The last best fun X game was X2. X3 got lost in spreadsheets and complexes and forgot the fun. X Rebirth was a tedious, buggy, interface mess. Don't even get me started by the retarded super highways and the indecipherable sector maps. Needing to scan stations all over. Pointless walking in stations...

Incidentally, what "Mercenary" is being referenced in your signature? Or is it the old game Mercenary from back in the Commodore-64 days? (That was an excellent game, but I don't remember that quote - I do however remember the 12939, which spells out something when viewed from the other side :D ) T...

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On a side note, i think I broke something when cleaning up my hard drive, now text in alternate posts is black - which is very hard to read on a greeen backround!!!!?

Hahah - first off, here's someone else who knows what "SNAFU" stands for, apparently :D Secondly: Snafu, IIRC station plexing was actually introduced in X3R (I'm not 100% sure, but fairly sure about this). Just FYI. (I would go quickly check it, except that my HDD crashed a couple of months back, a...

Menu configuration is a lot easier (ie better UI) in TC than X3R especially for certain things such as CAG auto-naming, although you lose a little bit of customisation detail TC has a higher cash return for most jobs/trades, leading to a shorter game before you get ships you're happy to play. This ...

Pros & Cons?

Graphics / Gameplay / Fun / Economy / etc?

Edit: Also: OOS!!!!!


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I would like a fully remastered X2. The best X game by far. Since X2 they kept on adding micromanagement features that I personally hate (as does a good friend who is also a long time X player). Egosoft...Please go back to your roots and back a game similar to X-tension/X-BTF/X2!!!!! Don't really ca...

wow, this thread is a salt mine.

Personally I think it could be a very good thing.

American politics has just received a long overdue kick up its behind.

e.g. political dynasties

e.g. people making a big thing about Clinton having political experience. Politics is NOT a profession FFS.

the awful crying, emotional and delusional female astronaut I think something fell out or pocket, oh look its your sexism, or are you one of those that just dislike Hathaway? Seriously have it checked, that character was consistent. Now talk about how the son gets neglected by Cooper, THAT is an is...

Interstellar Everyone says it's great. It's absolutely awful. From the ridiculous plot, through to the boring Earth scenes, the awful crying, emotional and delusional female astronaut, the terrible ending where love solves all through some 4th dimension...WTF? What an absolute waste of time. I hate ...

Thanks all for the comments. Much appreciated. Interesting comments about the resolution being more important than screen size. Had already considered giving her an old 19" monitor I have so a smaller laptop might be the way to go, more portable etc. Can't go macbook, could never forgive myself ;-) ...

My niece is off to uni soon, doing a language degree. I offered to get her a laptop for uni. Any recommendations? Games etc are not an issue, but would like something with a good screen and lightweight. Thought about this one? Maybe too big with a 15.6 inch screen, but I thought it would be nice if ...

You could try an Amazon Fire stick. Only £35 and you can download apps for Netflix, youtube etc. I got my retired dad one for Xmas, he loves it. Has radio remote control so don't even need to point the controller.

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You don't have to give your email address, when you are installing win 10 (do a clean install rather than an upgrade) when it gets to the page where it asks you for a Microsoft account (live email), click on skip this part and it bypasses it. BUT if you use one of there services (new apps), some of...

Is there any actual good reason to upgrade to Windows 10?

The only things I can think of are:

- when they stop security support for Win7 in January 2020?
- DirectX 12 for games?

Also, do you need to give Microsoft your email address when installing it?

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Thanks Alan, already did that. The first result is x2 and useless, the rest are x3.

Which is why I posted here? Sorry if you can't help.

just to add, got it working in windowed mode 4:3 just fine. Looks great to be honest for a 12 (?) year old game. Remembered how to invert the mouse. Now just got to get used to no thrusters (x-treme start :-) ) But if anyone knows how to get this game in full widescreen mode with no stretching, pray...

I remember I tried this a while ago and the game stretched so gates were oval etc.

Is there a way around this or do I just need to play 4:3, assuming I can with a widescreen monitor I just need to pick the right res?

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The last couple have been disappointing to say the least, but I am always hopeful.

I don't really understand why they are polishing XR when as far as I can tell it is not doing very well (that's not a criticism, just an observation).

Anyone know?

You are an angry young man Dragoonfa. Have you already put on that right wing boot then? :( I get that you are throwing back somethin he said, but really? That's a pretty condescending sentence. After the Charlie Hebdo attacks earlier this year I remember reading a poll of British Muslims found 27%...