Elex

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  1. Nerevarin1
    Oct 29, 2017
    10
    Лучшая РПГ за прошедшие года. Спасибо Пираньям за то, что они не бросают разработку новых игр и показывают, что такое олд скул. 10/10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  2. cidep
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Щенячий восторг!
    Старый добрый хардкор!
    25+ уровень, топовой обвес, а мобы как раскладывали с 2-3 ударов, так и раскладывают(= Шикарный сеттинг вкуснейшего постапока. Великолепный, проработанный большой мир! И конечно же ДЖЕТПАК. О, сколько раз эта штука выручит во время прохождения игры. Каждое принятое решение имеет далеко идущие последствия и наконец-то "своим парнем" для всех    Щенячий восторг!
    Старый добрый хардкор!
    25+ уровень, топовой обвес, а мобы как раскладывали с 2-3 ударов, так и раскладывают(=

    Шикарный сеттинг вкуснейшего постапока. Великолепный, проработанный большой мир! И конечно же ДЖЕТПАК. О, сколько раз эта штука выручит во время прохождения игры.

    Каждое принятое решение имеет далеко идущие последствия и наконец-то "своим парнем" для всех быть не получится.

    10 из 10. И хрен с ним с графонием!
    Ухожу на 2й круг прохождения    … Expand
  3. CDodji
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Gra dla typowego fana Gothica. Jeśli ktoś zwraca uwagę na samą grafikę lub szuka gry idealnej jeśli chodzi o animację, teksty, walkę to tego tu nie znajdzie ale jednak każdy kto kupi Elexa kupi go ponieważ jest fanem serii Gothic i Risen i dla tych osób jest ta gra. Ogromny świat, interesująca fabuła, typowo Gothicowy poziom trudności gdzie na początku omijamy najmniejsze owady. Mi sięGra dla typowego fana Gothica. Jeśli ktoś zwraca uwagę na samą grafikę lub szuka gry idealnej jeśli chodzi o animację, teksty, walkę to tego tu nie znajdzie ale jednak każdy kto kupi Elexa kupi go ponieważ jest fanem serii Gothic i Risen i dla tych osób jest ta gra. Ogromny świat, interesująca fabuła, typowo Gothicowy poziom trudności gdzie na początku omijamy najmniejsze owady. Mi się podoba połączenie Sci-Fi Fantasy i średniowiecza i z chęcią mogę polecić Elexa każdej osobie która zagrywała się w serie Gothic czy Risena szuka dobrej opowieści i czegoś na długie godziny.

    Wiadomo grafika mogła by być lepsza ale nie jest jakoś brzydka.
    Jedyne co mnie trochę denerwuje to jest jednak ten drewniany system walki ale do tego przyzwyczaiła Piranha Bytes. Więc cóż ja lecę grać dalej i mam nadzieje że wy też :D    … Expand
  4. DivaitFir
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Jocul merită banii. Este posibil ca grafica să nu fie bună, dar lumea din jur este magnifică. Interfața nu este cea mai bună, ați putea face mai bine. Este foarte asemănătoare cu cea a lui Gothic 2, în special paladinul lui Lothar, care spune că nu ești cetățean, dar în Elex nici măcar nu ești agricultor))).
  5. ZyablikRus
    Nov 9, 2017
    7
    Каждый раз, когда за дело берется студия Piranha Bytes, получается старая добрая Готика. Что касается ELEX все так же, как и в старые добрые времена. Те кто застал первую готику, они обязательно получат свою порцию удовольствия. Да и RPG в этом году вроде как не было, а это большое путешествие, которое обязывает к прохождению. https://youtu.be/QaGHMTPSxD4Каждый раз, когда за дело берется студия Piranha Bytes, получается старая добрая Готика. Что касается ELEX все так же, как и в старые добрые времена. Те кто застал первую готику, они обязательно получат свою порцию удовольствия. Да и RPG в этом году вроде как не было, а это большое путешествие, которое обязывает к прохождению. https://youtu.be/QaGHMTPSxD4
  6. marc5477
    Oct 26, 2017
    2
    WARNING: This games reviews are extremely suspect. For a small game with a few active players, there are too many reviews and lot of new accounts that seem to only review this companies games, and of course all the scores are 9s and 10s. They are likely paying for these reviews or they are reviewing it themselves to keep the score high. Dont be fooled. This game, at best is a 4/10 and thatWARNING: This games reviews are extremely suspect. For a small game with a few active players, there are too many reviews and lot of new accounts that seem to only review this companies games, and of course all the scores are 9s and 10s. They are likely paying for these reviews or they are reviewing it themselves to keep the score high. Dont be fooled. This game, at best is a 4/10 and that is generous. Its generic and very shallow.
    My score is heavily weighted on the combat portion of gameplay. Combat is terrible. Further, this game is designed for console and not the PC. The way movement is designed is better suited for a analog controller with 4 buttons. The console style camera is absolutely atrocious. Its clearly meant to address the limitations of a console but the bottom line is that when youre in combat, you arent really fighting enemies, you are fighting the camera. If you can fight in an area where there is little movement, then no problem, but forget any sort of tactics or thinking outside the box because the camera will get you killed. In fact, if not for the camera, I probably would have never died in this game. Of course you can always cheese your way through the game from range but want to know how many arrows it takes to kill a random animal? Try over 150 for some lame raptors and thats on normal difficulty. If you set it to the highest difficulty, you are looking at 400+ arrows to kill 1 enemy using your level 1-6 bow.

    Graphics: Are a mixed bag. Some stuff looks good like vegetation and architecture but some stuff looks pretty bad like faces, creatures and water. I mean... the water looks like it came from a 90s Tomb Raider game.

    Combat: Terrible with no redeeming qualities and shameful for a real time action based game. They fans call it "difficult" but if you read my other reviews I give examples of difficult vs bad design. This is bad design. For one thing, they decided on a demon souls style movement scheme which means that you move like a 60 ton tank rather than a human (except when you use the jet pack...). Luckily there are not as many camera collisions making movement slightly better than demon souls but this is still completely artificial handicap and it distracts from game immersion. It has some environmental problem such as slow pivots and at times a little pebble mound in the ground can cause collisions preventing you from moving. When you execute a move, you have to wait for wind ups which is fine but the problem is that most enemies do not have this problem which means you are being crippled simply to balance the game. When you hit things, it has little to no weight despite the long wind up. For instance you can do a power attack against an enemy and it will not phase it in the least and it will continue through its own attack as if nothing happened. Its the same with you, you can be flying and when you get hit it seemingly just passes through you and you feel no impact. Then there is the invisible hit box which appears to be huge for you but fine for the enemies. For instance, an enemy will swing and even though I am clearly 3-5 feet out of their reach, they still hit you. This makes it hard to get immersed into a battle since contact is not respected. From what I can tell in the 1st 15 hours of the game, there are only 2 attacks, a light fast attack and a heavy attack. You can also finish a 2 hit combo with a special attack which always seems to be the same. Ranged attacks are clumsy which is fine but I hate (loathe) the auto-aim feature that happens you take aim (it actually messes up my shots more than it helps since it does not seem to take into account physics). All in all, combat is terrible which is too bad since the rest of the game is actually ok.

    Quests: Are not bad. Many complain about dialog but the time I spent in the Berserkers camp was actually good. The quest givers have good voice acting (most of the time) and a lot of what was said was reasonable in the context of the game. There were few MMO style collect 20x of this but the few that did exist were extremely boring and cumbersome. One required you to harvest 50 plants which was not fun. 10 would have been more than enough. But again, quests and quest givers were not bad overall and the factions were not as clearly defined as their laws state. For example, even though the Berserkers are supposed to be the faction that cares about people, some are actually corrupt and others go outside the laws seemingly regularly. But in the end this is no Witcher as characters were not as interesting and a lot of interactions were comically unreasonable.

    Since combat is the most important part of the game for me, and the combat aspects of the game are very poorly designed, I had to pull the score for this game way down to reflect the fact that I did not enjoy the 1st 15 hours at all. Definitely wait for a steep discount before buying. Im sure you will see this for about $10-$20 by years end so dont rush    … Expand
  7. aidan0
    Jan 1, 2018
    0
    Look at all those fake accounts that posted 10's for all 3 platforms on Oct 30, 2017. Piranha games should be ashamed. It’s getting a 0 because of this.

    The bad: Combat is bad, slow and dull. Dialogue is boring and bad, it so slow and puts me to sleep Main character is a hard ass, that’s as weak as a stick. Quests are bad and boring. Inventory management is outdated. The    Look at all those fake accounts that posted 10's for all 3 platforms on Oct 30, 2017. Piranha games should be ashamed. It’s getting a 0 because of this.

    The bad:
    Combat is bad, slow and dull.
    Dialogue is boring and bad, it so slow and puts me to sleep
    Main character is a hard ass, that’s as weak as a stick.
    Quests are bad and boring.
    Inventory management is outdated.

    The graphics are good, but you can’t fix a broken game.
    The game is not fun and it's boring.
    I won't be buying a Piranha or Nordic games ever again because of their review manipulation.
    What a waste of money, I should have gotten Wolfenstein II.    … Expand
  8. DonaldTrumpJr
    Oct 20, 2017
    0
    Combat is weird, I average about a crash an hour, graphics are alright, overall i think they tried to incorporate too much stuff into this game without refining any of it. It's still somewhat fun but I would not recomend paying full price for it, I'd wait a few years and wait for the price to go down.
  9. steinWolfen
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    If you know end of this game you know that developers just cutted story in half and now they plan to release Elex 2 with the rest of story. What a shame... I will not pay twice for the one game!!! 0/10.
  10. Mkbewe
    Oct 29, 2017
    0
    Nini mchezo dhaifu. Picha mbaya, michoro na mitambo isiyo ya muda. Elex ni maskini na haipendi. Siwezi kupendekeza mtu yeyote wa mchezo huu... 0/10
  11. Jaevla
    Nov 6, 2017
    1
    a) Loved Gothic 1-2-3. b) Risen series,was just another average RPG. c) ELEX...NOPE NOPE NOPE.. For a hyped 2017 title? Awful super outdated visuals, awful textures, awful combat, and top of that, the weird mixture of Plasma/Laser rifles, with bow,swords and shields. PB should work more and harder to reach at least class B at creating RPG and in general games. I'm not a hater, buta) Loved Gothic 1-2-3. b) Risen series,was just another average RPG. c) ELEX...NOPE NOPE NOPE.. For a hyped 2017 title? Awful super outdated visuals, awful textures, awful combat, and top of that, the weird mixture of Plasma/Laser rifles, with bow,swords and shields. PB should work more and harder to reach at least class B at creating RPG and in general games. I'm not a hater, but please... Just take a look at the main character's hands @ https://imgur.com/r/elex/lSlK2GD ,and install Gothic 4 Arcania (that released back at 2010), and check again main protagonist's hand's there... Just amazing.. 7 years passed and PB dev team was unable to fix that monstrous hands? Next please..… Expand
  12. wasd123
    Nov 1, 2017
    0
    Elex is a really really really dull and tedious "Gothic like" game, that is very very inferior to old Gothic games. Ironically its bad game on all fronts, except graphics: contrary to most reviewers graphics are quite good. Its a bad game no doubts about it and it won't be fixed by PB or fans ever, its beyond fixing. Game is worth maybe score of 4, but for PB game it is total ZERO trash.
  13. fredweasley
    Oct 30, 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
  14. MadclownJack
    Apr 7, 2018
    5
    Ah Piranha Bytes...Still trying to re-live the glory days of Gothic 3...Still failing.

    Had to retract a point because its incredibly buggy. Quests get stuck so i can't advance. Honestly, i want to like this game. The setting seems interesting. I'm a fan of Gothic 3 through and through. But i also thought some mechanisms from Gothic needed an overhaul. Sadly it has not happened.    Ah Piranha Bytes...Still trying to re-live the glory days of Gothic 3...Still failing.

    Had to retract a point because its incredibly buggy. Quests get stuck so i can't advance.

    Honestly, i want to like this game. The setting seems interesting. I'm a fan of Gothic 3 through and through. But i also thought some mechanisms from Gothic needed an overhaul. Sadly it has not happened. You're still stuck having to grind for exp so you can spend it on a teachable skill, so you can be able to grind some more, get another teachable skill and so on. It's not streamlined well. I often have my character die because everything seems to be stronger than me. I don't mind difficulty, but i prefer a gradual increase. They could've fixed this in Risen or Risen 2, but no they're just too stubborn.

    And whoever says that the fight system is good is a greasy fat liar. It exists, sure, but it's unforgiving at best, and at worst completely broken. Hitboxes are completely broken, sometimes the timing of attacks changes, it's awfully bugged. I liked the idea of fantasy meets tech, but its been done better in other games. It's not as interesting as advertised. The graphics look old. Like 2005 old. Sure the models are somewhat better than older games, but the textures leave a lot to be desired.

    The story is boring, nothing you haven't seen before. It's not awful but with all the information thrown at you it's really easy to get lost in nonsense.

    If you want to play a good game, play Gothic 3 Gold. It's everything this game aspires to be, only better and with a somewhat clearer context of story. Elex on the other hand feels rushed, boring and predictable. And Piranha Bytes should know better by now.

