When comparing X4: Foundations vs Star Walk 2, the Slant community recommends Star Walk 2 for most people. In the question“What are the best 4X space games on PC?” Star Walk 2 is ranked 13th while X4: Foundations is ranked 23rd. The most important reason people chose Star Walk 2 is:
Instead of only displaying what would be visible to the human eye, Star Walk displays gamma ray, x ray, h-alpha, infrared, microwave, and radio.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Constant bugfixing
The game gets constant and many updates that already fixed the most gamebreaking bugs. However they also introduced new.
Pro Universe sandbox
You can build your own empire with stations, ships, sectors. You can also fly any ship in the game.
Pro Displays different parts of the light spectrum
Instead of only displaying what would be visible to the human eye, Star Walk displays gamma ray, x ray, h-alpha, infrared, microwave, and radio.
Pro Users can choose which objects are displayed
Users can toggle which features are activated, such as constellation description or satellite display.
Pro 3D view of stars up close
Just tap on a star and see what it looks like from a closer perspective.
Pro Identifies satellites
For 99 cents, satellites can be tapped for identification. This app contains information on over 9000 satellites.
Pro Contains information about all the planets
Star Walk 2 attempts to give users a comprehensive view of all the things that are currently happening in space, this includes events at other planets. For instance, it displays the angle of rotation around the sun, sunrise, sunset, and length of day on that particular planet.
Pro Adds illustrations over feed from camera
Instead of just displaying a feed of what the sky should look like when the device is aimed in different directions, Sky Walk paints stars, constellations, and satellites over real time images taken from the device's camera.
Cons
Con Poor performance
It performs poorly even on highend systems
Con Stations can't be destroyed
Sure in theory they can however until you have destroyed all the invisible modules (yeah! you heard right - unfinished station modules are invisible but you have to destroy them to destroy the station and to conquer a sector) an new construction ship has already built another defense station.
Con Too many menus
There are just too many menus you need to navigate, it fells more like MS Excel than playing a game.
Con Stations are unpopulated
You barely find any NPCs or life on the stations.
Con Weird pathfinding
AI gets stuck very often rusulting in endless docking attempts.
Con Graphics are outdated
Space graphics are still the same as with X3:Reunion(just a few new shaders/effects are added like FXAA, SSAO), NPCs and Character animations look like from the 90s. There are plenty of unsharp textures by zooming in-.
Con Failed to deliver
There were a lot of promises for this game by its developer like faction war over sectors, expanding empires. But none of them are in the game.
Con Only Xinput support
The game does only support Xinput so playing with a DualShock 4 is a no-go.
Con Needs to be online
With 2.0 the introduced an exploration mode that can be disabled however it is the only way to level up a crew.
Con Universe full of clones
There is no point for different races in this game since all use the same weapons, ship types and almost the same production modules. The whole universe feels the same.
Con No joystick or gamepad support
There is no proper gamepad or joystick mode that makes the mouse and keyboard obsolete.
Con Unstable for many users
Many people who have this app complain that it crashes within seconds of starting.
Con Outdated data base
2016 and 2017 are not in data base. Can't view anything discovered after 2015. Comets like johnson can't be found.