In the game world there are many stations and ships with which you can interact, in accordance with the genre of the entire series of games. All these spaces are interconnected due to the presence of special devices, Jumpgates, allowing for a large-scale travel in the game universe. The player’s ship crosses areas of the universe inhabited and controlled by different races.
The game has only single-player mode, but the player can play the role of many characters. This is a stand-alone game based on X3: Reunion. The X series of games, for instance, allows the player to act, figuratively speaking, “in sandbox mode” - to perform all actions without restricting themselves to the plot. The plot in such games usually does not limit the player. The general formula for the genre is very stable for years: the player begins with small spaceship with little money or status and works hard gaining status and power through trading, exploration, combat or a mix of various methods. Genre of the X SeriesĪll games in the series can be classified as “space trading and combat game”.
Sequels, which include X3: Terran Conflict, can be considered as stand-alone games, their difference from the 'main' games is that the sequels develop the ideas that first appear in the 'main' games. The whole series consists of four main games - X: Beyond the Frontier, X2: The Threat, X3: Reunion and X Rebirth - and the sequels to them.
