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In article <2iaqd4hep1l1llutn9r4a7ooagndug8sfj@4ax.com>, 
memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com says...
> On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:53:25 +1000, Lazarus <devnull@lukewarmmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >Memnoch wrote:
> >> So, who is going to be buying this in October?
> >
> >Yup.  Would prefer X4 but beggars can't be choosers...  and us Space Sim 
> >fans are obviously at the bottom of all the developer's lists.  [sigh]
> 
> It's a shame that. Their could be a greater market for this type of game if
> the few developers that do try their hands at it don't screw it up! Look at
> that Rogue Universe game that got released a while back. That was so bad. The
> only two I can think of that I played and enjoyed, apart from X3, were
> Freelancer and Darkstar One. The ability to change the way your ship is
> configured, as opposed to actually purchasing a new ship was quite novel I
> thought.
> 

Mmmh. I have x3 sitting on my harddrive, I really like the game, but I 
haven't played it anywhere near as much as it deserves; mostly because 
there's AOnline, there's Civ IV and there's Galciv 2 (Arnor).  So I've 
had two blasts with X3, in one instance up to owning about 3 or 5 ships 
and setting up a small trading business, and hiring my first 'bot' 
pilot, but that's it. 

I have, in other words, barely scratched the surface. And I'll probably 
have to start from the beginning again, next time I want to play, 
because it's been months and I won't remember the commands and what I 
was up to last time ...

So can you give me any idea what's NEW with this revamp? Is it really 
worth getting for someone who has not nearly exhausted X3?

I am for instance not entirely sure that buying the Arnor expansion to 
GalCiv 2 was worth the bucks I spent. Well, they promised one big world-
shattering patch for October or so; we'll see.

-Peter