X4: Foundations Ep1: Defending humanity (and stealing things) in an epic sci-fi sandbox
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- While I finish recovering and get ready to bring Terra Invicta back to the channel, I thought I'd show off one of my favourite titles of all time.
X4 is a sci-fi sandbox by a relatively small European dev team that lets you make the journey (if you can) from a lone pilot scratching out a living in a single ship to a titan of the Military Industrial Complex, swinging the economic and military balance across more than a hundred simulated sectors filled with thousands of ships.
X4 is an enormous title, one which can span multiple game phases and absorb days of time. It's also a title you can play 'your way.' To that end, I'll be trying to show a new aspect of the game each episode (starting with piloting and basic combat this episode) rather than showing every minute I spend in the game.
I want us to get to the point we're pulling strings in pursuit of the RP goals our character will set, not just earning a living.
But first, we start our journey with not much in the way of resources and a crappy ship. Fortunately, other people have nicer ships, and ownership in the X universe can be flexible when sufficient firepower is applied.
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I am alive again - here's hoping a break that long never becomes necessary again. Now, let me show off a title that lets me start as a pilot and end up as a master of the Military Industrial Complex.
Welcome back! Glad you're feeling better!
welcome back, how is rogue trader looking?
@@jakubkvacala1880 It's getting patched/expanded which I'm waiting on because it got really buggy past the point where I stopped releasing in the past. I hear it's fixing up well though so will keep an eye on it.
glad your feeling better mister stark.
@@PerunGamingAU on perun channel i watched phoenix point, have you thinked about continuation? it was wery well played and fun to watch
Yes. Gaming with local powerpoint man exists again, hundreds of addicts relieved
Local powerpoint man, i love it.
@@Paraneoz and he's playing space spreadsheets, the game
ok space spreadsheets, the single player game, we're not talking eve here
*I'm not addicted I can stop watching any time*
Er....I think you will find he has many more tallents than power point.....er...... ......... ...... er he also speaks.
>start of first tutorial mission
>immediate gamebreaking cheese
This is the way. (If you're Perun). I'm totally restarting my run to do this though. 😂
classic Egosoft cheese
Believe me when I say it is not game breaking. It is utterly trivial in the grand scheme of X4.
@@Raio_Verusia Yeah, this gives you like, an hour or two less grind compared to a normal start. But it IS pretty fun :)
There’s plenty of other free frigates scattered around and even a free Odysseus Vanguard destroyer in xenon space you can yoink
Slight trivia - The humans in X universe are giant mega weebs. They love to insert horribly voice acted Japanese invectives everywhere they can. The name of the Terran cadet is Raibu Hariken, which is the romanized spelling of the katakana-ized loan words "Live Hurricane"
That explains why every ship type has a name related to Japan (Odachi, Katana, Honshu, Osaka etc.) lmao
Could be a result of the Anglosphere ending up defining the interstellar trade language with some Japanese influence.
@xaxas94 small and medium combat ships seem to have blade names (kukri, gladius, falx, odachi, katana etc.) while the modern capital ships do feel japan focused (Honshu, osaka, Tokyo, Okinawa) but the older ships (Asgard is the big one) skip that.
no idea what's going on with the lore behind it but it's an interesting pattern.
@@PerunGamingAU There are a few books that may have covered that. I just checked and it looks like they FINALLY got an English translation. I read the summaries back in the day as there was no translation and it sure helped make sense of the story in X2. I'm surprised even the Sohnen make an appearance in Timelines.
To add to your observations the non-combat ships also have a pattern - Bolo, Baldric and Scabbard (X3's personnel transport) are all accessories used to hold swords. The only one ship that breaks the pattern is the Bolo which is a non-combat ship but is a type of sword.
You mention the Asgard, but that was part of the AGI Task Force, whose ships all had Norse mythology inspired names so it's keeping with the pattern.
So the language all the aliens are speaking? That's japanese. Because the Argons were primarily japanese speakers when they met the rest of the community of planets, japanese became the universal trade language that everyone is expected to speak. (Yes the Teladi speak lizard-accented japanese as their mother tongue). The people on earth still use english and various other human languages.
When the Terrans got cut off from the universe they had to go build tall and they went *hard*. I don't know how much of it ended up in the games, but in the novels they built some absolutely absurd high-tech strutures. For example the moment they figured out jump drives can exist (because a Xenon jumped into the Sol system) they built a sphere of micro-singularities around the solar system so anyone trying to jump in ends up in a black hole instead.
