X2: The Threat is now set to redefine the space-trading genre. Though staying true to X: Beyond the Frontier, its predecessor, X2: The Threat is unique thanks to its freedom of exploration and uninhibited style of gameplay. A first-person space exploration experience, X2: The Threat immerses the player in a dynamic, living, breathing universe, where every event and action has "cause and effect" upon the entire gaming universe. Discover new worlds and life forms across countless sectors of space. Players can become a trader, bounty hunter, pirate, miner or a strategic combination of them all. The choice of how the player experiences that universe is up to them.
A sequel to last year's X¿: The Threat is in the works, bringing us further out in space. Read More »
Privateer is too old. Freelancer is too canned. Hardwar is too obscure. Escape Velocity: Nova is too 2D. Frontier: First Encounters is too buggy. Battlecruiser/Ultimate Combat is too, umm, storied. And X-Beyond the Frontier is too ungainly. So what's an Elite fan to do? To recapture that delicious wide-open galaxy-trotting freedom, do you have to revert to the vector graphics of the 1984 classic? If you've been pining away for a successor to Elite, pine no more. X2: The Threat, which the box calls a "space simulation," will sweep you off your feet and finally turn you lose among the stars. Read More »
If you were a gamer back in the glory days of the Commodore 64, chances are you experienced what's considered one of the greatest space sims ever created. Elite, from a little software house called Firebird, let the player freewheel it around a massive universe, trading goods to build up wealth, which in turn was used to upgrade the player's ship. You could be a straight-laced do-gooder or an outlaw pirate, an asteroid miner or a narcotics baron, all the while battling bad guys or even law enforcement to get from one end of the galaxy to the other. Somehow, none of Elite's sequels has lived up to the high bar set by the original, leaving the space trader sim throne up for grabs. Read More »
Also known as: X² -- The Threat
T for Teen Drug Reference, Mild ViolenceRelease Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: February 6, 2004
Publisher: Enlight
Also available on: Macintosh
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