X3: Reunion video

External Since: Sep 28, 2003 Posts: 1714

Just watched the 230MB video of X3. New models look good and all that but as
far as a taster for the gameplay is concerned it has nothing. All it does is
show some of their funky new artwork. At the end it even has the same kind of
blurb that the original X had, the stuff about fighting, trading etc. Can't
help thinking this is going to be a rehash of X2 and that Egosoft are going
down the Derek Smart route of sequels.

External Since: Jul 13, 2005 Posts: 2

Well, to be honest, X2 was mainly a rehash of X and X-Tension. I tend
to think of the X series as a single evolving game rather than a set of
discrete sequals. I am expecting X3 to be a facelift and
feature-fillout for X2. Hmm, I guess that is kind of like BC3000AD...

The art in the demo was ok, but it lacked anything really exciting, and
gave no indication of features. By far the highlight of the demo was
the music. It was excellent and suited the game perfectly.