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X3: Terran Conflict (PC DVD-ROM) | 
 enlarge | From: Deep Silver
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
Buy New: £15.95
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 665
Platform: Windows Vista
Genre: sci-fi-strategy-games
Media: DVD-ROM
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.9
EAN: 4020628503147
ASIN: B001E43MGA
Release Date: October 17, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Official UK product in original packaging. Dispatched next working day from Independent UK High Street Store by 1st class mail
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 The best space trading/RPG/Combat game out there today. October 17, 2008
32 out of 32 found this review helpful
I am playing the game on a quad core intel (6600 iirc), 8800GT 512mb, 4gb ram, vist64.
I have played all the X games, so this is certainly from a long time fan of the X Universe, but please don't think I am being biased.
Update: I have now played the game for around 15 hours so below is my full review.
Performance & Graphics, 8/10. An real improvement on X3R but not a leap.
The game is running on my PC at 8x AA, 8x AF, high shaders and textures, glow enabled, 1280x1024 (limits of my LCD). It runs great. Very smooth, with the only slow down so far being in a couple of sectors with lots of asteroids and Anti aliasing objects, and also occasionally in some big fights (i.e. when I am attacking around 20 to 30 ships or more). The graphics engine has been optimised from X3 Reunion to run quicker and use less resources.
The quality of the picture is basically the same as in X3R. Do not expect a massive improvement. Overall it is a noticeable improvement, which is pretty good considering the engine is the same. The new ship models and weapon types look great and are refreshingly different to what we know from previous X games.
Sound, 9/10, music and sounds all improved, great new sector music. The Terran sector music rocks!
Interface & Missions, 8.5/10, great new interface, missions much clearer, random missions easy to find but can be hard to do at the beginning.
The whole interface is very slick and easy to use. Movement in the game itself takes a while getting use to the mouse movement, but it is very good and easy to use, like freelancer. New controls have to be got used to and generally I would say they are very good.
An in game encylopedia has been added that is very exhaustive and contains very helpful info and stats, a great addition for new and old players alike.
The mission help system is SO MUCH better, much easier to figure out what you are supposed to do. You get pointers where to go, which to you hardcore players might seem easy, but it makes the whole game so much more approachable.
The random missions you can get by comming a station within 20km, very easy, just look for lightbulbs or cash signs or target reticules to identify the different mission types, a target icon is assasination/fighting, cash/lightbulbs are delivering something or recaptuting ships or scanning for illegal cargo etc.
A nice touch is that the random missions have pictures and explanatory text, before you decide to accept or not. a bit like Eve Online.
The only gripe I have is that the missions are generally aimed way above the starter player, so that basically in the first couple of hours you will be lucky to find a mission you can actually do. This is a problem that X3 had. I am not interested in doing missions when I have got loads of money and ships, I want missions when I have no money and a rubbish ship. The missions are marked easy, normal, hard, very hard, as a guide to how well you can do them. Apparently some missions are bugged, but I have not encountered these (there are a lot of different mission types to do!).
Pros:
Great new models and weapons. Really liking the multiple warhead missiles!
Graphics running very streamlined, less of a power hog than X3R
Great interface throughout
Great in game encyclopedia
Mission objectives clear
Random missions easy to get and find
Storyline so far (as terran pilot) seems pretty good
Very nice music in the new sectors, great soundtracks
Cons
Graphics not really different, nice new models and better running on my system, some effects better.
Some small niggles with the interface, such as clicking on a station to comm it will (rarely) instead select a nearby ship, this is a small issue
Need more missions for starter players
Some silly missions that seem far too hard even though marked as 'easy' or bugged.
so, yeah, overall I'm very happy. I can see myself playing the plotlines through with interest, just a bit disappointed to see so many slick improvements to the game throughout that the random missions are a bit flawed.
Summary: a very slick update of X3R with some really nice touches and a whole new story to explore. Be aware that the learning curve is steep on this game if you have never played an X-universe game before, but not as steep as with previous games, and the online commmunity at the Egosoft forums is genuinely helpful and friendly (check it out at egosoft.com).
Update 2: A hotfix 1.2.1 has been released by Egosoft to address some bugs people have been experiencing. A patch, 1.3, is being worked on to improve the game further (i.e. not just bug fixes!). I have to say that historically Egosoft have always been excellent at providing game improvements and expansions for free and X3:TC looks to be no different.
A TRUE EXPERIENCE November 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is what PC gaming is all about .... the whole atmospheric experience ...not dumbed down .. the effort to learn is repayed many times over ..If only all pc games had this much depth and excitement...just brilliant.
Wow! October 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can't help but think that the Paranid are up to their usual tricks again. Let me start at the beginning, I had been playing the game for about 5 hours and was starting to think I was getting pretty well established in Argon space. So I went for a bimble into Emperor mines in my little Discoverer for a bit of an explore. About 5 minutes after I arrive someone else turns up, a big someone else. From the opposite side of the sector on my map I notice some Khakk scouts, then some fighters, then some clusters and then about 5 destroyers, before seeing them promptly lay waste to an ore mine. Needless to say that me and my Discoverer turned tail and fled. X3: Terran Conflict is certainly on fine form. The new interface is slick and effective, the visuals are as usual stunning and the game-play better than I expected (and I have come to expect a lot from the X3 universe over the years). One particular thing I love about the new controls is the addition of a Freelancer style mouse flight system that worked well in that game and certainly seems to be working well in this one. The mission system has been overhauled and made much simpler, making starting out in the game much easier than previous X-series games. The game has some great new features such as marines and mercenaries that can be hired to defend and steal more complex ships from your enemies. This is a classic no nonsense X-series game, if you enjoyed previous titles then you're going to love this. But again X3 seems to be like Marmite, either you love it of you hate it.
Egosoft have done it October 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The only disappointing thing about X3: Terran Conflict, is that the universe will never be as exciting as it is in the game, not in your lifetime at least.
An outstanding achievement October 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought the game, played it for 10 hours, gave up. A few days later, tried again, gave up. Time to look for another game. Or so I thought.
The on-line community for this game is wonderful, very civilised and helpful. The game appears to be a collaborative effort from forum members, modders and the devs. And it shows. Considering the vast complexity and huge number of ways to approach missions (and break them!) its amazing the game works as well as it does. In that respect X3TC is an outstanding achievement.
Newcomers: use the forum. This is essential. This is a very hard game to get into simply because of the mad number of choices you can make, ship types, weapons, loadouts, its an open universe, go anywhere you like, do anything you like, follow several story lines, leave them, return later, build or fight or think.
My advice, do some of the Terran plot, a few missions only up until you get the Argon Discoverer ship (used for remotely mapping sectors, in other words finding all objects in a given sector). Then go exploring, travel south, find a few hidden ships and jumpdrives, take on some fighting missions, make some cash, upgrade all your ships and weapons, buy a transport or 2, get your Argon Discoverer to map out your visited sectors, place some satellites in the interesting ones (they allow you to monitor stuff going on in these sectors remotely), then back to the Terran plot. Simple advice, possibly one of many approaches, but got me into the game.
Oh, and use the encyclopaedia !! I didn't know I had one for the first week. As you visit sectors the encyclopaedia updates with information from those sectors so you don't have to write down where you saw stuff. Wonderful, just wonderful.
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