Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:22 am
X3 - The Return
Latest interview
Well, what can I say - its starting to get me excited (its about a month off I imagine, release date is the 21/22nd of Oct according to deep silver).
Anyone else waiting? The features of X2 were awesome, although mainly due to the community and their scripts (which were incorporated into the game) to improve the gameplay. However, X2 had issues - mainly graphics and poor voice acting (for me). Cutscenes were terrible.
X3 - from the looks (and sounds) of it will be completely different, both far better in storyline/gameplay - but far richer and more mature. The community was listened to during the creation of the update, and features sound fantastic.
The actual Egosoft site contains plenty of information about the game, including interviews and screenshots taken each day (apparently each day the new screenshot is under 12 hours old, so it really does show what the game is looking like).
Egosoft
So anyone else eagerly awaiting the game? Its space genre, its completely open ended (you can ignore the storyline if you wish), its completely dynamic...
The only difference is that players whom played FL often have trouble adapting - simply because its slower and more sedate than FL, and you will most likely get owned if you try opening fire on AI instantly without getting used to the controls. FL is fast paced and more FPS feely kinda thing (although I also think the Factions, interface and systems in FL piddle all over X2 - and most likely X3 as well - but each game has negative points right?
).
I've had it on pre-order for nearly a month now... 
Edited by - Chips on 9/30/2005 3:28:02 AM
Well, what can I say - its starting to get me excited (its about a month off I imagine, release date is the 21/22nd of Oct according to deep silver).
Anyone else waiting? The features of X2 were awesome, although mainly due to the community and their scripts (which were incorporated into the game) to improve the gameplay. However, X2 had issues - mainly graphics and poor voice acting (for me). Cutscenes were terrible.
X3 - from the looks (and sounds) of it will be completely different, both far better in storyline/gameplay - but far richer and more mature. The community was listened to during the creation of the update, and features sound fantastic.
The actual Egosoft site contains plenty of information about the game, including interviews and screenshots taken each day (apparently each day the new screenshot is under 12 hours old, so it really does show what the game is looking like).
Egosoft
So anyone else eagerly awaiting the game? Its space genre, its completely open ended (you can ignore the storyline if you wish), its completely dynamic...
The only difference is that players whom played FL often have trouble adapting - simply because its slower and more sedate than FL, and you will most likely get owned if you try opening fire on AI instantly without getting used to the controls. FL is fast paced and more FPS feely kinda thing (although I also think the Factions, interface and systems in FL piddle all over X2 - and most likely X3 as well - but each game has negative points right?
).
I've had it on pre-order for nearly a month now...
Edited by - Chips on 9/30/2005 3:28:02 AM