankly two months ago, everyone believed that itI've waited for this game for 3 years. It is such a disappointment. First, they had a horrible advertising campaign. They had us believe that it would come out in 2012. Then for a year, they were completely silent, with occasional videos of how they work in GERMAN language. Such a treat for devoted fans. So it was postponed to 2013, and frankly two months ago, everyone believed that it would be postponed to 2014, which it really should have, because the game in its current state is abysmal.

    And how ironic Deep Silver would go out of their way to convince us that they've put all into real life imitation for the maximal immersion, and it happened to be the game's capital offense! Immersion my ass. There are literally one single head model per male and female NPCs in the entire game. Half the time I can't even tell them apart. They are all 60-year-old-short-hair grandmas and grandpas. Not to mention the voice-overs. Oh those voice-overs! It's like the actors are literally reading from the script for the fist time in their lives. Same goes for your co-pilot. One person who is supposed to make your journey fun, kills it with her robotic voice. I want to find out who the actress is and send her an angry letter.
    All stations look alike on the inside inside, all ships look alike on the outside....

    They tried their best make travel more fast and fun, but it's all the same. I still have to wait 2-3 minutes while I run by those highways. That actually is pretty realistic, now that I think of it. Anyone has to drive to work for 40 min everyday here? Yeah, there's your immersion fellas.

    Bugs. I haven't had too many of those, thankfully, but I did have a nasty one that pretty much ruined my tutorial part of the campaign, because I did exactly as the window script told me to do. Anyone had that crap with the delivery of energy cells? I know for a fact that a lot of people did, I checked.

    And of course there is this stupid design that blocks 50% of your view, thus making one of the most important parts of the game beautiful view inaccessible. Why do I need all this crap getting in my way? I want to see the stars. And then again my idiotic co-pilot tells my AI to shut up all the time. What's her problem?....

    At least it's a good thing, they've allowed modding right of the bat. May be some good people will turn this thing around. But it is not the modders' job to fix a broken game. And there is only so much you can mode. The terrible voice-overs are not going anywhere.    … Expand
  5. Stanger828
    Nov 16, 2013
    2
    I have played all the X games, and love how deep they are. Building galactic empires, engaging in huge trades, dog fights, capital fleet fights. It is all wonderful (and the graphics were good for the time when they came out).

    I have a Gaming PC which plays BF4 without a hitch, but this game kills my system with graphics not on the same tier as BF. Now, I can't really say too much    I have played all the X games, and love how deep they are. Building galactic empires, engaging in huge trades, dog fights, capital fleet fights. It is all wonderful (and the graphics were good for the time when they came out).

    I have a Gaming PC which plays BF4 without a hitch, but this game kills my system with graphics not on the same tier as BF.

    Now, I can't really say too much about the gameplay as I can't play for long with 20fps but here are my first thoughts:
    - cool I can walk in stations, but it seems more like a chore and it's not very alive. I was hoping for a mass effect atmosphere.
    - the stations do look awesome and are huge.
    - The UI stinks. But the UI typically does in all x games. I found it difficult to navigate the maps though, and that was one thing which was easy in x3.
    - Hiring crew is cool.
    - ONLY ONE SHIP?!?! X has always lured me in by allowing me to try all the different ships, have a bunch parked at my HQ and get to have completely different game experiences based on which ship I'm in.
    - The highway system is stupid. Ill take Seta and jumpdrive thanks.

    But alas, maybe if I could properly enjoy the game without the eyestrain I could understand the dramatic changes in design. I have been waiting years for this game, this is the most disappointed about a game release since Dragon Age 2.    … Expand
  6. Jodizzle
    Nov 16, 2013
    2
    I finally registered for Metacritic today just so that I could weigh in on this atrocious launch. I've been a huge fan of the X series for years. I've logged over 320 hours in X3TC alone. I'm running a solid rig i7 quad core, 16 GB ram, Nvidia GTX 780.

    While I haven't encountered the frame rate issues many have, I have run into a myriad of others. Corrupt save games, getting stuck    I finally registered for Metacritic today just so that I could weigh in on this atrocious launch. I've been a huge fan of the X series for years. I've logged over 320 hours in X3TC alone. I'm running a solid rig i7 quad core, 16 GB ram, Nvidia GTX 780.

