X3: Terran Conflict

DO NOT TRY TO PLAY THIS GAME ON STEAM. They offer almost no support. This game is Buggy as hell. The game maker knows this and they have posted about 6 mods and fixes. Each one of those mods and fixes says: "This will not work with Steam. " About 100 hours into the game you discover it is broken. I asked for a refund but Steam said "Uh... you have already played 100 hours. Yes. I wanted 100 hours on a game that worked. You can take my refund and shove it Steam. Buy the game online by a reputable dealer.

Не могу понять, как они смогли нарисовать такой космос в 2008 году. Великолепная игра.

The absolute gold standard when it comes to autistic sandbox space sims, if that is what you fancy then look no further! I feel it is on par with the likes of Oxygen not included, Factorio, Kerbal Space Program and the like, even if they are a totally different genres, in a sense that they allow you to do super complex stuff that takes a lot of knowledge about all the various systems these games offer, planning and preparation beforehand, and it is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ rewarding to actually get stuff done lol I've been playing this game on and off since it came out almost 20 years ago and i can safely say it is one of the most difficult games to fully master, but one that gives a back a LOT when you do. A true diamond for sure, albeit a rough one. There are stations that can form whole production complexes, a huuuge galaxy of many sectors that has a whole simulated economy, an ultra complex logistics system that you can set up and let loose, with hundreds of ships that ferry goods all over the place, like mining resources, feeding your factories, hauling stuff to be sold or to be stashed for later, or to be used to make more ships, or weapons to outfit these ships, and so on and so forth. Also there's like epic space battles and stuff, a handful of different story campaigns, exploration, factions, pirates, you name it X3 got it. But again, and this is really important - it is very hard to get into. All in all - i love it, easy 11/10 on my scale, one of the greats, no doubt about it. Oh, and it will run on a literal potato while still looking quite descent lol

Эх, сколько великих империй было построено, сколько славных битв выиграно... Может когда-нибудь запилю руководство по этой замечательной игре. А пока держите пару куплетов по мотивам широко известной в узких кругах песни на тему непростого пути путешественников во вселенной X. Новый доход. Торговцы летят минуя врата. Вперёд и назад — и в никуда. Истребители хищные затаились во тьме. Готов переход от мира к войне. Торговцы ищут новый доход. Пираты их грабят, гоняет ксенон. Хааки не дремлют, а полицаи — Груз незаконный весь отбирают. Очередь ограбленных — напрасная жалоба. Груз сбрасывай иль сам за борт — добро пожаловать. Воет сирена, система повреждена! Врагов на радаре очередная волна. И пусть эфир ревёт от голосов торгашей! Всем понятно, куда эта трасса ведёт. К полуночной звезде я лечу не один. Мы ждём когда явится новый доход. Весть о доходе гонер везёт. Он странник что ищет, но никак не найдёт... Путь к жёлтой звезде и планете одной, Прародине нашей, чей небесный свод голубой. Он достанет писание из сундука. Сокровищ там нет — лишь чудные слова. Он укажет на место, где были врата... Он закурит и дымом взовьется строка: "И последние первыми станут, но ты — Никогда не вырвешься из нищеты. Ты получишь в тёмные воды билет. Но у тебя есть твой аспид и плазмы дуплет. Пачка ракет и цель для неё. Струя PBG — крещенье твоё." И пусть эфир ревёт от голосов торгаше-еэ-э-эй! Всем понятно куда эта трасса ведёт. К полуночной звезде я лечу не один. Мы ждём когда явится новый доход. Помнишь он говорил: "там меня ты ищи, Где торговец от страха криком кричит. Где лазеры мощные пляшут по корпусам. Где неведомый разум, мама, я буду там! Там, где кто-то пытается встать во весь рост. Где флотилий обломки, где горит аванпост. Обещаю тебе, не промедлю ни дня. Пролети сквозь врата — и увидишь меня." И пусть эфир ревёт от голосов торгашей — еэ-э-эй! Всем понятно куда эта трасса ведёт. У полночной звезды я лечу не один. Мы ждём когда явится новый доход...

I love this game so so much and here is why; >It gives you freedom. You want to be a space taxi driver? Go for it. Do you wanna be a dogfighting aggressive pirate? You got it. You want to be a police force and battle against crime, be a contraband police? You want to start in a crappy ship and slowly build your way to your own economic empire? Or maybe you want to stick with just a few ships, do contracts and get by, immerse yourself in the world... This game has it all. >Despite being an old game, the scenery and the sound effects, music are the highest quality. The planets, the space, how the clouds move on the planets as time flies by, how the sounds and soundtrack suit so well to the sector you are in... Amazing. If you are in a dangerous sector, you just know from the soundtrack, same goes for the safe sectors. And sometimes, its just pure silence with occasional clanking sounds. Top tier. Also, sound effects scratch a weird itch in some part of your brain and it feels so good. >Whether you follow the plot or not, its pure sandbox. You can do whatever the hell you want. And let me tell you, it has a lot of plots. The lore of the game is out of this world. Every sector you visit have different stories and lores that you can read and there are A LOT of sectors, somewhere close to 90 I believe. >It is dirt cheap, the game deserves much more. You can basically play it forever. >I played X4 a little bit as well but the sound design, scenery, and overall sandbox-y feeling made me like X3 TC more. >If I had to describe the feeling, it feels like a mix of Kenshi, Mount and Blade and Space but it is much more than those of course. >An absolute must buy if you are looking for THE SPACE SIM. 10/10 Edit: Turns out, it has 231 sectors, lol. I was off by just a tiny bit Edit 2: After playing X4 a little bit more, I can safely say that I don't think I am going back to X3TC again but again, it's still one of the best games on the planet. Only reason I am saying this is X4 being significantly better, making it the greatest game of all time.

After all these years, the game's AI is still incredibly buggy. Owned ships randomly crash into stations without even notifying the player. Just happened to me while I didn't realize it, I docked 3 times, now I don't have an autosave to recover my very valuable ship and I basically lost many hours of play. And it happens again and again. What a sad state after all these years.

This has got to be some sort of joke. This does NOT have controller support despite literally showing a controller schematic in game. Also, no idea how to turn the music down (tried many different ways in volume music but nothing worked 🙃) which would be REALLY nice because someone decided the music is vastly more important to hear than whatever the narrator is trying to say. Literally can’t hear what they’re saying at all.

Really didn't have fun with this one, and honestly, it's probably my bad for not having touched this one for over a decade after it released. Either way, it looked fun, but I was disappointed. 4/10

Timeless game. Be prepared to give a lot of your time. Try not to cheat, as tempting as it is.

absolutely hate this game, the UI and controls are the worst I have ever seen. be it using keyboard / mouse or x box controller. flat out sucks. save your time and play something else, this game belings on the crap pile