Linksil wrote on Oct 9, 2010, 23:54:
Unless you barrow someone else's save... expect to spend a LOT of time before you get a good return. I think I dropped like 20-30 hours into the game because I saw a descent return and started getting to some of the mid range stuff. Fighting is fun... but the econ and running shipping stuff seems to be required to get a good amount of time and money.

Not so much anymore in Terran Conflict. You can make a huge amount of money just by doing Fight missions. In fact, for awhile it was the ONLY way to make decent money, as Ego had nerfed the rewards for all other missions / trading / complexes too much.

It's more balanced now, so you can make money really any way you want to.

As for which one to play, there's no point in playing anything but Terran Conflict. It's by FAR the best version of X, though I do have strong nostalgic feelings for X2: The Threat.

It's a great game, but it does require a significant time investment. Unlike most people here, I've never had a problem with X's combat, but if you're expecting it to be Freespace (as they all are), you're going to be disappointed. That's just not the type of game it is.

But it's a game in which you can easily lose yourself for hundreds upon hundreds of hours.

Creston