X3: Albion Prelude

X3: Albion Prelude is a space trading and combat simulator by German developer Egosoft and is the fifth game in their X series. An add-on to 2008's X3: Terran Conflict, X3: Albion Prelude features new content, functionality and improvements, including additional ships, stations, and sectors; a new plot line; war scenario sectors, and several stock exchanges. X3: Albion Prelude was announced on 8 December 2011 and released on Steam on 15 December 2011.

X3: Albion Prelude
Developer(s)Egosoft
Publisher(s)Deep Silver
SeriesX
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
ReleaseDecember 15, 2011 (Steam),[1] December 23, 2011 (Mac), May 15, 2013 (Linux)
Genre(s)Space trading and combat simulator
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay
Main article: X3: Terran Conflict § Gameplay

Synopsis

Plot

Development

Reception
X3: Albion Prelude
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings69.00%[2]
Metacritic75[3]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame[4]
PC Gamer (UK)69/100[5]

Albion Prelude was generally well received, with a score of 75 out of 100 on Metacritic.[3]

gollark: According to legend, they actually had virii issues, amazingly.
gollark: You can download it to `skynet.lua`.
gollark: Er, because it's in the skynet github.
gollark: Copied from the computercraft server.
gollark: Skynet: simple websocket-based data transfer (ask if you want the server code).Use with `local skynet = require "skynet"````skynet.receive(channel) - receive a message on the given channel - returns channel, message, metadataskynet.send(channel, data, [meta]) - send a message (can be any JSON-serializable type) on the given channelskynet.listen() - convert "websocket_message"s to "skynet_message"sskynet.open(channel) - opens "channel"```

See also
  • List of PC games

References
  1. "Xmas Surprise - Egosoft Announce New X3 Game". Egosoft X-News 46. 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
  2. "X3: Albion Prelude for PC - GameRankings". GameRankings. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  3. "X3: Albion Prelude (PC)". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  4. Brown, Christopher. "X3: Albion Prelude - Overview - allgame". Allgame. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  5. Senior, Tom (2012-03-06). "X3: Albion Prelude Review". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2013-05-27. If interacting with it wasn’t such a pain, Albion Prelude would be a tremendous achievement.
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