Once again Egonsoft delivers a festival of graphics but is it enough to be a good game
While X2 failed in achieving this dream, X3 does a good job. New improved and easier fighting system, new improved automated economics and trading system and a huge universe really full fills the demands.
But never the less while this time all parts of the game play, trade fight discover and build are working good together, I still have to say that al parts are still not good enough.
For example, the learning curve in all 4 genre could have been way easier, the difficulty is still very high, the prices for big ships are unbelievable and sometimes the enemies are just to much.
But this game also offers some revolutionary parts, apart the game play mix
The graphics, never before seen glare effects combined with wonderful bump maps, all in high res. The post processing effects and the superb bloom effects are doing the rest, and voila, stunning high tech cinema graphics. But that's not all, the ship and station design is this time unbelievable, even those new Star Wars movies could not make it better.
What about the sounds now. Lot's of old sound effects have been recycled and some musics have been polished but some music clips, especially those who are similar to good old square soft games are great.
Closing comments. If you want to impress you friends with an interactive movie, then go and get it, but don't expect too much from the ultra complex game play, you will need lot's of time.