    PS. Also a lot of "bought" reviews in here. Many of the high grades are made by new members with only one review. Don't get why they bothered, it's not that bad, and this won't make it any better.    … Expand
  15. mortarion14
    Oct 26, 2017
    10
    Старые добрые Piranha Bytes!
    Игру прошел за 58 часов. Много бегал в поисках всяких плюшек, исследовал весь мир. Но зачастую локации - это просто локации. Редко встретишь на отшибе, в домике нпс, который с тобой поговорит. Много монстров, рекомендую навык: Друг животных, иначе агриться будут каждые 2 минуты.
    Минусы: - Может быть атмосфера уже не та, а может и мне уже не 15, но готика    Старые добрые Piranha Bytes!
    Игру прошел за 58 часов. Много бегал в поисках всяких плюшек, исследовал весь мир. Но зачастую локации - это просто локации. Редко встретишь на отшибе, в домике нпс, который с тобой поговорит. Много монстров, рекомендую навык: Друг животных, иначе агриться будут каждые 2 минуты.

    Минусы:
    - Может быть атмосфера уже не та, а может и мне уже не 15, но готика погружала в свой мир значительней. Это даже не минус этой игре, а большой плюс Готике.
    - Боёвка, вертикальное движение в игре.
    - Графика
    - Однотипные строения и нпс.
    - Кружки, кружки, кружки, повсюду кружки! Задача игры, видимо была, раскидать по миру "КРУЖКИ", которые везде, и ты,♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ боялся лутать из-за кружек уже.
    - Неудобная система инвентаря и трейда.

    Плюсы:
    + За минимальный бюджет - хорошая игра, надо это понимать.
    + Открытый мир. Можешь с первых 10 минут идти на все 4 стороны - это нормально.
    + Квесты. Хочешь выполни и получи награду; хочешь предай квестодателя и получили награду у другого; а хочешь предай сначала первого, потом второго, и прояви лояльность к первому))) он оценит. Ну или убей их всех. Тут это полноценный выход.
    + Грамотное и логичное сочетание жанров, фаербол или плазменная винтовка? Как хочешь.
    + Бесконечный рюкзак

    Как плюс, так и минус: Взяли идеи Bethesda и BioWare. Соединили на свой лад. Вроде все классно, но ты понимаешь, как это было в оригинале, и оригинал, безусловно - лучше.
    1 Главу проходил около 53 часов. 2 главу за 5 минут, 3 за 20. Откуда вытекает понятно, я сам так подвел. Но все же! Серьезно?)) Добавили бы что ли событий в каждую главу.

    В общем и целом:
    Как, наверное, многие писали и будут писать, если вы фанат творчества этой студии, то вам понравится. Добротная РПГ. Хорошая игра. Если же вы никогда не играли в Готику и Райзен. Чтож. Можете попробовать, но предупреждаю, скорее всего вы разочаруетесь, сравнивая с другими рпг. Банально бюджет разный.    … Expand
  16. neraja
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    The dense, atmospheric world got me all in once. The sci-fi fantasy setting is refreshing and innovative, a world build from scratch with a lot of lifeblood. There may be flaws to the technical aspects of the game, but the quests & story in combination with the atmosphere is so much more worth to play
  17. Medunamun
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Dövüş mekaniğine alışması bir kaç gün alıyor. Grafikleri güzel ama animasyonları bir kaç sene öncesine ait bir oyun gibi.
    Gothic hayranlarının tamamının seveceğine inanıyorum. Görevler çok kapsamlı çok ihtimal var. Harita çok büyük.
    Oyun kesinlikle zor bir oyun skyrim'le karıştırmayın. Oyun oynadıkça açılıyor. Pek çok arkadaşın olumsuz yorumlarını gördüm. Oyunu yarım saat bir saat    Dövüş mekaniğine alışması bir kaç gün alıyor. Grafikleri güzel ama animasyonları bir kaç sene öncesine ait bir oyun gibi.
    Gothic hayranlarının tamamının seveceğine inanıyorum. Görevler çok kapsamlı çok ihtimal var. Harita çok büyük.
    Oyun kesinlikle zor bir oyun skyrim'le karıştırmayın. Oyun oynadıkça açılıyor. Pek çok arkadaşın olumsuz yorumlarını gördüm. Oyunu yarım saat bir saat oynamışlar ve iade edip olumsuz yorum atmışlar. Gothic serisini oynayanlar bilir. Oyunda ben kimim demeniz için bile zaten minimum 2.5 saat harcamanız gerekiyor. Ben henüz 16. saatimdeyim ve golietteki görevlerin yarısını yeni bitirebildim.

    Özet : RPG seviyorsanız bu oyunu alın.    … Expand
  18. Faustin
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Um mich kurz zu halten:

    Story - top
    Gameplay - meh
    Quest - top
    Grafik - ok
    Umfang - gigantisch

    Nach knapp 23h Spielzeit krieg ich immernoch volles Pfund auf´s Maul. Super !!!111!! ;)
  19. kavalorn
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Elex has issues, but overall it is a return to form for PB. Unlike Risen 2 and 3, this one really feels like it has some soul behind the creation, rather than being part of a deep silver contract for two more games.

    I'm sure most of the bugs/technical issues will be patched out. As for people whining about the game being too hard, have they never played a Gothic game before? You start    Elex has issues, but overall it is a return to form for PB. Unlike Risen 2 and 3, this one really feels like it has some soul behind the creation, rather than being part of a deep silver contract for two more games.

    I'm sure most of the bugs/technical issues will be patched out. As for people whining about the game being too hard, have they never played a Gothic game before? You start weak, you become godlike later. The game doesn't hold your hand with level scaling or other casual features.    … Expand
  20. elexit
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Elex is a Gothic-Game for better or for worse. And that makes it difficult to review, because what some people view as features of this game, other would view as severe flaws. That's why I'll simply give you an impression what you are signing up for:

    A huge open world... filled with things that will one-shot you, if you are unlucky enough to encounter them too early. Lots of    Elex is a Gothic-Game for better or for worse. And that makes it difficult to review, because what some people view as features of this game, other would view as severe flaws. That's why I'll simply give you an impression what you are signing up for:

    A huge open world... filled with things that will one-shot you, if you are unlucky enough to encounter them too early.

    Lots of interesting quests... which you will often recieve hours before you could hope to complete them.

    A punishing combat system... that sometimes drives you crazy and sometimes makes you feel very powerful.

    Tons of interesting lore... delivered through average to below-average voice acting and in the form of often awkward writing.

    Diverse factions to explore and join... after you've done hours of busy work for them.

    A thrilling plot... that takes about a thousand reloads for you to see the end of.

    A complex character building system... that offers zero hand-holding and might lead to you screwing up your character after hours of gameplay.    … Expand
  21. kerz
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Fani Gothica i Risen znajdą w tej grze najlepsze jak i najgorsze cechy wcześniejszych produkcji PB, ale co z tego, skoro gra wciąga jak bagno? Faktycznie nie jest to ideał, ale nie za to Gothic 1 ma do dziś fanów i zapaleńców a ta gra może być własnie takim "nowy" Gothiciem :)
  22. abaddon11
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Bon jeux a condition de pas faire n importe quoi, et de rester a proximite de la zone de depart histoire de pouvoir se stuffer sans peine en revendant les loots a un marchand specifique et non regardant sur l origine de ceux ci dans le village berzerk du depart...c est sur si vous la jouez presse de decouvrir le monde , vous allez juste servir de mac do a la faune locale, je joue en facileBon jeux a condition de pas faire n importe quoi, et de rester a proximite de la zone de depart histoire de pouvoir se stuffer sans peine en revendant les loots a un marchand specifique et non regardant sur l origine de ceux ci dans le village berzerk du depart...c est sur si vous la jouez presse de decouvrir le monde , vous allez juste servir de mac do a la faune locale, je joue en facile car le jeux est tout de meme tres dur si on fait n imp, cela dit agreable gameplay dans la lignee de gothic 3… Expand
  23. Jilliman
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Il gioco sarebbe divertente se si riuscisse ad equilibrare le abilità dell' alter ego dal momento che queste risultano essere insufficienti rispetto alla forza dei nemici. Inoltre è complicato esplorare l'ambiente circostante a causa dei nemici troppo forti che rendono impossibile il volersi unire alle fazioni di interesse per poter vivere l'evolversi della storia del gioco.
  24. Guldan666
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Зашел не туда - получил п@@ды
    Ответил не так в диалоге - получил п@@ды
    Попросил бармена угощать клан алкоголем - получил п@@ды
    Просто бежал и случайно кувыркнулся - от высоты получил п@@ды

    Всё как в готике! Мне нравится :3
  25. Koristo
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Long story short: yes, this is Gothic 2, with all of its pluses and minuses. And I mean ALL of them.

    If you haven't played Gothic before and are trying to decide whether to grab this game or not, you should understand what Piranha Bytes games are and, more importantly, what they are not. Speaking generally, despite having dialogue choices, character progression and inventory management,    Long story short: yes, this is Gothic 2, with all of its pluses and minuses. And I mean ALL of them.

    If you haven't played Gothic before and are trying to decide whether to grab this game or not, you should understand what Piranha Bytes games are and, more importantly, what they are not. Speaking generally, despite having dialogue choices, character progression and inventory management, I wouldn't call ELEX an RPG in the same sense as, for instance, Pillars of Eternity or Divinity: Original Sin. Mechanics of ELEX are much more straightforward, the stamina-based action combat is simpler and easier to understand, the conversation options are mostly limited to either accepting quests or rejecting them, leaving no room for a philosophical debate akin to Planescape: Torment.

    No, the real backbone of ELEX is its sense of adventure and real, hand-crafted world to explore. The game doesn't feature randomly generated items or level scaling for enemies, meaning that everything and everyone you meet out there is hand-placed by the developers. This, in turn, means that no matter at which point of the game you currently are, you're free to use your skills and speed to discover and loot whatever you fancy. Fall down a pit and emerge with a hefty pouch of coins, explore the dried well and find a forgotten sword stuck in a stone, fly to the top of a cliff and be rewarded with a valuable amulet that'll increase your abilities - all of this feels extremely satisfying, because it gives you a real advantage in both conversations and combat. Since the content always remains set, every small item you get, every little thing you find brings you one step closer to achieving the heights of your power.

    Speaking of heights, I can't help but ask myself whether it's ever a bad idea to include a jetpack in your game, because you'd better bloody believe it makes the world of ELEX so much more enjoyable to traverse. Can't win a fight? Fly to the top of the nearest cliff and flip your opponent a bird. Want to check an interesting spot far away on the map? There will definitely be a way to get there without putting yourself in mortal danger. Love to chill and enjoy the scenery? ELEX has plenty of vantage points for you somewhere up top. It feels good. It feels right.

    Anyway, the worst thing I can think of about this game is getting used to it. Even in the days of Gothic, the control scheme and clunkiness of movement took me several hours to get accustomed to. I suppose that's just the way Piranha Bytes operates - the movement feels a bit heavy and carries a certain amount of momentum, and that is true for both exploring and fighting. However, once you put an hour or two into ELEX, this won't be a problem anymore, and you'll be able to enjoy the game to its fullest.

    And there's plenty to enjoy even without venturing to the farthest points of the vast world, because every NPC you meet will most likely greet you with not just one, but two or more tasks to handle. Earning their trust to eventually join a faction is also a trademark of Gothic, and this just makes the characters you meet more believable and likeable.

    In the end, I think ELEX is not a game for everybody, because some of its aspects could definitely use improvements, and it's not even that polished yet - I had the game crash on me twice during the first two hours of playtime. However, for those of you who are sick of the silly open worlds a-la Ubisoft that somehow found its way into so many modern games (sorry, Geralt, but I don't feel that destroying my 837-th drowners' nest only to find a chest with useless loot counts as a good exploration experience), ELEX will be a welcome relief.    … Expand
  26. simenutub
    Oct 28, 2017
    10
    Ich liebe es. Welt geil, Grafik ok, Quests gut.

    Und für alle die wegen dem Kampfsystem rumheulen, ich hab mich dazu entschieden Elex auf schwer zu spielen. Und ja man kriegt am Anfang viel aufs Maul und muss auch viele viele Gegner umlaufen um erste Quests fertig zu kriegen und XP zu sammeln. Allerdings wird man recht schnell stärker und kann schon früh Ausdauer skillen sowie eine    Ich liebe es. Welt geil, Grafik ok, Quests gut.

    Und für alle die wegen dem Kampfsystem rumheulen, ich hab mich dazu entschieden Elex auf schwer zu spielen. Und ja man kriegt am Anfang viel aufs Maul und muss auch viele viele Gegner umlaufen um erste Quests fertig zu kriegen und XP zu sammeln. Allerdings wird man recht schnell stärker und kann schon früh Ausdauer skillen sowie eine (Jäger)Rüstung kaufen. Dazu ein ordentliches Beil und schnell den Begleiter Duras klar gemacht und man kann sich mit vielem in der Welt anlegen. Die Art und Weise in der man immer stärker wird fühlt sich wunderbar belohnend an.

