X3: Terran Conflict: Per ardua ad astra

X3: Terran Conflict, a 2008 game from German developer Egosoft, is an anachronistic game. Whereas mainstream games are increasingly about shorter, tightly scripted experiences that straitjacket the player and confine him to predetermined paths, X3TC sets the player loose in a sprawling sandbox with little direction. The player has a tiny ship at the start, […]