X3: Terran Conflict

It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms…

90 16 October 2008

Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Strategy 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) Action Open world Sandbox

X3: Terran Conflict is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Egosoft, released 16 October 2008 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What X3: Terran Conflict is

X3: Terran Conflict is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Egosoft and released in 2008. It was published by Deep Silver. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

X3: Terran Conflict is a space trading and combat simulator by German developer Egosoft, part of their X series of games. Described as a stand-alone game, based on X3: Reunion, it boasts new plot lines, features and assets. It was first released in October 2008 for the European market and Steam.

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How it plays

Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), action, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 33 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

X3: Terran Conflict holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 25 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Pentium® IV or AMD® equivalent at 2.0 GHz, 1 GB RAM and 256 MB 3D DirectX 9 Compatible video card (not onboard) with Pixel Shader 1.1 support. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

X3: Terran Conflict launched on 16 October 2008, within three weeks of Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space and LittleBigPlanet. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space, LittleBigPlanet.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for X3: Terran Conflict yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Dlc

X3: Terran Conflict - Bonus Package

12 June 2014

Quick answers

X3: Terran Conflict — frequently asked questions

When did X3: Terran Conflict come out?

X3: Terran Conflict was released on 16 October 2008 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for X3: Terran Conflict?

At minimum, X3: Terran Conflict needs Pentium® IV or AMD® equivalent at 2.0 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 256 MB 3D DirectX 9 Compatible video card (not onboard) with Pixel Shader 1.1 support graphics, 10GB of free space of storage.

How many GB is X3: Terran Conflict?

The PC version needs about 10 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("10GB of free space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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