It works either way. I've never used a joystick and KB/M works perfectly fine. The UI and controls are actually designed to work with either, so you won't have any problems. It's quite different to Freelancer. Freelancer is action oriented, whereas X3 is much, much slower paced.The game is $9 on amazon and the "post pics of your game" thread really makes me want to play it. I don't have a joystick though and would rather not buy it for one game.
Another question: How does this game compare with Freelancer?
manningbowl135
It has a very steep learning curve when you first start playing it, but the possibilities are endless. You can trade your entire career without firing a single shot in combat, you have access to everything from scout fighters, to freighters, to huge capital ships loaded with artillery weapons and missiles/torpedoes. It also doesn't limit you to a single ship, every time you buy a new one it is added to your fleet, which you can change at will if you want to control a different ship, or fight instead of trade, or vice versa.
Once you get the hang of the controls and gameplay, you'll spend hours and hours playing and always find something new or interesting. It's also a lot more modern than Freelancer, so not only does it look and sound 100x better, it's also much more in depth and refined. The economy in X3 is based on supply and demand, instead of fixed prices like in Freelancer, so trading actually required some thought and work instead of just flying to the base with the highest price and selling all.
There's hundreds of different things that could be explained about the game, but it's best to just dive in and experience everything. Also, there's a newer version of X3 out now (Terran Conflict) which is much better than Reunion if you want to buy an X3 game. It adds a ton of content while maintaining the gameplay of Reunion, and also has a much more streamlined menu system, extra ships/sectors and thicker plots and missions (which Reunion is sadly quite lacking).
Neon-Tiger
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