    While I haven't encountered the frame rate issues many have, I have run into a myriad of others. Corrupt save games, getting stuck in the clipping when on stations(which is easily the least enjoyable part of the gameplay experience), and buggy missions. Most recently my ship UI just randomly decided to disappear preventing any further progress on that save as I could not use it to issue commands to my trade ship. How a game does not have an autosave feature in 2013 continues to baffle me.

    As many have stated, the character animations are atrocious. Conversation options are drab and feel forced. Egosoft's attempt to add immersion only serves to break immersion for me. The copilot(who you're stuck with) drones on with repeated comments that seem to loop every few minutes. I wish I could seal off my half of the cabin and jettison her out the airlock.

    The only redeeming factor is that space is gorgeous and flying itself is a joy once you get used to the keyboard commands(which are very similar to the default key commands from x3tc). Unfortunately the keyboard commands are not mapable(whuuuuut?!)

    Lack of proper joystick support is also inconceivable to me, considering this is a space sim.

    In it's current state, I can only caution potential buyers to keep their wallets put away for now. With a few months of patches and hopefully a release of the modding tools, we may have another great game from Egosoft. As it stands right now, X Rebirth is a steaming pile of dung.    … Expand
  7. Ezalael
    Nov 18, 2013
    2
    Loved the X series. This one will maybe be good in 1 year after the incredible amount of bugs, ergonomy failures and functionnalities loss has been corrected. For now I feel abused having spent that much. have about 12h in game, with 3h reporting and reading about bugs. Frustration and deception are the words for what I feel with that to be rebirth alpha game.
  8. Choggram
    Nov 17, 2013
    2
    After six months of patching and fixing it will be something like Edge Of Chaos or Freelancer. But of course not a sequel of X Universe.
    Everything is broken for now. And most saddest thing is that game is broken because of poor design decision. This cannot be fixed by patches. I think it will be fixed in future DLCs, for a ammount of money of course.
  9. Draketuroth
    Nov 17, 2013
    2
    I'm deeply disappointed in Egosoft and Deep Silver. They are both two companies I look up to and I've waited since the beginning of 2013 for the release of this "masterpiece". Surprisingly, the sequel is nothing compared to its predecessors and I'm left with no words to describe the fall of a great franchise. This game had huge potential, but something went very wrong. Adjusting the seriesI'm deeply disappointed in Egosoft and Deep Silver. They are both two companies I look up to and I've waited since the beginning of 2013 for the release of this "masterpiece". Surprisingly, the sequel is nothing compared to its predecessors and I'm left with no words to describe the fall of a great franchise. This game had huge potential, but something went very wrong. Adjusting the series to new players is a good thought, but the result is a complete betrayal to the loyal community and all the fans.

    I want to praise them for exploring a new concept with in-door exploration, but using the same environments repeated times won't keep the players around for a long time. There is also a huge imbalance in the graphics, where the universe is a lovable eye candy and the rest of the game's graphics is completely outdated.

    I understand that it's not easy to run a gaming company, but this is almost ridiculous. The game is nearly broken at release, and the whole sense of roleplaying is very restricted compared to the other X games in the series. So an overall summary of the game would be, broken and over ambitious. I hope this won't put a shadow over the X series, because it's one of the best space simulators ever created and also one of the best games I've played. I'm talking about X3, obviously.

    I asked for a refund, without any doubt. It's the first time I've had to do that, and I hope it will be the last as well.    … Expand
  10. Schwivid
    Nov 17, 2013
    2
    For a sandbox game this is severely limited. The interface is tedious and frustrating. The mapping and system is useless, and the trading system is excruciating. The graphics are nice, but top heavy. You have to fly everywhere. Docking is clumsy and tedious.

    They put too much effort in making it a game to be controlled by a gamepad, and stripped most of the great functionality    For a sandbox game this is severely limited. The interface is tedious and frustrating. The mapping and system is useless, and the trading system is excruciating. The graphics are nice, but top heavy. You have to fly everywhere. Docking is clumsy and tedious.

