NEXT GENERATION OF THE X UNIVERSE - X³: REUNION

The Sequel to the award winning X²: The Threat will introduce a new 3D engine as well as a new story, new ships and a new gameplay to greatly increase the variety in the X-universe. The economy of X³: Reunion will be more complex than anything seen in the X-universe before. Factories are being built by NPCs, wars can affect the global economy, NPCs can trade freely and pirates will behave far more realistically.

The Technology
Extensive development has gone into the X³ engine, making full use of DirectX 9 technology, to create dramatic visual effects and stunningly realistic starships. Coupled with the massively enhanced A.L. (Artificial Life) system, X³: REUNION will present players with an ever changing, evolving universe; where a player

On 2005-11-10 11:00, Drafell wrote:
Performance Tips:

- Reduce Shade effects to Low
- Reduce Textures to Medium
- Disable Anti-Aliasing
- Run in Windowed Mode

For some reason the HUD overlay causes a lot of FPS lag, most of which is avoided in Windowed mode due to the way in which Windows handles application and the memory management.

Gameplay:

The new physics model they are using is nice. It's a good development on from the old engine and now is using a semi-newtonian model.
You can no longer fly about inside space stations, but now you can build up your own stations and form them into complexes using a special kit. This means you can create truely massive stations which you can have fun navigating around in your little M5 class ships, or you can even eject and use your space suit to take a closer look.

The controls still aren't comparible to the Iwar2 or Freespace full newtonian models, but as a hybrid system it works very well and is a lot more functional and even challenging to fly well compared to the older X-Series games.

Combat is fun.