Elex

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  1. mindw0rk
    Oct 18, 2017
    3
    Im disappointed. Although I missed Gothic series, I liked Risen and Risen 3. So I expected a new fun game from PB. But after playing little less then a hour, I feel like giving up. Its just not enjoyable.

    -Graphics is mediocre and feels like worse then in Risen 3. -Combat is slow, clunky, unresponsive and plain boring. -Controls are also clunky and stay clunky even after you rebind    Im disappointed. Although I missed Gothic series, I liked Risen and Risen 3. So I expected a new fun game from PB. But after playing little less then a hour, I feel like giving up. Its just not enjoyable.

    -Graphics is mediocre and feels like worse then in Risen 3.
    -Combat is slow, clunky, unresponsive and plain boring.
    -Controls are also clunky and stay clunky even after you rebind defaults.
    -Music is terrible. I turned it off because it just annoyed me.
    -UI is bad.
    -The worst of all if writing and dialogues which are key thing for RPGs. They feel very amateurish. It is especially noticable after playing Divinity: Original Sin 2 where dialogues were excellent. Every time NPC spoke to me, I was like "Cmon, shut up already".

    PB, word of advice: start getting out of your comfort zone and making modern games.    … Expand
  2. ttt2233
    Oct 17, 2017
    4
    I just want to say this: don't look at user score, because there are "reviews" from people who specially made new account to give this game 10 points on every platform(PC, PS4, XONE). I mean, I'm sure they bought this game 3 times.

    About the game: game have weak story, at least to the point where i am (i played for something like 5 hours, maybe a little more) and i have not real hopes    I just want to say this: don't look at user score, because there are "reviews" from people who specially made new account to give this game 10 points on every platform(PC, PS4, XONE). I mean, I'm sure they bought this game 3 times.

    About the game: game have weak story, at least to the point where i am (i played for something like 5 hours, maybe a little more) and i have not real hopes for some good plot later, world design as mis of fantasy and sci-fi is the worst game feature. Graphics is not spectacular, just like in 2005. i can not enjoy exploring such game world.

    Animations are very poor, i woulds say as poor as I expected, a they will be (Piranha Bytes game).
    There are also some technical issues and many bugs.
    Overall - i would like to give it a 4,5 score (or even 0 just for the sake of Piranha Bytes fanboys), but unfortunately there is no option to give half scores, so it gets 4 from me.
    I think that this is the game which you can hate and can't love, so there is many ways to waste your money but this game is the worst of them.    … Expand
  3. JackieBoy
    Oct 17, 2017
    3
    If you are familiar with the risen series, then you already know what to expect from this game. Bad combat and animation, laughable story and boring game world.
  4. JakeBlackie
    Oct 17, 2017
    0
    This game is just currently unplayable. The frame rate drops, technical issues and crashes are so common. Please ignore the fanboys here and don't buy this game. At least wait for the technical issues to be sorted out with patches or get the game during a sale if you must play it, but you would not be missing out on much anyway.
  5. Tylaris
    Oct 17, 2017
    0
    Elex is like an Uwe Boll movie: hilariously clumsy, dumb and poorly directed, but with occasional "quirk" that it enters so-bad-it's-good at times, but most of the time, it remains simply crap.

    You enter A world that seems based on child's weekend project and one that is incoherent and illogical in every sense of the word: whether we're talking about narrative, themes, factions, or it's    Elex is like an Uwe Boll movie: hilariously clumsy, dumb and poorly directed, but with occasional "quirk" that it enters so-bad-it's-good at times, but most of the time, it remains simply crap.

    You enter A world that seems based on child's weekend project and one that is incoherent and illogical in every sense of the word: whether we're talking about narrative, themes, factions, or it's geography. You have vikings, magic, lasers, robot worshipping cultists, dinosaurs, mechs, post apocalyptic outlaws, all standing on even footing, no matter how silly and ridiculous it seems.
    Only thing missing here are the Amazons, pirates and of course, the samurai. :P

    Gameplay is easily some of the worst from both third person shooting and melee, ever created...incredibly unsatisfying, janky, sluggish, inprecise and designed around getting around massive hitpoint bloats than centered on defeating actually good and responsive, dynamic AI. Elex does not challenge your skill and tactics, only your patience.