    They put too much effort in making it a game to be controlled by a gamepad, and stripped most of the great functionality inherent in its predecessors.

    A console game in PC clothing.

    My recommendation is that instead of purchasing this, purchase X2 and or X3 on steam, which are being sold for decent prices on steam. Do not waste your time or money on this.

    This should be a considered a prequel for X Beyond the Frontier.    … Expand
  11. mowntandoo
    Nov 17, 2013
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wanted to like this game really badly. I would quit in a fit of anger due to something not working properly and wasting an hour of my time. After thinking I would not play this game again, I would come back hoping it would get better. After a full 10+ hours of gameplay, it didn't get better.

    I finished a mission to hijack a trade ship and got not only the trade ship, I was also given a construction ship. Awesome! This game is finally taking a turn.

    Nope. I got stuck on the next mission to use the trading ship to bring 300 food to a station. Neither of them would move. I tried to get the trade ship to repair itself with an engineer because the jump drives and engines were down (have to take down the engines in order to board it). Instead of repairing itself, it just sat there. The construction ship, which was undamaged, also. Just. Sat. There.

    The two new ships that I was excited to acquire soon got destroyed the construction ship by a passing destroyer, and the trade ship by a station's large platform cannons. All because they just sat there like morons and wouldn't move. I spent 4 or more hours re-loading and trying different things to get these ships up and running before they inevitably got destroyed again.

    The mission would have to be indefinitely put on hold until the game gets fixed. I've heard this and similar reports on the Steam forums because egosoft's forums are down (probably because so many people are complaining). Having played previous X games, I was so excited to get into another in-depth space sim.

    I'm sure there's depth to this game. With the shameful UI, unresponsive ships, and broken missions, good luck scratching the surface. STAY AWAY until egosoft decides that maybe 7 years of development wasn't enough. They need to do a massive overhaul to keep this from bombing further. Incredibly disappointed and angry that my money and time were stolen.    … Expand
  12. Baka-Sensei
    Nov 18, 2013
    2
    That kind of product calls: "Game with Early access", not a "Release". This mess just cant be more than Beta. No ANY optimization, all docks & people models R awfull, hide HALF of the screen, AI doesnt exist police can scan U every 30sec but YR ships can spend till 5-10minutes to do YR command or just hang in space... for ever huge ships just fly through stations T_T shields goesThat kind of product calls: "Game with Early access", not a "Release". This mess just cant be more than Beta. No ANY optimization, all docks & people models R awfull, hide HALF of the screen, AI doesnt exist police can scan U every 30sec but YR ships can spend till 5-10minutes to do YR command or just hang in space... for ever huge ships just fly through stations T_T shields goes down by acceleration BUT collisions gives zero of damage, annoying dialogs with clones same by second pilote, nochance to change a ship or even change the point of camera to get rid of U cant scale or turn Map rly looks like future gadget control panel trying to say:"see U on console", highways idea looks bad feels like journey of cristmas shlt inside the tube, & dont for get ALL this happiness terribly laggs 20-30fps (max) crashes pretty often. 2 houres R pretty enough to see all of that, if U'll be able to start a game on YR PC. To bad, RLY BAD! Going to Dark Side Thx to Egosoft.
    P.S. all that is REALLY SAD cos Egosoft already have all they need: exellent idea of X-Universe, great models of ships&stations (not inside trade system, little army of true fans & alot of more. Creators just need to take all good from X3 (without useless-annoyng-random-imballanced boarding), add new models of ships&stations from Rebirth without copypaste of docks&ppl inside, add possibility of view, large sectors with great views(what they really can) mb alittle more    … Expand
  13. alanlj44
    Nov 18, 2013
    2
    I've been a fan of the X series from X3 Reunion and its deep, matured and complex gameplay that reminded me of game from the past. See, I've been playing games since the Amstrad CPC 6128 all the way to the entire PC era. But this... this! I can't recall having seen such an atrocious release of a game ever, and I've seen a few! The debacle is of catastrophic proportion both for the usersI've been a fan of the X series from X3 Reunion and its deep, matured and complex gameplay that reminded me of game from the past. See, I've been playing games since the Amstrad CPC 6128 all the way to the entire PC era. But this... this! I can't recall having seen such an atrocious release of a game ever, and I've seen a few! The debacle is of catastrophic proportion both for the users and Egosoft.

