ELEX

I really enjoyed it. After some difficulty getting used to the oldschool challenge and frustration (and making the fights as easy as possible) I just loved every second. The atmosphere is great from the first moments on and the unique style of world creation, story telling and rpg, that only Piranha Bytes can create, next to the cool setting kept me going and I did not regret it! One of the best PB RPGs!

Can't say more because I'm unable to get beyond starting location..

I see, this game is from the Gothic and Risen makers, and i like it!

I've seen bad combat mechanics before but here it's real trash. It's not that it is "dfficult", it's only that you can't move during combat (after 2 move no more stamina). I've seen in previous comment that you dodge/parade/attack but you can't even fucking move ?! Like dark souls or sekiro are difficult because you need patience/moving/learning weakness but here ? Elex feels really like a "robot" mechanic when it comes to movement. Onlybought it for 10€ so 2 stars but does not worth more....

Elex really is just Gothic with better graphics. Gothic had its charm back in 2001 and players put up with the clunky combat and buggy, unbalanced mechanics and gameplay because we didnt know any better. But there is no excuse for this broken mess in 2017/18. The combat is worse than Witcher2 on release day, every single enemy will kill you with a few attacks or directly oneshot you. The animations are so bad, you cant predict movements, you cannot reliably evade, parry or attack. The shooting and magic is still on a level of quality you would find in steam asset-flip games. Like every Piranhabytes game you have to spend HOURS upon HOURS stealing and pickpocketing everything you can while evading oneshotting enemies until you have enough money to buy fighting capabilities. And then still with lvl20+ and badass weaponry that you spent 30h to get, your ass gets handed to you by random enemy groups because good gear doesnt fix your broken fighting and enemy AI. This is not good nostalgia, just 16 year old mechanics and animations packaged in a nice wrapping. At the very least, watch some gameplay videos before you decide to buy.