X-Rebirth reviews and thoughts?

[Pinback]

been a small update to the last patch. This is just a small update to fix some problems reported by some players.• Fixed further problems with ship and station build, upgrade and repair processes.• Fixed crash when starting game with more than 4 joystick devices installed.• Fixed several other causes of occasional crashes.• Improved handling of pre-1.30 savegame compatibility problems caused by mods leaving files in the root extension folder.• Improved error reporting in crash dump files. 

[Pinback]

New public beta patch has been released [url]http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=366338&start=0[/url] so it only available to subscribers at the moment, but looks like they are starting to sort out some long standing issues with the game. New high way flight model, radar/ map working...about time, and some new cockpit configurations sounds intresting. New Feature: Three new gamestarts, each with a new cockpit configuration.• New Feature: Rebalanced combat with three difficulty settings.• New Feature: Additional commands for your ships.• New Feature: Autopilot can fly your ship while you are busy.• New Feature: All new highway flight model.• New Feature: Most tasks can now be performed without landing on stations.• New Feature: Full screen HUD detail monitor option.• New Feature: Clicks on event monitor now open relevant menus.• New Feature: Map/radar on event monitor.• New Feature: New ships in Omicron Lyrae.• New Feature: Huge new Xenon ship.• New Feature: Four new missile types.• New Feature: Improved graphics for an even more beautiful universe.• New Feature: New graphics options and presets.• New Feature: New start menu scene.• New Feature: New Steam achievements.• Added support for up to 8 input devices (now even your pet octopus can get the most from the game).• Added option to buy replacement player ship cockpit layout from certain traders.• Added shield damage for collisions.• Improved responsiveness of main menu and dialogs.• Improved event monitor with more space for important information.• Improved positioning of interface elements in first person mode.• Fixed gamepad mode switching on when axis has non-zero value while at rest.• Fixed problem with wrecked state of ship/station surface elements not always being loaded from savegames correctly.• Fixed collectable objects not showing a target element.• Fixed gates not showing a target element.• Fixed info points not being displayed at drone launch pads.• Fixed cases where clicking on larger targets didn't work.• Fixed rare instance of mission objective bar being stuck on screen.• Fixed text field not being reset when closing and reopening trade menu.• Fixed problems with overlapping/truncated text on first person event monitor.• Fixed cases resulting in jumping target elements.• Fixed incorrect text in certain conversations.• Fixed icon size in licence encyclopedia entry.• Fixed distance sorting in trade menu.• Fixed capital ships becoming invisible when boosting while player is close.• Fixed several other causes of occasional crashes.• Various optimisations resulting in small performance improvements.

[Guest]

 â€¢ Added support for up to 8 input devices (now even your pet octopus can get the most from the game). :laugh: Now I'm more tempted to buy this game. .... I .... must .... resist 

[robske]

X rebirth 2.0! [url]http://steamcommunity.com/games/2870/announcements/detail/1387418590636426607[/url] â€¢ New Feature: Three new gamestarts, each with a new cockpit configuration. â€¢ New Feature: Rebalanced combat with three difficulty settings. â€¢ New Feature: Additional commands for your ships. â€¢ New Feature: Autopilot can fly your ship while you are busy. â€¢ New Feature: All new highway flight model. â€¢ New Feature: Most tasks can now be performed without landing on stations. â€¢ New Feature: Full screen HUD detail monitor option. â€¢ New Feature: Clicks on event monitor now open relevant menus. â€¢ New Feature: Map/radar on event monitor. â€¢ New Feature: New ships in Omicron Lyrae. â€¢ New Feature: Huge new Xenon ship. â€¢ New Feature: Four new missile types. â€¢ New Feature: Improved graphics for an even more beautiful universe. â€¢ New Feature: New graphics options and presets. â€¢ New Feature: New start menu scene. â€¢ New Feature: New Steam achievements. â€¢ Added support for up to 8 input devices (now even your pet octopus can get the most from the game). â€¢ Added option to buy replacement player ship cockpit layout from certain traders. â€¢ Added shield damage for collisions. â€¢ Improved responsiveness of main menu and dialogs. â€¢ Improved event monitor with more space for important information. â€¢ Improved positioning of interface elements in first person mode. â€¢ Improved production logic now skips products where the station has too much stock. â€¢ Fixed gamepad mode switching on when axis has non-zero value while at rest. â€¢ Fixed problem with wrecked state of ship/station surface elements not always being loaded from savegames correctly. â€¢ Fixed collectable objects not showing a target element. â€¢ Fixed gates not showing a target element. â€¢ Fixed info points not being displayed at drone launch pads. â€¢ Fixed cases where clicking on larger targets didn't work. â€¢ Fixed rare instance of mission objective bar being stuck on screen. â€¢ Fixed text field not being reset when closing and reopening trade menu. â€¢ Fixed problems with overlapping/truncated text on first person event monitor. â€¢ Fixed cases resulting in jumping target elements. â€¢ Fixed incorrect text in certain conversations. â€¢ Fixed icon size in licence encyclopedia entry. â€¢ Fixed distance sorting in trade menu. â€¢ Fixed capital ships becoming invisible when boosting while player is close. â€¢ Fixed cases where build icons were displayed without a builder ship in the player squad. â€¢ Fixed missing trade offers for architects with no money. â€¢ Fixed rare case of missing target elements (usually build locations or player owned cap ships). â€¢ Fixed cases where targeting objects using gamepad/joystick controls did not work correctly. â€¢ Fixed trade restrictions menu getting stuck. â€¢ Fixed several causes of occasional crashes. â€¢ Various optimisations resulting in small performance improvements.

[Pinback]

I will have to turn Steam on again. Egosoft is extremely pleased to finally announce the release of X Rebirth 2.0 - Secret Service Missions. After considerable effort and with an eye to all the great feedback we've received, X Rebirth 2.0 represents a major update for a wide variety of gameplay mechanics. Great feedback must be a new name for all the complaints :haha: 

[robske]

I will have to turn Steam on again. Great feedback must be a new name for all the complaints :haha: Yes. Besides, the game is 50% off for now, midweek madness

[Pinback]

Just seen the trailer for it. 

[sscadmin]

Very impressive trailer, makes me want to pick it up. But probably holding off until the 1yr anniversary before getting this one, unless the feedback is amazingly positive

[Geraldine]

I also noticed on the Egosoft Shop the Collectors Edition is on sale at 39.99 Euros, 44.49 including shipping to the UK. Is it now finally worth it with these patches and updates I wonder ?

[Pinback]

Depends on weather you want a physical game disk, I always go for a boxed edition myself as I like having them ( I am a game hoarder ) :biggrin: also it will probably be the original release which will still mean downloading about 1.5 GB of updates and patches from Steam. Just had quick play around things seem to working better, not impressed by the two new versions of the cockpit but the radar/scanner seem to be working now also I think my performance has improved a bit although it was not too bad to start with so it hard to tell.Also noticed that cap ship now have fighter escorts and watched a battle between a zeon cap ship with it's fighter and one of the stations and that idiot mini highway game has gone

[DiabloTigerSix]

that idiot mini highway game has goneWhat do you mean by that? They say it's reworked.

[Pinback]

What do you mean by that? They say it's reworked. They have removed the slip streaming and made the channels inside the tunnel invisible, you still have to do a bit of maneuvering as you can still hit ships and they have added some sort energy field which also depletes your shields. 

[robske]

What do you mean by that? They say it's reworked. Completely offtopic, but love your avatar picture. Sexy ship, even sexier scifi series.

[Pinback]

Manual update for the game [url]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=254121025[/url] detailing the new features.