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2018 · Egosoft · Business simulation · Flight simulation

X4: Foundations

X4: FOUNDATIONS, the long awaited sequel in the successful X series, brings our most sophisticated universe SIMULATION ever. Fly every ship, EXPLORE space or manage an empire; TRADE, FIGHT, BUILD and THINK carefully, while you embark on an epic journey.

Released: 30 November 2018
Platforms: Linux Windows
Genres: Business simulation Flight simulation Science Simulation Space trading and combat Strategy
Developers: Egosoft
Publishers: Egosoft
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: First person
Themes: Action Science fiction Sandbox 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Country: Germany
Age ratings: PEGI 7 USK 12
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian and 1 more
Time to beat: 66hmain story341hwith extras1434hcompletionist

About

X4: Foundations is a space trading and combat game developed by Egosoft and published in 2018. It is the seventh and most recent installment in the X series, following X Rebirth (2013). The game runs on Linux and Microsoft Windows.

›Story

In X4, you can start your journey from a number of different gamestarts and as a number of different characters, each with their own role, set of relationships and different ships and technologies to start with. No matter how you start, you are always free to develop in any other direction. Focus on exploration, make money with illegal trading and theft, command large battle fleets or become the greatest entrepreneur ever. It's all up to you to decide.

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Gameplay

Similar to previous titles in the X game series, X4: Foundations incorporates nonlinear gameplay. There are various types of game scenarios that affects which ship the player will start with. The game takes place in a universe that is active even when the player is not present, involving simulated trade, combat, piracy, and other features. The player as an individual may take part in these or other actions to gain notoriety or wealth, going so far as to be able to construct their own space installations and command fleets of starships, establishing what amounts to their own personal empire and dynamically and drastically altering the game's world in the process.

Reception

At launch, the game has had an indifferent critical reception according to Metacritic, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Critics consistently noted the title was a significant improvement over its predecessor, X Rebirth.