X2: The Threat PC
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Metascore
72 out of 100

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User Score
6.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 30 Ratings

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  • Summary: X2: The Threat offers players a rich storyline and a boundless game play universe. In X2, the player takes on the role of a pilot indigenous to the X-Universe. The story unfolds as the soon-to-be hero and his companion attempt to steal a ship. After a failed, action-packed escape, he soon finds himself aboard a security ship and destined to live out his days on the cold, prison-mining world of Artur. With a dynamic universe and a plot expertly weaved together the story of The Threat is sure to intrigue players of various genres.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. Computer and Video Games
    92
    Perhaps the finest game to strap on its space-trading boots since the seminal "Elite." It's better than "Freelancer," better than "EVE Online," better than the original "X: Beyond The Frontier," better than any number of Privateers, Battlecruisers, Freespaces and Frontiers. Best, best, best. Am I making this clear enough? [PC Zone]
  2. Gamer's Pulse
    86
    Tremendously realistic graphics and audio bring the world of space travel to brilliant life. While the story serves as a driving force for the single player campaign, it never fully develops into anything worthwhile.
  3. GameSpot
    74
    X2 does offer some highly satisfying gameplay--if you're willing to stick with it. It's not a game that has any reasonable prospect of revitalizing the space sim genre, since it's from a small developer and isn't particularly accessible, but it's a game that highlights why the genre was once much more popular.
  4. eToychest
    40
    There are so many details packed into this game that the learning curve is not so much a curve as it is a cliff and more than a little persistence will be required to get anywhere in this game.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 5 out of 20
  1. MichalW.
    9
    The game is a little bit more than a privater, and a much less than a final fronier. But is a less in a way that it made it palyable, the frontier was too boring, and privater had less features.… Expand
  2. OkrimS.
    8
    Very good, "Elite like" clone.
  3. MaxUK
    6
    For now i give it 6, due to the fact that i had to stop playing to fix the annoying bugs, not game killer bugs, mainly personal system glitch`s that needed tweaking out. as soon as i figure out how to stop the joystick random twitching i`ll give it 9.8, it`ll never get 10 from me as those cutscenes are truly foul and nasty. but when you see the graffiks these little niggles become meaningless to all but the most fanatical frames chasers. the old "X-perience" is still there in bucketloads.… Collapse
  4. PeterB.
    3
    Here we have a game with an interesting story line, pretty graphics and the most abysmal control scheme since Dr. Derek Smart pinched out the last Battleship game. There is absolutely nothing in this game worth the time it takes to learn how to play it. Avoid at all costs.… Expand

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