    Und ganz ehrlich, ich finds geil wenn ich noch die 2 Spinnen mit zum Alb Trupp locken muss damit sich eine größere Schägerei zwischen allen Entwickelt und ich versuchen kann einen nach dem anderen in dem Chaos zu erledigen.    … Expand
  27. hiviso12
    Oct 28, 2017
    10
    Для всех ценителей первых частей Готики - однозначно покупать.
    И именно покупать, а не скачивать с торрентов! Дабы поддержать Пираний за такое.
    Игра очень хардкорна по началу. Миссии очень интересные. Мир это что-то... Да я уже 80+ часов наиграл, а еще 17лвл и до сих пор не вступил во фракцию    Для всех ценителей первых частей Готики - однозначно покупать.
    И именно покупать, а не скачивать с торрентов! Дабы поддержать Пираний за такое.
    Игра очень хардкорна по началу. Миссии очень интересные. Мир это что-то...
    Да я уже 80+ часов наиграл, а еще 17лвл и до сих пор не вступил во фракцию
  28. Dexter1
    Oct 29, 2017
    10
    В кои-то веки простыню писать лень. Поэтому обзор будет примитивистским и минималистическим:
    Вот он:
    Как "Скайрим", только хорошая. Или Как "Скайрим", только для умных. Второй вариант, наверно, удобнее. Напишут, например, в комментариях: "Там боёвка тяжелая" или "графон не модный", а у меня уже написано: "только для умных". Если серьезней - ПБ удалось повторить Готики 1-2 и    В кои-то веки простыню писать лень. Поэтому обзор будет примитивистским и минималистическим:
    Вот он:
    Как "Скайрим", только хорошая.
    Или
    Как "Скайрим", только для умных.
    Второй вариант, наверно, удобнее. Напишут, например, в комментариях: "Там боёвка тяжелая" или "графон не модный", а у меня уже написано: "только для умных".
    Если серьезней - ПБ удалось повторить Готики 1-2 и масштабировать их на огромный мир (с чем они облажались в Г3). Из минусов пока (50 часов игры) вижу только невыразительный дизайн фауны. Живность розовая, похожая и нелепая. Из плюсов - больше всего радует поведение неписей. 90% лжет, преследует свои скрываемые цели. Квесты имеют массу решений, и зачастую приятнее скроить козью рожу квестодателю, чем педантично выполнить приказ. Кроме первых двух Готик игра сильно напоминает FNV (по ощущениям). Жаль, что прекрасная студия подорвала свою репутацию Г3 и "Ризенами", и продажи игры не коррелируют с её качеством.    … Expand
  29. kunoichi
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    그냥 구매하지 않는걸 추천합니다.. 암 걸리기 싫으시면 훠이훠이.. 발딲 스던 님 ㅈ 한방에 훅가게 만들어버릴만한 띵작임

    평가수정합니다... + 공격 타격은 생각보다!! 괜찮음. 절대 좋다는 것은 아님. 타이밍 맞춰서 공격 잘하면 스페셜공격이 가능한데 나쁘지않음 대신 타이밍 잘 못맞추면 스태미나 사요나라!니까 조심해야함 +초반에 몬스터랑 싸우지말자 한방에 훅간다. + 스탯 찍는건 평범한데 엘릭서? 엘릭스? 로 찍는것들이 되게 다양하고 마음에 드는 시스템임 찍는건 속성과 능력이 있는데 속성 5가지를 어떻게 찍냐에 따라서 능력을 어떻게 찍어야하는지 변화가 생긴다. 능력부분에 있어 많은 세부화를 두어서 굉장히 참신하고 좋다 . 팩션 별로 찍을 수 있는 것도 있다. +    그냥 구매하지 않는걸 추천합니다.. 암 걸리기 싫으시면 훠이훠이.. 발딲 스던 님 ㅈ 한방에 훅가게 만들어버릴만한 띵작임

    평가수정합니다...

    + 공격 타격은 생각보다!! 괜찮음. 절대 좋다는 것은 아님. 타이밍 맞춰서 공격 잘하면 스페셜공격이 가능한데 나쁘지않음
    대신 타이밍 잘 못맞추면 스태미나 사요나라!니까 조심해야함
    +초반에 몬스터랑 싸우지말자 한방에 훅간다.

    + 스탯 찍는건 평범한데 엘릭서? 엘릭스? 로 찍는것들이 되게 다양하고 마음에 드는 시스템임

    찍는건 속성과 능력이 있는데 속성 5가지를 어떻게 찍냐에 따라서 능력을 어떻게 찍어야하는지 변화가 생긴다. 능력부분에 있어 많은 세부화를 두어서 굉장히 참신하고 좋다 . 팩션 별로 찍을 수 있는 것도 있다.

    + UI가 너무 옛날스러워서 좀 그렇긴 한데 그냥.. 봐줄만함

    버서커 마을에서 첨단기술 쓰면 AI들이 그 기술 저리치워 씹1새야! 라고 하네요

    npc들이 할말이 많은가봅니다. 초반엔 거의 포켓몬스터 ???이 싸움을 걸었다! 수준으로 말이 많습니다.
    정말 싸우고 싶군요ㅇ

    11월중에 한글화 되어 나온다고 하니 기대해보자!    … Expand
  30. Garoshik
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Для меня ЕLEX однозначно лучшая игра, и РПГ в частности. И по своей проработанасти, большому-детальному миру, хорошо прописанному Лору, я ставлю её по уровню рядом с 3 ведьмаком, серии древних свитков. И конечно же серией готикой, и ризоном - коеми ELEX является духовным наследием. Но Забавный парадокс до этого я ни сколько не интересовался игрой во время разработки и мне было пофигу чтоДля меня ЕLEX однозначно лучшая игра, и РПГ в частности. И по своей проработанасти, большому-детальному миру, хорошо прописанному Лору, я ставлю её по уровню рядом с 3 ведьмаком, серии древних свитков. И конечно же серией готикой, и ризоном - коеми ELEX является духовным наследием. Но Забавный парадокс до этого я ни сколько не интересовался игрой во время разработки и мне было пофигу что там показывают, какой-то странный мир, сетинг будто смешали прошлое и будущие в одно. Что было очень не правельно так думать, даже не разобравшись в игре. Что же я это дело исправил и второго дня после релиза, был с головой погружен в мир Элекса. Описывать можно очень многое. Мир игры очень большой и красивый, можно на время забыть про сюжет, и просто наслаждаться великолепием лесов Эдана исследуя строения старого мира. Игра радует доп квестами в которых нередко мы должны принять чью-то сторону, хорошая она или плохая зависит только от ваших личных маральных качеств. Действуйте так считаете правильным вы, отстаивание своё мнение, темболие что сама игра обещает адекватно реагировать на ваши действия в будущем. Диалоги тоже не остались в стороне, они сдесь вполне себе годные а местами даже очень, (выделяются серьёзностью). Персонажи - есть тут разные, есть ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, негодяи, наивные мечтающие сделать мир лучше, а также крутые пафосные чуваки каторый тебя за одно непонравившиеся выражение зохотят замочить. А в самом игравом мире основалось три фракции со своим мировоззрением, и т д. NPC пытаются симулировать жизнь но до уровень суматохи даже сельской деревушки из ведьмака 3 всё же не дотягивает. Тут я скажу о компаньёнах, они есть но их проработка далека от совершенства и тут я подразумеваю Fallut nev wegas вспоминайте какие у них были жизненные диалоги, как у живых людей. И как мы добивались их преданности, вникая в их проблемы определяя их судьбу в дальнейшем. В ELEX каждый соратник сразу же готов тебе отдаться даже можно не повышать его уровень уважения что ничегошеньки не даст кроме пары добрых слов. Сними то особо и поболтать неочем. Но при этом у них есть свои квесты в ходе которых их можно передать и убить. И они каментируют мир вокруг себя по своему характеру. Идти с ними в бой очень полезно, пока противник занет отвешиванием люлей твоиму сопартийцу, у тебя есть классная возможность навалять этому противнику мощьную серию ударов в зад. А вот навьючит их разного рода хламом как мулов нельзя у ГГ неограниченный карман(всё токи это казуальность). Сдесь многие элементы игр старых школ сохранены или переделаны под соврименый уровень, но дух старины из начала 2000годов ощущается. За что огромное спасибо Пираньям. Удачи вам.… Expand
  31. wipebeyun
    Oct 29, 2017
    10
    Classic PB game in the vein of Gothic. They've improved a lot of their systems, but I wouldn't expect anything ground breaking or new in the term of open world RPGs. It is a solid, relatively well put together game with a decent story and a strong difficulty level.
  32. Hagen
    Oct 29, 2017
    10
    Новый шедевер от Piranha Bytes с классическим бесконечным инвентарем (который все так любят). Прошел на одном дыхании. Порадовало количество часов геймплея. Вариативность игры зашкаливает. "Достойная грфика" +фирменные кривые заставки не дадут вам избавиться от ностальгии которую излучает эта игра. Мир Elex довольно детально проработан и он очень реалистичен в плане новых группировок.Новый шедевер от Piranha Bytes с классическим бесконечным инвентарем (который все так любят). Прошел на одном дыхании. Порадовало количество часов геймплея. Вариативность игры зашкаливает. "Достойная грфика" +фирменные кривые заставки не дадут вам избавиться от ностальгии которую излучает эта игра. Мир Elex довольно детально проработан и он очень реалистичен в плане новых группировок. Никаких утопий или прочей чепухи, только ЧСВ, промывки мозгов и тирания. В игре довольно сложно сориентироваться и понять куда ты можешь пойти и при этом не отгребсти, но ведь именно к это привыкли все фанаты Gothic, хорошо что есть ранец. Проблем у игры всего одна (на мой взгляд) - это автофокус, который работает на союзников и просто нейтральных нпс, что дико мешает. А вот у огнестрела его нет, хотя целиться тут непросто.… Expand
  33. sofozex
    Oct 29, 2017
    10
    "ELEX to taki Gothic 3. Naprawiony i ulepszony, do którego na koniec ktoś postanowił dodać cząstkę Fallouta przy okazji frakcji Banitów, Mass Effecta wraz z Klerykami, a nawet Wiedźmina 3 w konstrukcji zadań i znajdowanych po świecie notatek. [...] Jak na ironię losu, największym konkurentem trójeczki jest gra od tych samych twórców. I co najlepsze, ELEX wygrywa..."
  34. BeiNeludei
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Recensione fatta dopo 2 ore di gioco (che verrà aggiornata a gioco finito).
    Tecnicamente è pari ai Gothic e ai Risen: legnosetto con le animazioni e soprattutto col jetpack. Se avete amato Gothic qui troverete pane per i vostri denti. Dialoghi ARTICOLATISSIMI, mille cose da fare e zone pericolosissime all'inizio che potrete affrontare col tempo. Mappa sterminata, intrighi e tanto sviluppo    Recensione fatta dopo 2 ore di gioco (che verrà aggiornata a gioco finito).
    Tecnicamente è pari ai Gothic e ai Risen: legnosetto con le animazioni e soprattutto col jetpack. Se avete amato Gothic qui troverete pane per i vostri denti. Dialoghi ARTICOLATISSIMI, mille cose da fare e zone pericolosissime all'inizio che potrete affrontare col tempo. Mappa sterminata, intrighi e tanto sviluppo del personaggio.
    Se cercate la plasticità del combat di The Witcher o la bellezza grafica dei Dragon Age lasciate perdere. O lo si ama o lo si odia ELEX.
    Online è criticatissimo a livello tecnico, ma ragazzi... ogni angolo nasconde una sorpresa, un dialogo, una scelta.
    Tuttavia credo non sia un titolo adatto al giocatore moderno, per i fan di Piranha Bytes invece, assolutamente si!    … Expand
  35. joveyex
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Elex ist wie meine Ex-Freundin.
    Sieht nicht besonders aus, ist schwierig in der Handhabung und hat echt einige Macken - aber man muss es lieben.......
  36. sohev
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Nach knapp 60 Stunden für meinen ersten Durchlauf muss ich feststellen, dass alle meine Erwartungen (entsprechend der bekannten PB-Schwächen) erfüllt wurden. Als ein Fan der Gothic Reihe finde ich hier alle Elemente wieder, die ein gutes und atmosphärisches Rollenspiel ausmachen: eine deteilreiche Welt, verstrickte Quests, sowie zahlreiche und langwierige Gespräche. All diese Dinge machtNach knapp 60 Stunden für meinen ersten Durchlauf muss ich feststellen, dass alle meine Erwartungen (entsprechend der bekannten PB-Schwächen) erfüllt wurden. Als ein Fan der Gothic Reihe finde ich hier alle Elemente wieder, die ein gutes und atmosphärisches Rollenspiel ausmachen: eine deteilreiche Welt, verstrickte Quests, sowie zahlreiche und langwierige Gespräche. All diese Dinge macht ELEX richtig.
    Das Kampfsystem wiederum ist gerade der Knackpunkt, der mir den Spielspaß in Risen versaut hat - jedoch: durch die Möglichkeit zum Fernkamp mit vielen unterschiedlichen Waffentypen, konnte ich einen großen Bogen um das Bodengeslyde machen. Letztlich die Grafik, die in bekannten Titeln wie Witcher oder Skyrim deutlich besser ausfällt: Die Welt, Charaktere und Animationen hinken durchaus eine Generation hinterher, jedoch ist dies meiner Meinung nach kein wesentlicher Faktor der zum Spielspaß beitragen würde. Es ist bekannt, dass PB aus einem relativ kleinem Team besteht (~30 MA) und entsprechend dem mangelndem Marketing, lässt sich erschließen, dass das Budget für das Spiel entsprechend niedrig ausgefallen ist. Ich hoffe jedoch, dass sich dieses Spiel gut verkauft, um dem Team weitere finanzielle Möglichkeiten für die Zukunft bieten zu können.
    Ich kann dieses Spiel allen Old-School Rollenspielern empfehlen, die sich nicht vor einem hackeligen Kampfsystem scheuen - im Gegenzug gibt es eine außerordentliche Welt, die zwar einige Logiglücken aufweist aber ein sehr interessantes neues Setting bietet.
    Ich hoffe, dass zukünftige PB-Spiele ein höheres Budget erhalten, damit das Kampfsystem verfeinert werden kann und nicht die Grafik hochgepumpt werden kann. Denn am Ende des Tages zählt zu mindest für mich der Spielspaß und die Immersion eines guten Rollenspiels    … Expand
  37. Unitu
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Hyvä peli, en ole pettynyt. Grafikka ei nyt huippua, mutta kelpaa kyllä, jotain pikku bugeja saattaa löytyä, itse törmännyt yhteen. Taisteleminen on tuttua aiemmista Piranha bytes peleistä ja huumoria talon tapaan. Vaikeutta löytyy kyllä ja alkuun ei kannata lähteä soitellen sotaan vaan kannattaa panostaa hahmon kehittämiseen. Moni valittaa että liian vaikea, no onhan se vaikeaa alkuun jaHyvä peli, en ole pettynyt. Grafikka ei nyt huippua, mutta kelpaa kyllä, jotain pikku bugeja saattaa löytyä, itse törmännyt yhteen. Taisteleminen on tuttua aiemmista Piranha bytes peleistä ja huumoria talon tapaan. Vaikeutta löytyy kyllä ja alkuun ei kannata lähteä soitellen sotaan vaan kannattaa panostaa hahmon kehittämiseen. Moni valittaa että liian vaikea, no onhan se vaikeaa alkuun ja vastus ehkä turhan kova heti alku metreillä, mutta olisiko se nyt niin hienoa jos pelissä olisi heti supermies? Kaikki Gothic sarjat ja Risen sarjat pelanneena olen tyytyväinen tähän, muistuttaa hieman Gothic pelejä, joiltain osin. Laaja maailma ja vapaa kulku sekä pelinä sen verran hyvä ettei edes pikku puutteet himmennä. Moni isompi nimi peleissä on huomattavasti bugisempi kuin tämä, mutta, en ala vertaamaan ison budjetin tekeleisiin sillä kyllä tämä hintansa väärtti ostos oli ja koukuttavakin kun sisään pääsee. Helppo päästä sisään jos aiempia pelejä pelaillut, jos ei niin alku vaatii pikku totuttelua ja mielestäni se onnistuu suhteellisen helposti.… Expand
  38. denuvogovno
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    In all aspects of this game its mediocre at best. Judging by my play time I just can't get enough. I feel the heart of PB in this game. I know that compared to many games it sucks but damn that heart is so big and trying! Thank you PB for your hard work! Take the criticism, build on it and make Elex 2 the best game you can!
  39. Kenshin777
    Nov 24, 2017
    9
    Eins Vorweg: Nach nun 70 Std. puren Spielspaßes muss ich sagen DANKE PB !

