One of my all-time favourite games is Elite, from the days of the C= 64. While waiting for UT3 to be published, I found this game, which shares some of the basic principles of Elite. X³ is fairly open-ended, although the movement between systems and the number of them is relatively limited, and unlike Elite’s sequel Frontier, it is not possible to land on planets. It looks and sounds great, has a variety of ships and weapons, and presents a rich and immersive environment.
Apparently there is another company working on publishing a Linux version of the game, but at the moment I am playing it in Windows, which severely limits the amount of time I can put into it. For a few months now my pilot has been making a hard living forcing pirates to abandon their ships.