WOooooo, HE HAS RETURNED
Like a necron, like Rita from Power Rangers, finally free after thousands of years!
thanks now i feel old
This is one of my favorite games ever, please make it a full series! :)
I will be playing whether it makes it onto the channel or not - so if the reception is there I'm happy to make it a bit of a series.
@@PerunGamingAU Lovely, it is as you say very unique but also very niche. Still this is basically a laser shooty defense economics game with politics, so I hope the rest of the audience likes it as much as I do. Greetz from Germany.
@@PerunGamingAUI just wanted to say I support a full series of this game. Might I suggest a playthrough with the goal of becoming the largest shipbuilding baron in the galaxy.
@@PerunGamingAUnot familiar with this game but it looks fun!!!
(Ps is terra invicta gonna make a return?)
@@detachsoup6061 TI will return
Perun finally got back with that milk he went for!
I remember playing this game and going a few days where I was really having trouble making money in the game. Then I discovered the miracle of the military industrial complex and cost+ construction contracts.
I even set up a small trading station who’s sole purpose was just to collect the resources needed to create the bare minimum base needed for base construction contracts, just to enable those sweet, beautiful navy construction contracts.
Also cost+ ship contracts just hurt me to see but you can bet I accept them within a second of seeing one pop up.
“Hmm, yes, this Quasar vanguard should definitely have 4 Ion Blasters Mk. II”
@@zoetje9817 “Only the finest (re: most expensive) components will do.”
@@PerunGamingAU I hope to see what you think is a good early/midgame station for making money. I’ve always pretty much relied on the Cost+ contracts to finance large stations that eventually become profitable through sheer scale, and I’ve never been satisfied with the results of smaller, cheaper stations. Maybe something with manufacturing Computronic substrate? That would be a small station, but you’d need a lot of miners.
In my current playthrough I have bled the entire hull part supply of the entire universe dry with the amount of cost+ ships I order and build. I now stuggle to build up the supply chain to produce more hull parts because those stations also need hull parts to be build.
I never imagined seeing X4 on this channel. I remember my journey with the X series. When I was younger I was strolling through a shop here in Germany and saw this really cool looking gamebox. It was a heavily discounted collector’s edition of X3 Reunion. I bought it and being to young I did not understand the game at all. However it came with a audiobook, a novel written for the series specifically. I loved the novel and it really made me want to play the game, so I spend hours reading through the book of a manual. Interestingly it still features some stuff that never made it into the game. Eventually I learned how the game works and the things you could do were just utterly mindblowing to me back then.
Yea but for me the start was with x2. Strolling through stores, x2 was in one of those discount bins. I think I played the game for 2 years almost every day. Didn't understand shit took me a few months to get my first destroyer but to this day I still enjoy the gameplay until first big ship the most. Unfortunately, the time to get there got shorter and shorter. No idea if it was just easier or if I was getting better. X4 still feels like a big step back in AI compared to older X games, also absolutely hate space legs.
You've managed to nail the hell out of a niche i've been looking for, which is reasonable playthroughs of games that I in theory enjoy, but haven't had the time to really figure out. I said on the TI playthrough that I really liked how you managed to cut out a lot of the "busywork" and get to the key moments to keep things digestible, and I'm super excited to see X4 for similar reasons. Especially because your goals are much more interesting than the playthroughs i've seen.
Also I LOVE that the moment you started with "look at the weapons on this ship" that I got the classic RPG "that's some nice equipment you've got there...." vibes and was correct on where this was heading.
X2 was also the first time I encountered the series. Good times.
I consider myself fortunate that my first X-game was XRebirth. I might not have enjoyed it the way I did had I been an existing X player. At least that's the impression I got from its reception.
@@erdalguclu Same. Got Foundations after Rebirth. Felt way better.
@@PerunGamingAU Did you also set up a big solar power company in Presidents End not long after the start and then got on with the story and suddenly lose everything?
@@marakevans3984 Re-what, now? The last previous entry in the X-series was DEFINITELY Albion Prelude back in 2011! (yes, i did a spit-take when I saw the release date, too)
"No, I'm hiring you specifically because you are incompetent" best TH-cam laugh of the week. Thanks!
Here for the algorithm to see much more. X4 is such a daunting game for someone who didn’t know the scale and just kinda wandered into the universe and realized how under prepared a person can be to play such a game.
Thank you for the video :) /greg
Thank you for making the game :)
super appreciate this run through of the game, I've always been interested in it but never pulled the trigger.
