Yeah, I'm definitely spending a lot of time reloading. Thus on this occasion, I used my huge advantage in speed, simply buzzed by them (well, gave them about a 6 km buffer zone), and arrived at the base with a solid 18 km between me and those nasty scourges.Ĭompleted the scan of the base in about 30 seconds, SETA'd to the jumpgate, and finished Mission 2. Not so: those pirates are accurate and their weapons powerful. I figured that I was about 200 km/s faster, so it would be a cakewalk. In previous attempts, I had tried to take these guys on too. Easy peasy.īut that still left the 3 pirate ships. Once those Xenons arrived at my location, they were set upon by some local merchant ships, distracted, and left open for the kill. But since I was about 35 km away, the Pirates themselves took down one Xenon, while the other 2 Xenons flew toward me. Usually I would be right in the thick of it, shooting hard and dying fast. At the 2nd base, I docked, saved, and SETA'd until the little cutscene of the transport jumping out turned on. Took the advice about picking and choosing fights, and finally finished Mission 2.Īfter jumping into the new sector (the one with two pirate bases), I went to the 2nd base, rather than follow the pirate's ship to the 1st base (where the Xenons spawn). I'm eager to progress into the story, but I'm pretty chuffed that I'm getting slaughtered repeatedly (this is made worse by the Spartan save system).
I went from baggin Xenons with full wing support in friendly space, to being attacked by 3 pirates and 4 Xenons in enemy space. I know this is something that every review and forum thread discusses, but man, I was totally unprepared for the jump in difficulty that hits in the 2nd mission. It's a damn hard game: The learning curve is incredibly steep. A high cost, imo, for a game that's about flying around in space. This does - as the reviews warn - come at great expense I've had to turn my AA down to 2x to get 30fps. It's a beautifiul game: The different fighter ships, bases, platforms, frigates are all carefully textured and intricately detailed. So far, I've completed about 3 hours, mostly SETA, playing as the "Terran Defender". Then, once you're there, you'll be able to use the new diplomacy options to help shape your relationships with the factions you find.I picked this game up from Steam on the weekend. Trapped in an isolated area of space, you'll first need to make use of the new exploration features to find your way back to civilisation.
Set in the years after X3: Albion Prelude, as the chaos caused by the gate shutdown really takes hold, X3: Farnham's Legacy starts very differently to previous games in the X3 series. The old X Universe is passing a new X Universe is about to be created.ĭeveloped by a dedicated group of players from Egosoft's DevNet community, X3: Farnham's Legacy is a new game in the X3 space game series.
It shows a universe in flux, and prepares players for things to come. X3: Albion Prelude plays in the time between the old X Universe and the new. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the races, cultures and life forms leads to new tensions, mistrust and eventually open conflict! The long-anticipated encounter between the X Universe and the Earth brings both joy and sorrow. The X3 Terran War Pack bundle includes X3: Terran Conflict, X3: Albion Prelude and X3: Farnham's Legacy.