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Originally Posted by wetwarev7
I agree. If you ever get a chance, check out Egosoft's X3: The Return. This series is by far the best space game, period. I first learned of it when they had just come out witht the expansion pack for the first one, and I was able to order it and the expansion, with overseas shipping, for like $25(US), because there was absolutly no marketing for it here in the states.
I find that as a rule of thumb, the more marketing a game has, the less likely it will be a ground-breaking or epic experience, and almost ALL games made in the States by large companies are market driven. All the best, classic games I can think of were all made by people or companies who were, at the time, nobodies.
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I see a trend in the industry to rush to the game platforms at the expense of PC games.
Sorry to get off topic but I played XBTF after picking it up in a bargain bin and trying it and becoming elated and spellbound by such an amazing game. I couldn't get the expansion. I later played X2 and loved it but I'm holding off on X3. I agree this is the best space game series there is. I was at first a little put off when I heard Egosoft had decided not to include cockpits in the spacecraft in X3. I even posted on the egosoft forum a comparison between X3/egosoft and SHIII/Ubisoft. I pointed out how Ubi refused to compromise their game in order to create shortcuts in the development process. I compared the lack of cockpits in X3 to the hypothetical situation of Ubi excluding the modeled interiors in SHIII. You could still play SHIII but the immersive factor would be lessened. I felt the decision not to model the cockpits was a concession to make the game more adaptable to Xbox.
I would like to know if you have played X3 yet? And what do you think about the state of the game now? Do you think they should have released a game that was unplayable right out of the box? I realize there's a patch now to correct most of the bugs but this type marketing strategy is terrible.
I really don't feel I can get a realistic answer on the Egosoft forum. There are too many there who either have a Pollyannaish view point or post outright falsehoods in their overzealous attempts to support Egosoft. I have never seen anything like that on Subsim's forum. If I have a problem with a game here I usually recieve helpful responses and not someone telling me it's my fault or my computer's fault or my driver or vidcard etc.
Anything but Egosoft's fault. Sorry,
Sorry for the off topic. I'll shut up now.