@@kemeras3689 great to hear. Hope you enjoy it the way I have and stick with the series here. I'm just glad people are interested in watching a title like this one
x4 totally deserves more recognition!
No way, this is such a fantastic surprise!
I'm a big fan of the game and it should get more recognition. Seeing you play this is fantastic!
The combination of a fully simulated galactic economy and industry to fuel the factions and their wars is a perfect fit for you.
I'm going to love this!
You had me when you described the game as a wombo combo of many different games that I like, for example having Mount and Blade Elements was exciting. VERY excited to see this series progress, hopefully you don't die again. Welcome back.
I remember my huge PMC from a ridiculously modded X3:TC install years ago, looking back it was the more Perun thing ever. Glad your back.
I spent so much time on Albion Prelude but a lot of that was just margin trading in the stock exchange. the shares never seemed to be invest-and-forget, they only went up and down around a certain price
Hey Perun,
Thank you for presenting X4! It's such a niche title, but it includes many great gameplay elements. I love the game and am glad that you enjoy it too
PS: Wuhu
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edit min 20 .... man your the best... always fun to listen to yóu
LET'S FKN GOOOOOO Your choice of games is spectacular Mr. Perun, please for the love of all that's holy no hiatuses again 🙏🙏
Perun, your gaming taste is absolutely frigging *chef's kiss* impeccable
I bought X4 during the summer sale but dropped it shortly after because I just couldn't get into it. I planned to try it again soon with YT guiding me, so Perun - it seems you got excellent timing.
the x games have always been quite niche but once you get the feel for it, theres few games like it. i recommend starting with trade, then station automation for passive income. dont skimp on shields
Give it a a few hours..
It will click and then you will dream about the game. The game is so complex that you will need like 30 hours to understand the basics.
@@xpainx5185 Yeah, I'm currently struggling with the UI - like I know what to do conceptually, but have no idea how to actually do some things.
When Perun skipped over grabbing the Velvet Thunder I couldn't figure out how to capture it - there's no damage decal to repair on it and it won't let me dock from my space suit.
The other thing was providing the AGI to the science ship while undercover - I got the chip, I approach the ship and ... now what?
Edit: figured it all out by now - I'm still iffy on the UX, but that was to be expected. I'm slowly starting to get the hang of things.
You make acquiring that katana at the start look real easy. That guy lasers me every time
Damn I was hoping to see more TI but honestly it’s been so long at this point I understand the move
It's coming back - I covered the plan in a recent community post
Small tip, especially useful for fighting capital ships in fighters: by default autoroll is enabled. You can disable it, but I think it's better to keybind the toggle.
Autoroll automatically rolls your ship to what I can only imagine is the Commonwealth Standard Up, super handy for not getting turned around and confused. It does however make orienting your ship, hugging close to large ships, and finely pointing your guns at surface objects much harder. Maybe more than any other ship, fighting a K with or without autoroll is night and day in my opinion. Following the contour of the large undefended upper shell and peeking your guns out is so much easier if you can control the roll yourself.
Perun playing X4? Gods pray this is gonna be a series!
What a Treat on a monday, i approve!
Yes! I love thsis games series, and a full series of Perun systematically dismantling the whole economy sounds amazing. I was hoping for a new Rogue Trader for quite some time, but this sets out to be even better...
Also you can do drive-by boarding with M Freighters on Capital Ships (you'll need about three freighters there) and L freighters on stuff like Asgards and other capital ships. Just don't fire (turn off your guns), engage travel drive, be like a couple of hundred meters away from the capital ship that you want to board and then hit pause, release your marines, and then just fly on. You don't get any negative reputation as long as you don't fire (and you only aggro lone capital ships that will become neutral/blue to you again after some time, though if you aggro the lead vessel of the fleet you'll get the entire fleet after you, so it's best done to lone capital ships).
That's a technique called silent boarding. You can even do it to friendly factions without reducing your standing. It's a good way to gain a LOT of money. And also stuff that you can't build yourself, like an Asgard. That way you're also getting under their AA.
finally
nice to see we're playing Teladi Space Weed Tycoon 4
I shouldn't be surprised to see Mr PowerPoint himself playing this. I'm glad to see it, and hope to see more of the series come up.
This game is made for a man who is legendary for PowerPoints. I’ve been loving these games since X2. X4 is finally really come into its own.
Dang, this game looks way better than I remember. Also, happy to have the emutopia man back gaming .
