Good game, not ideal but good enough. Looks like Gotica series. Has some stupid moments like teleport at berserk's city, but it's better for gameplay (nobody wants to run long distances with no purpose).
Some balance issues. Range weapon like laser rifles almost alway OP - it's logincal but not good for melee gameplay strategy. Few really interestin quests.
As a summary - for me game really good and better than most of games in last few years.
There are a lot of people rating this game bad due to technical issues and graphics. As I do not care about graphics at all (the best RPGs are from the 80s and 90s without good graphics) I will not take this into my rating. The way the fights are done could clearly be improved for the next ELEX, but that's all about the negative aspects. The story is extraordinaryly amazing, the voices are professional, the quests and items make addictive, the world is breath-taking. I played through this game for 60 hours non-stop and I was sitting in front of the screen saying "What the f**k?", "That is AWESOME." and "Wow." due to the story and the changes within it. If you prefer story-telling above stupid hack'n'slay you should clearly go for this game!
This game is what I wish Fallout 4 would have been. This is the most fun I've had since Skyrim.
Huge, rewarding exploration. Great story. You don't just kill everyone you see, plenty of monsters for that. Just a fun game...FUN!
ELEX is one of those games that harkens to formats of yesteryear open-world exploration combined with aRPG. This happens to be the biggest boon and con of the game as the experience feels thoroughly dated, but is still fun in reasonable portions. You are playing as Jax, a junkie who is left for dead and kicked of his juice cold turkey, but somehow still expected to correct the wrongs of the faction that has abandoned him by investigating your once upon a time enemies and now potential allies: the magic wielding hippies of the forest, the zealous cultists of the volcano, and the clinically insane drug lords of the desert.
This all sounds pretty compelling, but ultimately you will find that there is very little difference in game play between these factions aside from a few overpowered skills exclusive to their nature: desert outlaws provide you with amazing self buffs in the form of stimulants, the forest hippies allow for enchanting and somewhat disappointing magic use, the over-zealous cult in the mountains make you a ridiculous solo sniper (as you can travel with npcs).
Ultimately the game falls short in its combat and harsh attribute system that requires you meet very specific and usually ridiculous levels of investment for equipment, so you better take a look at the wiki and plan your path accordingly or risk kicking yourself over spending them too quickly. However, once you get ahold of and can wield one of these ridiculous weapons the game goes from "Why does it take 5 minutes to kill a pig?" to "I barely touched you..." There is no happy medium of experiencing yourself grow in the game, you simply evolve from useless gutter urchin ino unstoppable juggernaut.
I found the visuals and the story to be quite pleasing none the less. It was nice being able to explore the world how and when I wanted, especially when there was danger to be had around every corner. If you are ok with something that will be initially challenging and possesses great depth, then this is for you.
An amazing open world RPG that is a bit rough around the edges. There are some bugs, and some minor issues, but nothing like all the a**hats are saying. The combat is fine, the whiny kids who are complaining about the combat just aren't used to classic RPG's where the game is actually challenging and where you are not meant to be able to fight really strong enemies at level 1.
This is not your average Fallout 4-like action game pretending to be an RPG. This is the real deal, just like the Gothic and Risen, Morrowind etc. Very challenging early on in the game but as you get stronger the enemies don't level with you like in most modern fake RPGs like Skyrim for example.
The combat system is not that difficult to be honest, you just need to learn how to use it, and learn the attack patterns of your enemies. You can't just spam the attack button and think you're gonna beat all your enemies. That might work in Skyrim, but not here.
The voice acting is pretty mediocre, some characters have really good voice acting while others, like the main character, jax, has very mediocre voice actors.
Probably the best thing about this game is the world, and the exploration, and exploration can be really rewarded. Most of the quests are pretty interesting although there are some that are just average. The main story is well written, but it's not perfect.
In general it is a very good game and if you are into challenging RPG's with very interesting worlds to explore and solid roleplaying, then this game is for you. I give it a 4.6/5
