PJ: "The X series may not be as well-known as the massive engine that is EVE Online or science fiction epics like Mass Effect, but it certainly does hold its own. Commonly described as a single-player EVE Online mixed with Freelancer it allows for a combination of the frantic dog-fighting found in Freelancer; the vast universe in EVE Online and the wonderful RPG elements that come from taking contracts, building your ships and traversing about the galaxy. X Rebirth was received with much anticipation. This soon turned into stomach-churning disappointment as Egosoft realised they had released a buggy, futile mess. Still, taking into account the pedigree of the game, we decided to give it one more chance after few months of patching before we delivered our verdict. In a clichéd movie this would be where a turnaround occurs and a month of frantic work is enough to turn the whole thing into a gloriously good game. Unfortunately, life doesn't work that way."
A remake of X Rebirth: Home of Light for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift has been released into Early Access.
EGOSOFT has announced that the Birth of Light expansion and the 4.0 update will be launched for their spaceship sim X Rebirth this coming February 2016. Preorders for the expansion are now available as well.
GG3 writes: "Grand space sci-fi game, X Rebirth, has announced a permanent price drop. Additionally, as the game moves to update 3.50, a free-to-play weekend for that iteration, as well as the entire X series, will be held on March 13 to March 15, 2015 on Steam."
That is very generous Pixeljudge. I just found it to be entirely unplayable in almost every way.
I'm not BIG into the X games, but I've played some a fair bit. This just sounded like it tried to do something diferent for the sake of it, aimed at making it more accesible and fell short of what the X games are supposed to be.