| X3 - Terran Conflict | 7.8 GB |
X3: Terran Conflict is a single player, first person space simulator where the player navigates their ship across numerous sectors which are connected by jumpgates. The entire game universe holds thousands of persistent stations and ships, building an economy which the player is encouraged to take part in through trading and building. The game is open ended and the player is free to explore and perform various tasks at will, unless a mission instructs otherwise. There are several alien races which the player can interact with, becoming friend or foe. Some races are presented as a constant threat where friendship is not an option. Each race has a military presence across the universe and skirmishes break out without the player's involvement.
The player is capable of acquiring many types of property such as ships and factories. Ships can be piloted by the player or ordered to perform various tasks such as fighting and trading. The number of assets the player can own is limitless. Ships range from small scouts to large capital ships which are used for offence or factory construction.
Combat can range from dogfights between small ship to large fleet battles. There are several classes of weapons available such as beam lasers, energy projectiles, ammo based projectiles, missiles and mines. Each ship is usually capable of holding a wide array of weapons, usually limited by the constructing race and ship size. The player can manually pilot a ship, remotely pilot a ship from a distance or order ships to perform tasks. Ships can be grouped together to form wings, where they attempt to perform a task together without the player needing to order them individually.
Several space installations are available to be built by the player. They can include factories, trading stations, stationary weapon platforms and the player Headquarters. Factories can be built anywhere in space to provide a product to the local economy or for the players use. Wares are transferred between factories by ships in the aim to provide needed resources for production. Basic wares such as minerals, food and energy go though several factories to become advanced products such as weapons, satellites and drones.
Plot and generic free missions are offered and take place in the universe itself, where local events may alter the players experience of the mission. The majority of missions are not restrictive and the player can perform normal activities during the mission and call upon available property to help with the objective.
As the game progresses many more features are made available such as connecting multiple factories to share resources and training marines to board capital ships.
X3: Terran Conflict (X3TC), is a space trading and combat simulator from German developer Egosoft and is the culmination of their X series of computer games.[3] Described as a stand alone game, based on X3: Reunion, it boasts new plot lines, features and assets. It was first released on October 2008 for the European market and Steam