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Nickydude
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Posted: 14th Mar 2014 15:13
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Now that I have a beefy quadcore x64 bit - 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 machine, goes anyone know of a good open space game? Something like the old Elite game?

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The Zoq2
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Posted: 14th Mar 2014 15:18
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If you are looking for a more strategy/trading oriented game, x3 might be something to look into. It's pretty slow paced but has a really deep economy and strategy system.

Limit theory is a game that is in development and was kickstarted a year ago which looks really promising. The game looks really pretty and the developer is currently working on AI and a dynaimc world. There is no playable version yet though

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Van B
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Posted: 14th Mar 2014 15:58
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IMO the 2 best open space games aren't finished yet!

Elite Dangerous, and Star Citizen are what you need to keep an eye on.

In the meantime, heck I'd either play an Evochron series game, or start making your own space game. Seriously, making your own space exploration game is about as much fun as playing one - at least for a developer IMO. If it's the exploration that you crave, then what better place to explore than your own world!

That's how I think about it at least - I want a really epic space game as well, but there's nothing that comes close until those aforementioned games are finished, so why not take matters into your own hands.

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Hawkblood
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Posted: 14th Mar 2014 16:58
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X3 Albion Prelude is the best in the X series. I wouldn't bother with X-Rebirth yet because it still has bugs and IMHO is nothing compared to X3AP in terms of game play and flexibility.

I too am waiting for Star Citizen. I haven't heard of Elite Dangerous, but I'm going to YouTube it now!

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Van B
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Posted: 14th Mar 2014 18:01
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Both are gonna be huge, but kinda different as well, which is good - Elite Dangerous will be more about trading and asset management, while Star Citizen will be, well everything! - but that's assuming it doesn't turn into another DayZ fiasco.

I'm gonna get an Oculus Rift just for these games - it's a good time to have a decent PC.

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 14th Mar 2014 20:00
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Space Engineers is a good one to invest in, currently in early access, but shows promise. You can mine asteroids and build space ships and stations. They may also be adding NPC's at some point.

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Posted: 14th Mar 2014 20:18
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I'd recomment people to wait as far as Space Engineers go. Atm it's very much a Minecraft freemode, but in space. You can build ships and space stations, but other than that there's not much to do. ("Survival" mode with material gathering is not implemented yet by a long shot - it has MP tho)



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The Zoq2
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Posted: 14th Mar 2014 20:18 Edited at: 14th Mar 2014 20:20
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Space engineers has potential to become something awesome. I hope they add some form of AI so you can actually do something with your ships though

Edit, everything quick said is true. It's a great concept but it gets pretty booring at it's current state

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Posted: 16th Mar 2014 22:19
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You have to play Evochron Mercenaries! It's made in DarkBASIC, and it's a good one.

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