X3: 3 FPS

User Rating: 2.8 | X3: Reunion PC
By olyoberdorf | Review Date:
The game is punishingly slow and unresponsive on my system, which is above the minimum specs. I set everything to minimum settings and even tried windowed vs non-windowed. I clawed my way up from 3 fps to around 8. This is a system that has no problems with WoW, Far Cry or any other game I've thrown at it - even Eve Online, which is quite similar to X3, runs flawlessly.

The manual refers to a variety of graphics settings that simply aren't there. I stopped short of the suggestions to "turn off antivirus and other such programs". I love when game companies think that stuff is just "fluff eating up resources the game should be using". Added bonus, this game installs a nasty driver-level copy protection system and I'm not sure I'll be able to remove it without an OS reinstall.

Too bad, this is the kind of game I've been waiting for a long time, but no game for me and one more unwanted dll hack in my system to boot.

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