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General discussions about the games by Egosoft including X-BTF, XT, X², X³: Reunion, X³: Terran Conflict and X³: Albion Prelude.

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Post by fr33man »

WE WANT COCKPITS!! WE WANT COCKPITS!!
Clearly a lot of X gamers care about cockpits. I'm surprised there hasn't been a thread for this topic.

I do agree the addition of cockpits would reinforce the feeling of being a pilot or captain. But I think its a little extreme to suggest that their absence would ruin the game. Okay so DH has cockpits, TC doesn't (yet), big deal. Unless you suffer from extreme short term memory loss, you don't need a big metal frame around your screen to remind you that you're piloting a ship.

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Post by Demotruk »

fr33man wrote:
WE WANT COCKPITS!! WE WANT COCKPITS!!
Clearly a lot of X gamers care about cockpits. I'm surprised there hasn't been a thread for this topic.
Cockpit threads appear over and over. There was one recently "poll of polls: cockpits".
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Post by Tycow »

Skeeter wrote:Actually i just viewed DH trailer and damn i want that game. Looks mint. I love decent cutscenes and theirs look mint. The hud is respectable (nicer than x3tc) and gfx arnt too bad.

Defo preordering that game tomorrow. Sry ES but there game looks good. Might buy x3tc when its cheap but DH i reckon will be nice to play first. Even if its just 5hrs ish to play i wouldnt mind, beats building stations all the time lol.

Hmm ok i probably sound anti x there but i love x games, well x btf the most then x2, x3 sucks tho. Just x3tc will have to wait as DH is first i reckon.

And above all ITS GOT COCKPITS. :D
Seriously, why do you even bother posting in this thread? You've made it clear on numerous occasions that you won't be preordering/buying TC and keep on banging on about cockpits. It's pretty clear that cockpit's won't be featuring in TC when it retails, so why not accept it and move on?

Cockpits are a minuscule feature compared to the rest of the game, why keep going on about it. :roll:

Anyway, back on topic:

I've just managed to get friends to preorder TC after they watched the videos of it on Youtube... they're pleasantly surprised I think. Will be nice to have more X Universers knocking around locally! :D
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Post by Skeeter »

Entitled to my opinion.

Also i have been a fan of x games since 1999 when i first bought X btf so when i feel strongly about cockpits i post my feelings ok. :roll:
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Post by Sandalpocalypse »

Yes, but... we know dammit!

I love the missile frigate screenshot. The Military Outpost is just menacing. And the scripting sounds just like I was envisioning when they were first mentioned! This is gonna be great.
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Post by Tycow »

Skeeter wrote:Entitled to my opinion.

Also i have been a fan of x games since 1999 when i first bought X btf so when i feel strongly about cockpits i post my feelings ok. :roll:
Find me an X-Universe user who doesn't know that you want cockpits back in... :wink:

One thing I have noticed about the videos that is bothering me... (at least in the 47sec teaser video) the fog is still present! That semi-visible stuff you can see right through in some sectors.

/awaits the mod to remove it.
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Post by fr33man »

One thing I have noticed about the videos that is bothering me... (at least in the 47sec teaser video) the fog is still present! That semi-visible stuff you can see right through in some sectors.
I take it you're talking about the nebula sectors. Yes it is a bit odd that stations and asteroids frequently seem to appear out of nowhere. Flying through a nebula of that density while still being able to see the planets and starfield is the main cause of that illusion. It just doesn't look right, but, I love the game so I tolerate it. Its not a major flaw but obviously I'd be very pleased if it was improved for TC.
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Post by humility925 »

Is Terran selling Station and Ship so easy? I wonder they trust alien to buy thier stuff? I find that's odd, if earth system using "Trading system" same as rest of X-Reunion, earth goverment want control much as they could, I guess, at least human nation, it's is, but I understand Argon changed and diffient than human, but maybe not, just wonder. Again, I hope I could start out as Terran or human race rather than argon in plot game.
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Post by shilhi »

A few words of wisdom...

"Don't over-hype it or Face dissapointment."
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Post by Golden_Gonads »

Cycrow wrote:theres lots of facts available about the game.

theres 3 trailers, some of them with voice overs with information. Theres several interviews and a game preview, and theres a demonstration at a games covention.

plus you have the blog from several developers each with additional information about the game

I think a basic summary of the game is what is missing. At the moment, we can say 'Its a game set in the X-Universe, and the Terrans and Xenon are somehow involved'. Your average person wouldn't even know who the Xenon are, let alone how they're involved. Hells, I just read and listened to all the scraps of info, and I know nothing.

