🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:02:52 -0500, Paul Grunwald
<pgrunwald@spamthis.comcast.net> wrote:

>I got a offer from GoGamer to pre-order X-3 for $34.99.
>
>What is the feedback from the beta testers?  I have always wanted to try 
>this game but it was hard to find in the states and the reviews of X-2 were 
>marginal.  I'm still looking for something like Terminus + Jumpgate + 
>Freespace + IWar2 that I can have on my machine for a while a play 
>freeform.  I don't want to pay to play.
>
>NDA violating  reviews greatly appreciated!

I'd wait for a playable demo if I were you. From what I have seen I suspect it
will be yet another graphical overhaul with the same game mechanics
underneath. All those pretty shots with planets etc. are just visual fluff as
you won't be able to visit them. On their site they have mentioned that they
have now made use of the vertical axis for systems which as far as I can see
means that rather than having a tiny flat plane with the various stations on
it and a gate at N,S,E and W there are going to be some stations above you and
below you. I think when people have started cooing over the graphics they will
find this out rather quickly.