    Story, writing, dialogue, characters/design, voice acting, facial animation, direction, presentation are all of poor quality.

    Mobile game "quality" of UI design. Completely bland OST and art. Game that is technically far behind it's contemporaries And somehow manages to run worse at same time.

    There are some good ideas, such as offering more freedom in how to handle quests, but no matter your choice: execution remains poor across the board.

    Overall: stay away from this.

    In 2007, this could make for a decent title, but today there are better games in every respect, on both indie and AAA market.    … Expand
  6. Chadpowers
    Oct 23, 2017
    4
    Graphics: 6/10
    Poor assets, effects and animations. However they manage to use those resources to create a beautiful, but cheesy world.
    Sound: 8/10 Probably the best aspect of the game. Nothing memorable and a few sound effects are rather weak, however the overall composition is satisfying enough and just misses that little bit to be really great. The voiceover however often sounds    Graphics: 6/10
    Poor assets, effects and animations. However they manage to use those resources to create a beautiful, but cheesy world.

    Sound: 8/10
    Probably the best aspect of the game. Nothing memorable and a few sound effects are rather weak, however the overall composition is satisfying enough and just misses that little bit to be really great.
    The voiceover however often sounds rather unmotivated.

    Gameplay: 4/10
    The combat is just horrible in various regards. It's an uninspired and clunky mess of failed attempts to copy other games, and that is just the melee combat. The ranged and magic combat are just a one button joke. All of that doesn't get better with the poor animations. The balancing also has some issues with spamming or abusing the jetpack that is available way too early and a few unintuitive mechanics like the weird combo mechanic in the game.
    The character development is also lackluster, lazily done and navigating the various menus is a nightmare due to the poor UI design.
    At least the game offers some decent quests, gathering and exploring. Too bad the player won't ever find anything of value because everything in the game just feels like a cheesy and cheap copy of something better from other games.

    Story: 3/10
    To sum it up, everything in the story, the setting, plot, writing and storytelling are poorly done. Not really worth going into detail, many of those things are just embarassingly badly written. But here is one example, right at the beginning of the game the hero talks to himself: 'What is that? Emotions? Must be the Elex withdrawal!'
    There is just so much wrong with just this one setence already. First of all it's poor style if you have to drop exposition like that. Then emotions are something the player will experience when he does so himself not when the game tells him to (duh). Further the whole sentence sounds so incredibly artificial it's just beyond cringy. The whole concept of emotions being a gameplay mechanic and story element is poorly thought out and even more poorly implemented.
    The whole game is riddled with things like that and overall gives the impression it has been written by some 10 year old after he played Fallout and Skyrim for the first time.
    It's just embarassing to watch. However 3 points are awarded for the little amount of fun once can have with some of the better written quests and the amount of effort put into the game. Though a smaller world, with less cheesy locations would have done the story and gameplay a big service.

    Overall: 5/10
    It hardly even deserves that since basically anything positive you can say about the game doesn't really effect the core gameplay and I can't recommend buying a game just to run through a somewhat pretty, but cheesy world to talk to NPCs.

    It's a shame that so many people abuse the review mechanic for this game. It definitely isn't a zero and it also isn't anywhere near a 10. The devs have stated themselves, that they largely rely on their communities wishes, so if blinded fanboys keep rating that high, the devs will never learn from their mistakes and this has been going on since Risen.

