Reviews

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  rudi

  Oct 3, 2021

  I've discovered X3 series in 2020 via X4. After few false starts of "i don't get this UI at all", I'm now over 500+ hours combined with TC, AP, and FL, and well appreciate the unique well polished gem that is X3. FL is the game that feels "complete" - game systems work great with each other. AP has, for me, dead ends where you can be friends with everyone, can build some stations but player is definitely not a faction on a level as AI is, and minor factions and corporations aren't as fleshed out. What's great about FL? - exploration and think aspects are enhanced (details in list items below) - while some explorable sectors are randomized, game makes sure that nothing unique will be missed, and some discoverables respawn - tons and tons of QoL changes - dynamic reputation is delightfully asymetric and lore friendly. Based on who you're friends with changes the landscape of which sectors are easy to travel and trade in. - diplomacy aspect is what makes dynamic reputation a fun game mechanic and not frustration, since nothing is out of reach permanently - no need for looking up maps or ship comparison on-line - game collects data as you play, and map and ship search and comparison in-game is fantastic. Combined with diplomacy, this adds emergent goals of trying to find who sells or has the blueprint for ship you're coveting, and then figuring out how to get it. I'm immensely enjoying populating universe map without looking at online version beforehand. - you can be self sufficient faction: stations, upgrades, software, ships - it's all buildable! - million more things
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  Pastrav

  Sep 3, 2022

  At first I was very excited when Farnham's Legend got released, but after being stuck for 6 hours, in a severely restricted starting universe, grinding insanely boring and repetitive tasks to make enough money to advance the plot I give up. I just can't imagine what went through the developer's mind when creating these starting conditions. You're locked in a few sectors with minimal activity / economy, and the only thing you can do to advance the plotline in the hopes of escaping this miserable patch of sectors is to slowly grind for credits, bit by bit. Most buletin board missions are hilariously broken (e.g. get to some station in another sector that would take 8 minutes in a fully upgraded TP in less than 2 minutes). I don't think the people who created this even tried playing it. I played extensively and loved every one of the X3 games, but this is an abject failure and bitter dissapointment.
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  TomSanford

  May 8, 2021

  more x3...what else is there needed to say 😁
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  Priest Lars

  May 12, 2021

  Well, it's a free community-made DLC: story is good but not amazing, new features are interesting but not so well implemented IMHO and in some story missions, you'll find some annoying bugs though. Play it.
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  adornedspore

  Jun 17, 2021

  X Universe! Best Universe!
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  Eztriel

  Jun 22, 2021

  I've loved pretty much all the X Series of games (With a couple of notable exceptions) Farnham's Legend makes for a fun story with some really interesting little quirks of it's own. Reminds me of X3 Reunion but with fun additions. Like most X games it can take a while to get up to speed (Haul those energy cells :P:P) but is fairly satisfying when you get to the stage where you can start buying your own ships and work on putting up some factories.
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  turfprint

  Jul 8, 2021

  63 hours in and it has just been taken by the nose from place to stupid childish story line place. No open world like TC3. locked in to a few sectors without much to do. Need to solve puzzles to leave to larger universe, I assume. My hopes that TC3 was expanded in Farnham's Legend have been dashed most vile. But when you finally clear the closed space the game gets way better.