X4: Community of Planets Collector's Edition (2024)

I have tried all the X series. They are known for ‘steep’ learning curves and insanely awkward controls. But the games are amazing. True living sandbox. X4, has the most ‘intuitive’ control structure of all the games in my opinion. But still expect a steep learning curve. I think it took me 10 hours to get ‘comfortable’ with how everything was expected to work. But then I am a dummy. You might pick it up earlier. This is the closest you will ever come to being a starship Captain or Admiral. And then there is the Starwars Mod!

Elite...star ciz... and X4 All have their differences. Elite for that one man verse the galaxy, Star ciz the universe.. X4 Starts the same way, One man verse the universe . Yet soon becomes a fleet, then an empire against the galaxy. You start alone then soon hire NPCs to control your ship, or fleet and even build space stations and space factories etc. You can walk ( limited) around stations. Watch ships come and go, From fighter to giant space carrier-battleships you can climb into any ship and fly them. Space is BIG and in X4 it is broken into sectors with 'jump gates' acting as doorways. There are several factions to work with or fight against ,it is all your choice. A massive sandbox! Overall the game is GREAT and apart from the 'NPC s' has amazing graphics and FX. YET! as expanse and success greets your empire the more time you have to spend in the 'U.I' The game remains challenging .. on a SPREADSHEET! and OH! boy is that spreadsheet as massive as the universe you fly in. Menu after menu, hidden within a menu. I stopped playing for a few weeks, when I came back to the game...i was lost, I had to 're-learn' where every menu choice was hidden.

If you are willing to put in the effort of learning the game, there is definitely no other game that even comes close, leaning curve is steep but it's definitely worth it. Not for everyone but if you like fantasy of space well go for it.

I can't even play this game. The below error happens on pop os and debian. The only lutris community install script available fails. How is this sellable. No amount of googling finds any solutions, but rather other frustrated people in similar boat. Its compressed with a getto 3rd party app against good linux standards. PANIC Initial setup failed. Cannot continue. Error: Couldn't run mojosetup