    Update: New Score 4/10

    After some testing I have figured out, that most of the ingame stats and skills have no function or don't function as they are described. Many of those stats are completely hidden from the player in an effort to conceal those bugs. So in terms of gameplay the game is a 2/10 at best, which lowers the overall score to 4.    … Expand
  7. ScienceAdvisor
    Oct 17, 2017
    4
    Game mechanics are meant to be chosen to drive the narrative. In this case Piranha Bytes decided to toss that out and just put a bunch of random mechanics into this because the individually looked cool. Then they ran out of budget, or more likely interest, before getting to the rest of the game. Story, animation, and especially combat are all sub-par, even for PB. Add in a lot of bugsGame mechanics are meant to be chosen to drive the narrative. In this case Piranha Bytes decided to toss that out and just put a bunch of random mechanics into this because the individually looked cool. Then they ran out of budget, or more likely interest, before getting to the rest of the game. Story, animation, and especially combat are all sub-par, even for PB. Add in a lot of bugs that range from massive FPS drops to CTDs, and even the shill brigade handing out GOTY 10/10s cannot save this from being known what it is: Avoidable.… Expand
  8. AngryJoey
    Oct 18, 2017
    0
    Elex is an incredibly long and boring RPG that is damn near torture for any sane person to play. Why anyone would subjugate themselves to Navigating an unforgivably backward-ass Map & Quest Interface in this Grindfest – that on occasion looks as if it was developed in 1999, for little to no reward is beyond me. Especially when there are far superior RPG choices out there. Do yourself aElex is an incredibly long and boring RPG that is damn near torture for any sane person to play. Why anyone would subjugate themselves to Navigating an unforgivably backward-ass Map & Quest Interface in this Grindfest – that on occasion looks as if it was developed in 1999, for little to no reward is beyond me. Especially when there are far superior RPG choices out there. Do yourself a favor and stay far away from this one! Or at least wait for a bargain bin price to satisfy your morbid curiosity.… Expand
  9. MikeCosimano
    Oct 17, 2017
    0
    This game is horrendous in every way, the graphics sucks, the controls sucks, and just the combat system itself is one of the worst I've ever experienced.
    This game is plain awful. The voice acting sounds like it's from a 2005 game. The sound and animations are probably the worst I've ever seen in a game. Sometimes the music just disappears right in the middle of cutscenes. The texture    This game is horrendous in every way, the graphics sucks, the controls sucks, and just the combat system itself is one of the worst I've ever experienced.
    This game is plain awful. The voice acting sounds like it's from a 2005 game. The sound and animations are probably the worst I've ever seen in a game. Sometimes the music just disappears right in the middle of cutscenes. The texture looks like something from a PS2 game.
    Frustrating, ugly, broken, irritating, dull -- I cannot recommend this game to a single person. Please do not buy Elex. It is a very bad game.    … Expand
  10. EdwardElric
    Oct 17, 2017
    0
    Well, I have to hand it to PB, they did the unthinkable, they managed to make a game more worse than risen. This is the worst game i have played so far this year.
  11. Jurigag
    Oct 17, 2017
    0
    If you already played Risen 2 and Risen 3 you can know what to expect. This game exactly copies all the wrong things which were in previous games - bad graphics(like really bad, it has graphics on same level or even worse as skyrim/witcher 2). The combat is the same bad as it was in risen 2 and 3. Totally unresponsive, with really bad animations. They dialogues are rubbish and writingIf you already played Risen 2 and Risen 3 you can know what to expect. This game exactly copies all the wrong things which were in previous games - bad graphics(like really bad, it has graphics on same level or even worse as skyrim/witcher 2). The combat is the same bad as it was in risen 2 and 3. Totally unresponsive, with really bad animations. They dialogues are rubbish and writing seems lazy. Same with world - put everything we can, mix everything we can and check out what we got. They should stop making sandbox games really. Just go back to linear rpg games with small worlds like gothic 1/2/risen 1.… Expand
  12. Mandulum
    Jul 5, 2018
    4
    Five Word Review: Promising setting, crushingly disappointing gameplay.
    Favorite Thing: I love post-apocalyptic. I wish the game had drawn me in enough to see and explore more.
    Least Favorite Thing: I really hate moving around in this game, it's so rigged and sluggish. Try running down a hill. Every bump locks you into this terribly slow recovery animation. They even ruined the jump    Five Word Review: Promising setting, crushingly disappointing gameplay.
    Favorite Thing: I love post-apocalyptic. I wish the game had drawn me in enough to see and explore more.
    Least Favorite Thing: I really hate moving around in this game, it's so rigged and sluggish. Try running down a hill. Every bump locks you into this terribly slow recovery animation. They even ruined the jump jets. If you're running and you jump then jet it slows you down. GAH!

