Posted on: January 28, 2023

gogskel

Jeux: 817 Avis: 19

Great exploration with some jankiness

As a huge fan of the Gothic series, this game scratches that itch for exploration, looting and environmental story telling very well. The feeling of barely surviving, until you manage to climb the ladder, explore, do some quests etc. from back in the day carries over very well (at least on the hardest difficulty). There is some jankiness, souring the experience a bit for me, which is why I can't give it five stars. Also, maybe you need to detract another star, if you didn't enjoy the Gothic series or similar games. Combat: Very imbalanced: Weapons and powers fluctuate between useless and overkill. World geometry sometimes interferes especially with melee combat - as you shove an enemy around, it suddenly becomes impossible to hit, due to being slightly above/below you. Very annoying when every hit counts. Story: The main story is alright, but it is told in a poor way. Sometimes Jax will just start monologuing crucial story beats when you hit a certain point in a quest or a place. "Show, don't tell" should apply. The developers know how to do it better, with mini-quests, recordings, letters etc., but the main story seems to stumble and then try to catch up at times. Bugs: Usually regarding flags in conversations: Responses and reactions would imply I finished a quest one way, when I had done something else. Had one crash in 50+ hours, so it's quite stable. Really problematic is that the Cold status (see below) has display problems, showing the wrong level. Very slight spoiler regarding Cold: There's a sort-of-but-not-really morality system with Cold. Choices, dialogue options and consumption of certain items affects your Cold status. Be aware that your Cold level affects much more than just flavour text: Some of the quest paths depend on it, not on your decisions as a player. Not being aware of this, you may feel railroaded in certain quests and especially towards the end of the game. Overall: Great for fans of the genre. Probably just above average for others.

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Posted on: October 1, 2018

Ward.530

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Jeux: 141 Avis: 6

Awesome game with tragic flaws

Had to cut down the legth(VERY much): Great environment, dialogues and the plot lines. It gave me that feeling that old RPGs used to. Combat however is pure nightmare. The game is very poorly done console port from the controls point of view. Implementation of jetpack is horrible. Even with dodge on double-tap disabled, the character dodge rolls on (accidental) multi-tap. Target locking. Another very badly ported feature. When I turned this off, my death rate dropped by half. Suddenly multi-opponent fights were possible. But: In order to jetpack attack you need to manually lock on target (good luck in larger fights), not move too much so that the lock doesn't break, hope that jetpack double tap works and then fly up and press the attack The success rate of succesfully doing this is about 30%. You MUST learn npc attack routines. If you don't you die. A lot. My estimate is that at the end of the game 80-90% of my deaths were caused by controls malfunction. Camera and character turning are not locked. The whole difficulty is centered around midgame+. Be prepared to run from almost every mob in the game until Level 15(20-30 hours) the game. Almost everything will 1- or 2-shot you. Frustration is the word that I would use to describe the difficulty of the game. It's not made to be hard, it's made to be frustrating. Especially coupled with the terrible controls. Dev themselves didn't play or test the game on KB + mouse. Honestly, I am amazed I lasted long enough for this game to start to be playable. This game is a marvelous brilliant gem ..on the bottom of very deep public toilet.

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Posted on: December 17, 2018

