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11/14/2013 9:23:46 AM EDT
Releases tomorrow, anyone else buying it?










 
11/14/2013 11:34:40 AM EDT
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I bought lets see if its better than star citizen unlikely but we shall see :P
11/14/2013 11:54:39 AM EDT
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Bought it the first day it was available to preorder.  Love the X series.
11/14/2013 4:41:38 PM EDT
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I bought lets see if its better than star citizen unlikely but we shall see :P
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Keep in mind Star Citizen is an MMO that will cost you. 60-80 hours to obtain a ship unless you buy it. So don't expect to use all of the ships without spending an absurd $80-200 each. There are not many details on the SP portion though.

X Rebirth on the other hand is SP only.
11/14/2013 4:58:50 PM EDT
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Bought the rebirth collector's edition when it first became available.  The x series is the best SP space sandbox out there.
11/14/2013 5:25:55 PM EDT
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Is there chainsaw bayonets?
11/14/2013 6:40:14 PM EDT
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I haven't looked into this much.  This isn't an MMO like star citizen and eve right?  

I love space sims but I burned out hard on eve because it tries to take up so much of your time.  

I can't believe I haven't played this series before I don't even remember hearing about it.  Possibly I did though and it was just that forgettable.
11/15/2013 5:46:12 AM EDT
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I haven't looked into this much.  This isn't an MMO like star citizen and eve right?  

I love space sims but I burned out hard on eve because it tries to take up so much of your time.  

I can't believe I haven't played this series before I don't even remember hearing about it.  Possibly I did though and it was just that forgettable.
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No, it is strictly single player.  Think Privateer with awesome graphics and open ended game play, kinda like GTA in space.  It's not an RPG per se, since your "character" is the ship, and how powerful you are is directly tied to how well you (the player) flies and fights.  Like Eve, the learning curve is pretty steep, but it mostly involves learning how to survive the furballs that can happen at the drop of a hat.  There is a storyline (several, actually), but they are pretty optional, and you can mostly ignore them and play the game as a straight up space sandbox if you really want to.
11/15/2013 8:01:40 AM EDT
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Yes!  But you never get to use them.  I felt cheated.


11/15/2013 8:07:03 AM EDT
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Yes!  But you never get to use them.  I felt cheated.


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Yes!  But you never get to use them.  I felt cheated.




That's because you never found the secret UFO base.  There are tons of chainsaw bayonets there.
11/15/2013 11:38:05 AM EDT
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DO not BUY !!!  its a horrible clusterfuck ,  metacritic score is at 4.9. The engine is 7 years old , graphics and performance are crap and cell shaded , looks like a shitty borderlands kind of thing.  no 3rd person view, . Steam forums are full of angry fans ,  I tried if for 3 hours , its total garbage . No joystick support either , only gamepad . so many bugs , its barley a beta .  I had high hopes , but the X3's were far better that this crap. Feels like a shitty console port.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/x-rebirth  read the comments.

Wait for a steam sale next year when its 10$
11/15/2013 11:42:07 AM EDT
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DO not BUY !!!  its a horrible clusterfuck ,  metacritic score is at 4.9. The engine is 7 years old , graphics and performance are crap and cell shaded , looks like a shitty borderlands kind of thing.  no 3rd person view, . Steam forums are full of angry fans ,  I tried if for 3 hours , its total garbage . No joystick support either , only gamepad . so many bugs , its barley a beta .  I had high hopes , but the X3's were far better that this crap. Feels like a shitty console port.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/x-rebirth  read the comments.

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Um, ALL the X games have been like that on release.

They eventually get it all sorted out and everything working right, and then spend the next 5 years adding free content and storylines to the game.
11/15/2013 7:17:26 PM EDT
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They eventually get it all sorted out and everything working right, and then spend the next 5 years adding free content and storylines to the game.
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DO not BUY !!!  its a horrible clusterfuck ,  metacritic score is at 4.9. The engine is 7 years old , graphics and performance are crap and cell shaded , looks like a shitty borderlands kind of thing.  no 3rd person view, . Steam forums are full of angry fans ,  I tried if for 3 hours , its total garbage . No joystick support either , only gamepad . so many bugs , its barley a beta .  I had high hopes , but the X3's were far better that this crap. Feels like a shitty console port.



http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/x-rebirth  read the comments.



Wait for a steam sale next year when its 10$




Um, ALL the X games have been like that on release.



They eventually get it all sorted out and everything working right, and then spend the next 5 years adding free content and storylines to the game.




 
yep, that's the X series that i know and love
11/17/2013 1:32:19 PM EDT
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Hmm, it's possible that Egosoft might have gone a bit too far off the plantation with this release.  The lack of joystick control is driving me bonkers and the menus are retarded.  I think I'm going back to Albion Prelude until they get this all sorted out.
11/17/2013 2:36:59 PM EDT
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Hmm, it's possible that Egosoft might have gone a bit too far off the plantation with this release.  The lack of joystick control is driving me bonkers and the menus are retarded.  I think I'm going back to Albion Prelude until they get this all sorted out.
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After playing it for a while, it seems like they went in a completely different direction from what their dedicated fans wanted, and all the new folks they were trying to entice aren't liking it either.