    Date Dropped: 2018-06-20
    Playtime: 8.5h
    Enjoyment: 4/10
    Recommendation: No. =(    … Expand
  13. Bullzz
    Mar 4, 2020
    3
    Vorweg mein Review ist nicht objektiv sondern subjektiv für mich geschrieben.

    Ich selber bin leidenschaftlicher Dark souls, Sekiro Gamer ... ich mag es " hart " aber auch fair. Und vor allem muss mir das Spiel das Gefühl geben das ich besser geworden bin durch skill und nicht nur durch Ausrüstung. Nachdem ich von Sekiro gekommen und direkt Elex gestartet habe hatte ich gleich    Vorweg mein Review ist nicht objektiv sondern subjektiv für mich geschrieben.

    Ich selber bin leidenschaftlicher Dark souls, Sekiro Gamer ... ich mag es " hart " aber auch fair. Und vor allem muss mir das Spiel das Gefühl geben das ich besser geworden bin durch skill und nicht nur durch Ausrüstung.

    Nachdem ich von Sekiro gekommen und direkt Elex gestartet habe hatte ich gleich mehrere Schocks. Grafik, Movement, kämpfen das fühlte sich an wie 10 Jahre in die Vergangenheit. Ich hab den Titel trotzdem eine Chance gegeben und durchgespielt.

    Das mit den verschiedenen Fraktionen ist nice und auch die Welt hat eine ansprechende Größte aber mir hats trotzdem nicht gefallen.

    Was mir bei den alten Gothic Teilen gefallen hat ist das man Gebiete kannte wo man anfangs nicht hingehen sollte weil sonst war man Frischfleisch. Es hätte auch keinen Sinn gehabt dort hinzugehen... hier in Elex könnte man überall hingehen. Durch das Jetpack kann man relativ schnell abhauen wenn man aufpasst.... ich hatte nie das Gefühl das ich " in Gefahr " bin.

    Das die Elex Generatoren alle gleich aufgebaut waren.. Level Recycling hallo, hat mir auch nicht gefallen. Das ganze Cyber Laser Kanonen gegen Schwert und Schild. Viele Skill Möglichkeiten die sich super lesen und es auch sind aber effektiv hab ich anfangs gleich voll auf Stärke gehen müssen um überhaupt mal stärkere Waffen tragen zu können um auf " hard " überhaupt mal was tot kriegen zu müssen.

    Auch das die Welt erkunden habe .. Safe und Truhen geknackt habe nur um dann eine " Toiletenrolllllllllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeee " zu finden und das nicht 1 mal .. 30 mal das hat mir den Rests gegeben .... ich hatte keine Lust zum erkunden.. für was auch ? Für die nächste Toiletten rolle ? ne danke

    Ich hab fast bis zum Ende des Spieles immer alleine ohne Gefährten gespielt.. ich spiele gern alleine aber es ging dann irgendwann nicht mehr. Wenn zuviele Mobs kommen hast du als Melee DD ohne Range Schaden einfach ab einem gewissen Schwierigkeitsgrad keine Chance.. ausweichen kostet sehr viel Ausdauer... richtig Schaden machst erst nach ner Combo Serie die natürlich von vielen Gegner schnell wieder unterbrochen wird .. und unendlich weit davon laufen bis endlich nur 1 bis 2 einem direkt folgen zum verdreschen ist weder " skillig " noch ist es " lustig "

