Posted on: November 13, 2017

Cobalt2000

Spiele: 98 Rezensionen: 6

Terrible

I really wanted to like this game, as I'm a long time fan of Piranha Byte, but I simply cannot. Even ignoring the ten year old graphics, the abysmal dialogues and the clunkiest combat animations this side of the galaxy, the game remains terrible. I tend to like difficult games, for example I really enjoyed Nioh. The character there responded instantly to controller input though, making hard challenges rewarding and fun. In Elex, on the other hand, you move a wooden character who moves veeery slowly and is instantly exhausted, every single encounter is a major PITA. Maybe my mistake was to choose the "difficult" level, but at level 8 my weapon DID NOT DAMAGE AT ALL enemies near my level (no skull next to their name). Level 9, better weapon, now I can deal some minor damage to basic critters that ravage me any time they hit. Considering that they are much faster, can hit several times in a row while I'm exhausted if I so much as perform one roll and one light attack, I still have to rely completely on my follower to deal any damage, and I'm really fed up with this. Did they playtest the game before release? Is "normal" the only level one is supposed to play? Did they not realize just how bad the combat system is, with second-long lags between one keypress and the corresponding move? Whatever the answers, I really cannot recommend Elex to anyone. And please bear in mind that I did love Gothic and Risen games.

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Posted on: November 4, 2021

DaHoot

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Spiele: 21 Rezensionen: 1

How could they ignore KEYMAPPING?

If I knew I could not remap my movement keys to my usual 4 keys I've used since 1996 (Quake), I would not have bought this. And considering how clunky the combat is, it was impossible to learn to use other keys for movement. I tried playing this game twice and gave up shortly after arriving in the first town. I'm sure I would have enjoyed it, even praised it if I could use my own movement keys. Seems to me this game was built on using a controller. However, I'm a PC gamer, not a console gamer.

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Posted on: November 18, 2021

Andrey_CR

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Spiele: Rezensionen: 2

Great game, some non game breaking bugs.

I had this one on my whistlist for a long time. Like two weeks ago I had some money on my Skrill account and this was on a great discount, so I bought it. I'm playing with an Xbox controller and, at the time of writing this, I have 50+ hours into it. It is a great game, for people like me that like lengthy games with a great story. Combat and progression are a bit.... different. You have to know what you're doing, which comes with practice. Don't mind people saying it's a soul-like game. It isn't. First, you can set the difficulty and second, battles will be easier after you get the hang of it. Get a lot of potions, dodge, roll and attack. Rinse and repeat, like 10,000 times, until you get magic, heavy weapons and can upgrade your items; then do the same things and life will be 100x easier. There are some bugs: some icons or prompts dissapearing from the screen. Jax waves his hands in a very weird manner on some dialogues, etc. Nothing game breaking. Exploring is a wholesome experience: landscapes are well made, you'll find a lot of loot and lore while doing it and also a some missions you won't find elsewhere. On the story side: it is a great story IMHO. Well written post-apocalyptic theme when humanity does down the toilet after millions of people died after a "Comet" strikes the Earth. If you like exploring, you'll find out what really happened. Bottom line: don't pay full price, wait for a discount and play it!

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Posted on: April 11, 2023

WisePrimate

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Spiele: Rezensionen: 3

I enjoyed the story.

I love the main story. After I finished it, I still felt compelled to return, to search the world for more side-missions.

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Posted on: October 17, 2023

ErnestLemingway

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Spiele: 255 Rezensionen: 20

Good start, meh mechanics, poor ending

Elex is a type of game that makes excellent impression at first glance, but the further you go, the less appealing it become. At start, you got blasted with vast and open post industrial (or post apocaliptic, depending, what part of map you visit) world, that can be explored on foot or by jetpack, quite engaging main plot, factions with different lore and viewpoints, important choises to make and so on. It's like typical Gothic game, but with enhanced story, better graphics and pretty well made blend of fantasy, sci-fi and modern references. NPCs have quite a lot of line to tell and even main character moves without typical Piranha's stiffness. What could go wrong? After initial part of game, you get into endless string of standard "go there-do thing-come for reward" quests. Sometimes you get some more complex, but also not really memorable task, which sometimes goes so silly, that you hardly believe what you just saw. One taskgiver need you to bring master tactican to lead nearly impossible to success massive siege. You bring him master tactician, who order ... frontal assault. No stratagems, no tactics, just human wave running straight into enemy line. Job well done. Main story goes fine until halfway, then dev team simingly ran out of time, because the quality goes down in shocking pace. From tight net of seemingly inscrutable intriques to ... well, heap of wet cardboard. It was very disappointing. Exploration is ok, however you'll keep finding either some basic stuff or unique items, that you won't use unless buffing yourself over the charts. Character progresssion in as painfully generic as it could be. Figthing is less lifeless than in previous Piranha's productions, but it quickly come obvious, that way to success is through repeating certain actions rather than adapting anything new. To sums up: Is Elex worth to try? Yes, but overall it goes as mediocre as possible, so waiting for discount is advisable.

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