This is great! I had X4 on my wishlist for a long time, but never bought it because I was unsure what I was getting myself into. Really looking forward to this series
Great content, as usual. Still, a PowerPoint covering detailed logistics and associated costs within X4 would have been preferable, but I digress 😂👍
Just bought the game because of this first video. Hoping to see how to rule the galaxy!
the cogitive dissonace I have with the X franchise is, from a defence industrial perspective, you - one guy - can build a factorio style economy that churns out capital ships faster than the 1940's USA and 1) nobody else it doing it too and 2) nobody tries to stop you unless you deliberately aggro them for funsies
One of my wishes for the game would be a DLC aimed at expanding the reactivity and scope of the late game. Diplomacy, sector ownership, factions scaling up to match the new realities as the player reshapes the economy like you said etc. Basically more gold to keep things real and RPG rich in the later game. "Halls of Power" or "Escalation" or something like that.
Plus a great time to introduce some more capital ships to fit the theme.
So happy you are playing and enjoying X4 :) Thank you.
Watched the random video about x4, and just realized it's Perun. Love your other channel, as eastern european I'm very grateful for your work!
And I'm grateful for your comment. cheers!
Wow, what timing. I finally got into X4 recently after trying and abandoning it five years ago, and it's quickly become a favorite title.
I have nothing but praise for the way you delivered this, it covers a lot of the things that newer players like me do not usually see from other creators or they skip out fundamental parts like giving specific orders to traders or miners [something which I struggle with] here's hoping we get to see this stuff from you. gained a new sub today.
Hope to see the next episode on this. Really want to jump in but hard to get into it with little overhead knowledge
I'm intrigued by your overview. I'll have to check it out.
As soon as I woke up, my partner messaged me: "babe wake up a new Perun Gaming video dropped". So now I'm here
ahh i remember enjoying your terra invicta humanity first playthrough, I'm very excited to see you play this since I've been thinking about getting it. Cheer!
it remains to be said if this turns into more of a humanity first or academy run...
@@PerunGamingAU lmao godspeed either way, hope you enjoy playing as much as we enjoy watching 👍
this is an amazing game, and i love the fact that you can play it as a 4x real time strategy game.
that being said, after 60 hours i couldn't fore the life of me script my miners and traders to do what they were told.
even after hours of looking around the resources and giving them careful commands, they would just fly around MAAAAAYBE doing 10% of what they could, so i could not build even the first station you are given. hope you cover this because i really want to understand why i couldn't make it work.
This is one of those games I loved back when it came out as OG x1 and then never gotten back into due to time constraints and its sheer complexity.
I am already hyped to watch you play it with the added flavor commentary. Love it thus far.
YOOO, super stoked for this. Never thought I’d see the day Peren would build the Peren Industries’ Space Military Industrial Complex. Hell yeah!
Les goo.
Been looking at this game series for a while since i saw thexpgamers do the x3 albion prelude star wars mod.
Very excited to see your playthrough!
Can imagine you making a powerpoint presentation about the current state of the simulated economy your game has, lol.
Great episode, you've got yourself a sub. I've got around 1,200 hours between X2 and the X3s, just bought X4 CoP this very moment, as you've inspired me to get right back into this vastly underrated universe.
月船 "Moon Ship", interesting system name. Also one of the NPCs mispronounces it as "Getsu Fun/月ふん" which is hilarious because it changes the meaning from "Moon Ship" to "Moon Shit". That "e" at the end is NOT silent! I had a good laugh at it. Thank you for being aware and pronouncing it (mostly) correctly.
I'm getting some Wing Commander Vibes from this game. Looks great and i cant wait to see more
Excellent video, I really enjoy how you explain what’s going on. I’ve never really paid much attention to the story in X4
Glad you are recovered and back to gaming. Looking forward to this as I've tried several times to get into X4 but never got very far with it for some reason.
@@leee.5841 the x4 subreddid has a bunch of cool people who are super helpful in getting into x4, they might be able to get you goin?
First time viewer you have great abilities to explain everything you do as well as a nice voice to listen to which doesnt make everything dull and stale so great work
Looking forward to this let's play mate, FOR OUR BLUE AND PURE WORLD!
Dude! You've reignited my interest in this game again! Thank you!!! :)
This would be an amazing series to watch, I hope you’ve got the free time to keep it up and it stays enjoyable for you to play because I’d love to see how much better your logistics would be in this game than mine always are
X4's genre is it is a 4X game based off it's previous titles that came out well before even the 1st mount and blade.
the series its even older than freelancer, no joke
I loved this video. To me this is a great advertisement to the game. Just one point of critique: please lower some of the game sounds, namely station announcer and weapon/SFX
What a game to save for a glorious return! Hopefully the new episodes will be coming on the regular.