    Nach G1-3 (*hust* 3 erst brauchbar mit Communitypatch *hust*) - den besten Spielen meiner Kindheit - kam endlich mal wieder ein Rollenspiel was mich gefesselt hat - ELEX. ( Risen 1-3 habe ich nur angespielt, da war gerade eine Zeit mit weniger RPG´s bzw. allgemein zocken - werde sie mir aber jetzt noch im    Eins Vorweg: Nach nun 70 Std. puren Spielspaßes muss ich sagen DANKE PB !

    Nach G1-3 (*hust* 3 erst brauchbar mit Communitypatch *hust*) - den besten Spielen meiner Kindheit -
    kam endlich mal wieder ein Rollenspiel was mich gefesselt hat - ELEX.

    ( Risen 1-3 habe ich nur angespielt, da war gerade eine Zeit mit weniger RPG´s bzw. allgemein zocken - werde sie mir aber jetzt noch im Bundle nachkaufen und ausprobieren )

    Die (meist einheitsbrei) RPG´s der letzten Jahre habe ich zwar gespielt, aber viele nur angespielt bzw. nach Stunden die Lust verloren und sie dann liegen lassen oder vielleicht noch mit Zwang durchgespielt.

    Bei ELEX fühlte ich mich gleich "PB" mäßig wohl, und war von Anfang an in die Welt Magalan´s reingezogen worden. Der Spaß hörte auch nie auf und ich hätte noch ewig weiterspielen können.
    Deshalb freue ich mich jetzt schon riesig auf ELEX2.

    Klar hat das Spiel hier und da Ecken und Kanten, aber es hat meinen Spielspaß in keinsterweise verringert:

    - Beschreibung des Kältewert auf der einen Seite mit Punkten und ansonsten nur mit Worten, sowie mehrere Skills die Werte erhöhen, aber man nicht sehen kann wieviel und hoch.
    - Das GUI und das Inventar fand ich nicht so gut. Hier hätte ich mehr "Liebe" erwartet. z.B. Risen´s Symbole waren da schon besser und am besten sogar noch die gerenderten 3D "Symbole" bei Gothic ;) Anprobe?! Kochen ingame!?
    - paar Clipping Fehler -
    - Welt nen Tick zu groß, somit mehr leerraum mit gespawnten Random Gegnern und weniger interessante Ecken.
    - keine Dunkelhäutige Menschen? Aber vielleicht ist Magalan eine Welt ohne!?
    - alle Frauen sahen sogut wie gleich vom Gesicht aus.

    Dankende Grüße
    ~ Kenshin ~    … Expand
  40. gamestory
    Nov 30, 2017
    10
    Atmospheric, Ambient, and mb the best game since Gothic 2.
    Elex really good. Not every game can offer you so many choices and blow your mind by this background.
  41. Xandl7
    Sep 30, 2020
    10
    loved the game
    played every piranha bytes game
    hyped what is coming next from threm
  42. fivug3
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Standartmäßig gute Piranha Qualität auf ähnlichem Niveau wie Risen 1, aber mit noch besserer Spielwelt.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  43. ToddHowardJR
    Oct 18, 2017
    0
    This game tried to copy skyrim and fallout and put them all in one game but failed. These indie developers need to learn to make their own games and not copy other legendary games.
  44. guitarfred
    Aug 16, 2019
    0
    Piranha zeigt sich von seiner schlechtesten seite, was des Kampfsystem angeht. Wahrend man selbst mit Level 40 nur wenig Ausdauer hat, ist es den Gegnern möglich ununterbrochen Schläge auszuteilen.......Was haben die Entwickler sich dabei gedacht? (gedacht...HAHAHIHI) Desweiteren kann man diese KETTENANGRIFFE ( wiedermal, nur diesmal nicht die Wildschweine) nicht blocken....sorry, aber wiePiranha zeigt sich von seiner schlechtesten seite, was des Kampfsystem angeht. Wahrend man selbst mit Level 40 nur wenig Ausdauer hat, ist es den Gegnern möglich ununterbrochen Schläge auszuteilen.......Was haben die Entwickler sich dabei gedacht? (gedacht...HAHAHIHI) Desweiteren kann man diese KETTENANGRIFFE ( wiedermal, nur diesmal nicht die Wildschweine) nicht blocken....sorry, aber wie oft ist der Entwickler dafür schon kritisiert worden!? Somit verkommt das Spiel zu weiten Teilen zur LAUFBURSCHENSIMULATION, da die Storry dich bis ausschliesslich des letzten Akts dazu zwingt, teilweise denselbigen bis zur Langeweile zu mimen.… Expand
  45. WillByers
    Oct 29, 2017
    0
    Terrible game, it's so boring and easy. The quests are cliche, the main character is an emotionless robot and the soundtrack is awful. One of the worst indie games i have ever played.
  46. razielofc
    Oct 31, 2017
    0
    are you kidding me with the graphics, environmental textures and voice acting in this game? all of those are on witcher 1/2 or dragon's dogma level, while this game is being released in 2017. this is basically a ps3 era game, but in next-gen AAA price for some reason. don't waste your money, buy it only when it gets a huge price drop if you're so curious about the story.

    some people    are you kidding me with the graphics, environmental textures and voice acting in this game? all of those are on witcher 1/2 or dragon's dogma level, while this game is being released in 2017. this is basically a ps3 era game, but in next-gen AAA price for some reason. don't waste your money, buy it only when it gets a huge price drop if you're so curious about the story.

    some people can't get the difference between challenging games vs. games with cheaply designed/clunky combat. dark souls is a challenging game with well designed combat mechanics, whereas elex and risen 2/3 are definitely not. adding useless companions or enemies with terrible AI doesn't help the combat quality either.    … Expand
  47. Geri1971
    Oct 25, 2017
    10
    Perfect example if a company has no money to pay the "professional" jurnalists to write a positive critic.
    This one is a fkin superb game, great story, uniqe fighting system, interesting world, infinite things to explore.
    Ignore the trolls, play this gem, make 100+ hours great journey.
  48. TheFrog
    Oct 18, 2020
    8
    EDIT: Nearly three years later, I picked up Elex again after trying the somewhat similar (but much, much worse) Outward. To my surprise, after finally enduring one of the most cringe-inducing quests ever and managing to enter the cleric faction, the game started to pick up momentum and hasn't let me down yet. Well, I did change the difficulty level to normal along the way, which makes theEDIT: Nearly three years later, I picked up Elex again after trying the somewhat similar (but much, much worse) Outward. To my surprise, after finally enduring one of the most cringe-inducing quests ever and managing to enter the cleric faction, the game started to pick up momentum and hasn't let me down yet. Well, I did change the difficulty level to normal along the way, which makes the game more playable and enjoyable.
    The world is huge (I hadn't fully realized the scope of it in my first run) and filled with many little secrets and places to explore. Combat becomes better once you reach a level that allows you to finally fight on par with most enemies. I got a cleric weapon that is a huge help in dealing with groups, bought a flamethrower, whose stagger effect is a huge help against tough enemies, and can now move almost everywhere in the map, although there are enemies I'd still rather avoid.
    I have started to like the graphics more, especially since the environment is pleasant and varied. Music is ok. Controls and animations are still sucky, though. What I really hate the most is the fact that it often takes several seconds for your character to start sprinting, after you hit the corresponding key, which still results in me dying pretty often. Another issue is the hit box of the flamethrower. Quite often your bullet will fly right through an enemy, therefore failing to damage and stagger it. If it's a heavy, you're often toast. What about my companion, who bluntly ignores a charging horde until one hit lands on me?
    But then I mix my PSI abilities with the flamethrower and the good ole sword and shield to take down a group of enemies. Or control aggro so that between me and my companion, we take down a heavy enemy without using ranged weapons, by alternating melee strikes. Or manage to take down a behemoth by using the terrain as a cover. And I forgive the game its many flaws.
    In terms of story, characters and quest, it's rather poor. I think I'd like it better if there was a likable faction you can join, but all of them are designed to be hated. Where it works very well is in combat (after level 12 or so) and exploration.
    If you can find this game at a bargain price, you might end up enjoying it.

    Original, negative review:
    I really wanted to like this game, as I'm a long time fan of Piranha Byte, but I simply cannot. Even ignoring the ten year old graphics, the abysmal dialogues and the clunkiest combat animations this side of the galaxy, the game remains terrible.
    I tend to like difficult games, for example I really enjoyed Nioh. The character there responded instantly to controller input though, making hard challenges rewarding and fun. In Elex, on the other hand, you move a wooden character who moves veeery slowly and is instantly exhausted, every single encounter is a major PITA.
    Maybe my mistake was to choose the "difficult" level, but at level 8 my weapon DID NOT DAMAGE AT ALL enemies near my level (no skull next to their name). Level 9, better weapon, now I can deal some minor damage to basic critters that ravage me any time they hit. Considering that they are much faster, can hit several times in a row while I'm exhausted if I so much as perform one roll and one light attack, I still have to rely completely on my follower to deal any damage, and I'm really fed up with this.
    Did they playtest the game before release? Is "normal" the only level one is supposed to play? Did they not realize just how bad the combat system is, with second-long lags between one keypress and the corresponding move?
    Whatever the answers, I really cannot recommend Elex to anyone.    … Expand
  49. Gorn111
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    "Du hast dich für den schwereren Weg entschieden"

    Oh, ein Vieh.

    Oh, ich bin nach einem Biss tot.

