Elex

 PlayStation 4
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6.5

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  1. KayVen17
    Apr 4, 2020
    7
    ### Deutsche Review ###
    Ich liebe Gothic 1-3 und Risen 1 und ich war echt froh wieder ein Game von Piranha Bytes zu zocken. Ich würde lügen, wenn ich sagen würde, dass das Game gut lief. Trotzdem gab es einige Sachen an dem Spiel, die ich mir heutzutage nicht mehr geben kann.
    1. KAMPFSYSTEM Ich weiß nicht wer sich bei Piranha Bytes dafür entschieden hat. Es ist so... unbefriedigend.    ### Deutsche Review ###
    Ich liebe Gothic 1-3 und Risen 1 und ich war echt froh wieder ein Game von Piranha Bytes zu zocken. Ich würde lügen, wenn ich sagen würde, dass das Game gut lief. Trotzdem gab es einige Sachen an dem Spiel, die ich mir heutzutage nicht mehr geben kann.
    1. KAMPFSYSTEM
    Ich weiß nicht wer sich bei Piranha Bytes dafür entschieden hat. Es ist so... unbefriedigend. Ich mache erst nach ein paar Schlägen brauchbare Treffer. Dazu kommt die Ausdauer, die danach ausgeht und man erstmal auf Abstand gehen muss. Funktioniert in Dark Souls besser (obwohl ich eigentlich Elex in keinem Fall mit Dark Souls vergleichen will). Mein Lieblingskampf-System der PB-Spiele war übrigens für mich in Risen 1.
    2. DIE KAMERA
    Diese macht einfach was sie will manchmal. Zu oft bin ich gestorben, weil ein Fokus auf einen Gegner nicht wegging.
    Und 3. BALANCING
    Dieses Problem hatte ich bis jetzt noch in keinen PB-Spiel. In einem Gothic 2 wusste ich immer spürbar wo die zu schweren Gebiete und die leichteren Gebiete sind. In Elex ist alles vermischt. Da ist einfach zum Beispiel ein Level 1 Vieh neben einem Level 50 Monster (übertrieben).

    Alles in allem liebe ich nach wie vor PB für ihre Spiele. Bringt mir in Elex 2 ein optimiertes Kampfsystem, dann habe ich schon weitaus mehr Spaß. Den Rest verzeih ich, weil es eine gewisse Art von Nostalgie bringt.    … Expand
  2. Blinkdgb182
    Nov 15, 2017
    7
    For a game that only had like 25 people working on it, this is a decent rpg. There were some bugs that i had only the first few days of release but, i am still enjoying playing it. this game has a story but it is mostly focused on exploration of the decent size open world. The fighting can seem clunky at times but overall this game is fun and enjoyable. i would have have it a better scoreFor a game that only had like 25 people working on it, this is a decent rpg. There were some bugs that i had only the first few days of release but, i am still enjoying playing it. this game has a story but it is mostly focused on exploration of the decent size open world. The fighting can seem clunky at times but overall this game is fun and enjoyable. i would have have it a better score if it wasn't so buggy at launch.… Expand
  3. Snyx
    Aug 3, 2018
    7
    Elex has glimpses of greatness, but sadly those become overshadowed by bugs and technical flaws. It has the stuff I want to see in an RPG, a lot of quests with different options and outcomes, a big and beautiful map to explore as well as interesting characters and lore. But performance issues, clunky combat, bad balancing and a strange leveling system keep it from reaching its fullElex has glimpses of greatness, but sadly those become overshadowed by bugs and technical flaws. It has the stuff I want to see in an RPG, a lot of quests with different options and outcomes, a big and beautiful map to explore as well as interesting characters and lore. But performance issues, clunky combat, bad balancing and a strange leveling system keep it from reaching its full potential. The fact that there are major bugs in the game that havent been patched 9 months after its release is inexcusable.… Expand
  4. Julinitot
    Sep 28, 2021
    7
    After trying assassin's creed odissey, I was more than happy to play this old school rpg with NO level scaling.

    The strong point is definitely the quest & faction system. Almost every quest give you multiple choices and decisions may alter your possible alliance with a faction. eg. I was denied access to the berserker faction because I stole and betray too many npc. I never got caught but    After trying assassin's creed odissey, I was more than happy to play this old school rpg with NO level scaling.

    The strong point is definitely the quest & faction system. Almost every quest give you multiple choices and decisions may alter your possible alliance with a faction. eg. I was denied access to the berserker faction because I stole and betray too many npc. I never got caught but the raise of the crime rate juste after my arrival in the city did not go unnoticed. This is what I called a real rpg. World design is really good imo with a lot of variety, hand placed rewarding loots and some vertical exploration thanks to the jet pack.