    It's completely crippled with bugs, as is often the trend nowadays, but I never saw such an enormous lot of game breaking ones that prevents you to achieve missions in campaign thus stopping the game until you find the weirdest of alt-tabbing and game saves editing and what-not work-arounds.

    But far more importantly, as bugs like this can be ironed out with patches, the game totally sinks from idiotic and schockingly puzzling design decisions that makes every core part of the game, like trading, station building, fleet commanding and basically the rest to be extremely tedious, very limited, obscure and generally not working at all than again due to bugs.

    The UI, something the devs were saying all over the place with pride to be streamlined yet retaining all the complexity of the game, well... it is the most tedious conter-intuitive thing i've yet to experienced in a game. You to branch into countless ramifications of one category to actually access a single fonction, opposed to old X3 where every fonctions of a category was presented in a single window.

    You thought X3 was hard to fathom UI wise? well X rebirth is like comparing MS-DOS vs nowadays Win7, it's this much a nonsense...

    You spend countless time and basically most of your playthrough actually finding the very station that has an arms dealer, in a zone that seems like 10 X3 sectors compressed down to a massive city space station were everything is scattered and that you have to scan from back to front, making sure you discovered every little docking area, then land on every one of those where you discover they have an arms dealer on board in the hope that, after having walk on foot through the entire station corridor in an environment wich uninspired graphics from 2005 are laughable at best (they really are), you'll find the right arms dealer that also happens to sell what you're precisly searching for!!! And if he doesn't... you'll cry while you get back to your ship to repeat the entire process!

    It's... just out of this world! It'll be a mess so hard to salvage that they're going to have to hardcode a lot of things from the ground up. Something that is far more complicated than just patches... Frankly, there's so much work that involves core mechanics that I have doubts they can really do something.

    And this means also we'll less be able to counts on modders because such things, they're hardcoded for a big part.

    In all respect, it's X3: Light Edition, and certainly not a "different and new game", the excuse that those devs have been trying to pull over lately in a shameless attempt to evade critics.

    In a way, I pity them also... because they of course knew all along what massive let down of a game they were releasing, and that they were knowingly insulting their fan base to an extent I've rarely seenstrictly for the money, probably in order to recoup the catastrophic failure of a development having gone crazy and off tracks. And now the lead designer and CEO of Egosoft is doing nothing but dancing around the fanbase worries and questions, in an attempt to evade the massive ****

    Sad day for the X franchise, probably the end of it.    … Expand
  14. DrexlerN7
    Nov 18, 2013
    2
    I've been doing these types of games since Wing Commander on up. This game has the worst graphics, controls, bugs, voice acting, navigation, and outright gameplay of any PC game of this genre--ever.

