It was already a solid AA RPG game with a nice campaign, but with the latest addition - multiplayer - I can play coop with famility/friends. And there are only few modern RPGs with that option.
I have about 500+ hours in this game, and it's one of the best cRPG of all time. Still, there are two issues - bugs (some are not fixed, some are added with each new patch) and weird "core+" difficulty. With so many hours in this game - a very rare fight could be a problem for me, still, the problem of this game design is that the game by itself is a "party buff" marathon. Every N minutes you need to rebuff your party. It will take a minute or two. W/o buffs - your party will die in a matter of seconds. With correct buffs - you will kill bosses in a few battle rounds. Rest? Ok, a few minutes of buffing each party member with all spells that you will need. It's becoming annoying. Some mods fix this issue, still, it's the most repetitive and annoying process in the game. And you will need to do it dozens/or hundreds of times.
Pros: the game will force you to take the role of a survivor in a harsh environment Cons: it's not a cRPG. It's focused on low lvl party (so no tricky builds), with a lack of base equipment and monsters with immunes and stats/conditions degrade. On Core diff (when you can't even remove disease on rest and do not have spells re remove it due to low lvl) game starting to become a save/load spam. Owls added interactive objects, so you should drop barrels/stones on monsters to ease a fight (or have a possibility to do anything), so if you played Commandos/Desperados/etc - it will be easy. Still - low lvl + crap equipment makes the game kinda... tunneled.
I would say that game is 3.5 stars. Main issue - clunky combat. Spells/skills are missing, it's very, very annoying. Still, story/quests are at least "ok", music is "ok+", completed the game, and faced just a few minor bugs. If you liked the first Elex - you will like this one.
It's hard to find a good turn-based roguelike, and this one is good. Lots of skills, combos, builds that you can create. Nice graphics and really awesome music. I hope devs will make a sequel one day - something even bigger.
I would say it's 4.5 / 5. The plot is interesting, NPCs actions are logical. Never faced any bugs. The game lacks some point-gaining balance, so game progress would feel better. Price could be a little bit lower, but still ok (completing the game will take about 10h). If you like text/plot-rich games - it's for you.
When this game was released - I was pushed back by the "pirates" theme and not intuitive mechanics. But when I get used to some things and understood the game a little bit more... It's surprising, but PoE2 skills/classes mechanics are balanced better, than Pathfinder. The main story is short but interesting, the world is huge, lots of interesting side quests and characters. It's one of a few games that I did not uninstall after 100% completion, and replay it from time to time.
Music is great. Played for several hours - no bugs. Responsive controls. Funny story. Overall - much better, than I expected from a game that had a discount on start.
It's a masterpiece, but with two problems: 1) everyone knew that it will be something special, so no "wow effect" like it was with a witcher 2) it's a giant game, it has some bugs (mostly solved by relaunchign the game). Still, bugs will be fixed (like it was with all huge games). People who designed a Night City (I can't even imagine how much tiem they spent on it) deserved a monument. Music is just awesome, graphics, dialogues - everything is great. P.S. update your nVidia drivers, it solves most of problems.
After the latest update, the game became not only playable but also enjoyable. I wish it was like this when it was released.
