Is X4 X-Tension 2?

[Matthew94]

X: BTF had you flying a single ship and was heavily plot focused. X-Tension had a few mini-mission chains but was largely freeform.

When compared with X: Rebirth, is X4 basically a new X-Tension? Would you want the next game to be more like X2 with a central plot but all the benefits of X4?

This isn't serious. I'm just noticing a pattern and speculating for the sake of conversation.

[Tomonor]

Yeah, oddly X4 has X-Tension vibes for me too.

[DragonEye501]

With the limited ships and sectors and some of the ship designs being pulled straight from x1, I would say sure, why not! I always wanted to play x-tension but could never get it to work on my system. It kept popping up on my second-monitor and the resolution was all screwed up. Wish I had found a fix.

[Sparky Sparkycorp]

With the limited ships and sectors and some of the ship designs being pulled straight from x1, I would say sure, why not! I always wanted to play x-tension but could never get it to work on my system. It kept popping up on my second-monitor and the resolution was all screwed up. Wish I had found a fix.

Serious question: Did you try unplugging your second monitor?

[DragonEye501]

Serious question: Did you try unplugging your second monitor?

I think so, sounds like something I would of tried. If I remember correctly, that fixed it popping up on the wrong monitor but the resolution was was still weird and I couldn't control/click on the main menu. It was so long ago, I would have to purchase it again and give it another shot. Did you have any issues on a dual monitor setup?

[Panos]

X: BTF had you flying a single ship and was heavily plot focused. X-Tension had a few mini-mission chains but was largely freeform.

When compared with X: Rebirth, is X4 basically a new X-Tension? Would you want the next game to be more like X2 with a central plot but all the benefits of X4?

This isn't serious. I'm just noticing a pattern and speculating for the sake of conversation.

Yes X4 is closer to X-T. Also before we start discussion about next game, I think we need to let Egosoft first fully finish adding the DLCs & patches on X4. The currently game has a lot of potential to change massively as it is. And we see how drastically things can change when someone makes mods like the Immersive Corporations one.

[Perahoky]

The currently game has a lot of potential to change massively as it is. And we see how drastically things can change when someone makes mods like the Immersive Corporations one.

for example the tradefilter. Move it out from the map and into the right bottom corner as static window-box. much much much better.

The game still contains many user interface mistakes. Mistakes, that are harder todo than the general good solution.

[spankahontis]

X: BTF had you flying a single ship and was heavily plot focused. X-Tension had a few mini-mission chains but was largely freeform.

When compared with X: Rebirth, is X4 basically a new X-Tension? Would you want the next game to be more like X2 with a central plot but all the benefits of X4?

This isn't serious. I'm just noticing a pattern and speculating for the sake of conversation.

I was making that argument about X:Rebirth when it came out that it was the first of it's new engine.
The one ship of Beyond the Frontier, I predicted (Well it was obvious from all the negative feedback) that future improvements to the engine would reintroduce multiple ships, cause it was the most demanded reintroduction feature on the long list of X Fans demands.

I just hope they do an X2: the Threat when dealing with those bloody Indestructible Kha'ak stations.

[mr.WHO]

X-Rebirth wasn't bad especially after all the pathing, but if you trap me in the single ships, you should at least give me a decent amount of customization and modularity for both exterion and interior.
The things like customizing your cokpit should be from the start (more cokpits were added around 2.5) and Skunk interior on some concept arts was twice the size (two decks and more rooms).

X4 has much more ships, cokpits and interiors - they feel great even if they are bit generic and repetetive - I really love racial difference to interior design and Split interiors from videos looks good.