X Rebirth - Egosoft - Q4 2011

[Hawkbit]

http://www.egosoft.com/news/current_en.php

in case their site goes wonky:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LabrDe4XJo0

This was supposed to be announced on the 28th but they did it a week early for some reason.  Looks fantastic.  I love, love the traffic around stations. 

[Malakili]

That video made me want to resub to EVE.

[bhodi]

Yessss. so excited. I have no words.

[Xuri]

Darnit. Watched the trailer-thingy, started thinking "Hmmm voice-guy sounds like the guy from the original UO intro", so I went on youtube to find it - found it, and he didn't really sound all that much like the voice guy in the UO intro after all - but I did spot a link to a video visualizing the development of Iris2 UO client project based on something called gource, which got me thinking it would be cool to do the same for some code-projects I have lying around here. Three hours later, and I'm still installing CVS stuff + Perl ++++ (on Windows 7) and I really should go get some sleep.

Also, yeah. I want to play this game too.

[tgr]

Squee.

[Sir T]

yeah. I got an email on this this morning.

But the real reason I'm posting this is because I cant do anything else. This is an emergency call. My hard on for this is so intense, its pinned me to the desk. HAYLP!!!

[NiX]

I'm sure this game will continue to destroy my ability to comprehend WTF is going on while making me want to play it even more.

[SnakeCharmer]

I thought it was JG Evolution 

[Lantyssa]

More X games are cool, but I'm guessing it's just single-player.  I'd really like to be able to interact with others in the X universe.

[Mrbloodworth]

Was just about to say the same thing.

[Sky]

More X games are cool, but I'm guessing it's just single-player.  I'd really like to be able to interact with others in the X universe.

lolnuub u suks *azzrapez*

Feel better? 

[tgr]

More X games are cool, but I'm guessing it's just single-player.  I'd really like to be able to interact with others in the X universe.

lolnuub u suks *azzrapez*

Feel better? 

I must be your mortal enemy forever now.

[Sky]

The line so long, the time so short...

[Lantyssa]

MMO might be too much, but being able to host a small multi-player universe would be awesome.  X(f13).

[Sky]

Ok, that would be awesome.

[Mrbloodworth]

MMO might be too much, but being able to host a small multi-player universe would be awesome.  X(f13).

I say that about a lot of games. So many games come out that have need of a multi-player system, yet do not. This is one of those titles, among many. Mount and blade was another.

[Lantyssa]

I thought the new Mount and Blade added multiplayer.  X is so sandboxy though, it's just begging for a small server.

[Mrbloodworth]

I thought the new Mount and Blade added multiplayer.  X is so sandboxy though, it's just begging for a small server.

Its just your standard fair, Death match, Session based, Match, stuff.  I suppose I should have said Co-op ( Even though I mean to stab my friends :P )

[bhodi]

Most friend schedules don't line up enough to do multiplayer shit together on a regular basis, even assuming your friends like random game Y as much as you. Also, most sandboxy and/or niche games aren't going to have enough playerbase for a random pickup game. Who would you play with? Who would you play with more the once or twice as a novelty?

Who's going to want to play an extended game without the other player being there?

No one. That's why multiplayer is silly.

Doubly so on a game that 'just gets going' after 10 hours or so.

[Mrbloodworth]

I don't want a session based server. I want persistent. ( Ala Minecraft )

[Nija]

Its just your standard fair, Death match, Session based, Match, stuff.  I suppose I should have said Co-op ( Even though I mean to stab my friends :P )

There's coop in M&B now. http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,150827.0.html?PHPSESSID=3a0f93m0o7ctuh5ebf2nvd3nt0

[Mrbloodworth]

Its just your standard fair, Death match, Session based, Match, stuff.  I suppose I should have said Co-op ( Even though I mean to stab my friends :P )

There's coop in M&B now. http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,150827.0.html?PHPSESSID=3a0f93m0o7ctuh5ebf2nvd3nt0

I know about this, but its not what we wanted. I suspect its not what a lot of people want. Its also buggy, and will jack up your saves, that and being requested to join at the frequency that 8 players are playing at is annoying.

[Lantyssa]

Who's going to want to play an extended game without the other player being there?

The same people who like a small persistent minecraft server, as Bloodworth says.  X has a lot of fans.  It's niche, but those that like playing it would also like having a couple of people around.

[Mrbloodworth]

There are many games I wish to simply start a server, and allow people to log into. I have no idea why more developers don't cater to this. They hear multi-player, and add death match, thats not what was asked for!

/derail

[Xuri]

Did just that with Freelancer back in the day. I put up a Freelancer-server on a LAN we built between 12 houses in the area where I lived (total distance of about 550 meters in total as the crow flies), and I think we had it up for at least a month - maybe two - with us randomly logging in, flying around, trading, fighting one another, fighting space-bandits etc. Was good fun for a while, before it started growing a bit stale, as the game didn't really offer all that much variety.

[Mrbloodworth]

Same here. But yeah, freelancer did not have much built in game for that sort of thing.

[Amaron]

I'm cautiously optimistic here.   I loved the idea of all the X games but controls and interface have constantly left me really unable to get into them.   X3 was a vast improvement over X2 though so maybe they'll get it right this time.

[Sky]

An X game with a good UI and easier learning curve, without losing the depth, would be great. I hope this is the iteration that gets it right and look forward to the QQ from the hardcore vets if they do (omfg ez mode waaaah).

[Malakili]

There are many games I wish to simply start a server, and allow people to log into. I have no idea why more developers don't cater to this. They hear multi-player, and add death match, thats not what was asked for!

/derail

Absolutely!  I loved the Neverwinter Nights persistent world community and I wish more games would allow for that, hell, even without the toolset.  It was basically MMOs with a small like minded playerbase - the ideal.  I wish that model was more popular.

[Mavor]

What the fuck. AGAIN, single player?!?! Why can't these guys just put out some god damned multiplayer?!?

The lack of good multiplayer space shooters is killing me. X3 rebirth? More like X3 retirement home.

**Ok i love these X3 games to death, and have made more then one TC mods for them, but jesus give us multiplayer.

*fuck me*

[Venkman]

Want.

I'd take even session multiplayer, but not at the expense of a modern space sim if I had to make the choice.

[Tebonas]

Yay, I excited about this. I will start up a Chat Client on another screen and this will just be like Eve, but without somebody killing me all the time. 

[tgr]

Yay, I excited about this. I will start up a Chat Client on another screen and this will just be like Eve, but without somebody killing me all the time. 

And without the mindnumbingly bad interface decisions. Oh god the UI, it haunts my dreams.

[Simond]

The (oriiginal) X/X2/X3 UIs were worse than EVE's.
Let that sink in for a while.

[Amaron]

The (oriiginal) X/X2/X3 UIs were worse than EVE's.
Let that sink in for a while.

I personally don't know of a game with a UI bad enough to give a relevant point of reference by which X2's UI may be compared.   You couldn't use the mouse and you had to enter something akin to a street fighter combo to push a button.