    Werde mir Elex 2 genau anschauen werde es aber sicher nicht von Start weg spielen sondern wieder auf Patches bzw sogar mods warten. Erst wenn das Feedback merklich besser ist wie von Teil 1 dann schau ich mir das an.    … Expand
  14. ModernTalking
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    This game cost 50$ like AAA game while this is like indie game with very low budget. Graphics are like in 2007 and animations from 2000. What a piece of wood...
  15. Liun
    Oct 23, 2017
    3
    Terrible controls, so much unnecessary dialog, horrible combat, no character creation/customization and so much more... The only good parts of ths game are the beautiful open world, the equipment divercity, the scenery and the jetpack exploring.
  16. defive
    Oct 19, 2017
    2
    Atrocious. It's like PB are stuck in some kind of time warp circa 1999 and haven't learnt a single thing about game development since then. What is an interesting concept is ruined by substandard graphics, animation, voice acting and the jankiest combat system you've ever seen - and all of this at a non-indie price you'd typically pay for an AAA title - which this is most certainly not.
  17. PPSMRF
    Oct 21, 2017
    0
    - many bugs
    - poor story
    - dull characters
    - shameful dialogues
    - weak combat system
    - trashy mix of sci-fi, post-apo and medieval fantasy
    - low graphics and animations

    Crap of the year 2017
  18. Goldfryd
    Oct 29, 2017
    0
    Elex is een zeer grote teleurstelling en ik ben als fan van Gothic denken dat het het slechtste Piranha Bytes spel is. Het is onvoltooid, verouderd en niet speelbaar. Ik kan dit spel niet aanraden.
  19. Ulugras898
    Oct 30, 2017
    1
    This game looks like a cheap mod to Skyrim stylized on Fallout 4 and Mass Effect. I would not recommend this even to download, not to mention about the purchase.
  20. Isaac_VI
    Feb 23, 2018
    0
    This game... I love Gothic from Piranha, I like risen from Piranha, but this **** Gothic 1 what wasn't even done on premiere had fewer bugs.

    The hitbox is like quantum physics, you never know what exactly you are. Story... I prefer even main story from Skyrim. When the story began interesting, the game ended. On start also was nice. Choices, maybe I had control what I speak, but    This game... I love Gothic from Piranha, I like risen from Piranha, but this **** Gothic 1 what wasn't even done on premiere had fewer bugs.

    The hitbox is like quantum physics, you never know what exactly you are.

    Story... I prefer even main story from Skyrim. When the story began interesting, the game ended. On start also was nice.

    Choices, maybe I had control what I speak, but in 99% I don't know what answer do what.

    Animations and graphics, graphics are not bad, but animations... Their characters have paralysis.

    And balance on ultra, the game is impossible or you must glitch the game to finish it...    … Expand
  21. smokedoutraider
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    I've literally uninstalled this game after 30 minutes of gameplay. The graphics look like something from a decade ago. Admittedly I didn't give this game enough time to potentially compel me with its story or even mechanics for that matter, but a game that charges $50 and looks like it was released 10 years ago is simply too insulting to warrant my time.
  22. bladex
    Oct 19, 2017
    3
    This is just a terrible game it has xbox 360 graphics, poor slow and clunky battle mechanics even playing with m/kb, way way too much damn dialog, a terrible HUD and quest tracking system, useless mini map it's just black with a few blips on it half the time you can't tell where you are or are going have to constantly open the real map and very bad animations most of the time it looks likeThis is just a terrible game it has xbox 360 graphics, poor slow and clunky battle mechanics even playing with m/kb, way way too much damn dialog, a terrible HUD and quest tracking system, useless mini map it's just black with a few blips on it half the time you can't tell where you are or are going have to constantly open the real map and very bad animations most of the time it looks like your damn floating! you can tell right away it was dumbed down to the max for consoles. waste of $… Expand
  23. Lordgrey
    Oct 21, 2017
    1
    Pros:
    -original setting
    -open world

    Contras:
    -archaic graphics
    -buggs and poor optimisation
    -ugly animations
    -primitive plot and dialogs
    -lack of story logic
    -trivial quests and characters
    -nonballanced roleplay system
    -terrible battle mechanics

