X4: Foundations

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

So, this game is one of the classics - alongside Kenshi, Rimworld, and others which afford limitless player agency and is rife with jank. You learn to accept the jank - such as the utter impenetrability of the gameplay to the bizarre interface choices, to the bugs - in order to get to the meat of the game of which there is truly nothing else on the market that does everything it tries to do and often succeeds. Like many people will tell you - it's a very hard game to get into. The 'cut your teeth' content in the timelines DLC is actually worse than nothing, but is almost required due to the rewards. The tutorials are awkward, but absolutely required yet none of it really prepares you. I'll tell you though that the end result when you're really in it - is singular. My longest running game I was operating as a mercenary and had a military force of ships that could warp into a sector and unload 4 full wings of 4 squadrons each of fighters and a battlecruiser with 12 beam turrets. We were fighting the good fight against the X and the K. I promise, it gets worth it and I promise it will be chewing chalk until it is.

Ehhhhhhhhhh, choosing a recommendation was difficult. I truly believe there's an amazing game here, even one that I would absolutely enjoy for thousands of hours. But after 80 hours of trying desperately to have that fun, I had to uninstall. It's like going on a hike in your favorite place ever while eating unlimited ice cream cones, but your shoes are 50 pounds and it's raining. The learning curve is enormous and the interface is difficult. Maybe I'm just an idiot, but I gave it an honest go. With all this being said, there's definitely a great game under there, and if you think you'd enjoy this type of game, I would recommend you give it a try. Plenty of people do love this game, but it was just too much of a slog for me.

great game, very deep and complex, amazinng music and amazing community if you get stuck/lost

this game is too clunky, the ui is basic and boring imho. takes way to long to fly anywhere. this might be for other players who want a more cozy feeling, for me, it just does not live up to what i want in a space game. bought it, tried it, did not like it. yet, it might be a game you love. if you like it, great, if not, just get a refund.

you need a phd to play this janky ahh game

Didn't get past control settings. Couldn't set right ctrl as jump so obvously it's not ment for left handed people. Won't look more into this franchise.