Tomiti

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Jeux: 36 Avis: 6

Un très bon RPG à l'ancienne

Ce jeu risque de ne pas plaire à tout le monde comme ce fut le cas pour la série Gothic. Comme d'habitude avec Piranha Bytes on a un jeu qui en terme de liberté et d'exploration est énorme, mais on a encore et toujours ce manque de fluidité dans les combats ; c'est lent, lourd et mal animé mais je m'en tamponne un peu, c'est ce qui fait son charme et j'ai eu plaisir à retrouver les mêmes sensations que dans Gothic 3. Côté graphisme c'est pas génial sans être moche non plus, étant un vieux de la vieille ça me dérange pas. Côté scénar j'ai beaucoup aimé, on est bien dans du post apocalyptique et la fin laisse présager un Elex 2. Le point négatif qui lui vaut une étoile pour moi sont les factions. On a le choix entre les Berserkers : des agriculteurs écolos qui rejettent totalement la technologie et qui punissent sévèrement les membres de leur communauté surpris à posseder quoique ce soit de technologique, les Hors-la-loi : des anarchistes qui pensent qu'au pognon et qui n'hésitent pas à s'entretuer pour, et la pire des 3, les Clercs : une secte religieuse pratiquant le lavage de cerveau à l'aide de puces pour recruter des membres. Au final on adhère pas à une faction parce qu'on est d'accord avec son fonctionnement, mais juste pour la manière de jouer, chacune offrant des armes et pouvoirs différents. Moi qui aime dans un jeu rejoindre un groupe pour les valeurs qu'il incarne, même si c'est pas forcémment à 100% mais au moins en grande partie, j'ai pas trouvé mon compte ici.

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Posted on: December 25, 2020

Bloodrunsclear

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Jeux: 1219 Avis: 143

Fallout 3 But Colorful and Tough!

I like the Fallout series a lot including the recently 3D adaptations, but there's always been a severe lack of color. Elex has the similar fun of scavenging a fallen world and fighting mutants with laser guns and spiked clubs...but in a GORGEOUS world returning to nature with flowers and trees and nighttime bioluminescent plants. Even the enemies are colorful and creative. This is a lot like Gothic, from the fully voiced characters to the system of winning faction approval and the HARD AS NAILS combat. You have stamina now so now spamming for you. It takes getting used to but it's challenging, not unfair, and when you start improving your stats and getting better equipment you will get that same high that only Dark Souls could previously provide of facing down what was impossible and using what you've learned to turn the tide. The missing star is because there's a serious learning curve here. You can see quest markers on a map but more often than not NPCs give you really vague directions you've supposed to follow up on and make deductions with. Nearly everything can kill you if you drop your guard, especially in the beginning, and you will feel underpowered if you're used to power leveling without trainers. Here you want to learn how to lock pick? You need to find someone who knows how, ingratiate yourself to them, then pay them hundreds of resources to learn the darn skill. Anyone who played Risen or Gothic knows this, but Skyrim players will wonder why they can't magically improve their skills when they have the experience. Nope. Takes money and contacts. But the real stumbling block here is NPC dialogue which goes on way too long and repeats basic info, not being clear about whether what you say to someone will make them mad (that was REALLY annoying) and a couple technical hiccups. But otherwise, it's Gothic with a jet pack. Dig in, have patience, enjoy!

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Posted on: June 25, 2018

polarbear2369

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Jeux: 76 Avis: 7

Just another Gothic clone gone wrong

I really liked the Gothic series and open-world RPGs in general, so I thought I give this game a try. I´ve played it for many hours now and it's time for a review, but mainly in order to warn others not to waste their mony. First impression was: this game is hard. I died as soon as I stepped outside the door, literally. So I thought, ok, this is an open world game, you need to learn yourself where you can go and where you can't. So I learnt that I could not go anywhere at all. Then I thought, I just need to get more levels and some decent equipment and it'll get better. So I somehow made my way through, dying all the time, running for my life from everything, until I joined a faction and got some decent armor and weapons. But still, I died as soon as I stepped out the door. So I finally turned all the difficulties down (the game has even several options for this), and tried with the easiest setting possible. Guess what.. I die as soon as I step out the door. After many hours I have come to the conclusion that it has nothing to do with levels or equipment, but this game is simply awfully balanced. Add a few bugs including quest stoppers (a person needed to complete a quest simply disappeared by falling into the ground right in front of me, maybe some clipping problem), and what remains is just another Gothic clone gone wrong. Pity because it looked promising. It might have been great with more development time, but in this state, the game is not ready for release. Balancing, fighting system, mini-games and bugs still need some major work done. So I hate to say it, but don´t waste your time and money.

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