I owe this game an apology.
Yes, the controls is 10 times worse then in the previous one, but what I thought to be THE dumbest feature does in fact make the game SO MUCH better.
The walking mode is annoying 90 percent of the time, but then, it fucking hits you like a truck with breathtaing visuals, that make you immersed in a way, that has to be absolutely unique in all of gaming.
Need to play it again once I get a want for space sim
Those screenshots look good, did they update the visuals in one of the dlc?
@histoire
Yes, they are slowly updating the visuals. I am also playing it on full details, so there's that.
I ignored the game for a LONG time, since x3 is still a superior game. Obviously. 
But it does have it's merrit. I would also add, that this time, the galaxy is actually dynamic. The factions are actually building their own stations, and even ships require real resources, so they did push really hard towards simulation in this game.
@histoire
Also, I'm starting to thing, that they put all the ugly ships into the base game on purpose.
@histoire
And yes. They ARE improving the game.
They are improving it SO much, that after 6 years, they managed to add FOV slider.
@Jens_Rasmussen
No, X3 is greatly supperior to X4 in all aspects except for graphics and immersion.
@Jens_Rasmussen
Yes. That is, why I decided to write the original post praising X4.
They really did a lot of work in the 6 years since the original release. But the controls and total command options are still just pathetic, confusing and painful.
@Jens_Rasmussen
Yes... And the simulation 
X4 simulated universe seems to be much more dinamic. That is also such an impressive jump in quality.
I would even dare to say, that on technical side, X4 is a great game. But there were a few design decisions, that will never allow it to grow to be as perfect empire builder as X3.
On an unrelated note:
FUCKING RENAME THE SERIES ALREADY. X Is a stupid name, no matter if you're Elon Musk or a Greman game dev.
How about expanding it a little? Space-X, for example 😏
>X, formerly known as a good game series
@lichelordgodfrey @Jens_Rasmussen
Well, I just wanted to say, that after 6 years of development, I think x4 is slowly getting to a playable state.
@lichelordgodfrey @Jens_Rasmussen
X abortion is still dead for a good reason though.
@lichelordgodfrey @Jens_Rasmussen
Also also, while I'm still posting this...
Fuck egosoft. They made a VR port to abortion, but not to their actual game.
BTW, one of the things that made x3 click a lot differently then the x4 was the hangar size.
You cannot talk about scale of ships, when you literally ignore the size of fighter. And these ships were pushing the efficiency all humans love so much into an extreme.
I had to use a magnetar to protect my trading fleet with a rapid response jump-engine powered micro-fleet. It was a great tool, since it allowed me thanks to the briliant command structure of x3 to jump into a sector, and immediatelly tell all 4 fighters to sprint into the battle and protect my trading ships.
But, this ship class simply no longer exists. Why? Because the X4 wanted to add much wider allowance to their hangars. But with a gigantic hangars, the scale is lost again.
Yes, I do get, that ranking ships as M1,M2,M7,M6,M8,M3,M4,M5,TL,TM,TS and TP might have been a bit of an overkill, but now, they are just small, medium large and extra large. And that is the other extreme.