| 📰 Title: | X²: The Threat (n°3) | 🕹️ / 🛠️ Type: | Game |
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| 🗃️ Genre: | Simulation | 👁️ Visual: | 3D |
| 🏷️ Category: | Simulation ➤ Space ➤ Space Flight ➤ Space Trading & Combat | 🏝️ Perspective: | Third & First person |
| 🔖 Tags: | Space Trading; Space Combat; Space; Action; Adventure; Exploration; Strategy; Economy; 4X; Trading; Sci-fi; Open World; Atmospheric; Sandbox; Moddable | ⏱️ Pacing: | Real Time |
| 🐣️ Approx. start: | 2003-12-03 | 👫️ Played: | Single |
| 🐓️ Latest: | 2010-08-24 | 🚦 Status: | 10. Unavailable (no status) |
| 📍️ Version: | Latest: 1.4.07 | ❤️ Like it: | 9. ⏳️ |
| 🏛️ License type: | 💰 Commercial | 🎀️ Quality: | 7. ⏳️ |
| 🏛️ License: | Commercial | ✨️ (temporary): | |
| 🐛️ Created: | 2010-08-20 | 🐜️ Updated: | 2024-06-22 |
| 📰 What's new?: | 👻️ Temporary: | ||
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| 💡 Lights on: | 🎨️ Significant improvement: | ||
| 👔️ Already shown: | 💭️ New version published (to be updated): | ||
| 🎖️ This work: |  |
🚧️ Some work remains to be done: | |
| 👫️ Contrib.: | goupildb & Louis | 🦺️ Work in progress: | |
| 🎰️ ID: | 13472 |
| 📜️[en]: | X²: The Threat is the 3rd installment (2003, the first 2 are X: Beyond the Frontier and X-Tension, without Linux version) of a space epic, mixing combat simulation and trade where the player is Julian Gardna, a pirate and thief, while a new alien race threatens the X universe. The player will carry out a series of missions that will also allow him to discover his origins and the link with his missing father... In this opus the graphic engine, the ships and stations have been entirely recreated, allowing to better represent the complexity and the atmosphere of the X universe. The sequel of the game is X³: Reunion (2005). | 📜️[fr]: | X²: The Threat est le 3ème volet (2003, les 2 premiers sont X: Beyond the Frontier et X-Tension, sans version Linux) d'une épopée spatiale, mixant simulation de combats et commerce où le joueur est Julian Gardna, un pirate et voleur, alors qu'une nouvelle race extraterrestre menace l'univers X. Le joueur effectuera une série de missions qui lui permettrons aussi de découvrir ses racines et le lien avec son père disparu... Dans cet opus le moteur graphique, les vaisseaux et stations ont été entièrement recréés, permettant de mieux représenter la complexité et l'atmosphère de l'univers X. La suite du jeu est X³: Reunion (2005). |
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📜️ "The 3rd installment (2003) of a space epic, mixing combat simulation and trade" 📜️ .
Many years have passed since Kyle Brennan left Earth in the X-Shuttle. The story however continues with Julian Gardna, the child who ran away from home has now grown up, but in an attempt to steal a ship, was arrested and sent to be rehabilitated. Unbeknown to him, his past holds many secrets and his future even more.
A new threat has entered the known universe, a race who have devastated one sector, and have the power to continue their reign of destruction, a race called the Khaak.
A NEW THREAT IS RISING IN THE X-UNIVERSE
X²: The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games, you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe.
Explore
You can explore over 130 beautifully designed sectors occupied by nebulas that affect your ships and stations, asteroids you can mine for materials you can later sell on for profit.
New Ships
Explore in over 60 ships of varying sizes from scout class ships to the much larger carrier class battleships.
New Upgrades
Upgrade your ships systems with many more upgrades, and download new upgrades that make use of the new scripting engine designed specially for X².
New Weapons
Add new weapons to your ship including the Ion Disruptor and Mass Driver, but also build factories that will develop these weapons and sell them to make a profit, expanding your own empire among the universe.
New Missions
Take part in missions offered to you on each stations bulletin board, make money by defending convoys and destroy incoming Xenon fleets intent on destroying everything in their path.
But above all else, help to defend the universe from the Khaak, before they kill everyone and everything they come across.
🌍️ Wikipedia:
X²: The Threat (Trademarked as X²: The Threat) is a computer game developed by Egosoft for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. It is part of the X Computer Game Series. It was released in 2003 and is a sequel to X: Beyond the Frontier. Freeverse Software ported the game to Mac OS X in 2004/2005, while Linux Game Publishing produced their Linux port in 2005/2006.
The sequel to this game is X³: Reunion (2005).
Gameplay
As with the originals, X²: The Threat is a Space trading and combat simulator set in the fictional X-Universe, a network of sectors, linked by large space gates. The game features a new graphics engine, a much expanded Universe and 60 different flyable ships, along with a number of new missions available to the player. Unlike the expansion pack, X-Tension, which was almost entirely open-ended, X2: The Threat has a clear background story involving an aggressive alien race known as the Khaak. However, the game remains open-ended and the players are free to pursue the plot at their own pace, if at all.
X²: The Threat was generally well received by critics, with many reviewers praising the graphics and the amount of freedom offered to the player. Common complaints were that X2: The Threat, like its predecessors, was quite slow paced and had a steep learning curve.
