Posted on: April 14, 2023
chew-ie
Verified ownerGames: 351 Reviews: 2
All I had hoped for and then some
Finally the Borons are back! After the supernova (which changed everything...) we had to wait so long for meeting the friendliest race in the X universe again. This expansion not only offers a new faction but also integrates very nicely into the existing universe by. Like they promised, Egosoft created an immersive expedition to find the long lost Borons. While the other expansion focused a lot on conflict and war this one is about exploration, trading and building. At some point of the story it reminds me of the X:Rebirth DeVries system - in a positive way. The Boron ships and stations are visually stunning and have their very own way of fighting their enemies, utilising ion weapons and engine disruption effects. For people who just want to go into the action I recommend the custom gamestart editor - that way one can shape the starting conditions to the own liking. From adding a small fleet / some stations and define the HQ location there are a lot possibilites. I'm playing this game series since X:Beyond the frontier and I'm especially fond of X² (immersion) / X³:TC (gameplay balancing). Also liked X:Rebirth up to the point that I couldn't fly all the beautiful ships. X4 I consider the pinnacle of the series so far. I'm looking forward for the next steps (minus the online features, I hope they don't drain important resources to evolve the singleplayer game further)
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