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Article #104388Re: So is X3 THAT boring?
From: DocScorpio
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:46
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:46
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"Ceowulf" <ceo@NOSPAMii.ATALLnet> wrote in message news:43882d86$0$12457$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... > "Nats" <nstutt@nstutt.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message > news:dl7b7k$ske$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk... [snip] > > I agree on this, they are completely different, but are still fitting in > the space-sim genre. And X3 is a leading space-sim whether you want to > think it or not. Once upon a time I would say I-War 2 was the boss, and is > still a contender for "modern" (not all, as the Elite trio still win hands > down overall) space-sims. With no other companies really taking this genre > seriously, and fans short in supply (compare traffic of this group to rpg > or strategic, though that's showing its age too) I am grateful that > Egosoft have a dream and a desire to make a good space-sim. If they are > still falling a bit short then that's cool, as long as they keep the dream > or so to say. > > Ceo- > That's pretty much why I bought it. Haven't played it much beyond barely starting. I can't bring myself to restart another X game quite yet.
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!130.81.64.211.MISMATCH!cycny01.gnilink.net!spamkiller.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trnddc04.POSTED!eb909def!not-for-mail From: "DocScorpio" <docscorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.space-sim References: <07OdneIWBYbTk-_eRVnyvw@giganews.com> <4f84n19m1to62a9nek6ihs328crto0dlpp@4ax.com> <dl4vj4$qko$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk> <43769da9$0$9972$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> <dl7b7k$ske$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk> <43882d86$0$12457$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> Subject: Re: So is X3 THAT boring? Lines: 24 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: <mt6if.330$to5.165@trnddc04> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:46:26 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.109.235.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: trnddc04 1133048786 71.109.235.56 (Sat, 26 Nov 2005 18:46:26 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 18:46:26 EST MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit