Well, it runs fine on my system, but what the fuck were they thinking with this omfg awful gui design...

I just spent an hour in it.  Docking took forever because it didn't bother to explain that you had to get really close before you double click the icon and I already got stuck inside a station(made it out too, oddly enough) when I exited a highway because some asshat decided they need to be sitting right up against them.

Edit:  Went in again, first impression was too high.  This is a stupendously bad interface.  There are just so many brain dead simple things that have been mysteriously left out, like the cursor trail when you're using mouse look so you can find the damned thing during a dog fight.  With no radar either, on a high resolution the difficulty comes down to finding the cursor and the enemy.

Bug fixing alone wont save this game, it's got major design flaws that need reworked.  They may have thought the console friendly gui was going to make the game more accessible, but they seriously hosed the works.  The only advantage I can see over the old system, which is indeed a steep learning curve, is that it plays nicely with console gamers.  The only simplification of any real use in making it easier to play on a keyboard is that we have fewer actual options.

I'd say check back end of year unless you have a major hard-on to play it.

**computer explodes**

X Rebirth developer apologises for bugs,

promises incoming fixes

Phil Savage at 10:40 on 19 November 2013

As the sixth game in the X series, X Rebirth continues the long and unfortunate tradition of being a bit broken at release. So much so that Egosoft's director Bernd Lehahn took to their forums to apologise for the current technical problems being faced by the game's owners. In a post to the community, he addresses some of the current issues, while laying out a basic roadmap for the game's future updates.

"I would like to apologise to those of you who have had technical problems," Lehahn writes. "I have started a thread in the Steam forums where I have listed the most common errors and have now collected a lot of information about this. All of this will of course be made available here in our support forum as soon as our server is able to remain stable under the load."

In a separate post, Lehahn lays out certain tips and tweaks that should help players to avoid crashes and boost performance in the game they paid £40 for. He also lays out some of the more noticeable bugs they're working to fix, including one that lets ships fly through space stations.

The team are also working on expanding and improving features, with a major update hoping to release at the beginning of next year. Before that, smaller tweaks will be dropping, including clearer NPC marking, improved menus, and further keyboard binding options.

It is very obvious X Rebirth was intended for a console (xbox? PS3/4?) then a split second decision was made to scrap the idea. It took 7 years to develop this... SEVEN! and IMO this is nothing more than a half finished, half baked, wannabe arcade shooter. With all of the worst parts of an arcade shooter in it. Ummm... Is there any "Simulation" in this "Space Simulator"? because i fail to see it. Major Stress is NOT amused...

Rebirth was not even supposed to be set in the X universe. However yet another decision was made to change the lore to make it an X game.. There is nothing X about this game. except the name, The POS of a ship you fly, and the weak tie ins with the X other games.

The epic fail of a UI, and serious flaws in the game design itself pretty much sums up the majority of what is wrong with this picture in Rebirth.

Fight? There is lots of that here. Fighting with a useless unintuitive UI, and LOSING. Memorize your hotkeys. You are gonna need to. No targeting reticules with a lead off hint. The targeting reticule pretty much obscures the view of the enemy ship itself. It would be nice to actually see what i am shooting at besides a RED BAWKS! (bring back the mini camera modes!) No Radar. SERIOUSLY?! In Rebirth now i guess everyone doesn't need radar, or instruments any more, and "fly's by the seat of their pants". The combat in X3/TC/AP series is far superior to Rebirth IMO.

Trade? WHAT TRADE?!! i have encountered the no trade bug :/

Build? umm what do i build? besides building up my own ship? Then again i have not progressed far enough into the game to be able to do anything else. Keep getting my ass handed to me by the evil "RED BAWKSES".

Think... Ummmmm Fly around , shoot stuff (More like get SHOT AT), go "Ooooohh!! Aaaahhhh!! looking at SPEEEESSSS! until you get into these god awful highways which obstruct even THAT view. The dialog with the NPC's is pathetic. If i hear my co pilot say "SHUT UP BETTY"! one more time. I am gonna mod a way to space her sorry ass. Seriously? a "space suit" with a hole that shows cleavage?? Yup, we know the intended age group for this game.. Unfortunately even the Tweens are too smart for Rebirth.

Build, Trade, Fight, Think should be more like "Shoot", "Sit", "Wait", "Sleep" in the case of Rebirth.

Once again all of the glorious eye candy in the world cannot save you from crappy game play.

Life long fan of Egosoft games, but after this I am done with them.  I find it to be one horrible game and bug fixes won't help.  I am £40 out of pocket and a little upset at having been screwed.   I know it was my own fault, but I trusted them.

Don't write it off yet.  Give it a couple months, see how it turns out.  Egosoft has a good reputation for fixing shit post release, and opening up modding options.

We've already gotten a cure for walking around stations hunting for asshats to hire from a modder.  I don't expect Vanilla XR to ever be as good as vanilla X3, but the processing power available to the game dwarfs it's predecessor thanks to being a proper threaded engine.  If and when they finish the game, we potentially have the ultimate space sim waiting for us, one that isn't crippled by a horrendous cpu bottleneck like X3 is.

I think I might enjoy the Shut Up Yisha mod

I am pretty disappointed about some things. If you go into this thinking its an "X game" you are in for a rude awakening. They should have made Rebirth into a totally new IP. My biggest bitch's right now are the total lack of a radar, and very sloppy combat mechanics. Correct me if i am wrong, but does your trade ships have to "follow" you in a group to work correctly? What happened to autonomous sector, and universe traders?? No matter. I believe ether 1) egosoft will fix this disaster, or 2) modders will fix this disaster.

The main reason why the X games are so popular. The Modders!!!!

I'll try it again in late December or early January.  

Some honesty from a company is quite refreshing 

You can keep up with X Rebirth dev updates here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/2870/announcements