X: Beyond the Frontier
X: Beyond The Frontier is the first part in the X-Universe series of games developed by Egosoft. It tells the story of mankind's rise and fall in the universe, and the attempt by Kyle Brennan to help…
X: Beyond the Frontier is a simulator developed by Egosoft, released 1 July 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $0.99 at Humble Store.
What X: Beyond the Frontier is
X: Beyond the Frontier is a simulator game developed by Egosoft and released in 1999. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again. 500 Years later Kyle Brennan starts his journey by piloting an experimental ship equipped with a new piece of technology allowing it to cross vast distances on its own. However it malfunctions and traps him in a group of sectors inhabited by Aliens, hunted and with no way home, this is his story of survival... Beyond the Frontier...
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), action, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
X: Beyond the Frontier holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 42 points below the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $0.99 at Humble Store, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
X: Beyond the Frontier launched on 1 July 1999, within three weeks of Driver, Mario Golf, Outcast and Vandal Hearts II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Driver, Mario Golf, Outcast, Vandal Hearts II.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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