robalexhall wrote:re: whether we'll need to upgrade our PCs or not. That will depend on whether the underlying engine is new or rewritten for multicore CPUs.
If it is, then (if anything) it should run better than X3.
I suspect the game engine is new. With the amount of work it would take to rewrite/update and/or add multicore support, it would probably be easier just to make a new game engine. Though I suspect parts of the old X3 engine are in the new one.
Just watched the trailer and it looks sweet. And I know I posted hours ago in this thread but I was at work and the post was done via cell (a first for me).