    10/10!!!!!!!!!!!!, Piranha Bytes weiß, wie es geht
  50. Zuben7
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Hyvä peli, en ole pettynyt. Grafikka ei nyt huippua, mutta kelpaa kyllä, jotain pikku bugeja saattaa löytyä, itse törmännyt yhteen. Taisteleminen on tuttua aiemmista Piranha bytes peleistä ja huumoria talon tapaan. Vaikeutta löytyy kyllä ja alkuun ei kannata lähteä soitellen sotaan vaan kannattaa panostaa hahmon kehittämiseen. Moni valittaa että liian vaikea, no onhan se vaikeaa alkuun jaHyvä peli, en ole pettynyt. Grafikka ei nyt huippua, mutta kelpaa kyllä, jotain pikku bugeja saattaa löytyä, itse törmännyt yhteen. Taisteleminen on tuttua aiemmista Piranha bytes peleistä ja huumoria talon tapaan. Vaikeutta löytyy kyllä ja alkuun ei kannata lähteä soitellen sotaan vaan kannattaa panostaa hahmon kehittämiseen. Moni valittaa että liian vaikea, no onhan se vaikeaa alkuun ja vastus ehkä turhan kova heti alku metreillä, mutta olisiko se nyt niin hienoa jos pelissä olisi heti supermies? Kaikki Gothic sarjat ja Risen sarjat pelanneena olen tyytyväinen tähän, muistuttaa hieman Gothic pelejä, joiltain osin. Laaja maailma ja vapaa kulku sekä pelinä sen verran hyvä ettei edes pikku puutteet himmennä. Moni isompi nimi peleissä on huomattavasti bugisempi kuin tämä, mutta, en ala vertaamaan ison budjetin tekeleisiin sillä kyllä tämä hintansa väärtti ostos oli ja koukuttavakin kun sisään pääsee. Helppo päästä sisään jos aiempia pelejä pelaillut, jos ei niin alku vaatii pikku totuttelua ja mielestäni se onnistuu suhteellisen helposti.… Expand
  51. Kronos111
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Elex is a Gothic-Game for better or for worse. And that makes it difficult to review, because what some people view as features of this game, other would view as severe flaws. That's why I'll simply give you an impression what you are signing up for:

    A huge open world... filled with things that will one-shot you, if you are unlucky enough to encounter them too early. Lots of    Elex is a Gothic-Game for better or for worse. And that makes it difficult to review, because what some people view as features of this game, other would view as severe flaws. That's why I'll simply give you an impression what you are signing up for:

    A huge open world... filled with things that will one-shot you, if you are unlucky enough to encounter them too early.

    Lots of interesting quests... which you will often recieve hours before you could hope to complete them.

    A punishing combat system... that sometimes drives you crazy and sometimes makes you feel very powerful.

    Tons of interesting lore... delivered through average to below-average voice acting and in the form of often awkward writing.

    Diverse factions to explore and join... after you've done hours of busy work for them.

    A thrilling plot... that takes about a thousand reloads for you to see the end of.

    A complex character building system... that offers zero hand-holding and might lead to you screwing up your character after hours of gameplay.    … Expand
  52. Qaa
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Пираньи все эти годы делают, ровно одну и ту же игру. Готика. Я не фанат этой серии, я вообще не фанат чего либо, но я люблю эту серию игр начиная первой, что открыла мне мир РПГ, второй, которая развила идеи, и заканчивая третьей, которую пусть и ругают на фоне первых двух, но она всё таки очень хорошая. Вот и Elex, это тоже Готика. В другом месте, другое время, в другой вселенной, но этоПираньи все эти годы делают, ровно одну и ту же игру. Готика. Я не фанат этой серии, я вообще не фанат чего либо, но я люблю эту серию игр начиная первой, что открыла мне мир РПГ, второй, которая развила идеи, и заканчивая третьей, которую пусть и ругают на фоне первых двух, но она всё таки очень хорошая. Вот и Elex, это тоже Готика. В другом месте, другое время, в другой вселенной, но это она ))) Есть за что поругать, но в целом. 30 часов пролетели как один миг, трудно оторваться ))) Это возвращение, в старый добрый понятный мир. )) Виват Пиранья ))) Продолжай и дальше делать одну и ту же игру, развивай идеи, переноси в другое измерение, я с удовольствием окунусь в ваш мир )))… Expand
  53. Serpantez
    Oct 28, 2017
    10
    Jestem po ponad 50 godzinach z tą grą i nie mogę się od niej oderwać, a dopiero dołączyłem do frakcji. Nie wiem skąd te wszystkie hejty :(

    Na plus: -Świetne questy -Ciekawe dialogi -System rozwoju bohatera -Ciekawe frakcje -Towarzysze -Oponenci -Plecak odrzutowy :) -Krajobraz -Umiejętności i czary -Crafting -Własna baza i jej (skromne) ulepszenia -Optymalizacja -Ciekawe    Jestem po ponad 50 godzinach z tą grą i nie mogę się od niej oderwać, a dopiero dołączyłem do frakcji. Nie wiem skąd te wszystkie hejty :(

    Na plus:
    -Świetne questy
    -Ciekawe dialogi
    -System rozwoju bohatera
    -Ciekawe frakcje
    -Towarzysze
    -Oponenci
    -Plecak odrzutowy :)
    -Krajobraz
    -Umiejętności i czary
    -Crafting
    -Własna baza i jej (skromne) ulepszenia
    -Optymalizacja
    -Ciekawe lokacje i budynki
    -Wybory moralne

    Na minus:
    -Bugi (tutaj można wiele wymieniać: niektóre obiekty są niefizyczne (można przez nie przechopdzic) , po spaniu czasem nie wstajemy z łóżka i nic nie można zrobić, nasza postać idzie cały czas do przodu i nie możemy wykonać żadnej akcji itd itp.)
    -Dialogi ( czasem to co jest napisane, nie pokrywa się z tym co mówią i zdarzają się przypadki, gdy dialog jest bezsensu, jakby coś z tekstu ucieli i dialog traci sens)
    -Animacje ( tutaj wszystkie animacje są bardzo drętwe ale może poprostu taki urok gry, mi osobiście nie przeszkadza)
    -Brak dokłądnych statystyk bohatera (zadawane obrażenia, ilosć życia, ilość many itp)

    Na +/-:
    -System walki (ciekawy aczkolwiek trudny do opanowania i nie do końca działa to wszystko idealnie, zwłaszcza walka wręcz, uniki fajne lecz zużywają za dużo staminy, blok jest ok)
    -Grafika (jedni powiedzą, że piękna a inni, ze jeśli nie jest jak w Wiedźminie 3 to grafika jest do dupy)
    -Interfejs ( Prosty i wystarczający, wg. mnie jest ok, Jeśli chodzi o nasz Adjutor(?) to za dużo klikania i szukania tych wszystkich rzeczy)

    Obowiązkowa prudukcja dla fanów Gothica, innym też serdecznie polecam grę, ma ona pewne niedociągnięcia ale pamiętacie pierwsze dwa Gothici ??? Jak wyglądały, jakie miały sterowanie, ilość bugów, walka i można byłoby tak wymieniać i wymieniać, a mimo to gra zgarnęła na serwisie gry-online od czytelników 10.0, druga część jak i jej dodatek podobnie i mimo tych wielu niedociągnięć wszystko grali w tę grę z przyjemność bo liczyła się grywalność, fabuła i ogólne odczucia z grania. Elex jest podobny, powiela te same błedy ale proszę nie wymagajcie cudów od około 30-stu osób żeby wam zrobili grę typu Wiedźmin 3 albo Skyrim. Prędzej czy później wyjdzie patch, który naprawi błędy w grze :)    … Expand
  54. matfisher
    Oct 17, 2017
    0
    abysmal signature wooden combat system with it's delayed visual feedback, lack of impact/weight, very subpar animations.

    It's 2017, can you all just stop being a bunch of die-hard apologists for PBs awful combat systems. If they polished the animations a bit so combat doesn't feel/look like an awkward exchange between malfunctioning animatronics, it would do the game so much good    abysmal signature wooden combat system with it's delayed visual feedback, lack of impact/weight, very subpar animations.

    It's 2017, can you all just stop being a bunch of die-hard apologists for PBs awful combat systems. If they polished the animations a bit so combat doesn't feel/look like an awkward exchange between malfunctioning animatronics, it would do the game so much good already. In essence, that's justifying a car from the 60s that drinks gasoline and spouts of black smoke in 2017, just 'because that's how they are and that's how we should keep them'

    Or perhaps PB is just straight-up incapable of making good combat systems, period. In which, outsource it already to somehow who is remotely competent at animations.    … Expand
  55. Josphi
    Nov 4, 2017
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unfinished game with MMO quests. Hard at first then easy and borring later. Quests purpose is just to level up not to enjoy story. Map exploring is awful also as theres rarely something interesting to find. This is no Gothic, Fallout nor Stalker, but pushed out early product... Best faction of free people are Clerics, because of tech and you can find best Energy Weapon in game in their biome "Mortal Beam" easily.… Expand
  56. dagothur1
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Kurz und knapp:

    Wer Gothic geliebt hat, wird auch Elex lieben. Die Zielgruppe von Elex ist ganz klar die inzwischen erwachsen gewordene Zielgruppe von damals. Gothic 2 in Bestform könnte man sagen. Nach den ersten 5 Minuten stellt sich exakt das Gefühl von damals ein. Einfach Beeindruckend wie das geglückt ist. Ich denke genau das war auch der Plan. Elex ist ein RPG der alten    Kurz und knapp:

    Wer Gothic geliebt hat, wird auch Elex lieben. Die Zielgruppe von Elex ist ganz klar die inzwischen erwachsen gewordene Zielgruppe von damals. Gothic 2 in Bestform könnte man sagen.
    Nach den ersten 5 Minuten stellt sich exakt das Gefühl von damals ein. Einfach Beeindruckend wie das geglückt ist. Ich denke genau das war auch der Plan.

    Elex ist ein RPG der alten Schule. Wer irgend was anderes sucht, soll bei den üblichen AAA-Titeln bleiben. Auswahl gibt es ja genug. Aber bitte heult nicht die Bewertungen voll.
    Elex ist genau so, wie es sich seine größte Zielgruppe gewünscht hat.

    Danke Piranha-Bytes. Bleibt eurer Linie treu. Der Schwierigkeitsgrad, das Kampfsystem, alles genau so wie es sein soll. Ich hoffe das wir "alten" Spieler auch noch in Zukunft von euch genau diese Art von Spielen geliefert bekommen.    … Expand
  57. reinhard12
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Игра стоит своих денег. Графика может и не очень хорошая , но окружающий мир великолепный. Интерфейс не из лучших , можно было сделать и получше. Очень напоминает Готику 2 , особенно паладина Лотара который говорит Ты да же не гражданин , а в Elex говорят ты даже не земледелец ))).Игра стоит своих денег. Графика может и не очень хорошая , но окружающий мир великолепный. Интерфейс не из лучших , можно было сделать и получше. Очень напоминает Готику 2 , особенно паладина Лотара который говорит Ты да же не гражданин , а в Elex говорят ты даже не земледелец ))).
  58. Mixir
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Ja, beim Kampfsystem bekommt man Krämpfe.
    Ja, die Grafik ist nicht die allerbeste.
    Ja, die Menuführung ist gewöhnungsbedürftig. Ja, ich bin ein Fanboy (wobei ich hierfür schon viel zu alt bin). Gothic (und Risen) Fans haben das Spiel sowieso schon gekauft. Alle anderen werden wohl eher ernüchtert ein negatives Review schreiben und das Spiel zur Seite legen (oder einen Refund    Ja, beim Kampfsystem bekommt man Krämpfe.
    Ja, die Grafik ist nicht die allerbeste.
    Ja, die Menuführung ist gewöhnungsbedürftig.
    Ja, ich bin ein Fanboy (wobei ich hierfür schon viel zu alt bin).

    Gothic (und Risen) Fans haben das Spiel sowieso schon gekauft. Alle anderen werden wohl eher ernüchtert ein negatives Review schreiben und das Spiel zur Seite legen (oder einen Refund beantragen).

    Ich liebe die Story, die vielen kleinen Details, den großen Umfang, das bisher bugfreie Erlebnis. Und das Jetpack - trotz oder gerade wegen seiner äußerst knapp bemessenen Reichweite. Einfach großartig!

    Fazit: Für Fans von Piranha Bytes Spielen.    … Expand
  59. TheNikus
    Mar 20, 2018
    4
    10 hours in and this game is seriously pissing me off. The scenario is a patchwork of a bunch of cliches, and that wouldn't be so bad if the writing was any good, but no, I haven't met a single interesting character, and the dialogs are clunky and boring. None of the quests are in any was exciting -- fetch this, kill that, go to that place, then return. The worst thing by far is10 hours in and this game is seriously pissing me off. The scenario is a patchwork of a bunch of cliches, and that wouldn't be so bad if the writing was any good, but no, I haven't met a single interesting character, and the dialogs are clunky and boring. None of the quests are in any was exciting -- fetch this, kill that, go to that place, then return. The worst thing by far is progression. I obviously need to finish quests to gain EXP, but to do that I have to fight my way through the world, but I can't do that because the only weapons I can use only take off a single pixel off most monsters' life bar while they kill me in a single attack, and I can't get any better equipment because it's either too expensive or I'm way below the attribute requirements (or both), which can't be helped because I can't get any quests done. This game's a vicious cycle of suck.… Expand
  60. DasParadoxon
    Aug 1, 2018
    10
    As a Gothic player i can say, that this Game has a light Gothic flair. But you shouldn't want to much Gothic in a game, that isn't related to Gothic! NPS are rough as you expect it from a piranha bytes game. The World design is gorgeous as always. Only the mix between Sci-Fi and fantasy isn't my thing but you should decide that for yourself!

    I gave 10/10 cause i think my only critik is    As a Gothic player i can say, that this Game has a light Gothic flair. But you shouldn't want to much Gothic in a game, that isn't related to Gothic! NPS are rough as you expect it from a piranha bytes game. The World design is gorgeous as always. Only the mix between Sci-Fi and fantasy isn't my thing but you should decide that for yourself!

    I gave 10/10 cause i think my only critik is differently for everyone and i think 6.9 is way to low for a game like that. So i gave it 10/10

    My personal Score would be around 7.5 - 8.0    … Expand
  61. yehi
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Фух, прошел. Если коротко, то игра шикарна. Да, в сабже много недостатков, то достоинства с лихвой их перекрывают. Теперь немного о плюсах и минусах.

