X4: Foundations

refunded extremely difficult to control amongst other things - such a shame

Fantastic space sim, X4 has a wide array of available paths to take. Exploration, Dogfighting, Trading, Fleet Warfare, and Empire Building are all aspects that X4 does very well. Highly recommend if you enjoy more simulation focused games. It "suffers" from the "One More Turn" aspect of 4x style games. There is always things to do & tasks to handle, and your most precious resource is your time management. It is a game you play for the long term goals and achievements, rather than short form entertainment. Main drawbacks are the occasional bug, nothing game breaking but minor ones. Also some mechanics are a bit obtuse and take some getting used to, especially some of the odd missions you find occasionally.

It's been awhile since I've attempted to play X, and I want to say the introduction has become much better, and the graphics, the player, the NPC's have all been updated. It's is absolutely fascinating. Just amazed. I'll be getting back on soon. I want to take this for a ride!

not sure if even the developers know how to interact with this thing. its definitely not a playable game.

Absolutely phenomenal game, start off small, grow big. Fly around or manage from the map. It's totally up to you.

factorio in space but you actually get to play a game instead of sitting afk watching a factory for 9 years

> Join the Terrans, support their economy, find out you are their economy. > Baby sit Hatvika, receive no thanks because the closest station that wasn't deleted by an I is 30.1km away, obviously. > Set up your own basic resources production, slowly ramp up to have your own shipyard and make a run ending amount of cash. By the time you get there you have so many Khaak up your mining ships' thrusters, you forget about selling anything and build each miner his own death ball fleet instead. > Start a quick game to play the HOP storyline, it's been 50hours, progress 0%, you have yet to get to a HOP gate. > When you're through with the gate network there's always SWI. + See that thing you don't, like, someone made a mod for it. + Edit a bunch of XML after seeing a guide, you've made a mod for it. The Bad. + The AI is absolutely retarded sometimes - As time goes on more and more of the AI is yours + There are mods for this - Mods can only do so much, there is no AI to fix, just a pile of scripts. > Eventually you get to a point where your PC can't handle the 100.000 entities moving around anymore. + Your own expansion is probably to blame (What's the hour count like on that save, be honest.). - Sometimes you get a strong incentive to let the game run during the night + There are mods for that (You were doing it to yourself anyway).

Travel around in a small ship and let the universe evolve around you or build a great galactic empire. It’s perfect!

coming back to this game in 2026 was like shooting myself in the head

What a wonderful game! You can easily sink hundreds of hours into it. However, it's not for everyone, and performance becomes an issue in the endgame.