EGOSOFT and Deep Silver announce X Rebirth

JImmyrosso · Post by **JImmyrosso** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 09:43

Im sure this has already been posted but heres a link to a lovely new ship

http://www.egosoft.com/games/x_rebirth/info_en.php

sweet designs - CHECK

muppetts · Post by **muppetts** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 09:48

I still think X2 is the best of the Bunch.

Looks from the trailer that lessons from Freelancer have been taken onboard at last, smart move, it was alway more immersive than X which suffered from taking place in a mostly silent universe.

But yeah reservations, I really think sticking to the X universe is a mistake, should have started new new. Get rid of the rather comic/cartoon races like Boron etc. Get rid of a map made up of squares with square sectors and give some seemless flight between larger joining sectors with fast travel an option. Freelancer universe always felt larger as even when you traveled through gates you saw the outside enviroment moving by, with only big jumps to other systems used as a load screen.

bought every game since X-t but plot, portrate/charater graphics/cut scenes and any sense of belonging to anything other than a giant sandbox have always been very poor IMPO.

we will see, definately not buying in advance this time, based on past bugs.

Skyman · Post by **Skyman** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 09:51

Exciting news, I've been waiting a long time for this.
Time to reopen FACTS and maybe give it a new look.

mr.WHO · Post by **mr.WHO** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 09:51

From what I can see in superbox encyclopedia the Argons, Borons and Paranids will be in X-R for sure as "alliance of Planets", No mention of Teladi, Split, Xenon, Khaak and Terrans.

I hope that Terrans will recover and launch offensive against Argon for Second Terranformer War and destruction of Torus, in X-R

PTR · Post by **PTR** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 09:55

strude wrote: So your point is the trailer shows us nothing? And yet everyone is really really excited about it. It's good to get some news and see some footage, but everyone has been excessively excited considering there is not even a hint at what the game will be like. The video does look like X3 with different ships., and there is no verifiable information either way that anything is radically different other than their word.

The less they show, the more everyone can imagine that their personal whish list is in the game, so everybody is happy, still... I guess there will be more details on the 28th, I hope? See how happy everyone is after more details come clear....

But I can't imagine that EGOSOFT can fail us. That's just not possible.

DarthVain · Post by **DarthVain** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 10:16

Does Egosoft need any BETA TESTERS????

The_Lost_Marauder · Post by **The_Lost_Marauder** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 10:43

just... WOW!

Another (very) good reason to buy a new pc.
Too bad I'll have to wait six more months...

TTD · Post by **TTD** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 10:47

For those thinking of buying a new PC...
I would say wait until you know the optimum specs for the game and then buy or build a PC that at least comes close.

I say wait because today's hardware will be out of date by the time Rebirth is released.On the other hand you may get some deals by then on the now current standard,as they make room for the newer hardware for Xmas.

supakillaii · Post by **supakillaii** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 11:00

I bet that this has been posted before, though I'm still busy playing X - Beyond the Frontier every now and then...

shealladh · Post by **shealladh** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 11:03

JImmyrosso wrote:Im sure this has already been posted but heres a link to a lovely new ship

http://www.egosoft.com/games/x_rebirth/info_en.php

sweet designs - CHECK

Cool ty for the link.

btw - Someone forgot to edit the FPS Counter in bottom Right of x_rebirth_screen_001.jpg screeny. {FPS: 14.456794}

Maybe they haven't upgraded their PCs either

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Skeeter · Post by **Skeeter** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 11:06

Someone mentioned the gfx. I kinda agree. It looks like x3 gfx but to me it doesnt look as good, the colors are pretty bad and the textures dont look as good to me.

The orbital station looks so out of place and just looked really badly designed and looks to me. Just a wash of textured panels nothing else in long sections.

Planet below looked good which i think are photos of earth as their far too detailed or at least parts of the earth.

The purple roids screenie just looks weird and doesnt look right to me.

Oh and people have mentioned its new engine well they said that about x3 but it turned out it wasnt built from scratch it was just a heavily modified engine of x2. So this games will be x3 tc engine just heavily updated.

Spec wise i cant see why ppl think they need new computers it isnt that good looking enough for new hardware.

