Some time ago I bought the bundle that includes all the games in the series, from X-Tension to X3: Albion prelude. Never having played one before, I read the latter games include much better gameplay than the former, and that the storyline wasn't powerful enough to warrant playing them in order, so I decided to start directly with X3. Foolishly, I installed X3: Reunion, the first of the X3 series; then other shinies caught my attention until now, when I feel like playing some space trading/fighting game.
(Why foolishly? I have a limit on how many gigs I can download/upload in a month -- 70Gb between me and my wife, to be exact. Modern games take between 6 and 12 gigs to download, give or take, and that's a sizable chunk of my monthly allowance; so I have to think long and hard before downloading any of them.)
Anyway, my question is: Assuming I have enough bandwidth to download one more game before my monthly allowance is renewed, should I:
1) Start playing X3: Reunion, which I already have installed, and use that bandwidth to download other games acquired through the recent sales. Variety! Yay!
2) Forget about Reunion and download X3: Terran Conflict instead. More gameplay options! Yay!
3) Forget about Reunion and Terran Conflict and directly download the X3: Albion Prelude instead. Even more options! Huzzah!
The thing is, I don't know enough about the games, or what was improved and added between them, to make an informed decision; hence my question. Also, is the Albion prelude stand-alone, or do I need to install Terran Conflict first? Because I somehow thought it was a small add-on, but Steam apparently lets me download them separately -- and Albion is bigger than Terran Conflict by more than a Gb. This is so confusing.
Please help me! You're my only hope!
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1 point 5 years ago. Ideally get the Terran War Pack as you get both TC and AP. However if you can only afford one, get Terran Conflict. Don't bother with Reunion. Albion Prelude is a bit further along, and you lose access to the main plotlines from Terran Conflict in exchange for another plotline that builds on the events in Terran Conflict. So from the perspective of the most logical place to start, story-wise, Terran Conflict is probably better than either Reunion or Albion Prelude. Oct 09, 2017 ↳ X³: Terran Conflict / Albion Prelude - Technical Support ↳ X³: Terran Conflict / Albion Prelude - Scripts and Modding ↳ X³: Reunion, X²: The Threat, X-T and X-BTF - Technical Support ↳ X³: Reunion - Scripts and Modding ↳ X²: The Threat - Scripts and Modding ↳ Creative Universe ↳ Off Topic English; Deutschsprachige Foren. See Also: Traders Universe and Sector Traders are one of the main ways to make money in x3, whether it be Reunion, Terran Conflict or Albion Prelude. When managed correctly, they will often make more money than a factory for the same cost, and can run away when necessary; but don't let this fool you - using OOS Combat Resolution will still mean that they will die both quickly and easily if. Terran vs Xenon X3: Albion Prelude - Shady Business - for Windows and Linux X3: Terran Conflict (2008) Full Gameplay X3 Albion Prelude: Space Battle X4 Foundations - Lets Play (Ep 1) MASSIVE 3.0 UPDATE!