I just hope Egosoft and the modders will be able to fix it, but they're some pretty deep flaws.

 
11/17/2013 6:00:56 PM EDT
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After playing it for a while, it seems like they went in a completely different direction from what their dedicated fans wanted, and all the new folks they were trying to entice aren't liking it either.


I just hope Egosoft and the modders will be able to fix it, but they're some pretty deep flaws.
 
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Hmm, it's possible that Egosoft might have gone a bit too far off the plantation with this release.  The lack of joystick control is driving me bonkers and the menus are retarded.  I think I'm going back to Albion Prelude until they get this all sorted out.

 

After playing it for a while, it seems like they went in a completely different direction from what their dedicated fans wanted, and all the new folks they were trying to entice aren't liking it either.


I just hope Egosoft and the modders will be able to fix it, but they're some pretty deep flaws.
 


yep , its a failed console port , and they admitted it too.  3.8 score now. Its not fixable. i installed X3 AP XRM and im not so mad now lol, amazing how much better it is the rebirth.

funny vid and explains his theory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LxUx96-6-dw

11/17/2013 6:13:30 PM EDT
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I want my $40 back
11/17/2013 6:27:22 PM EDT
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Huge let down.  Glad I didn't put money into it.  Maybe later when it is super cheap I will still try it.  I like free lancer and privateer a lot.
11/17/2013 7:08:19 PM EDT
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i heard today that someone posted xbox360 code references found in Xrebirth on the egosoft forums but it was quickly deleted , trying to find references to it but no luck so far.
11/17/2013 9:42:43 PM EDT
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when the new steam console releases I have a feeling this will be available for it.
11/18/2013 5:21:50 AM EDT
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i heard today that someone posted xbox360 code references found in Xrebirth on the egosoft forums but it was quickly deleted , trying to find references to it but no luck so far.
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They were all over the egosoft forums yesterday, I can't believe they would be able to get rid of all the threads that quickly.

ETA: here you go
11/18/2013 5:36:37 AM EDT
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They were all over the egosoft forums yesterday, I can't believe they would be able to get rid of all the threads that quickly.

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i heard today that someone posted xbox360 code references found in Xrebirth on the egosoft forums but it was quickly deleted , trying to find references to it but no luck so far.


They were all over the egosoft forums yesterday, I can't believe they would be able to get rid of all the threads that quickly.

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yep thanks that it, here is the pic of the code references.

11/18/2013 7:32:29 AM EDT
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Huge let down.  Glad I didn't put money into it.  Maybe later when it is super cheap I will still try it.  I like free lancer and privateer a lot.
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Albion Prelude and Terran Conflict are still great games, and don't have the issues that the new game does.
11/18/2013 8:54:32 AM EDT
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Albion Prelude and Terran Conflict are still great games, and don't have the issues that the new game does.
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Huge let down.  Glad I didn't put money into it.  Maybe later when it is super cheap I will still try it.  I like free lancer and privateer a lot.




Albion Prelude and Terran Conflict are still great games, and don't have the issues that the new game does.




 



looking at X2, then X3 +expansions, you have to wonder what the hell they were thinking with Rebirth.







Can only hope Rebirth is as heavily moddable as they've said.
11/18/2013 9:22:31 AM EDT
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looking at X2, then X3 +expansions, you have to wonder what the hell they were thinking with Rebirth.


Can only hope Rebirth is as heavily moddable as they've said.
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Huge let down.  Glad I didn't put money into it.  Maybe later when it is super cheap I will still try it.  I like free lancer and privateer a lot.


Albion Prelude and Terran Conflict are still great games, and don't have the issues that the new game does.

 

looking at X2, then X3 +expansions, you have to wonder what the hell they were thinking with Rebirth.


Can only hope Rebirth is as heavily moddable as they've said.


Even if it is, they've just given a giant middle finger to the entire modding community.  At this point, it is pretty questionable whether those guys will bail Egosoft out again.
11/18/2013 9:45:28 AM EDT
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Even if it is, they've just given a giant middle finger to the entire modding community.  At this point, it is pretty questionable whether those guys will bail Egosoft out again.
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Huge let down.  Glad I didn't put money into it.  Maybe later when it is super cheap I will still try it.  I like free lancer and privateer a lot.




Albion Prelude and Terran Conflict are still great games, and don't have the issues that the new game does.


 



looking at X2, then X3 +expansions, you have to wonder what the hell they were thinking with Rebirth.





Can only hope Rebirth is as heavily moddable as they've said.





Even if it is, they've just given a giant middle finger to the entire modding community.  At this point, it is pretty questionable whether those guys will bail Egosoft out again.




 
true enough, at least we have AP and its mods until Star Citizen releases.
11/18/2013 11:38:14 AM EDT
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I'll give it a year or so and see if the mod community can fix this garbage.