sharkymouth: Just noticed X Superbox seems really cheap on GG at the moment for just over a fiver (£5.09)...
http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-XSB/x-superbox-bundle I registered on Steam and received the new Albion Prelude release as well :)
mefet: Is it worth it? Believe it or not, I've never heard of the game before...
Any feedback/comment? metacritic seems pretty rough on the game...
They are sandbox games mostly (each one has its own story-driven campaign, but generally very short; past that, finding something to do it's up to you). The universe is huge, you can pilot almost every ship present ingame, from small scouts to massive capital ships, or control them in remote. You can focus on combat, or trading, or both.
If you like space sims à la Elite, they're certainly worth a try.
The Metacritic score is mediocre mostly because the games were a technical mess on relase, but Egosoft has supported them well over the years, patching out almost all bugs and even relasing some free bonus content.
On the bad side, the interface is still "meh" (especially if you have to manage a fleet), the game engine was never optimized for multicore processors and overall the gameplay is very time consuming.
Apart from that, good games imo, fun and with excellent visuals and music. By the way, check out how the TC benchmark demo runs on your pc
http://www.egosoft.com/download/x3tc/demos_it.php