Xatax is just another side - scrolling space shooter with huge fleets of enemies coming against one small ship - you. (old-games.com)
You'll take your first tentative warp jumps and discover new planets and civilizations, conquer them with huge fleets or take them over culturally, forge very tenous alliances and generally have a good time. (wolfsgamingblog.com)
Few games have shaped the X4 genre of building vast empires and crushing huge fleets as decisively as this mythical name of gaming history. (mmogames.com)