X4: Foundations

I've spent the majority of my time with X4 wishing that: -The UI was better and more intuitive, not burying everything under multiple levels of interface. -The AI was even remotely competent. -The game gave me any reason other than "gain more credits" to continue playing. -The myriad systems within the game were more fleshed out and interconnected. I've brute forced my way through all of these problems for just about 60 hours, at the expense of my enjoyment and most notably, my immersion in the world. While X4's simulated economy and conflicts create an alluring sandbox, years of technical debt and underdeveloped systems obfuscate most of the fun.

Die warscheinlich beste weltraum sandbox die es gibt! auf jedenfall kaufen, und wann immer es geht die Dlcs nach kaufen, damit man die komplette Welt zu füßen hat! und für den rest gibt es tausende geniale mods für jedes szenario! kaufen :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Probably the best space sandbox out there! Definitely buy it, and pick up the DLCs whenever you can so you have the whole world at your feet! And for everything else, there are thousands of brilliant mods for every scenario! Buy it :)

Maybe i should just give up on x4 ever being a game for me. i have over 1000 hours in elite, and on paper x4 should be the game right up my alley, but the amount of information dumped on you with no handholding is quite frankly overwhelming, maybe i should put more time into it, but every time i see a you tube video saying that the latest 9.0 update is the best there is, i reinstall and give it a chance, i start a new game, and nothing the same barrier to entry is there. i should probably just give up. im sure there is an amazing game here, im just disappointed i cant enjoy it

Probably the ugliest NPCs in any game ever. Let me hide all of their faces with a helmet (or a sack) or something.

Been playing this game for awhile now and with the 9.0 patch, I gotta say this is definitely one of the best space games out there currently. The new flight model update makes just being a pilot and flying around the universe achieve objects way more fun, I can just do a whole playthrough as a pilot instead of a manager of sorts... BUT stay away from this game if you cannot stand clunky UI... it is a bit of a headache to get around at first, but if you can stomach it and get used to it, the game is just the best space war sim you can find on the market right now. I am an avid Star Citizen player, but this is where I go when I get tired of the bugs in SC and want to have a bug free experience and play a game that is kinda like what SC aims to become. I don't recommend playing with heavy game changing modlist atm as the current updates make the game way better and is better balanced than what is out there right now... but light QoL mods are nice to have.

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

X4 has had its ups and downs. The current 9.0 update that is out at the time of my writing this review is simply perfection. I fell in love with X4 the first time I ever played it and it will go down as one of my favorite games of all time. Stunning, beautiful ships and visuals, seemingly endless unique space to cruise around in all while a beautiful and varied soundtrack plays. Pew pewing in epic space battles is ENDLESSLY fun and visually stunning! I could (and have) spend hours manipulating the economics of the galaxy, starting conflicts and subtly altering the course of war. The game does have a decent learning curve and can suffer from a little bit of slowdown late game. At any rate, I have sunk hundreds of hours into X4. Egosoft is a solid publisher and this game is obviously a labor of love that I imagine I'll sink hundreds of hours more into.