    Combat is really average with bad hit boxes. Progression is too hard due to a lack of mission for low levels players. You have to spend 10 hours hiding behind a friend npc who will do all the fighting for you in order to level up. Graphic is last Gen. Music is average. But despite all this, it is still a better game than a triple A assassin's creed... Looking forward for the sequel.    … Expand
  5. Reddrag0852
    Oct 17, 2017
    6
    Calm the **** down.
    The reason we see a continuous rehash of games that seem to be copies of one another is because we give no leeway for smaller companies trying to break into the AAA scene.
    The game is not a masterpiece, but it's 100% enjoyable.
  6. ShadowPeter
    Oct 29, 2017
    6
    ELEX is an Action RPG developed by Piranha Bytes, a studio that many should know, not always for the best reasons, but that has brought us the Gothic franchise. At ELEX, the studio set aside the purely medieval aspect and joined fantasy with technology. Settling into an apocalyptic era, the protagonist joins the war over a powerful feature, called "ELEX", which gives people magical powers.ELEX is an Action RPG developed by Piranha Bytes, a studio that many should know, not always for the best reasons, but that has brought us the Gothic franchise. At ELEX, the studio set aside the purely medieval aspect and joined fantasy with technology. Settling into an apocalyptic era, the protagonist joins the war over a powerful feature, called "ELEX", which gives people magical powers. The game world is a mixture of futurism and medieval locations along with icy mountains, volcanic mountains and desert environments.

    The events take place on a planet called Magalan, after being hit by a meteorite, the survivors formed groups and fight for their survival and the destiny of the planet. The protagonist is a member formed of the Albs, a group that consumes ELEX to put aside the emotions and to base their decisions only in the logic. Recovering from an accident he had with his ship, the protagonist goes through the abstinence of ELEX experiencing emotions for the first time in his life, turning him into a traitor. As a consequence, the protagonist will have to hide his history and his old identity of the factions that previously were his enemies.

    The player can cooperate and join one of three factions: The Berserkers (renounced modern technology and the use of ELEX), The Clerics (fanatically worship a god called Calaan and operate as a religious police state where consuming ELEX is expressly forbidden) or The Outlaws (they have no leader and operate through the "survival of the fittest" mentality, using improvised and deadly weapons and consume the ELEX in the form of specialized stimulant drugs). A plus for the ELEX story mode is the amount of unexpected twists.

    As soon as I started playing my first few hours on ELEX, it reminded me of games like Fallout (3, New Vegas and 4), Mad Max and The Witcher 3. The player will be able to do a lot of things, complete missions, crafting and pick up objects (eg ELEX), among other things. Of note is the fact that the map is super vast, with its colorful scenarios, although the game has some visual bugs, for example, there was something that sometimes bothered me when I was using the technology (to see the map, see the purpose of the missions, etc.) of the protagonist. Scenarios and buildings are sometimes filled with monstrous creatures and machines that we must defeat or sneak through without being discovered.

    Each time we kill an enemy or complete a quest, we gain experience and if we level up we gain 10 attribute points that we can use in 5 options: Strength (increases melee damage and unlocks certain items and abilities), Constitution (increases the life energy bar and unlock certain items and abilities), Dexterity (increases ranged damage and unlocks certain items and abilities), Intelligence (depending on your faction, increases mana or PSI power and unlocks new abilities) and Cunning (increases our skills social, if you are Outlaw, increases the chem capacity).

    The protagonist can also learn new skills depending on the amount of Elexit, Skill points and Strength, Constitution, Dexterity, Intelligence and Cunning. ELEX has a huge range of weapons, armor and items, which offers a good amount of equipment options to use in combat.

    The ELEX combat is a bit weird and unbalanced, due to inaccurate hitboxes and animations, especially in the attack area. Not to mention that the game has an exaggerated difficulty, even in easy. There are certain quests that made me pull my hair. For example, there is a quest in which I have to save an individual from four armed robbers to the teeth. Obviously it would be suicide to face the four at the same time and to avoid this, I had to go to the back of the enemy who initiates the attack and face them one by one along with my companion. The AI of our companions is to take the hat... by the negative. During the fights, it seems that their brain is frozen for about 5-10 seconds to know whether or not to attack the enemy, and it was my desire to send them a beautiful scream.