A summary. A blurb, would make me feel better. Something like.

'Three¹ years have passed since the events of X3: Reunion. An uneasy truce has settled between the Argon people and the newly redicovered Terran Alliance². Recently however something is stirring in deep space. A new threat that promises to bring calamity to both peoples. The Xenon; An ancient creation, turned enemy of mankind is stirring. It has evolved. It brings... A TERRAN CONFLICT!'

¹: Random number pulled out of nowhere.
²: Title also pulled out of a hat

Alright. It has an excess of cheese, and may be lacking in its grasp of how things in 'X3 Part II - This time its really super personal', will happen but something along those lines. Something that will tell the world at large what this game is...
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Post by X2-Eliah »

"Its a game set in the X-Universe, and the Terrans and Xenon are somehow involved"

Allrighty..

"'Three¹ years have passed since the events of X3: Reunion" - I think that automatically means the same as "It's a game set in the X universe", especially if one hasn't played X3R...

"An uneasy truce has settled between the Argon people and the newly redicovered Terran Alliance" - All the info that gives is that the Argons and Terrans are somehow involved. Nothing more.

"Recently however something is stirring in deep space. A new threat that promises to bring calamity to both peoples. The Xenon; An ancient creation, turned enemy of mankind is stirring. It has evolved." - So, the Xenon are somehow involved as the antagonists. Not much more information.

You see, the extra fluff you provided does make the whole text look clearer, but upon some minor analsis, it does not say a damned thing.

Here is the available info on X3TC from Gamespot: "The culmination of the X series takes the action back into Earth's solar system."

And here si one from Gamespy: "X3: Terran Conflict is a brand new, stand-alone game set in the universe of X3. It is the culmination of the X trilogy, with a grand finale that takes us all the way back to Earth's own solar system. Gamers can take on the roles of different characters in the X universe, or of a Terran military pilot, and experience a multitude of stories in the largest X universe ever featured -- for X3: Terran Conflict will offer more missions than any other X game before. Meanwhile, X3: Terran Conflict will pose questions such as: How has Earth changed in all these years? And how will relations between Earth and its counterparts in the X universe develop? "

That's plenty of info and summary for a game, and does say a bit more.
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Post by jlehtone »

blog wrote:Or you just take a ship, install the new XXX Software, and let the AI work out the rest.
Anyone want to bet whether we will agree with the AI about the "default work-out"?
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Terran Conflict Intro???

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So i was waiting in Herrons Nebula with SETA, waiting to sell the last load of space fuel, when a khaak fleet jumped in and destroyed everything.

Worst first 5 minutes of a game... EVER!
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Post by xeon_1 »

I think its real or does contain real parts of the intro.
Check out the developers blog some of the screen shot match a few scene in that video.
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And is it my imagination or is that cpu ship heading for the sol system on normal drives?
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Post by KennethX3Freak »

xeon_1 wrote:I think its real or does contain real parts of the intro.
Check out the developers blog some of the screen shot match a few scene in that video
im watching the video games conference, its in german but there showcading this intro

its real
So i was waiting in Herrons Nebula with SETA, waiting to sell the last load of space fuel, when a khaak fleet jumped in and destroyed everything.

Worst first 5 minutes of a game... EVER!
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Post by xeon_1 »

Syklon wrote:There have been a couple updates to the developer blog in the last couple of days for those that haven't checked it since it was first announced here. You should probably expect more in the future as well. :)
Shouldn't you have some tag like developer or something now that you joined the dev team?
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Post by CaptProton »

Yes, thats the Real Intro... I recordet it on "Press- Wednesday"
Unfortunately, there was only a Headphone plugt in and it was not possible to record the Sound.
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Post by KennethX3Freak »

that sucks, i wouldve liked to hear the dialogue, i heard some from the press conference.
So i was waiting in Herrons Nebula with SETA, waiting to sell the last load of space fuel, when a khaak fleet jumped in and destroyed everything.

Worst first 5 minutes of a game... EVER!
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Post by CaptProton »

The "narrator" in the Intro tells us only thinks we allready know - The Story from Pre-X1 to the end of X3.
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Post by Rapier »

Can we keep discussion of trailers and pre-release information to the stickies please?
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