This really is a great video, great job! This game feels like what Starfield was supposed to be thus far.
Never heard of this game before - great video, can't wait to see more of it
Glad to see your return to the gaming channel, and with an amazing game no less
Holy shit Perun is playing X4? And here I thought nobody outside of germany even knows this exists.
Absolutely need more of this, loved the video!
Sounds like a good idea for a playthrough. Looking forward to future episodes!
No fucking way... The crossover my sleep health needed.
This series made me buy this game and has taught me a lot. a great game would recommend and fantastic series
It has been quite a long time since I’ve been this excited for a TH-cam series. This game looks like it will definitely not swallow my whole life as soon as I buy it
"They're just very nervous about travel in general because they are a little bit uh um shall we say worried about interacting too much with the wider Network."
What a diplomatic way of saying the Terrans are Xenophobic.
To be fair they have kind of been given reason to be.
This feels like the kind of game which suits your abilities as an engaging commentator. Looking forward to the next episode!
Not surprised Perun plays single player EVE Online. Headcanon lore is that Perun is the savour EVE has always waited for and will never get.
This game looks incredible.
Best space game ive ever played, love it more then EvE, cant wait for more and more updates. Best thing to do is dont be a peace with everyone, it gets so intense
Hearing the various Japanese phrases and terms really shows the older influences of the series but it's pretty cool.
watching you play this convinced me to sit down and learn the keybinds to play this game and bought it for myself it seems really fun
So excited for this new series
Welcome back Perun! I hope that you and everything is well. I have missed your gaming channel. Thank you for working through the illness for your main channel. Your work ethic and quality and sincerely admired by me.
that was an amazing narration and explanation. I'll watch more!
Hooray for X4, just a word of caution. X4 7.0 has a serious bug right now where the Xenon, the big bad thats suppose to be the main challenge is in the game, is very passive and instead of being the big bad ends up being steamrolled into oblivion by the NPC factions. The lack of Xenon pushback means NPC faction need less combat ships meaning the demand for new ships is lower, weakening the overall economy.
this is fixed in the 7.1 patch but its currently in open beta, not release build yet.
Thank you for the time and effort you put into this video, I enjoyed it and I’m excited to try out this game myself. I’m glad you’re back!
I played the X3 series (Reunion to Farnham's Legend) for thousands of hours, but after Rebirth and X4's early issues I have been cautious about buying this, so I was very pleased to see you are doing a playthrough for us. Good commentary :b
i already love this playthrough!
21:25 Small tip. ctrl+right click allows you to issue move/trade/attack commands with a single click.
I still fondly remember getting into X2 almost 20 yaers ago, starting as an Argon because of Human bias, not caring about the story and just building my trade fleets and stations around Argon space, mostly President"s End. Then I progressed the story until 'that thing' happened and from there I haven"t touched the series until Albion Prelude released, lol
presidents end traumatised so many...
I love X4. This is totally in your wheelhouse Perun!
I don't know why it never occurred to me, but the X game series and Perun makes perfect sense. Even though X4 is better in that regard compared to its predecessors, it's still Spreadsheet: The Game. And I love it for that. Another big streamer and TH-camr once called it "a game for German accountants" and I think it's a pretty good description for the general vibe of the game.
"Ill let the voice over give the story" instantly cuts him off after Terra was mentioned
So happy to see you do a playthrough on this game! One of my all time favorites, and one the wider world needs to know about!
Remarkable. I had JUST bought and started X4 and was feeling a bit lost, and here is my deliverance. The open source intelligence community comes through again.
Yes! X4! Continue this please!!!
I really like the old school terran ship design. I hope we see more of that kind of vessel
He’s BACK!!!!
Thank you - this has been on my radar for a while, but I've always been hesitant to start because of the depth.
this'll be my first X4 playthrough i've really watched, the Terran ships are honestly awesome looking so far, i love that aesthetic, would love to see more of them.
I'm trying to gt into X4 and then one of the lads on r/x4foundations pointed out YOU of all people started a playthrough. I'm SO here for that. Weeeee more learning from/with Perun.
Maaan I got recommended this game a few weeks ago too and oh boy it took weeks of my life.
Highly recommended for those who like Eve Online but cannot be assed to deal with the real-time nature of it
Yaay, X games is a blast from the past, I played a lot of X2 back in the day. Haven't had the patience in recent times, but I look forward to see what you do with it!