If, for instance, you haven't yet committed to memory the four full manual pages describing equipment and upgrades, the three pages on artifacts, or the twelve (!) pages recounting each of the game's key spacecraft, you needn't fear. Truth is that despite its almost frightening enormity and the high learning curve it sets out for those who want to play it to its full potential, it isn't as brutal for rookies as it seems. But that's just part of the genius of X3. The dark recesses of space brighten up considerably when you waste an enemy.
Choose to be a "Terran Defender," for example, and prepare for a life of relative ease when compared with other choices such as "Bankrupt Assassin." And that's just one more positive attribute for those who want to play again and again. Even your choice of characters at the outset influences your goals, your difficulty, and your potential status. And indeed, coming to grips with the game and really learning all that's available within it is a gargantuan task in itself. Even the most detail-oriented players may be taken back initially by what they see. The game will seem crazily complex at first blush, particularly when you take your initial gander at the massive 112-page online manual and the profusion of data and maps and information found within the sidebar on the left of the gameplay screen. An empire that in many cases can explore, progress, and move about in any way it wishes. Here, you aren't just a pilot - you are in effect an empire. A highly open-ended affair, X3 asks not that you merely blow up bad guys, but that you also trade and barter goods, converse with a ton of people, rack up the air miles by traveling virtually everywhere in the solar system, and even build floating mega-factories. If you have serious computing horsepower, your view will look even better than this. A shame really, because as good as the game looks even with diminished detail, it looks positively brilliant when cranked to the max. We were ultimately forced to reduce virtually every important parameter - including antialiasing, texture filtering, texture quality, and shader quality - just to reach a satisfactory frame rate. X3 demands a ton from your system and will either slow to an unplayable speed or crash to the desktop if you don't act accordingly. Our advice: Pay very careful attention to the latter. What you'll first notice when you begin the game is a nifty little pre-launch utility that allows you to look for updates, set up your control device, and adjust the graphic detail.
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