Its not quite there yet.
Wish I could leave a neutral review.

The trading system is vastly improved from the previous games, there wont be much need for mods to add in smart AI trading, although the AI trading isnt entirely smart, you dont have to babysit them. I could do 2-3 mine clearing missions (which are stupid and pointless missions), have enough for a trade frieghter, then sit back and watch him make me a million bucks over the course of a few hours.

Theres alot of unfinished features in this game that I've noticed, and the universe seems pretty empty. Its pretty big, but pretty empty. You can seemingly endlessly fly out the borders of a sector and build a base hundreds of kilometers away from anything, but whats the point.
The tutorials are either broken or just completely useless.
Theres no Betty (The old voice narrator)
It crashes alot.
Alot of random teleporting on/off your ship.
The UI and menus are a mess.

AI chatter is another annyoing thing. The previous games AI was annoying, but atleast they only talked to you. If you happen to park yourself in a town, theres almost always some "Criminal" flying around and you will pick up on every AIs broken garbled chatter as they try to fight the criminal.

That being said the game is beutiful as it should be (save for the NPCs). I love the ship building/upgrading (although I wished they were harder to get), and I do like the the improved AI trading system. I've yet to start building stations however.
Knowing Egosoft, the game will be vastly improved upon over the next year (or two), but I dont really want to wait that long.
Until the game gets better, I cannot recommend this. Go Play X3 TC/AP.

Its not quite there yet. Wish I could leave a neutral review. The trading system is vastly improved from the previous games, there wont be much need for mods to add in smart AI trading, although the AI trading isnt entirely smart, you dont have to babysit them. I could do 2-3 mine clearing missions (which are stupid and pointless missions), have enough for a trade frieghter, then sit back and watch him make me a million bucks over the course of a few hours. Theres alot of unfinished features in this game that I've noticed, and the universe seems pretty empty. Its pretty big, but pretty empty. You can seemingly endlessly fly out the borders of a sector and build a base hundreds of kilometers away from anything, but whats the point. The tutorials are either broken or just completely useless. Theres no Betty (The old voice narrator) It crashes alot. Alot of random teleporting on/off your ship. The UI and menus are a mess. AI chatter is another annyoing thing. The previous games AI was annoying, but atleast they only talked to you. If you happen to park yourself in a town, theres almost always some "Criminal" flying around and you will pick up on every AIs broken garbled chatter as they try to fight the criminal. That being said the game is beutiful as it should be (save for the NPCs). I love the ship building/upgrading (although I wished they were harder to get), and I do like the the improved AI trading system. I've yet to start building stations however. Knowing Egosoft, the game will be vastly improved upon over the next year (or two), but I dont really want to wait that long. Until the game gets better, I cannot recommend this. Go Play X3 TC/AP.