    And the conclusion I get is this, unfortunately for Piranha Bytes, the inconveniences of ELEX have screw up what could be a good game, and instead, it's just a medium game. Too bad, because when I saw the first gameplay of the game, it seemed to have great potential. I advise the people to wait for updates and a promotion of the game.    … Expand
  7. Split_Decay
    Apr 19, 2018
    6
    Elex, concept interesting, execution meh, it has promise, open world, fleshed out dialogue and an abundance of various things to fight, but that is only a portion of the game, the rest falter short, being more a low budget RPG, than an interesting playable game.

    Starting positive, it's alright, the graphics are not great, but that's not a major factor, for me at least, the vast open    Elex, concept interesting, execution meh, it has promise, open world, fleshed out dialogue and an abundance of various things to fight, but that is only a portion of the game, the rest falter short, being more a low budget RPG, than an interesting playable game.

    Starting positive, it's alright, the graphics are not great, but that's not a major factor, for me at least, the vast open world is neat, and well executed, character dialogue is varied with multiple choices and not so boring information, and lastly the variety of things to battle, keeps the surplus of challenge relevant.

    Now for the not so good things, lip sinking with character speech is off, but not game breaking, character movement is a little sluggish, though not too bad, and the feel of the game sways a little at times, sometimes wondering what the hell to do.

    Now, for the things that this game failed at, for the lack of a better word. Story, shame, it seemed wobbly, unsure to exactly what the hell was going on, now I've only played a couple hours, but even now I want to put it down, the story had promise at the beginning with the opening cut scene, but fell off the radar soon as the game play instigated, leaving me with the though of, what just happened?

    Combat, appalling in today's standard, Skyrim did it better, and that games ancient now, hell even Oblivion had richer combat, and that's even older, to put it into perspective, it's like soon has you engage battle everything around you is unimportant, as the character is solely focused on the enemies, animations don't make it better, often feeling slow, and with combat being an important item it's a real shame.

    On a final note, it's not unplayable, it's more don't get your hopes up for another, kinda like Skyrim game, cos it's not, more like the by-product of the failed prototypes of Skyrim, it had promise, and that's all it had, the outcome was half decent at best.

    If you plan to buy it, remember this is not the next Skyrim or Witcher, it's what they never were, for the wrong reasons.    … Expand
  8. qwerm
    Oct 31, 2020
    5
    Most dicisions wont do anything.
    Best weapon is bow/gun - they give only 1 skill for it. But for melee weapons - 5(five!!) skills!! that you'll never use (since shooting is best choice)
    Worst platinum ever - 40 hours of standing and doing nothing!
  9. UsernameX
    Jan 15, 2023
    5
    Open world is nice to explore. Voice acting is good. Some quest lines are good. .... The rest.... is sometimes atrocious. Technical issues galore on PS4 (Pro). Clunky movement. Janky combat. Could not bother finishing last 5% of the story - it all was that tedious in the end. And i already did uninstall the game around the half way point because out of frustration with crashes! The firstOpen world is nice to explore. Voice acting is good. Some quest lines are good. .... The rest.... is sometimes atrocious. Technical issues galore on PS4 (Pro). Clunky movement. Janky combat. Could not bother finishing last 5% of the story - it all was that tedious in the end. And i already did uninstall the game around the half way point because out of frustration with crashes! The first half of the game takes way too long and the last part is just really boring. | Piranha Bytes actually just did re-release Gothic (3) again.... in 2017. If it would have helped the product by cutting 50% content... they should have spent those resources into polish! But maybe the engine is just not capable helping them out enough. I dont know. Again... exploring the hand crafted open world is cool but the game has far too many issues otherwise.… Expand
  10. CoreGamer1408
    Apr 9, 2020
    5
    Another game that had interesting concepts with poor execution. This game has got to have the most jarring spam rolling around like a idiot mechanic I have ever played in a game. The combat lock-on is the worst and when turned off the combat is still pretty jank. The first 10-15 hours was a very slow paced tough grind. I would say initially Fallout 4 on very hard is easier than Elex onAnother game that had interesting concepts with poor execution. This game has got to have the most jarring spam rolling around like a idiot mechanic I have ever played in a game. The combat lock-on is the worst and when turned off the combat is still pretty jank. The first 10-15 hours was a very slow paced tough grind. I would say initially Fallout 4 on very hard is easier than Elex on easy mode. The starting character is a action hero built out of wet paper that can't even wipe his own arse without dying.

    The mix of very diverse factions like the high tech clerics, old world looking battle mages and post-apocalyptic junkers was very cool. The general story made sense and was engaging enough. A big fun huge map to explore with many a interesting local really helped.

