So, I can only speak for Albion Prelude (I did the Argon Peacekeeper start), but there is almost always a story mission. Better optimization - game can chug even on a relatively powerful systemĪnyone else like it/play it? It's amazing to me that this game isn't more popular.Improved orders (wish I could set a command to attack any enemy within X km of a base/ship.Slighlty extended time limits on quests (+20-50%).Save anywhere feature included (can make it optional).Easy way to get frustrated is to try to fight without a military ship of some kind transports, explorers, fighters, etc), so make sure you have the right type of ship for the quest you want to do. Invest in a jumpdrive on any ships you tend to pilot frequently - saves a ton of time.Also, invest in a fast ship to take advantage of quests that require speed - especially assassination quests.Use SETA a lot or otherwise travelling in the game can be tediously slow.Autopilot (Shift-A) is your friend (I use it constantly) and will help you avoid crashes and pilot for you while you do other things - it is sometimes quirky in Albion sectors.Download the mod for unlimited salvage insurance (save anywhere).My opinion is that that is the only way to really play the game. The biggest knock against it is that you can't just save anywhere, so I downloaded a mod that allowed me to do that. It's spaceship M&B with better graphics, more depth, better mission designs, and more. The best complement I can give it is that it is like the Mount & Blade SP campaign, but with spaceships. All I can say is that after about 2 weeks of playing, I have 65+ hours in it, and it has climbed to ~#5 on my Steam top-played list. I played that for about 2 hours and blew up when I hit a space station and rage-quit.Ģ weeks ago, I booted up X3: Albion Prelude, and somehow it just clicked this time.

Eventually, I began and played all of them in succession but bounced off of each one (less than an hour played) for various reasons until X3: TC.

So I bought the X Superbox during some Steam sale a while back intent on playing them at some point in the future.

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