    I really am lost for words. Everything is wrong with this game. No patch can fix it. They released off the back of Star Citizen hype to cash out on a moth balled project from 2005 IMHO.
  15. Side-Arms
    Nov 18, 2013
    2
    A very shallow game compared to its predecessors. Even without the tons of bugs and glitches it's a terrible mess without a satisfying endgame. Many vital features are missing and the UI is a nightmare while too many aspects are oversimplified. A beautiful presentation (sadly unoptimized) doesn't help too much this terrible misstep.
  16. TrueDeva
    Nov 19, 2013
    2
    Every game ever made has two very important simple rule: The basic controls have to feel natural. The interface do not stand between me and the game. While X-Rebirth is simulator, I can understand it just simply cannot be the case with this level of complex mechanics, but that is hardly an excuse for an unplayable game. It has some redeeming points. The AI is good, the drone handling isEvery game ever made has two very important simple rule: The basic controls have to feel natural. The interface do not stand between me and the game. While X-Rebirth is simulator, I can understand it just simply cannot be the case with this level of complex mechanics, but that is hardly an excuse for an unplayable game. It has some redeeming points. The AI is good, the drone handling is fine invention, less fatal crashes with other ships, and stations, and they get rid of the dangerous jumpgates, so instead they put in a highway mechanics. Many things flow better now. Still, there soo many bad design choices, with placeholder npc graphics and animations, horribly bad map system (4 layer map. Really now? 1 layer was complex enough for me like in the old days), no time acceleration for otherwise highly time consuming operations like full time trading, no (!repeatable!) in-depth tutorial for the new unintuitive interface, unless you read the 80 page manual and the list goes on and on... The game could be wonderful, but if basics feel bad no one wants to discover the very depth of your game EGOSOFT.… Expand
  17. xsdfv
    Nov 19, 2013
    2
    For a game that took 7 years to be developed, it's a complete disappointment. Freelancer was released in 2003 and it's probably the best space sim ever, simple and with great graphics, storyline, music and a huge universe to explore.
    X Rebirth is insanely complex, even the smartest player would find it difficult to perform the simplest tasks. The fighting is nice but only 1 weapon and    For a game that took 7 years to be developed, it's a complete disappointment. Freelancer was released in 2003 and it's probably the best space sim ever, simple and with great graphics, storyline, music and a huge universe to explore.
    X Rebirth is insanely complex, even the smartest player would find it difficult to perform the simplest tasks. The fighting is nice but only 1 weapon and missile can be used at a time????
    Requiring at least 4GB of memory and a 64Bit system is kinda dumb, the game looks pretty, but there are games that require a lot less and have better graphics.
    Entering the stations is a nice concept but confusing and time consuming, even if all you want is just to repair your ship.
    My overall review is in favor of the graphics, cause the rest is a failure. Huge price, bad and confusing user interface, huge amount of system requirements, system map is also difficult to read, and confusing aswell, trading should be a lot simpler.
    Honestly guys, if you haven't played Freelancer, do it, since it's the best way to compare a game from 2003 and a game from 2013... I prefer the old, simple and rich in storyline games.    … Expand
  18. DarkWinq
    Nov 20, 2013
    2
    Total failure. Looks like devs dont get, what brings X series to popularity. One ship is enough for X-series fan to say whats wrong in that game. Parody on spaceship ugly partner, and finaly small rooms that calls "starbases" with boxes that can be looted and stupid AI personel? Fail. Epic fail.
  19. rodenal
    Nov 20, 2013
    2
    To get my overall opinion out of the way, this is an exceptionally poor attempt by egosoft.

    I'm a fan of the x series of games in general but occasionally find them a bit too deep and meaningful, you can't just jump and be up and running in a couple of hours. Rebirth seems like it was designed to be that kind of title very suspiciously so) however falls flat on its face trying to    To get my overall opinion out of the way, this is an exceptionally poor attempt by egosoft.

    I'm a fan of the x series of games in general but occasionally find them a bit too deep and meaningful, you can't just jump and be up and running in a couple of hours. Rebirth seems like it was designed to be that kind of title very suspiciously so) however falls flat on its face trying to implement it.

    Gone are the many, many different systems, gone are the many, many hard to find but ultimately satisfying to get right commands, gone is the ability to fly different ships. What do you gain? An extremely poorly voiced and annoying co pilot, a single ship with very limited upgrade potential, very little control over anything else you own, game breaking bugs even in the tutorial section how can they get this wrong), very poor performance on a relatively high spec machine, about 3 different station interiors to explore....with about 5 people to talk to lots of other annoyances.

    They've pretty much manages to take everything that was attractive about the previous games and either remove or ruin it. Not sure what the development plan was is or if there was a major shift that we dont know about causing the issues but 7years to produce an unfinished game charged out at £40 a time is nothing short of scandalous.

    New players will be baffled as of to why they should persevere, fans of the series will be disgusted with the changes. No amount of patching will fix this game.    … Expand
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. blackbird191
    Nov 23, 2013
    2
    Ive played all previous X versions. I hoped that x-rebirth is a "rebirth" with better graphics gameplay and so on. But im dissapointed. The whole game is a total mess. Its so badly unfinished, its an Alpha not even a beta.

    There are so many design mistakes and Bugs in this game, i cant even discribe how much went wrong.
  23. davew277
    Nov 23, 2013
    2
    I am a long time X veteran. Rebirth is nothing like previous X games at this point in time. So if you didn't like the old X games you may like this one. But if you did like the old X games you may not like this one.

