Posted on: October 12, 2020

hazlin

Игр: 145 Отзывов: 3

Conform or stop playing...

Initially the game is about avoiding combat, because most things just straight up out damage me and have tons of health. Kiting is an option for some of the creatures, but with the long kill times it is very unrewarding. I did try scavenging, but soon discovered that money wont get me very far. Armor, skills, and magic are locked behind climbing the ranks of factions. After exploring and meeting all the factions I discovered that they are the same in the worst sort of way. All the factions are authoritarian, and do not tolerate diversity of thought. They are all about oppression and doing the wrong thing in a blind pursuit of an ideological extreme. Much to their determent, they even lack pragmatism. All the factions need to be opposed, but the game isn't designed to progress without blindly committing to a faction. Without a faction and without a path for progression my time in Elex came to an end.

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Posted on: October 25, 2020

matmanX

Игр: 193 Отзывов: 7

Spread Too Thin

Elex is basically what would happen if you took Gothic 1 and stretched it out to 5x its size and length. Sounds great at first, until you actually try playing it. The steep learning curve and vulnerability of Gothic worked well because there was a steady progression throughout the game. You knew that some areas and monsters posed minor danger, while others meant sure death. You also knew that if something was out of reach, all you had to do was work for it for a couple of hours. It was clunky, but it made sense. In Elex, that progression is gone. Everything is spread too thin. It took me over 30 hours before I visited all 3 factions, and you need to choose one of these to get decent gear. You spend the first 15-20h as a total pushover. What's worse, there's no rhyme or reason in balancing when it comes to quests and open world. You can find harmless creatures 20m from one-hit-kill beasts. Early quests require you to travel across the entire map. Challenge is fun if it can be overcome in a reasonable time. If it can't, it only causes frustration. Combat is very clunky, often unresponsive. The good thing is it allows you to exploit enemies' braindead AI and large hitboxes, which is often the only way to win a fight early on. Once you get the good gear, the game switches from the punishing difficulty to a walk in the park for most enemies. It only shows how unbalanced it is. This means there's only a short period where combat is somewhat fun. The story and lore are easily the best parts of the game. A mix of sci-fi and fantasy where no faction has all the answers. Even some quests can be fun and offer insight into philosophical and ethical conflicts throughout Magalan. It's too bad they're presented in such a flawed execution. I hope PB will improve one day, but they haven't in 15 years and I'm tired of giving them a free pass. Imagine if Cyberpunk 2077 looked like The Witcher 1 or if Arkane Studios didn't improve their formula since Arx Fatalis. That's PB for you.

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Posted on: October 18, 2017

Nadzorow

Владелец игры

Игр: 13 Отзывов: 1

Great!

OMG This game is true succesor for gothic 2 I understand that graphic and animation are not AAA class game? but it doesn't matter This is very oldschool and hardcore RPG and very interesting open world with a lot of details Ребята, это оно самое. Я правда поиграл всего пока несколько часов и может быть рано делать выводы, но это очень похоже по ощущениям, что я испытывал от игры в первые две готики. Что не понравилось пока - слишком брутальный главный герой, пока не чувствуется хоть какой-то харизмы, и слишком крупный и не очень удобный интерфейс но это мелочи и придирки как мне кажется. Графика у игры не ААА лкасса, но очнеь приятная картинка на самом деле. Музыка приятная и кажется местами смутно знакомой. Поддержите разработчиком давайте купим игру - она стоит своих денег это точно

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Posted on: May 4, 2020

spock_rc

Владелец игры

Игр: 128 Отзывов: 4

Second Chances

Played the game on launch and came away feeling it was an unbalnced mess. As a long time Gothic / Risen player I was disappointed. A new attempt years later has greatly changed my opinion. It's mechanics have shifted slightly from previous Pirahna Bytes games, but the core is still there. My main criticism lies with encountering enimies early in the game. Avoiding enemies is a staple for PB, but here high / low level encounters are more evenly distributed across the map, where previously they were logically placed with character progression. As a result I was counfused about which missions to do. I finished many by running away from enimies. Combat is an evolved version of Risen, but more stiff. This is not a hack-n-slash. Rather it's slow and methodical where gurading, dodging, and stamina are vital to success. This is well executed for one-to-one engagements, however it's not great for multiple enemies. By default, the camera and character locks onto an enemy. So if you have one in front and one in back you simply lose sight of the one in the back. Dispite it's limitations it still remains satisfying. Missions are great, with many twists, turns, and branching conclusions. Your choices really do matter here. Make the right calls and you can join a faction quickly. Likewise making choices that help other characters can hurt your renown in a faction. Solving these missions are not linear, but more like an adventure game in that you need to think about each step logically. They are not headscratchers that halt the progression, just add a little depth. Attacking human characters are rare and carry real consequences. Unlike The Witcher 3, where just about every quest results in attacking a guard, thief, or somebody you don't see eye-to-eye with, here it's grounded and makes sense. This is a Role Playing Game after all, you aren't force into stealing or murder. To conclude, I think it's a great PB game and looking forward to the sequel.

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Posted on: June 20, 2020

H0lyT0ast

Владелец игры

Игр: 512 Отзывов: 3

Don't Pay full price for this.

The Good: Atmosphere/setting, exploration,the jetpack from the start of the game, the auto save system, game runs buttery smooth even under linux using wine(Very impressive). The auto save systems makes multiple autosaves so you can roll back farther than just 2mins. Say when you spend all of your resources killing 6-7 bandits to hack in to a safe you assume has loot in it, the loot turns out to be toilet paper and the currency of the game. The Bad: Pacing, Loot, enemy placement, technical issues, overall design, leveling, just about everything else The writing is even poor, you take on the role of Jax, an ALB commander. Albs are revered as battle hardened warriors who wish to conquer everything. Jax, the ALB commander, struggles fighting a chicken and can easily be overwhelmed by children. Quests from the starter town take you to areas with monsters that 1 shot you till much later on. Nothing drops armor and 99% of enemies wont drop weapons and combat is mehh. Early on you'll find a sword or hatchet you can upgrade, don't. This levels the sword and you cant use it for another 6-10 levels. You are only allowed 1 active quest at a time, upon completion of a task sometimes you'll need to go back in to the menu and reactivate the same quest you are working on. This is especially a pain in the beginning of the game because you are in a town called Goliet. They hate technology and complain every time you bring up your map/inventory/quest log or anything else. The game with maybe a year or two more of development and tweaking could have been outstanding. When you play Elex you see quality base with a bad implementation. Its frustrating to see such a quality world held back. I just cant recommend you spend full price on this.

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