I do wise they revisit the xbtf phase of the x series tho and move back to cockpits and interior docking as i used to love doing it. This is why i was hoping for a new IP from egosoft so they could do them things in a new setting and game style.

I do like that white ship tho and them red ships at the end. Hope to god its somit apart from xenon or khaak tho cos well we have played them already.

I just hope we can play the game without investing too much time getting money cos i have far less patience than i used to when i was playing xbtf and xtension and x2. Thats why i couldnt be bothered to play x3 when i bought it as it didnt have what made x games x games to me as in the docking and the cockpits and it just felt rehashed gameplay which sorry but when u have spent about a year playing xbtf and x tension and x2 u really dont wana build stations anymore lol or see the same races or sectors or wares etc or that damn betty voice.

Yeah i am dissapointed in another x game im sorry its half or more of a rant this post but meh free country and they have to know alot of the fans by now are sick of the same game just changed a bit over the years and would love to see if egosoft are actually capable of having a new IP franchise i mean how many years are they gona keep on at the x games before all the fans are sick of em? We need something fresh something nothing to do with x games. Im sure it will be good as xbtf was a good idea and you have done well with it but dont you think its time for a change, are you too secure with x your afraid of risking a new IP? I would love for Bernd to come and reply to this.

Post by **Terre** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 11:08

I've noticed that, either nothing has been done about anti-aliasing or what ever you are using, is not working.

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It looks very noisy and low resolution bitmap, which is a shame.
Maybe some could dispel my fears?

The concept art looks great.

Roguey · Post by **Roguey** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 11:29

btw - Someone forgot to edit the FPS Counter in bottom Right of x_rebirth_screen_001.jpg screeny. {FPS: 14.456794}

Hopefully that fps will improve. I would of thought ego would be developing on a powerful pc? Maybe they were video recording at the same time?

Tycow · Post by **Tycow** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 11:33

That worrys me slightly, as both Terran Conflict and Reunion were badly optimised upon release.

On the flip side, this is probably from some alpha/beta version of the game that isn't well optimised and optimisation may still be on the agenda for the remaining development time.

Time will tell.

JelmerBaas · Post by **JelmerBaas** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 11:37

As exciting as this news is, if it doesn't support (small-scale) multiplayer, I won't buy it. Nothing better than to fly co-op with a buddy, working together to build a great empire, etc.

Hopefully...

Morty_Porky · Post by **Morty_Porky** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 11:46

Any multiplaying.....Lan???? Come on...

Skeeter · Post by **Skeeter** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 11:52

Mp would be nice. You dont need to have mp to be loads of sectors just one will do one nice big one. And have like 4 player limit.

Base building shouldnt be in mp as takes too long and ull all get bored.

Combat should be the main focus of mp in a x game. Pick a ship and go fight in a nice mp map.

Thats all x mp ever needed was to play the ships in a mp map of say maybe 10 diff sectors which rotate on a server clans put up for example.

plausiblydamp · Post by **plausiblydamp** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 11:53

Skeeter wrote: Oh and people have mentioned its new engine well they said that about x3 but it turned out it wasnt built from scratch it was just a heavily modified engine of x2. So this games will be x3 tc engine just heavily updated.

Other than the fact they said they started with nothing because of the limitations in the existing engine and only decided it was to be an X game late on in development?

Skeeter wrote: ...would love to see if egosoft are actually capable of having a new IP franchise i mean how many years are they gona keep on at the x games before all the fans are sick of em? We need something fresh something nothing to do with x games.

Egosoft are only a small-ish development company and sticking with an established franchise can be a good thing - I don't see many people complaining when Rockstar release yet another GTA game....

JelmerBaas · Post by **JelmerBaas** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 11:55

Base building shouldnt be in mp as takes too long and ull all get bored.

Tell that to the thousands of people chopping away at trees and stone in Minecraft. Minecraft is, just like X, a sandbox game that attracts many people.

Right now X only attracts a small group of players. Having a multiplayer mode would open up to door to a huge group of other players.

Post by **bogatzky** » Thu, 21. Apr 11, 12:25

Terre wrote:I've noticed that, either nothing has been done about anti-aliasing or what ever you are using, is not working.
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A zoomed compressed jpeg- file can`t be compared or used to guess about the actual ingame graphics setting.