Posted October 20, 2017
So, Elex is a grand game. Full of fresh and great ideas that seem to be partially obscured by the things that need fixing. Things that most definitely need fixing asap.
1. Keyboard controls are wonky at best. This needs ironed out immediately to prevent player frustration and refunding of game.
2. Textures don't scale properly or even are made to match resolutions. Playing on a 21:9 monitor equals some really ugly textures on armor and weapons and set design elements. This is immersion breaking all the time. The game needs proper 2k and 4k textures applied or made available.
3. Map quest markers can get bugged frequently. Needs fixed asap.
4. Quests (especially end quests) can get bugged and fail to fire. Needs fixed asap.
5. Dodging while in combat. This is pitiful at times. This applies to keyboard controls as well. Wonky at best most of the time.
6. Lip synching. I don't expect a multi-million dollar studio's efforts for lip synching in a lower budget game. However, some of the scenes the lip synching is pretty horrible. Fixed if it can be.
7. PROPER HUD elements and menus scaled properly in a 21:9 resolutions. They appear stretched and oddly placed at times. Fixed if can be. Shouldn't be hard since the game does support Hor+ and supports the 21:9 resolutions.
8. Windows 10 Fall Update seems to have maybe broken the game on some systems. Compliance patch if possible for these people. and others.
9. Random loot. We need more loot. The Gothic games, the Risen games all had sporadic hand crafted loot available at most times. Elex seems to be lacking in this department. MORE LOOT.
10. Improve the crafting system. As is, it's kind of bad. Not horrible, not great, just mediocre at best.
11. Artifacting at times. Not sure what's causing this but there have been purple clouds to weird sky textures happening every once in awhile. Also, heat shimmer or enviroment shimmer causes cut scenes to behave oddly if the player character is too close to an NPC while having one. Causes bugs. Fixed asap.
12. Combat difficulty at times. While I'm not one to complain about difficult combat whatsoever, the combat, at times, in Elex is downright unfair sometimes. This needs balanced asap. Also, aggro range should be lessened with some mobs. Seems to be too unfair in their ability to "see" you when they shouldn't be allowed or even possible.
Feel free to add to this list if you've experienced something awry in your game.
My specs:
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R3.0
Win 10
EVGA GTX 1080 Hybrid
16GB Gskill Ripjaw
AMD 8350 BE
LG UWHD 36" @ 3440x1440
Logitech G510 keyboard
Logitech G502 Mouse
Logitech Z906 surround system
1. Keyboard controls are wonky at best. This needs ironed out immediately to prevent player frustration and refunding of game.
2. Textures don't scale properly or even are made to match resolutions. Playing on a 21:9 monitor equals some really ugly textures on armor and weapons and set design elements. This is immersion breaking all the time. The game needs proper 2k and 4k textures applied or made available.
3. Map quest markers can get bugged frequently. Needs fixed asap.
4. Quests (especially end quests) can get bugged and fail to fire. Needs fixed asap.
5. Dodging while in combat. This is pitiful at times. This applies to keyboard controls as well. Wonky at best most of the time.
6. Lip synching. I don't expect a multi-million dollar studio's efforts for lip synching in a lower budget game. However, some of the scenes the lip synching is pretty horrible. Fixed if it can be.
7. PROPER HUD elements and menus scaled properly in a 21:9 resolutions. They appear stretched and oddly placed at times. Fixed if can be. Shouldn't be hard since the game does support Hor+ and supports the 21:9 resolutions.
8. Windows 10 Fall Update seems to have maybe broken the game on some systems. Compliance patch if possible for these people. and others.
9. Random loot. We need more loot. The Gothic games, the Risen games all had sporadic hand crafted loot available at most times. Elex seems to be lacking in this department. MORE LOOT.
10. Improve the crafting system. As is, it's kind of bad. Not horrible, not great, just mediocre at best.
11. Artifacting at times. Not sure what's causing this but there have been purple clouds to weird sky textures happening every once in awhile. Also, heat shimmer or enviroment shimmer causes cut scenes to behave oddly if the player character is too close to an NPC while having one. Causes bugs. Fixed asap.
12. Combat difficulty at times. While I'm not one to complain about difficult combat whatsoever, the combat, at times, in Elex is downright unfair sometimes. This needs balanced asap. Also, aggro range should be lessened with some mobs. Seems to be too unfair in their ability to "see" you when they shouldn't be allowed or even possible.
Feel free to add to this list if you've experienced something awry in your game.
My specs:
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R3.0
Win 10
EVGA GTX 1080 Hybrid
16GB Gskill Ripjaw
AMD 8350 BE
LG UWHD 36" @ 3440x1440
Logitech G510 keyboard
Logitech G502 Mouse
Logitech Z906 surround system