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Starting with Reunion might require some research to figure out what happened in X2 so you're not confused about the story.Īs far as the difference between the three X3 games, yes, they are all separate installs.Ĭlick to expand.You may be made of sterner stuff than I, but if that's your plan I'd recommend spending only as much time in Reunion as you need to determine whether it's a game you'll enjoy overall or not.ġ) they take a significant amount of time from game start to get anywhere. So from the perspective of the most logical place to start, story-wise, Terran Conflict is probably better than either Reunion or Albion Prelude. There are two 'main' plotlines in Terran Conflict, one for the Terrans and one for the Argons (human analogues), neither of which are directly linked to the plotline of Reunion.Īlbion Prelude is a bit further along, and you lose access to the main plotlines from Terran Conflict in exchange for another plotline that builds on the events in Terran Conflict. Terran Conflict is set after the events of Reunion, and allows you to choose your player character from a selection of different starts. This is so confusing.īasically, Reunion is a direct sequel to the plots of X and X2 (featuring the same player character as 2, and picking up right where 2 left off).

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Also, is the Albion prelude stand-alone, or do I need to install Terran Conflict first? Because I somehow thought it was a small add-on, but Steam apparently lets me download them separately - and Albion is bigger than Terran Conflict by more than a Gb.

The thing is, I don't know enough about the games, or what was improved and added between them, to make an informed decision hence my question. More gameplay options! Yay!ģ) Forget about Reunion and Terran Conflict and directly download the X3: Albion Prelude instead. Variety! Yay!Ģ) Forget about Reunion and download X3: Terran Conflict instead. Modern games take between 6 and 12 gigs to download, give or take, and that's a sizable chunk of my monthly allowance so I have to think long and hard before downloading any of them.)Īnyway, my question is: Assuming I have enough bandwidth to download one more game before my monthly allowance is renewed, should I:ġ) Start playing X3: Reunion, which I already have installed, and use that bandwidth to download other games acquired through the recent sales. (Why foolishly? I have a limit on how many gigs I can download/upload in a month - 70Gb between me and my wife, to be exact.

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Foolishly, I installed X3: Reunion, the first of the X3 series then other shinies caught my attention until now, when I feel like playing some space trading/fighting game. Never having played one before, I read the latter games include much better gameplay than the former, and that the storyline wasn't powerful enough to warrant playing them in order, so I decided to start directly with X3. Some time ago I bought the bundle that includes all the games in the series, from X-Tension to X3: Albion prelude.

I know this series is being talked about right now in the Steam Daily Deals thread, but I don't want to clog it with questions about a single game.

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