Plot
The player takes the role of Julian Gardna, a Pirate and thief. Early on, the Khaak, a hostile alien race, emerge to threaten the X-Universe. The player is asked to undertake a series of missions to uncover their origins, their intentions, and to determine their connection to his missing father. Ultimately, Julian must fight off a massive attack by Khaak, rescuing numerous other characters in the process. Key non-player characters include:
• Bret Serra: rogue, pirate and Julian's closest friend;
• Ban Danna: the head of Argon Secret Service who shares a close relationship with Julian's father dating back to the previous game, X: Beyond the Frontier;
• Elena Kho, Chief Executive in the influential Terracorp corporation;
• Saya Kho, daughter of Elena Kho;
• Kyle Brennan, Julian's father, founder of Terracorp, and protagonist from the previous games.
Due to the expense of completing the plot, the players are periodically prompted to break away from the plot and increase their resources through trade and other open-ended play.
Open Ended
X² is set within the X-Universe, which consists of 130 sectors connected by two-way jumpgates. The main area of each sector typically contains several stations and at least one gate. The game is open-ended allowing the player to go where they like, when they like, doing whatever they like; a player is limited only by their in-game status and resources. As such, a driving force of the game is to acquire credits, the universal currency and status.
Using credits, a player can buy wares from a station. These wares may then be flown to another station where they can be sold, ideally for a higher price. However, prices vary - from minute to minute, second to second - depending on demand. The less of a ware there is, the higher its price. As such, the X-Universe has a truly dynamic market-driven economy. A player can capitalize on emergent trends to make vast profits; or as easily, can waste money and time on a bad cargo choice. As a player builds profits they can buy equipment, weapons, ships and stations. The player can acquire an unlimited number of ships and stations, of varying size, shape and function. The player can build factories to produce goods (including weapons and shields) to sell or consume. As the factories require resources, the player can set up ships to perform trading tasks for factories such as buying resources from other stations or selling the product.
The game contains numerous races. Several races feature a full economy and can be interacted with by the player through trading, reputation and missions. Several hostile races limit the amount of interactivity to combat. Reputation between the player and the social races can be built up through missions, defending their space, or trading in their space. The reputation affects how these individuals of that races respond to the player, and what kind of missions are offered. A player status is categorized according to 'Mercantile' skill, 'Combat' skill, and a 'Notoriety' ranking for each race.
Une épopée spatiale, mixant simulation de combats et commerce, par le studio Egosoft, publié par le studio Linux Game Publishing.
X²: The Threat est le 3ème volet (2003, les 2 premiers sont X: Beyond the Frontier et X-Tension, sans version Linux) d'une épopée spatiale, mixant simulation de combats et commerce où le joueur est Julian Gardna, un pirate et voleur, alors qu'une nouvelle race extraterrestre menace l'univers X. Le joueur effectuera une série de missions qui lui permettrons aussi de découvrir ses racines et le lien avec son père disparu... Dans cet opus le moteur graphique, les vaisseaux et stations ont été entièrement recréés, permettant de mieux représenter la complexité et l'atmosphère de l'univers X. La suite du jeu est X³: Reunion (2005).
De nombreuses années ont passé depuis que Kyle Brennan a quitté la Terre à bord du X-Shuttle. L'histoire se poursuit avec Julian Gardna, l'enfant qui s'est enfui de chez lui a maintenant grandi, mais en tentant de voler un vaisseau, il a été arrêté et envoyé en rééducation. À son insu, son passé recèle de nombreux secrets et son avenir encore plus.
Une nouvelle menace est apparue dans l'univers connu, une race qui a dévasté un secteur et qui a le pouvoir de poursuivre son règne de destruction, une race appelée les Khaaks.
UNE NOUVELLE MENACE SE LÈVE DANS L'UNIVERS X
X² : The Threat fait partie d'une nouvelle génération de jeux de simulation spatiale, vous jouez le rôle de Julian Gardna qui poursuit l'histoire mise en place par X : Beyond The Frontier. Le moteur graphique mis à jour donne à l'univers une sensation de fraîcheur avec des vaisseaux et des stations nouvellement conçus qui ajoutent à la complexité de l'univers.
Explorez
Vous pouvez explorer plus de 130 secteurs magnifiquement conçus, occupés par des nébuleuses qui affectent vos vaisseaux et vos stations, des astéroïdes que vous pouvez miner pour obtenir des matériaux que vous pourrez revendre par la suite.
Nouveaux vaisseaux
Explorez plus de 60 vaisseaux de tailles différentes, des vaisseaux de classe éclaireur aux plus grands vaisseaux de classe porteuse.
Nouvelles améliorations
Améliorez les systèmes de vos vaisseaux avec de nombreuses améliorations, et téléchargez de nouvelles améliorations qui utilisent le nouveau moteur de script conçu spécialement pour X².
Nouvelles armes
Ajoutez de nouvelles armes à votre vaisseau, notamment le disrupteur ionique et le destructeur de masse, mais aussi construisez des usines qui développeront ces armes et les vendront pour faire du profit, étendant ainsi votre propre empire dans l'univers.
Nouvelles missions
Prenez part aux missions qui vous sont proposées sur le tableau d'affichage de chaque station, gagnez de l'argent en défendant des convois et détruisez les flottes Xenon qui arrivent et qui ont l'intention de tout détruire sur leur passage.
Mais par-dessus tout, aidez à défendre l'univers contre les Khaak, avant qu'ils ne tuent tout et tous ceux qu'ils rencontrent.
🌍️ Wikipedia:
X2: The Threat (stylisé X²: The Threat, littéralement X2 : La Menace) est un jeu vidéo de combat spatial et de simulation développé par Egosoft et sorti en 2003 sur Windows, Mac et Linux.
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