    Плюсы. Атмосфера и мир. Они шикарны! 97 часов отличных приключений, мир в который хочется вернутся, атмосфера мира разрушенного глобальным катаклизмом. Но, кто то наверняка увидит лишь туалетную бумагу. xD Сюжет, квесты и персонажи.    Фух, прошел. Если коротко, то игра шикарна. Да, в сабже много недостатков, то достоинства с лихвой их перекрывают. Теперь немного о плюсах и минусах.

    Плюсы.

    Атмосфера и мир. Они шикарны! 97 часов отличных приключений, мир в который хочется вернутся, атмосфера мира разрушенного глобальным катаклизмом. Но, кто то наверняка увидит лишь туалетную бумагу. xD

    Сюжет, квесты и персонажи. Не избитая история с неожиданными сюжетными поворотами. Квесты местами реально удивляли своим исходом. Некоторые персонажи прописаны очень глубоко и раскрывают себя с неожиданной стороны.

    Реиграбельность. Три фракции и три концовки, что ещё нужно для счастья.

    Вызов. В наш век погони за деньгами казуальных игроков подобный подход к созданию игр вызывает уважение.

    Минусы.

    Корявая боевая система из другого жанра.

    Отсутствие внимания к мелочам. Что местами сильно смазывает впечатление от отличных квестов.

    Баги. Их немного, но местами они сильно напрягают.

    Вне оценки.

    Графика. Местами картинка шикарная, но местами она посредственная или даже отвратительная.

    Итого. Шикарная игра, лучшая игра года в личном рейтинге и лучшая RPG за долгие годы( не путать с модными и дорогими ААА open world блокбастерами, которые в погоне за многомиллионными продажами достаточно сильно отошли от жанра).

    Оценка 10 из 10.    … Expand
  62. Amon1
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Главное перебороть начало, а потом затянет.
    Задания поинтереснее/приятнее чем в андромеде, да и вариантов решения несколько.
    Да и мир загадочнее и разнообразнее. Конечно есть баги и недоработки вначале. Для любителей готик и ризенов. Да, стрелковое опять читерное. А боевка кривая с таймингом, да маленькой шкалой усталости. Но зато нет коридорности. просто плюс в копилку)    Главное перебороть начало, а потом затянет.
    Задания поинтереснее/приятнее чем в андромеде, да и вариантов решения несколько.
    Да и мир загадочнее и разнообразнее.
    Конечно есть баги и недоработки вначале.
    Для любителей готик и ризенов.
    Да, стрелковое опять читерное. А боевка кривая с таймингом, да маленькой шкалой усталости. Но зато нет коридорности.

    просто плюс в копилку)
  63. P4inskiller
    Apr 29, 2018
    4
    Es ist eine Schande! Der Enwickler bleibt sich treu..sovel ist klar! Es handelt sich um ein kleines Studio aus Deutschland, dass eine treue Fangemeinde um sich scharrt, aber es nach fast 20 Jahren nicht hinbekommt, ein hochwertiges und vor allem spielbares Spiel abzuliefern. Bugs, fehlendes Balancing und fades Spieldesign wechseln sich hier ab. Wer über eine hohe Frusttoleranz verfügt undEs ist eine Schande! Der Enwickler bleibt sich treu..sovel ist klar! Es handelt sich um ein kleines Studio aus Deutschland, dass eine treue Fangemeinde um sich scharrt, aber es nach fast 20 Jahren nicht hinbekommt, ein hochwertiges und vor allem spielbares Spiel abzuliefern. Bugs, fehlendes Balancing und fades Spieldesign wechseln sich hier ab. Wer über eine hohe Frusttoleranz verfügt und unterdurchschnittliche Spiele mag, kann es sich ja mal antun..dem Rest empfehle ich: Finger weg!… Expand
  64. Lowd01
    Jan 8, 2018
    1
    Absolutely terrible game. Tried getting into it numerous times, and wasted about 12 hours on my life on it. Graphics and animations would have been outdated 10 years ago. Add clunky as hell gameplay, appalling mechanics, and very average story, and you have ELEX...

    As much a flawed jewel as a plastic ring in a Christmas cracker.
  65. Hagal
    Jul 3, 2018
    1
    There is ONE good thing about this game and that is the base idea. EVERYTHING else is so painfully bad. I am familiar with the vast parted sides of fans vs naysayers and I am next to convinced that those that praise this abomination has no real references, no real experience in the gaming world. If you have ever experienced ANY other game, then you cannot think that this is something good.There is ONE good thing about this game and that is the base idea. EVERYTHING else is so painfully bad. I am familiar with the vast parted sides of fans vs naysayers and I am next to convinced that those that praise this abomination has no real references, no real experience in the gaming world. If you have ever experienced ANY other game, then you cannot think that this is something good.

    To start of,
    Open world? it´s the worst open world I have ever had to experience. No life. No passive processes. Nothing. Just lifeless and painfully dull. No charm to be found anywhere. just large empty spaces.

    Graphics? Overall I don´t care, but man, even I couldn't believe my eyes when those xbox (original) graphics set the initial feelings in place... (I am not referring to nostalgia but lifeless greyish crap)

    RPG elements? Dull, uninspired & certainly not groundbreaking, the protagonist is the ugliest, dumbest and most awkwardly moronic protagonist I have ever seen, I just wished he could shut up and be invisible. Nothing to see here.

    Combat? Combat, AI & Animations are all some of the poorest I have ever seen.

    Immersion? Love immersion but never found any.

    Story? Bad, BUT as I implied earlier, the most basic roots & idea's are pretty interesting, the way they are put in mechanic is horrific...

    I have to give the developers that it seems like they have their heart in the right place, but maybe not their programming skills... I wish them all the luck in future undertakings.
    But long **** short. This is the worst game I have ever played.    … Expand
  66. Sipnotrip
    Jul 24, 2018
    10
    For those of us that still have the brains larger than a locust , THIS IS A GAME ! It's hard , it's nice , it has a story . A real one . And you can mess up , BIG by making mistakes . So sorry for the low minded kids nowadays that are not used to really try hard to do something . BUT DO NOT THROW THE GUILT ON TH GAME ! Go to school and listen to Guns and Roses . And try to understandFor those of us that still have the brains larger than a locust , THIS IS A GAME ! It's hard , it's nice , it has a story . A real one . And you can mess up , BIG by making mistakes . So sorry for the low minded kids nowadays that are not used to really try hard to do something . BUT DO NOT THROW THE GUILT ON TH GAME ! Go to school and listen to Guns and Roses . And try to understand that combat is not important in this game . Go play other games for short minded people like you . This game has a story . dialogues a heart . The game is stellar in so many ways .… Expand
  67. 45082898
    Sep 2, 2018
    10
    After try playing more than hour, I felt in love with elex, it’s Masterpiece! This game is superb.
  68. DrSiko
    Aug 22, 2018
    0
    It's a deep shame to find out all the "10" ratings and reviews are just fake/paid ones. While reading the reviews here, I bumped into an Arabic review from "Shahid" which I started reading since it's not common to read an Arabic review here. Since I know Arabic, I laughed at the poor syntax and weak structure of the review which proves it's just translated online and pasted here.

    Shame    It's a deep shame to find out all the "10" ratings and reviews are just fake/paid ones. While reading the reviews here, I bumped into an Arabic review from "Shahid" which I started reading since it's not common to read an Arabic review here. Since I know Arabic, I laughed at the poor syntax and weak structure of the review which proves it's just translated online and pasted here.

    Shame on you PB & THQ.    … Expand
  69. Motok
    Nov 1, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Худшая игра PyranhyaBytes, жалкая пародия на первые три Готики, и Risen 1 - 2. Лично для меня пока что главное разочарование среди видео игр 2017 года, стыд вам и позор рыбки.… Expand
  70. Shahid
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    يستغرق بضعة أيام لتعتاد على القتال الميكانيكا. الرسومات جميلة، ولكن الرسوم المتحركة هي مثل لعبة قبل بضع سنوات.وأعتقد أن كل من المشجعين القوطية الخاص بك سوف الحب. والبعثات شاملة جدا. الخريطة كبيرة جدا.اللعبة هي بالتأكيد ليست لعبة صعبة لخلط مع سكيريم. فإنه يفتح في أقرب وقت ونحن تلعب لعبة. رأيت العديد من التعليقات السلبية من العديد من الأصدقاء. لعبت اللعبة لمدة ساعة ونصف الساعة، وعادوا وقدميستغرق بضعة أيام لتعتاد على القتال الميكانيكا. الرسومات جميلة، ولكن الرسوم المتحركة هي مثل لعبة قبل بضع سنوات.وأعتقد أن كل من المشجعين القوطية الخاص بك سوف الحب. والبعثات شاملة جدا. الخريطة كبيرة جدا.اللعبة هي بالتأكيد ليست لعبة صعبة لخلط مع سكيريم. فإنه يفتح في أقرب وقت ونحن تلعب لعبة. رأيت العديد من التعليقات السلبية من العديد من الأصدقاء. لعبت اللعبة لمدة ساعة ونصف الساعة، وعادوا وقدم ردود فعل سلبية. أي شخص يلعب سلسلة القوطية يعرف. تحتاج إلى إنفاق ما لا يقل عن 2.5 ساعة بالفعل في اللعبة حتى لمن أنا. لقد انتهيت للتو من نصف المهمة في الساعة 16.ملخص: الحصول على هذه اللعبة إذا كنت تحب رج.… Expand
  71. nickderpderp
    Jun 24, 2018
    5
    Might be a good idea on paper. Might, because it's not. The game is glitchy and should be polished. It's more like early access than full game. Indie developers are trying their best without this kind of budget when pirhana bytes takes money from THQ nordic and can't even test their game. there are bug, there are glitches and if you are willing to suffer it could be a good experience. ForMight be a good idea on paper. Might, because it's not. The game is glitchy and should be polished. It's more like early access than full game. Indie developers are trying their best without this kind of budget when pirhana bytes takes money from THQ nordic and can't even test their game. there are bug, there are glitches and if you are willing to suffer it could be a good experience. For me? I couldn't stand this. If it would be alpha or beta, indie devs or anyone honest and told me that it's not finished product. But no, it's game from experienced developer supported by thq. Shame. Shame on you devs. Next time? Try to do your job better.… Expand
  72. AcerolaOrion
    Sep 7, 2018
    0
    This game has set a new standard for how awful games can be.

    I have never seen combat this bad. Even the previous Risen games and Gothic games had better melee combat than this. How they managed to **** up this hard is beyond me. This **** came out after witcher 3, alongside games like Nier Automata and Original sin 2. It is a disgrace in every aspect of game design and the fact    This game has set a new standard for how awful games can be.

    I have never seen combat this bad. Even the previous Risen games and Gothic games had better melee combat than this. How they managed to **** up this hard is beyond me.

    This **** came out after witcher 3, alongside games like Nier Automata and Original sin 2.

    It is a disgrace in every aspect of game design and the fact that anyone would charge 60 bucks (on release) for this is insulting to say the least.

    Stay away as far as you can even if it only costs 1 Dollar/Euro. Its not worth that much. They literally would have to pay you to play this crap.    … Expand
  73. Grenodeur
    Aug 30, 2018
    1
    Combat system in this game is absolute nightmare, its so cluncky and unlogical, animations is total trash.
  74. lhmtgame
    Mar 30, 2018
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Two words... BAD GAME.
    + Game graphics is good enough, better than Skyrim SE. And that's all the game has.

    - No performance optimization for PC.
    - No physics simulation in game.
    - Story is worse than bad, boring.
    - Stupid A.I. reaction. NPC kill me every time I enter a house just to talk to Mission's NPC while I don't steal anything.
    - Gears are ugly and poor.
    - Mini-map is useless because it only show tiny icons and a black background. The mark is also useless because it's just a tiny icon on mini-map.    … Expand
  75. rattlehead
    Sep 29, 2018
    3
    Miserable combat system, miserable story telling, miserable animations, miserable balancing. I only find this game (somewhat) visually appealing. Underneath it's just a trainwreck.
  76. Grompell
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    เกมทำออกมาดีครับ แผนที่ค่อนข้างใหญ่ เดินกันจนหำเหี่ยวเลยทีเดียว
    จุดวาร์ปแต่ละจุดค่อนข้างไกลกัน เวลาส่วนใหญ่จะเอาไปวิ่งทำเควสและเปิดจุดวาร์ปซะมากกว่า
    ระบบเกมส่วนใหญ่ เช่นพวกสกิล โน่นนี่นั่นมีอะไรให้ทำเยอะดีครับ แต่ระบบการต่อสู้ยังดูแปลกๆ ความรู้สึกผมมันดูช้าๆ หลบก็ยากๆ หัวร้อนหน่อย ส่วนกราฟิกนี่จะบอกว่าสวยมากก็ไม่ใช่ จะบอกว่ากากก็ไม่เชิง เอาเป็นว่าก็สวยนั่นแหละ ถถถ สรุปแล้วโอเค    เกมทำออกมาดีครับ แผนที่ค่อนข้างใหญ่ เดินกันจนหำเหี่ยวเลยทีเดียว
    จุดวาร์ปแต่ละจุดค่อนข้างไกลกัน เวลาส่วนใหญ่จะเอาไปวิ่งทำเควสและเปิดจุดวาร์ปซะมากกว่า
    ระบบเกมส่วนใหญ่ เช่นพวกสกิล โน่นนี่นั่นมีอะไรให้ทำเยอะดีครับ

    แต่ระบบการต่อสู้ยังดูแปลกๆ ความรู้สึกผมมันดูช้าๆ หลบก็ยากๆ หัวร้อนหน่อย
    ส่วนกราฟิกนี่จะบอกว่าสวยมากก็ไม่ใช่ จะบอกว่ากากก็ไม่เชิง เอาเป็นว่าก็สวยนั่นแหละ ถถถ

    สรุปแล้วโอเค คุ้มราคาแน่นอน (คุ้มเพราะวิ่งทำเควสนี่แหละ555)    … Expand
  77. RogalDorn
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Ein Spiel, wie es sein muss.