    I obviously do not like Rebirth as is conveyed through the score I give it. However, simply disliking the game is not the sole reason for such a low score on a game from a    I am a long time X veteran. Rebirth is nothing like previous X games at this point in time. So if you didn't like the old X games you may like this one. But if you did like the old X games you may not like this one.

    I obviously do not like Rebirth as is conveyed through the score I give it. However, simply disliking the game is not the sole reason for such a low score on a game from a company I have been a fan of for years. The bugs are also not the reason for such a low score, and there are a lot of them! No, the reason I give this game such a low score is because of the dishonesty and deception from Egosoft about this game.

    Several of the company's promises about the game either were not kept, or were just plain lies. The game isn't even in the same Genre as previous X games. Sure, it's in space and the lore is the same... but that is about where the similarities end. The creed of the game (trade, fight, build, think) appears to be missing 3 of the aspects. The fighting is there (easy-mode), everything else is either missing or it has been implemented so badly that it may as well be missing.

    There isn't much point in going too in-depth for this review. So I'll sum it up:

    If you are looking for an economic simulator with combat and fleet control that can rival the previous X games in the series, then you do NOT want this game.

    If you are looking for an arcade game or a FPS shooter style game that takes place in the of a spaceship, then this MIGHT be a game you will like. But with the amount of bugs in the game I would certainly wait for a few months before considering the purchase.    … Expand
  24. 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.
  25. Dvorhagen
    Nov 24, 2013
    2
    I know Egosoft has a long history of releasing buggy, nigh-unplayable games and then fixing them within months, and I'm sure that will happen (to some extent) with X3-Rebirth. I could live with waiting for the game to be patched, if it weren't so fundamentally lobotomized. You only have one ship (named permanently "The Albion Skunk"...so have fun with that), upgrades and weapons haveI know Egosoft has a long history of releasing buggy, nigh-unplayable games and then fixing them within months, and I'm sure that will happen (to some extent) with X3-Rebirth. I could live with waiting for the game to be patched, if it weren't so fundamentally lobotomized. You only have one ship (named permanently "The Albion Skunk"...so have fun with that), upgrades and weapons have been slashed to a fraction of X3's, automated trading has apparently been removed, jumpdrives are (as far as I can tell) gone..the list goes on, and on, and on. And what did they trade all this stuff for? Nothing. There is nothing better about this game than any of its predecessors (alright, some of the visuals are nice too bad the framerate is terrible, even with my very-well-tricked-out machine). I was excited about being able to leave your ship, but they didn't even do that right all you do is wander around identical space stations collecting items (which you're inexplicably allowed to just steal from crates and lockers with impunity), and talking to static, badly modeled, thoroughly uninteresting NPCs. It's actually more tedious and certainly more time consuming than just being able to interact with people via menus, ala X3. I really wish I could get my money back (thanks, Steam!) I have honestly never regretted buying a game more. This, folks, is what you get when you purchase a game sight-unseen! Seriously, it was stupid of me I usually don't buy games without reading several reviews first. The best thing I can say about X-Rebirth: at least it taught me never to make that mistake again.… Expand
  26. 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
  27. Howdoyoupurr
    Nov 25, 2013
    2
    My Personal Review of X-rebirth. Developers Check Ego_zac's list checking for working on fixing combat.
    I bought a brand new computer that cost me 750 bucks. Then the game plus the collectors edition.
    So I spent 800+ To play this. To give you an idea I own every x game except 1 and have logged hundreds of hours. Until this game came out I was running a single core because I did not need    My Personal Review of X-rebirth. Developers Check Ego_zac's list checking for working on fixing combat.
    I bought a brand new computer that cost me 750 bucks. Then the game plus the collectors edition.
    So I spent 800+ To play this. To give you an idea I own every x game except 1 and have logged hundreds of hours. Until this game came out I was running a single core because I did not need anything more powerful. Only reason I bought a new computer was to play x rebirth. So I am about as unbiased as you can get. So read my review.

