X Rebirth Looks Like One Hell of a Space Game

I really want to try this, this looks amazing.

The design goal for this one have been all about making it playable for non-crazy people.

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=306346

"Complex=good, Complicated=bad

Let me get this straight right at the start. X Rebirth is not less complex or dumber than any of the X games of the past.

But to make a game intuitive and easy to learn, you have to design it from scratch. Adding features to a game that was not designed for these features at the start, is never perfect.

Designed to be fun and easy but complex and deep at the same time

This one line sums up the ethos of all the game design changes that you will read and hear about, namely:"

I can confirm this. I was drawn in with previous games by the visuals and stopped playing after only 15 hours.

For this game it's either real life or in-game life. I chose real life.

If the main campaign is a lot better this time around then maybe I'll give it a look. otherwise it's not for me again.

Also, ship/building destruction in space needs to be drastically modified. As fires don't burn in a vacuum. It would be cool to see your destruction leave a hole in the hull or wall and the shield covers the hole and you can see the fires inside the ship burning etc. Maybe see some people and objects sucked out into space before the shield seals the gap or whatever.

Well, I don't know anything about X Rebirth, but having played the previous X games I can tell you that the series as a whole definitely isn't less crazy. Or at least not enough to make a difference for most people.

X3 sucked so many hours out of my life. Excited to see how this turns out.

If there is Oculus Rift support, I will park my space ship next to a space highway, and get space high watching space traffic in space 3D.

Not to burst your bubble, Patrick, but unless they change a lot, the X series is definitely for crazy people.

That music. Yes please.

SPACE!

always loved the X series, but things went a bit out of hand in terms of complexity with 2 and the following titles

really interested to see if they were able to reach their goal of streamlining the gameplay and making it
move a bit away from "Space eXcel - SpreadSheets!"

i think even just a bit of clever UI cleanup might be enough to get things on track there, so i think there is a valid chance for this get me back into the universe.

the graphics always looked super nice and the soundtrack on the trailer already draws me back in

Hey GB dudes, upload the X Rebirth Scale and Detail trailer for this and blow more minds! ;P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEbL1p5vZpw

I've always been on the fence over the X games- looks like I'm going to have to check it out.

That looks pretty Xtreme.