X4: Foundations

This game is what I was looking for. I've been playing NMS a lot but it doesn't have the focus on space that I was looking for and X4 really deliveres there! It has quite a learning curve but you don't need to learn everything all at once. They have the tutorials playable any time so I just played them as needed. The game has bugs and issues but it's kinda like old Bethesda games where breaking some system can be fun. The game also gives you freedom, you can just easily egnore the missions and go your own way. Enjoying it so far and can see I'm going to sink a lot of hours into it. If you want to try this, set your expectations to "this has a learning curve", slow down and take your time.

Каждый раз обновление ломает игру! Запускаю сохранение, 5 минут и игра вылетает!

This game lets you start as a solo pilot and transition to an interstellar magnate or emperor- its great!

Game is still too buggy. Couldn't even open my HQ because my second ship was endlessly sitting at Argon Wharf with a Captain and orders "Fly to Grand Exchange and Wait" and would NOT move. Saving and reloading did nothing, ship was still sitting at Argon Wharf.

literally what i been looking for the past few years best game ever. combines stellaris with in person space games

This game is very frustrating. You need a PhD to work things out. It has bugs, janky animations (I watched an NPC run sideways with their arms flailing like a doll, and water shoot straight out of someone's feet instead of their hose), and voice acting where some characters whisper while others sound like they're standing right next to the mic. The default controls are a nightmare, so you'll want to change them straight away. The missions aren't clear about what they want from you either. One early mission told me to find a station and upload a virus without ever saying where to go. Turns out I had to scan for a random data leak hidden somewhere on a hostile pirate station, using an audio cue I almost missed. Another told me to deploy mines with no hotkey and no explanation, and when I finally found the right menu, it turned out I didn't even have any mines, something the game never told me I needed to buy. Then a later mission wanted me to plant a bomb costing over 90,000 credits when I'd started with only 10,000. I've failed missions and spent way longer than I should have just because the game never told me what I needed. As a new player, you're going to have a hard time. But if you don't mind the learning curve, there's a genuinely deep system underneath. Factions aren't just names on a map. They grow, shrink, and need resources just like you do. I watched Xenon push into Argon space, build a defense platform, and start wiping out ships and factories before the locals did much about it. You can help a faction grow, starve another of resources, or ignore the lot and watch the universe do its own thing. Long-term players already know about the jank and don't care anymore. They've heard the voice lines a hundred times, they're used to the animations glitching, and they've worked out the missions the hard way, including little traps like needing to select your ship on the map before you can actually give it an order, which isn't explained anywhere and cost me a good chunk of confused troubleshooting. They're not here for polish, they're here for the systems. Think of it as a budget, single-player version of EVE Online, or Dwarf Fortress with a coat of paint. If you've played Factorio and liked figuring things out rather than being told, you'll get the appeal. It's just nowhere near as polished as either of those. That's really the whole problem. It's a good game. You just need 20 to 40 hours to get past the sharp edges before you start seeing the smooth parts underneath. That's a big ask for a new player. So would I recommend it? Not yet. After years of updates and expansions, there's still far too much that needs fixing. If you can look past the broken parts, there's a real gem in here. Maybe I'll change my mind further in. Maybe I'll end up like one of those veteran players: Cypher looking at the Matrix, "All I see is blonde, brunette, redhead." Current recommendation: Not yet. Ask me again in 40 hours. And yes, written from my own 40+ hours in the game and got AI to grammar check and make it more understandable.

the game that ceep's on giving :)