

X2: The Threat 2003
Developed by Runesoft, Linux Game Publishing, Egosoft
- Simulator, Strategy, Science fiction, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
X2: The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games where you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe.
SimulatorStrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)space simulationspace combatfuturisticspacetradingspace explorationterraformingdigital distributionLinux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
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Earnest, plot-driven, cool and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Runesoft, Linux Game Publishing, Egosoft
- Publisher
- Deep Silver, Virtual Programming, Linux Game Publishing, Enlight Software Limited
- Released
- August 7, 2003
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person, Third person
IGDB rating 7.3/10 from 9 ratings.
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