The Diplomacy Update for X4: Foundations is now in Beta bringing some huge new features to the popular space sim.
  • NarannEnglish
    7·
    20 hours ago

    I remember when X4 Foundation was crap. Peoples states they will improve it.

    It took few years, but they actually make it the best X ever.

    Egosoft is a patient gamer company, they always deliver.

  • tuckerm@feddit.onlineEnglish
    20·
    1 day ago

    For those who aren’t familiar with this game, it’s in the same genre as Mount & Blade, but with spaceships instead of horses. Or Sid Meier’s Pirates, but spaceships instead of pirate ships. Definitely one of those “I’ll just make one more quick cargo run…” type of games.

    This update looks great. In additional to new strategy options through diplomacy, they’re also tweaking how ships handle.

    • muhyb@programming.devEnglish
      8·
      1 day ago

      You got me at Mount & Blade. I also played 100s of hours of Elite Dangerous, though they seem quite different.

      • dan1101@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        22 hours ago

        X4 is a mile deep and an inch wide, Elite Dangerous is a mile wide and and an inch deep.

        X4 lets you do much more; own, fly and command dozens or hundreds of ships but the play area is much smaller.

        X4 has an empire management layer that you can choose to use, it also has lots of mods and you can save and load whenever you want.

      • Sockenklaus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        6·
        1 day ago

        Yes, Elite Dangerous focuses the individual side of things while X4 focuses on the management aspect. They ARE quite different but both great games in their own way imho.

      • Maestro@fedia.io
        3·
        1 day ago

        They are very different. X4 is more of a grand strategy game where you need to build up your empire. I really like how all the resource production and manufacturing works. You can’t just buy ships. They need to be built. From parts. That need to be manufactured and supplied. If you want to beat an enemy empire then you can attack their supply lines and they can’t produce new ships.

        The game starts off much like Elite, just you flying around in your ship. But by the end you usually just sit in a chair pouring over the map and issuing commands while your hired npcs do the actal work.