since when did you cop out like that? hahahaha it's not "too early for a verdict".. it's more like "so far, everything I tried was broken & messy and I don't know if I'd just cut my loss & invest my time in better game"
but thanks for ur opinion. I will skip it.
Here you go - another long-winded MysterD post today, since you keep asking loaded questions or making statements that get me going...
X games are complex + ridiculously huge. You don't just play a game like Morrowind + Skyrim - and in a few hours have a verdict, when you've barely scratched the damn surface. Too much to do and too big to decide, that early on. More so than anything - even despite technical issues, I still keep coming back to it. The X game series is like that - you're in it for the long haul; and then you have an opinion...just like Elder Scrolls games + TDU2.
X series aren't streamlined space-sims like Freelancer, where in a few hours - you kind of have a grasp on how everything works, how it goes; and you have a feel for how the gameplay goes; realize there's actually a good story, plot, characters, and dialogue. In the X series, you can do a ton more than in say Freelancer - you could just be a trader in space; you could build your own stations; you could freelance to take down pirates in space; build your own team of ship; etc etc. Basically, the galaxy is your oyster - the X games are way more of a sandbox. A lot out of what you get out of the EgoSoft X games is what you're putting into them, since there's tons + tons of content here.
I haven't cut my losses b/c the game's still teaching me how to do things + b/c the open-world action in this X game is finally fantastic. X3 games are not normally as action-packed as this, as visceral as this, in the combat department - even when you're just going around in space, just flying and exploring from sector-to-sector. Simply put - combat has never been this good in a X game before.
The other thing is - EgoSoft is still working on things. It's not like EgoSoft is throwing in the towel here - and are done w/ patching this game. And even if they do - who knows, it's on Steam WorkShop, so mods could possibly fix the game. This game probably should've been on Early Access, back when it came out. Even now - it probably should still be in Early Access b/c of its technical issues. So, even if I cut my losses and get away from it, namely b/c of technical issues - them patching and fixing things can draw me right back in. That's how compelling the open-world action + gameplay is here to me, when compared to previous X games.
