Foundations?

nap_rz · Post by **nap_rz** » Sun, 27. Aug 17, 04:39

really egosoft? you subtitled your game with "Foundations" ???

what does it even mean?

Sandalpocalypse · Post by **Sandalpocalypse** » Sun, 27. Aug 17, 09:44

there's several aspects that i see to it

First is the new station building system, where you first lay a foundation object and then build your station up.

Second is that the gates are now up, and the various star nations and groups are laying the foundations for the new order

Third.. i had a third, but forgot while i was typing up the first two.

Post by **Sparky Sparkycorp** » Sun, 27. Aug 17, 10:43

Sandalpocalypse wrote:there's several aspects that i see to it

First is the new station building system, where you first lay a foundation object and then build your station up.

Second is that the gates are now up, and the various star nations and groups are laying the foundations for the new order

Third.. i had a third, but forgot while i was typing up the first two.

Well, at least you laid the foundations

Nice, I hadn't thought about the station aspect. As we explore, gain wealth, undertake research and learn about station modules, we'll also be laying the foundations for a future empire.

Ricemanu · Post by **Ricemanu** » Sun, 27. Aug 17, 11:51

I think your interpretations are all good.
My take is that after the X series was reborn (Rebirth) now they're laying the foundation for this new and enhanced series, just like X3 was the last foundation.

lostProfitssssArrgh · Post by **lostProfitssssArrgh** » Sun, 27. Aug 17, 17:17

Sandalpocalypse wrote:... First is the new station building system, where you first lay a foundation object and then build your station up...

Foundation:
noun
1.
the lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level.
"foundations were being dug for a block of flats"
synonyms: footing, foot, base, substructure, understructure, underpinning;

Not sure this applies in space

thrangar · Post by **thrangar** » Sun, 27. Aug 17, 17:20

Ricemanu wrote:I think your interpretations are all good.
My take is that after the X series was reborn (Rebirth) now they're laying the foundation for this new and enhanced series, just like X3 was the last foundation.

This was also my line of thinking

Post by **UniTrader** » Sun, 27. Aug 17, 17:37

thrangar wrote:
Ricemanu wrote:I think your interpretations are all good.
My take is that after the X series was reborn (Rebirth) now they're laying the foundation for this new and enhanced series, just like X3 was the last foundation.

This was also my line of thinking

to be precise this Title is for X-Beyond the Frontier or X-Tension. X² was built on top of the foundation of these and X³ was built on the Foundation of X².

Ricemanu · Post by **Ricemanu** » Sun, 27. Aug 17, 18:27

Yes Uni, that's right, but that would make X:R the actual foundation, since X4 is based on that, too. I was refering to the extensive X3 universe (reunion, TC, AP). The new X4 is the foundation, then we might see X4: First Floor, then X4: Roof.

Post by **Santi** » Mon, 28. Aug 17, 03:37

Not only referring to the pillars upon which more magnificent games will be build. But also a small homage to the Foundations Series by Isaac Asimov. My take...

nap_rz · Post by **nap_rz** » Mon, 28. Aug 17, 05:32

Santi wrote:Not only referring to the pillars upon which more magnificent games will be build. But also a small homage to the Foundations Series by Isaac Asimov. My take...

Still doesn't feel catchy enough name for a game...

Heck, something like X4 Founders is better name lol.

duncan idaho · Post by **duncan idaho** » Mon, 28. Aug 17, 05:42

It strikes me that Rebirth already covered the whole 'start over' theme, and perhaps X4 should be named as a major advance and not just another new beginning. Those who felt they got burned by XR probably want to hear that Egosoft have taken on board all of the criticism and intend to address it in X4 (the feature list certainly suggests this to me). I gather that X4 will be centered around the races finally recolonizing the jump gate network after the collapse, and perhaps something like X4: Diaspora or X4: Empires would be more appropriate?

BmB · Post by **BmB** » Mon, 28. Aug 17, 12:16

To me it implies that the gameplay of the initial release is a solid foundation on which to build. Implying that there is more to come if it does well. And also limiting the scope to making the fundamentals work first.

Post by **Phlt** » Mon, 28. Aug 17, 13:43

Hope Egosoft will offer a free copy of the game to Isaac Asimov's children...

RodentofDoom · Post by **RodentofDoom** » Wed, 30. Aug 17, 00:06

nap_rz wrote: really egosoft? you subtitled your game with "Foundations" ???

what does it even mean?

so we're ready for

X5 - Empires

ps
Sorry Asimov fans

Kitty · Post by **Kitty** » Wed, 30. Aug 17, 10:07

Phlt wrote:Hope Egosoft will offer a free copy of the game to Isaac Asimov's children...

Yes, for me Foundation is mainly a Isaac Asimov reference. Knowing that this author made popular the concept of robots and told the 3 laws of robotic (just to find the gaps in them), and knowing what the xenons are, this title is just fun.

It does not tell anything on the game, anyway. Too many interpretations.

CommanderTM · Post by **CommanderTM** » Wed, 30. Aug 17, 11:24

I think this game becomes X3 and we get very similar but enhanced iterations of this game throughout the next 10 years.

Vandragorax · Post by **Vandragorax** » Wed, 30. Aug 17, 12:54

I thought it was pretty obvious to be honest and is quite a good name really.

"Foundations" in this context implies a new beginning, paving the way for something to come.

Perhaps:
Will the races in X4 will be reactivating jump gates?
Will we discover new terrority, or new areas of the galaxy thus laying the foundations for colonising or exploring?
Will there be a plot climax (although not a full story mode as already pretty much confirmed) which reveals something to come in an expansion?

Or it could just be because Bernd likes the new station building so much that he named it after that as someone already mentioned and that's all there is to it

PowerPC603 · Post by **PowerPC603** » Sun, 3. Sep 17, 01:01

My guess is they called it Foundation because it's the foundation of a new series in the X-universe.

For X2 up to X3:TC (didn't play any other X-game before X2 and didn't buy X3:AP either), they merely expanded on the same universe and added more features, ships, station-types and such, but it was basically still the same universe, just expanded over time.

I also think they ran out of ideas for new features with this universe and decided to restart the X-series with a new universe, modified system-layout, new graphics engine and more, that restart became X Rebirth.

Rebirth was a prototype for something bigger: X Foundation.

I only hope this foundation doesn't have too many cracks (bugs) in the beginning, as it will turn into rubble when many players run over it (they try to play it but stumble over every crack/bug).

I can imagine they lost quite a few players with the launch of Rebirth, I guess they can't afford to lose more with the launch of Foundations.

Sandalpocalypse · Post by **Sandalpocalypse** » Sun, 3. Sep 17, 01:08

idk, all their launches have been train wrecks

Silla · Post by **Silla** » Sun, 3. Sep 17, 17:19

If Rebirth was the hole in the dirt... Foundations is the concrete in that hole now to build up on the following interactions to come...

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