    My System Specifications
    Operating System:
    Windows 2.6.1.7601 (Service Pack 1)
    CPU Type:
    Intel® Core™ i5-3550 CPU 3.30GHz
    CPU Speed:
    3.32 GHz
    System Memory:
    8.54 GB
    Video Card Model:
    ASUS HD7770 Series
    Video Card Memory:
    1.83 GB
    Video Card Driver:
    aticfx32.dll
    Desktop Resolution:
    1366x768
    Hard Disk Size:
    500 GB
    Hard Disk Free Space:
    123.22 GB (25%)
    Download Speed:
    487.25 kB/s (3.9 mbps)

    A very simple thing that Ego_zac on the game discussion forums for the game on steam has not even listed in the things that egosoft is working on fixing and until they do I WILL NEVER PLAY THIS GAME AGAIN. Read on to see what my problem is with this game. WHAT I NEEED fixed

    I put in 40 hours in the first 3 days. I had to CHEAT to get around the game stopping mission bugs.
    I hate cheating in games. It ruins it I wanted to get around the bugs. Finish the story so I had access to all sectors and then play x-rebirth sandbox.

    That was my plan.

    I have little doubt that you left those bugs in the game and every time you put in a patch you fix something and take someone else out. So every time You gain the time to add the features into the game in the story so that you can complete the game.

    You say that your priority is fixing the crashs. I DOUBT IT. Your game is not even complete.
    You know it. I know it. Forget the reviews on metacrawler.

    How do I know that the combat is not working. Simple I cheated to give myself money and I bought ships. I bought the carrier and the destroyer. The carrier should launch drones to defend itself. As well as use its turrets even if the drone combat has not been fixed at all.

    I have a strong feeling that egosoft purposely has the trading buggered so people can not get far enough to see that the combat is not complete.

    You get a hint of it when you get the mission to defend the heart of albions ship as they destroy a station. They just sit there. You own a trader. The turrets dont fire. I dont know maybe you have fixed it I have not played x rebirth since 2 patchs ago. Because i have asked in the general discussions and when asked them Are the turrets on your owned ships actually working.

    Awnser a disgrace.

    NO!!!!!!!!

    One of the big things for players is simple you want your own private army. You build a station you drop off a ship to defend it. AND THE THING WONT FIRE A SINGLE turret to defend itself. Come on EGOSOFT not having even basic combat working for your owned shipsis the WORST joke on an x game. How the hell you could release a game where the most basic gameplay. Which is ships that fight with you. Simply does not exist. You want people playing this game. People are not listing this because this is so basic that everyone seems to be assuming you are working on it already. WELL are you. Seriously. That is the BIGGEST joke not being able to actually have ships you buy to fight with you. I'm sorry if I needed a meat shield I would load my ships with shield drones. Not something that is actually supposed to be able to defend itself.    … Expand
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. seevee
    Dec 3, 2013
    2
    The game has a tremendous amount of potential, and I can think of nothing like it other than other games in the X series. Unfortunately, it is profoundly broken, to an extent that makes it clear that egosoft was aware that they were releasing a broken product for full price. Basically, they were scamming their fans. There is real potential here, egosoft was trying something novel, whichThe game has a tremendous amount of potential, and I can think of nothing like it other than other games in the X series. Unfortunately, it is profoundly broken, to an extent that makes it clear that egosoft was aware that they were releasing a broken product for full price. Basically, they were scamming their fans. There is real potential here, egosoft was trying something novel, which is why they don't get a 0. The product is so fatally flawed, buggy, and misguided that I will never purchase another egosoft product and I demanded my money back. Avoid it, or pirate it if you're a die-hard, but don't give them a cent.… Expand
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  1. IGN Italia
    Feb 18, 2014
    40
    Rebirth lacks inspiration, purpose, good ideas. It's riddled with bugs and, even when it seems to work, it manages to be dull. There isn't any true reason to play it.
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  2. CD-Action
    Feb 10, 2014
    30
    Instead of giving the series a new life the developers buried it and the patches are a classic case of ‘too little, too late’. There’s a lot of things you can forgive this game but not the fact that it’s boring. [02/2014, p.58]
  3. PC Gamer
    Jan 31, 2014
    39
    X misses the spot. The occasional bit of spectacle can't save this boring, broken and charmless space simulation. [March 2014, p.60]
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