    Nicht umsonst hat ELEX den Gold Award von der Gamestar bekommen. Ein absolut würdiger Nachfolger der Gothic Reihe bei dem PB wirklich alles richtig macht. Coole Dialoge, die im Deutschen wahrscheinlich deutlich besser sind als in der englischen Übersetzung und ein harscher, aber nicht unsympatischer Hauptcharakter. Das Kampfsystem, die Animationen und    Ein Spiel, wie es sein muss.

    Nicht umsonst hat ELEX den Gold Award von der Gamestar bekommen. Ein absolut würdiger Nachfolger der Gothic Reihe bei dem PB wirklich alles richtig macht.

    Coole Dialoge, die im Deutschen wahrscheinlich deutlich besser sind als in der englischen Übersetzung und ein harscher, aber nicht unsympatischer Hauptcharakter.

    Das Kampfsystem, die Animationen und die Grafik sind sind superkrass up to date und aufpoliert bis man sich daran blendet, nein, es ist ein solides Spiel, so wie man es von PB erwartet.

    Wer noch unentschieden ist, kann gerne Dienstags und Donnerstag bei uns auf dem Kanal vorbeischauen, dann gibt's immer einen mehrstündigen Stream, der sicherlich eine Menge vom wirklichen Herz des Spiels offenbart.    … Expand
  78. Ondolemar
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Qadimgi yaxshi Gothic, barcha ijobiy va salbiy tomonlari bilan. Uyga qanday qaytish kerak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  79. GG_delirium
    Nov 2, 2017
    0
    Бросил игру спустя 15 часов, не найдя в ней ничего того, что нашел в Г1-2 и Р1. Пустой мир, рандомно раскиданные мобы, деревянные нпц, квесты, которые вызывают зевоту в лучшем случае, а чаще раздражение. Идиотская раскачка, дающая вкачаться до капа хоть на 1м уровне, имей терпение, амулет на воровство и рецепт элекса; все скиллы от начала и до капа качаются в стартовом городе.
    Убогая    Бросил игру спустя 15 часов, не найдя в ней ничего того, что нашел в Г1-2 и Р1. Пустой мир, рандомно раскиданные мобы, деревянные нпц, квесты, которые вызывают зевоту в лучшем случае, а чаще раздражение. Идиотская раскачка, дающая вкачаться до капа хоть на 1м уровне, имей терпение, амулет на воровство и рецепт элекса; все скиллы от начала и до капа качаются в стартовом городе.
    Убогая система боя, развития по мере прокачки в плане анимации и тактики НОЛЬ. Доспехи фракция не дают ничего. Убер имбовые пушки собираются за час после старта игры, если до этого уже пробегался по миру и находил их, которые разваливают все и вся, даже если ты 1 лвл опять же.
    Тупой лут, во всех суперсекьюрных ящиках и компах туалетная бумага, сигареты и прочий мусор.
    Мобы на локации спавнятся заново спустя полчаса игрового времени. Тупейший АИ, что противника, что соратника: соратник - это вообще пздц, о нем даже говорить не буду, противник - видя тебя за сто метров, достает мили палку и бежит в упор сражаться вместо того, чтобы достать ренж оружие, которое у него есть, ведь при взлете на джетпаке он его достает.
    Крафт бесполезен, за игру есть смысл только 2 раза улучшить оружие, что тебе нравится, и воткнуть в него пару гемов.
    Сюжет высосан из пальца и не то, чтобы не цепляет, он вызывает раздражение своей тупостью, прямотой и однообразностью.
    Графика, ну с ней можно было бы сжиться, если бы не было все так плохо, что описано выше.
    Мир, лор и тд: сборная солянка, граничащая с безумием, в которой с лука ты можешь ушатать пятиметрового робокопа эффективнее, чем с бластера. На весь лор 2 истории, описывающие что же все-таки произошло тут, и ту надо собирать по аудиозаписям, которые разбросаны рандомно по миру, то есть шанс того, что про лор ты так ничего и не узнаешь крайне велик.
    Повсеместные баги со всем (квесты, нпц, геодизайн, анимации, диалоги), лаги, отвратительный перевод. Вылеты после пары часов игры, 5 фпс на карте в пипбое (ps4 pro). Кривое управление.

    Спасибо ПБ, за то, что поставили точку в моих размышлениях "быть или не быть" вашей репутации для меня как фаната г1-2 и р1. Однозначно не быть, никогда более. Надеюсь, это последняя ваша потуга заработать денег под гимном "ну мы же маленькая студия, с нас взятки-гладки". Точка.
    У меня все.    … Expand
  80. CaptainChaos
    Jul 27, 2020
    10
    If you like Skyrim, Fallout 3, NV, 4, and Thundarr the Barbarian, this is the game you waited your whole life to play. I just bought it not more than 2 weeks ago tops, and already have 72 hours in it. I have not even SCRATCHED the surface. NOT EVEN CLOSE (so I can't review the whole game only what I have seen - still that's a LOT of time). I should say this is 2020 and many bad reviewsIf you like Skyrim, Fallout 3, NV, 4, and Thundarr the Barbarian, this is the game you waited your whole life to play. I just bought it not more than 2 weeks ago tops, and already have 72 hours in it. I have not even SCRATCHED the surface. NOT EVEN CLOSE (so I can't review the whole game only what I have seen - still that's a LOT of time). I should say this is 2020 and many bad reviews were 2017 pre-patch. I have no had NO serious ISSUES so far, just a few gfx glitches rarely.

    What I Love:

    (1) the faction/background CONCEPT is AMAZING. Sword & sorcery, Mad Max Crocodile Dundee gunpower weapons, and psionic guards with laser rifles. WHOLLY CRAP. I have never been so happy in my whole life. Add in a truly diverse and epic map with desert, arctic, temperate, etc. Many many many different monsters as well, although they tend to have similarish attacks. Still, I KEEP finding new ones!

    (2) I LIVE for games where I can explore every nook and cranny, look behind every rock, and find a new surprise; this is it. If you played Gothic or Risen you know

    (3) the CHALLENGE. It's friggin impossible for multiple levels especially since the leveling system is a bit hard to get the hang of (stats do nothing except enable you to use better stuff which you need to train to use as well as afford or find); then everything is too easy, until - oops, you were wrong, it's hard again. If you're like me and play Skyrim on Master, you know what I'm talking about - very satisfying level progression

    (4) jet pack is incredibly fun

    (5) so far stories and missions are decent; surprising follow-up sometimes if you go back and see what happened after the quest was "finished."

    (6) voice acting is superb. the sound effects and music are some of the best. I love the eerie spooky woods in the valley.

    (7) graphics is decent in parts, especially the lighting, and some terrain is breathtaking. Sense of humor in many places, like a well placed skeleton.

    The Bad: Not a lot.

    (a) gfx while absolutely decent feel 2009 or 2010, pre-Skyrim level. Don't even compare it to Witcher 3 or you won't play

    (b) crafting system is uneven. Some things are very good (potions), others like golds mithing seem useless unless I'm missing something

    (c) sometimes I have money and skill points I can't really spend b/c there's nothing I can do with them and stats alone don't do anything for you. Maybe that will change later in the game.

    (d) can only join one faction so I dk if it's worth replaying the whole game to do another faction. I mean I replay Skyim every 3-5 years so maybe.

    (e) game / weapon balance is a bit uneven at times. At first, you are totally helpless. I like a challenge but it's a bit ridiculous. Then, certain weapons give you a stun-lock ability which can make you invincible except in some situations, which sorta takes the fun outta it. I know you could not use the weapon, but that seems cheap that I need to police myself. It's not even a clever exploit. It's use a certain classes of weapons, period. They are expensive though (ammo) so I suppose that's the balance? That said, I have been killed a few times even still. I'm a glass cannon actually.

    (f) not sure I like the melee system but the ranged system is fine.

    Enjoy :)    … Expand
  81. fetqqq
    Jul 25, 2021
    8
    + the open world is really interesting to explore
    + well-developed side quests
    + solid main storyline + groupings without insanity, each in its own way has a place to be -the music is not good, but in such games it is very important to be good. For RPGs, this is a significant disadvantage. -funny companions ... well, mostly they do not take part in dialogues (90%), no one cares if for    + the open world is really interesting to explore
    + well-developed side quests
    + solid main storyline
    + groupings without insanity, each in its own way has a place to be
    -the music is not good, but in such games it is very important to be good. For RPGs, this is a significant disadvantage.
    -funny companions ... well, mostly they do not take part in dialogues (90%), no one cares if for example, with me an alb in the form of an alb in a village where albs are enemies number one, etc.
    -craft is scarce for an RPG
    - sometimes there is a feeling that 100 people survived, bc. there are very few people in every capital
    -It's completely unnatural to kill huge fighting robots with ordinary arrows
    -bottomless backpack and dull gathering process due to meager crafting    … Expand
  82. philipo99
    Jul 17, 2018
    10
    We need more games like this! Having to use your brain makes such a refreshing change to having constantly having your hand held!
    The game world is huge and interesting. I love the 'Wow' type changes in the different regions like being overpowered in some and weak in others and although it isn't perfect it is bl**dy good fun to play.
    Well done Piranha Bytes, this is no doubt going to    We need more games like this! Having to use your brain makes such a refreshing change to having constantly having your hand held!
    The game world is huge and interesting. I love the 'Wow' type changes in the different regions like being overpowered in some and weak in others and although it isn't perfect it is bl**dy good fun to play.
    Well done Piranha Bytes, this is no doubt going to become another classic. Love it :)

    I do find myself wondering from reading the hate reviews, how many are paid by AAA companies... :)
    Just because a game is challenging doesn't mean it is bad.    … Expand
  83. BigPipiMan
    Nov 26, 2018
    5
    Good and old school approaches but a bad execution. The setting is new and interesting, but the mechanics aren't. Most of the times the combat feels absolutely terrible. The whole skill and leveling system is huge step backwards in comparison to risen 1 or the old gothics. The quests and the beautiful and diverse world are the things which keep this game playable. Even though the questsGood and old school approaches but a bad execution. The setting is new and interesting, but the mechanics aren't. Most of the times the combat feels absolutely terrible. The whole skill and leveling system is huge step backwards in comparison to risen 1 or the old gothics. The quests and the beautiful and diverse world are the things which keep this game playable. Even though the quests seem quite good the story overall feels flat and predictable. If you are a big Piranha Bytes fan then this game is worth playing otherwise i'd say the money is not worth it.… Expand
  84. deezermann
    Aug 12, 2019
    4
    This feels more like an unfinished MMO than a proper RPG. I got to 15 hours in, fruitlessly hoping to reach this alleged part of the game past which it's supposed to become fun. I have spent maybe 90% of this time running boring errands for NPCs that all have the same 3 faces and 5 hairstyles and talk waaaaaay too much while saying nothing, fruitlessly hoping for the story to getThis feels more like an unfinished MMO than a proper RPG. I got to 15 hours in, fruitlessly hoping to reach this alleged part of the game past which it's supposed to become fun. I have spent maybe 90% of this time running boring errands for NPCs that all have the same 3 faces and 5 hairstyles and talk waaaaaay too much while saying nothing, fruitlessly hoping for the story to get interesting, and fruitlessly hoping that my character would become strong enough to actually navigate this generic open world without being attacked at every step by creatures that can kill me in 2 hits and chase me across half the map, which has been my experience the other 10% of the time.

    For whoever might be a PB fanboy thinking that I just don't get it, I'm familiar with all their games, the first two Gothic series being among my absolute favorites. This game here is more comparable with Gothic 3, which was only okay, because of flaws very similar to what I mentioned above. The key difference is that G3 was released in 2006, ELEX in 2017. A Gothic-style steep progression curve is no longer enough to make me defend this game, my standards have changed, unlike those of PB.    … Expand
  85. Orvist
    Oct 17, 2021
    10
    Игра 10 из 10, как минимум потому, что даёт необычный опыт. Только не надо прыгать на всех и вся с палкой-копалкой в начале игры. Реактивный ранец дан, чтобы убегать.
  86. PanPrado30
    Dec 10, 2020
    10
    The best game on this decade. Very interesting plot, fantastic charactera and we have three endings and method to plays
  87. squaIl
    Mar 5, 2022
    10
    Meiner Erfahrung nach kann die Hingebung eines Spielers zu einem Spiel weitaus größer werden, wenn es ein Gesicht hinter dem Spiel gibt bzw. ein Entwicklerteam, welches mit Herz und Seele bei ihrer Arbeit dabei ist. Ich als Spieler möchte meine Freizeit doch mit Bedacht gestalten und nicht jedem beliebigen triple-A Titel hinterherhechten und feststellen, dass es mal wieder eine liebloseMeiner Erfahrung nach kann die Hingebung eines Spielers zu einem Spiel weitaus größer werden, wenn es ein Gesicht hinter dem Spiel gibt bzw. ein Entwicklerteam, welches mit Herz und Seele bei ihrer Arbeit dabei ist. Ich als Spieler möchte meine Freizeit doch mit Bedacht gestalten und nicht jedem beliebigen triple-A Titel hinterherhechten und feststellen, dass es mal wieder eine lieblose open world mit kopiertem Inhalt ist. Ich möchte etwas spielen, was Bedeutung hat und vor allem in Bezug auf das Rollenspiel-Genre etwas spielen, was mir bedeutungsvolle Entscheidungen abverlangt. Das Spiel soll für den Spieler eine Reise und Entwicklung sein, die sich im gespielten Charakter widerspiegelt. Genau diese Erfahrung bietet mir Elex bisher.

