It is however a small Beta group compared to an open beta. The Beta phase is virtually over and the game is pretty much good to go. Game will be horribly buggy, Deepsilver and Jowood are renowned for this ( I'm only making exceptions for future X games with DS)įrom monitoring the Spaceforce Beta testing forums for quite some time now i think it's a safe bet that they've ironed out almost everything there is to iron out. If it isn't full of bugs and or gets well patched within a reasonable space of time, I think it could tempt me to dust off my wallet! Probably a little too combat orientated for the game I am still kind of looking for despite spending half my life in the X-universe. I wouldn't place these two games in direct competition despite some superficial similiarities they appear to retain enough essential differences in direction to be treated very separately. While x permits this a lot of its emphasis and development time is focused on empire building and so the BBS system and extensibility for your personal ship is perhaps a little limited and lacklustre for lone wolf trader types.
When I found X, I was really looking for an elite clone, a well realised game that allowed me to fly about do some trading and a little fighting in a single ship, HANDS ON perhaps with a couple of wingmen! It would be good to have a space game with a little less in these areas IMO. X kind of has its own thing, with the whole station, fleet ownership emphasis etc.