    Verdict:
    Dont waste your time and money for this trash.
  24. Ohui1d
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    The weakest Piranha Bytes game. **** story and dialogues, poor combat system and game mechanics, graphics and animations like in 2001, unlogical mix of fantasy, postapo and science fiction, empty world and many other disadventages make this game crap of the year 2017.
  25. night4
    Oct 21, 2017
    3
    Pros:
    -Sci-fi and Fantasy together? Is that a pro?
    -Locks onto enemies Cons: -The graphics are embarrassingly bad, like from 15 years ago -The water effects are a spectacular failure, many PS2 games did it better -You're forced to play as this annoying, throaty-batman-voiced guy -Camera tends to wildly whip around when an enemy is defeated -Can't skip intro movie -Can't skip    Pros:
    -Sci-fi and Fantasy together? Is that a pro?
    -Locks onto enemies

    Cons:
    -The graphics are embarrassingly bad, like from 15 years ago
    -The water effects are a spectacular failure, many PS2 games did it better
    -You're forced to play as this annoying, throaty-batman-voiced guy
    -Camera tends to wildly whip around when an enemy is defeated
    -Can't skip intro movie
    -Can't skip splash screens
    -Difficult to tell from a distance what you can pick up
    -Not very fun or rewarding    … Expand
  26. Falloi
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    Give me my money back! This is the worst game I played this year. I can call yourself as a fan of Gothic games but Elex is a big dissapointment for me.
  27. Jookas
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    This is just the next Piranha Bytes crap. They are just too weak to make good and playable game like Skyrim or Witcher 3. They are still in 2001 when first Gothic was released. Nothing changed to this time - Elex is their next same, bugged, outdated and unplayable game.
  28. chromehouse
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    What the heck? How is this a 7 rating? This is the worst rpg I have played in the last 5 years. I couldn't even finish it because the fighting is so boring and repetitive. The game lacks any character. There is too much repetition, too few combat options, very bad movement, and oh my god the inventory... Stay away unless you like generic copy paste RPG's.
  29. ale3033
    Oct 22, 2017
    4
    Many aspects of the game are not dealt with sufficiently deep and the main core of the game is undermined by serious balancing issues, even the cure in the realization of the environment can't raise the judgment of a title that wants to dare too much.
  30. mortarion15
    Oct 26, 2017
    0
    I don't understand all the tens this game is getting, seems like most of these accounts specifically made accounts to give this game a ten.
    Is this game any good? short answer no, the most obvious issue is the bugs, glitches and crashes. This game is on the level of assassin creed unity in terms of technical issues. The graphics are juts awful, it looks like a game from 2006, the combat    I don't understand all the tens this game is getting, seems like most of these accounts specifically made accounts to give this game a ten.
    Is this game any good? short answer no, the most obvious issue is the bugs, glitches and crashes. This game is on the level of assassin creed unity in terms of technical issues. The graphics are juts awful, it looks like a game from 2006, the combat system is laughable. Ocarina of time, a game that came out 19 years ago has much better gameplay, controls and hitboxes, so i am just in shock at how this game cant even best a 19 year old game....    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 31
  3. Negative: 2 out of 31
  1. RPG Site
    Feb 2, 2018
    70
    Elex is a hard game to genuinely recommend, it does so many important things to only an acceptable level or worse. It's a game that's carried based on the strength of its quest design, or more pessimistically, one that's let down by a general lack of polish and uninteresting combat. It feels like a nice refreshing counterpart to some modern rpgs that treat their quest lists more like chores, but as a complete package, it falls disappointingly short.
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  2. Games.cz
    Jan 2, 2018
    70
    A flawed jewel. Beneath its layers a sophisticated game is hidden, created with love yet with bugs and poor technical design. The game mechanics are the top, but they are nowadays detrimental. Whoever wants to find a treasure in Elex, must try very hard.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 30, 2017
    76
    Although dialogue writers were burning the midnight oil, the team responsible for combat was obviously slacking off and did nothing to really improve that mess of a close combat which ELEX inherited from Risen. Monster fights are as choppy, unnatural and buggy as ever, for example, enemies slide right up a steep slope if they happen to dodge in that direction. [Issue#225, p.68]
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