    Sehr gutes Rollenspiel in dem man sich verlieren kann. Es bietet ein Konzept, was es nur bei Piranha Bytes gibt und von dem sich andere RPG Entwickler mal was abschauen sollten!

    // Google Translation because of time
    In my experience, a player's commitment to a game can be far greater when there is a face behind the game, or a development team that puts their heart and soul into their work. As a player, I would like to use my free time wisely and not chase after any random triple-A title and find out that it is once again a loveless open world with copied content. I want to play something that has meaning, and especially in relation to the RPG genre, play something that requires meaningful choices from me. The game is intended to be a journey and development for the player, which is reflected in the character played. Exactly this experience has been offered to me by Elex so far.

    Very good role-playing game to lose yourself in. It offers a concept unique to Piranha Bytes that other RPG developers should take a look at!    … Expand
  88. r-aymond90
    Aug 20, 2022
    8
    Very underrated game, had a very good time with it. This game needs a lot more love!
  89. realWhiteMan
    Apr 9, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product.… Expand
  90. admad
    Dec 17, 2021
    6
    Not bad but not good either. This game is very uneven. In some ways it is very good but in some ways it is very bad. There were times I really enjoyed this game but also times I literally went here to watch negative reviews to get some understanding for my anger and have a virtual fist bump "yeah dude, this game f***ing sucks, give it to them" :).

    Let's start with good things +Very    Not bad but not good either. This game is very uneven. In some ways it is very good but in some ways it is very bad. There were times I really enjoyed this game but also times I literally went here to watch negative reviews to get some understanding for my anger and have a virtual fist bump "yeah dude, this game f***ing sucks, give it to them" :).

    Let's start with good things
    +Very climatic environment, you can feel the post apocalyptic atmosphere, old notes, recordings, different approach to life in each place.
    +Side quests are very good. They are practically all different, not typical "Go there, do that, get back" quests.
    +Music is ok
    +Typical PB Gothic/Risen like game. If you liked gothic this will also be quite enjoyable.
    +/- The main story is interesting in beginning but gets worse as you progress. Controversial system of cold level that determines what your ending can be, which depends on some random conversations with people and how many elex potions you drink. I would prefer to make a choice on my own. To have a dialogue option locked because I used too many attribute boosting potions is quite bad solution for RPG type game.

    Now for the bad things:
    -The game seems rushed, unfinished. You can see a lot of things that were clearly abandoned during development. The world is too big for the resources the devs had. It would be much better if the world was smaller but more polished, rather than being a big mess.
    - There are quite many bugs, I played this game after 4 years from release date, and lots of things were clearly bugged, still not fixed.
    - Dialogues are generally not inspiring.
    - COMBAT SYSTEM, I mean what the f**k, it is very very bad. The melee attack can be made only in a straight line, it is very easy to get stuck attacking air, both you and your opponent. It is also quite easy to fool the enemy as they have the same limits as you and the attack has to be made in a straight line only, no rotation is possible during attack. After having played Witcher 3 this is a major step back. The combat system in Gothic 2 was much better than in this game. The stamina system is also very bad, you can make only few hits and then have to rest, this would not be so bad if it would not be stuck at 0 if you continue to try attacking, the result is that you are stuck in place, make no moves but the stamina does not recover (only a "!" symbol appears)...
    - Range combat is better but still flawed. You can change attack type for plasma gun that blows the enemy away after each attack, making it impossible for enemy to get back at you. Same for flamethrower, just get it and you can kill big monsters (trolls etc) with no worries, while such attack with melee weapon is practically suicide even at the end of the game.
    - UI, exact numbers of health/experience etc. NEVER repeat the **** system used in Elex. You want to know how much experience you have, or how much you need till next level? Well f**k you, just guess. You only get a simple progress bar showing what is your current point between levels, if you are half way through, you might as well need 500 or 10000 experience points to level up, you have no way of knowing that.
    While this is not so bad with experience, with health bar it is just outrageous. Each item/potion has description how many hit points it will heal. You will ask, ok, how many hit points does my character have? Well f**k you, just guess :) You only get a health bar, you might have 50 or 500 hit points you can only estimate by drinking potion and observing the percentage it restores. You have a ring which increases health by 20 points, you don't really know if it is a lot or not.
    - Same goes for attribute points, some increase health for example, you want to know how much? you will not... this is just ridiculous and has no logical argument to support the decision of removing exact number of attributes. Might as well describe the health potion as "Restores some health" Why bother with exact number like +40 if we don't know max health points our character have...

    While I replayed Gothic 2 many times, I doubt I will play this game again soon. Will I play Elex 2? Most likely yes. I just hope they will improve at least half the bad points that Elex had.    … Expand
  91. teshia
    Sep 30, 2022
    10
    I'm going to give a good review score because I want to say good things about Piranha Bytes. They build some of the best open worlds there are. This is the central reason I play their RPGs. When you play a PBRPG, you really feel like you're living in a well designed world. That said, you can't ignore the landslide of issues facing PB that make their work seem AA rather than AAA. ThisI'm going to give a good review score because I want to say good things about Piranha Bytes. They build some of the best open worlds there are. This is the central reason I play their RPGs. When you play a PBRPG, you really feel like you're living in a well designed world. That said, you can't ignore the landslide of issues facing PB that make their work seem AA rather than AAA. This is hardly a surprise but there is so much they need to improve. The voice acting is awful and the translation of the dialogue from German to English is embarrassing, causing the story to make almost no sense. The combat is rough, the character animations are awful, the cold/warm system is ridiculous, the ending is poor, and the initial learning curve makes the game unattractive to new players. I should hate this game but I don't. If it wasn't for the amazing environments that they create, I'd be a lot less forgiving. One of these days, I hope PB does a good job again, putting them on the level of what they made with Gothic, Gothic 2, and the first Risen game. This isn't it, but I'll throw them a nice score in hope that they get it right again at some point.… Expand
  92. AliasAndrew
    Nov 20, 2020
    9
    Best rpg of the year (2017) by far. The enemies don't scale to your level like in Skyrim, in the beginning you will feel like the weakest entity in the game (and you will be) but that makes it all the more rewarding when you level up your character enough and go on a killing spree against the creatures that would kill you with one blow in the beginning. Excellent story and lore, manyBest rpg of the year (2017) by far. The enemies don't scale to your level like in Skyrim, in the beginning you will feel like the weakest entity in the game (and you will be) but that makes it all the more rewarding when you level up your character enough and go on a killing spree against the creatures that would kill you with one blow in the beginning. Excellent story and lore, many different paths to take, amazing exploration, interesting combat. If you have never played a Piranha Bytes game before make this your first. The atmosphere is incomparable. Ignore the low scores, they don't know what they're talking about… Expand
  93. Exven
    Oct 1, 2020
    7
    This game better than Risen 2 and 3 for sure. Dont be mad on this game if you dont play it.
    This real game of Piranha Byte. Piranha Byte is back, I hope it is. Will see. Now i just to wont to play this game so much i can do.
  94. gman321
    Feb 16, 2022
    9
    Combat is rough and clunky. Jax takes a bit to enact what you tell him to do and the targeting is pretty frustrating. But the exploration, world, story, and most of the are great.
  95. eynard
    Aug 9, 2023
    8
    At last!
    Of course Elex has its drawbacks. but there are many interesting things: scientific&fantasy setteng, story, gothic series atmosphere and just good role plaing game!
  96. dr_flint
    Jan 16, 2021
    7
    I have been a fan of Piranha Bytes games since I played Gothic II almost 15 years ago, so I am not going to pretend to be entirely objective in this review. I liked Elex. At the beginning, after leaving the first city, brutal difficulty kicked in, which was a bit annoying (almost everything could kill me without much effort and apparently no zone has been even remotely safe), but afterI have been a fan of Piranha Bytes games since I played Gothic II almost 15 years ago, so I am not going to pretend to be entirely objective in this review. I liked Elex. At the beginning, after leaving the first city, brutal difficulty kicked in, which was a bit annoying (almost everything could kill me without much effort and apparently no zone has been even remotely safe), but after some travelling and questing I could feel confident again (also, later I found out that majority of trouble came from wrong attribute points allocation after first few level-ups). Ultimately, that's what makes Gothic-like games so rewarding - feeling of progression and character strength increasing over time. Combat was initially difficult and I thought (and read in multiple reviews) that it was clunky and shallow. After some time I found that it was not true - some clunkiness is kind of a trademark for PB games, but unless you spam attack buttons like a madman, there is quite a lot of depth in Elex's combat system and, in the end, skill counts. Story-wise, I liked how plot started as a personal quest for answers and revenge. Later it (obviously) evolves into something bigger, but in my opinion, it also becomes less interesting with time. What I did not like, is that almost every side quest is dropped on you immediately (even though most of them are impossible to complete at the time), so in the beginning, you have in your journal a wall of undoable quests, and later on you have none. Also, I miss companions with a soul, who can sometimes do something for you (as it was in Gothic I and II), instead of always waiting for you to help them. In the end, whether you will like Elex or not, depends mostly on what kind of gamer you are. If you are, like me, a fan of Gothic and similar western RPGs, you will probably like it, possibly very much. If you like RPGs in general, value story and characters higher than awesome graphics and combat systems, chances are you'll like it too. If none of above apply - steer clear.… Expand
  97. derek_
    May 1, 2022
    9
    This game is very, very underrated. Had fun from beginning to the end. Dialogs are great, your choices really matters and there is no road back once you made "wrong" one. Graphic looks great even now. I understand combat might be little bit of downfall fom someone, but for me, this game is not about combat. Really, really loved it.
  98. markjohnson7861
    Aug 1, 2018
    9
    Great comeback. Elex is a true RPG with a lot of choices and great moral dilemmas. If you like old school rpg with a lot of dying for your bad decisions, this is for you. I understand that people criticize bugs and low budget solution, but remember! It's not AAA game, devs had limited money and they decided to bring their love to this game instead of hypergraphics.
  99. FrostormNidhegg
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    Мне понравилась. Биомы разнообразные, мир симпатичный и в себя засасывает. Момент, когда в одной локации у тебя деревянные домики и мужики с топорами, а в другой - роботы огромные ходят - меня не смущает, тут пытаются объяснить, почему так. И играть не скучно, можно кардинально сменить визуальный дизайн просто сходив в другую локацию. Джетпак - великая вещь. Хочу джетпак во все игры от 1Мне понравилась. Биомы разнообразные, мир симпатичный и в себя засасывает. Момент, когда в одной локации у тебя деревянные домики и мужики с топорами, а в другой - роботы огромные ходят - меня не смущает, тут пытаются объяснить, почему так. И играть не скучно, можно кардинально сменить визуальный дизайн просто сходив в другую локацию. Джетпак - великая вещь. Хочу джетпак во все игры от 1 или 3 лица, в каждую. Он прекрасен. Мотивация фракций прописана очень прилично, и тут нет хороших и плохих, просто разные взгляды, выбирай тех, кто тебе ближе. Ну и традиционная система от Пираний - первую треть игры ты бомж, тебя убивают с двух ударов, а под конец - прокачиваешься и начинаешь уничтожать сильных противников, что дает большое удовлетворение. Такой себе Дарк Соулс, только задолго до Дарк Соулс. Хейта в сторону игры не понимаю вообще. Она лучше, чем все трехмерные Фолауты, кроме Нью Вегаса. В общем, ознакомиться крайне рекомендую. Она не ААА, но она - та самая игра второго дивизиона, которая если зайдет, то принесет много позитивных эмоций. Ну а не зайдет - не сильно расстроитесь, вы ничего особого от нее не ждете.… Expand
  100. Willkinsas
    Feb 7, 2022
    6
    This game is euqualy as bad as it is good. :D

    If not clunky disconnected unimpactful and somtimes frustraitingly broken combat system and skill system which does not feel like it does much (key word feel)- game is great :D I liked the game, it could be 8 or 9/10, but because of those lacking points objectviley can not give to it more than than 6. Pirnanha Bytes fans- you know what    This game is euqualy as bad as it is good. :D

    If not clunky disconnected unimpactful and somtimes frustraitingly broken combat system and skill system which does not feel like it does much (key word feel)- game is great :D

    I liked the game, it could be 8 or 9/10, but because of those lacking points objectviley can not give to it more than than 6.

    Pirnanha Bytes fans- you know what you are getting into, it is worth it. For all others- buy it at your own risk. But it is not that well known rpg gem.    … 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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