    The VA and the general writing is bad. Combat and animations feels Gothic/Risen bad. The overall dated game play holds this experience back. Old school gaming ARPG with a semi-modern face lift. This is a game I really want to like, but really have a really hard time doing so. The amount of times I have stopped and started this game is unreal. Performance is not that great and the frame rate badly dips the more stuff is going on the screen.    … Expand
  11. Romulus_Reviews
    Oct 19, 2017
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think those giving this game 0's and 10' are both ruining how we should really be scoring games/films on this site. Lets be straight for once whether you love or hate the game.

    I am waiting for A.C Origins so over the past couple months I have re-visited a lot of games, a couple RPG's, that is Skyrim and the Witcher 3. I bought Elex to help pass the time before launch of A.C Origins at full price Canadian bucks on the PSN = $79.00 (NOT WORTH FULL PRICE MORE LIKE WORTH $49.00). I have spent the past couple days playing this game and its an average game. Well, everything is average except for the environmental visuals. At the core of this game I think the developers/writers have something, there is potential to perhaps break out of its shell of an average game for the next follow up to Elex. I had some fun reading about the lore and learning about the history, and some of the weapons and upgrades as well as armor were cool. The combat was sluggish and kind of slow almost like Dragon Age Origins but hey it was alright definitely wasn't game breaking just kind of annoying at times. The only real issues I have with this game so far are the framerates dropping while on my PS4PRO and the jetpack! Its like a super jump mod in Skyrim.

    I don't understand some of the pure hate for this new IP but won't deny its not nearly perfect. I also don't understand the perfect scores of 10 and praise for it. Its an average game people, true RPG fans looking for a new IP should enjoy this game and I will most definitely keep playing it until A.C Origins releases.

    Thanks for reading. :)    … Expand
  12. mojojojo9
    Jan 20, 2018
    5
    I'm not sure were people are coming up with this idea that there are no bugs or game play errors, i can assure that there are definitely some game breakers in this game, sections of the map were you will just fall through the game world, objects not loading in. Frame rate and latency issues on the PS4 Pro version, combat delay, i can barely play the game and i'm waiting on updates.I'm not sure were people are coming up with this idea that there are no bugs or game play errors, i can assure that there are definitely some game breakers in this game, sections of the map were you will just fall through the game world, objects not loading in. Frame rate and latency issues on the PS4 Pro version, combat delay, i can barely play the game and i'm waiting on updates.

    Don't get me wrong there are some good aspects of the game open world do what you want, the idea is sound, just how its been implemented could have been improved more, even pushed back the launch to fix the issues.

    its getting a 5/10 due to the bugs broken, quest lines, animation issues, graphical issues, frame rate issues, latency problems only thing making it worthy of the 5 is the concept of the game.

    i find it odd that some of the user reviewers are rating all 3 platforms 10/10, when Xbox is having same problems, and the PC platforms is marginally better, bought all 3 platforms? for one game how much money!    … Expand
  13. destinyfan1
    Oct 19, 2017
    4
    I bought this game to have a refreshing rpg in my collection , why? Because I saw it mixes the future and historical fantasy ( like elder scrolls) but I should have done better research because this game is disapointing
    The game is buggy as hell , bad camera and many more technical issues
    The graphics aren't that good to Behind all this negative points their is an ok rpg , but also far    I bought this game to have a refreshing rpg in my collection , why? Because I saw it mixes the future and historical fantasy ( like elder scrolls) but I should have done better research because this game is disapointing
    The game is buggy as hell , bad camera and many more technical issues
    The graphics aren't that good to
    Behind all this negative points their is an ok rpg , but also far from good
    A major disapointment, so kids never buy a game before you saw its reviews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    … Expand
  14. Zav80
    Jul 3, 2019
    4
    Lore,story and world would deserve a good 8...but battling is pure **** on ps4...really it has no sense, it looks like an Amiga game, it is frustrating to do again and again the same battle cause animations suck so badly...
    I tried to play this game like 5 times, cause the story looks awsome and interesting...
    but and action rpg where the action sucks,it's like an horror movie with no fear...
  15. Timenick
    Mar 28, 2023
    3
    - In the first couple hours the game is straight unplayable

    - Combat is clunky trash - Graphics are from 2007 +/- Some quests are good but most of them arent - The world isnt very interesting - There are N64 games with better cut scenes and presentation + Better graphics and fps on PS5 - Lots of bugs and wonky tech Elex is basically TES IV Oblivion with some Sci-Fi    - In the first couple hours the game is straight unplayable

    - Combat is clunky trash

    - Graphics are from 2007

    +/- Some quests are good but most of them arent

    - The world isnt very interesting

    - There are N64 games with better cut scenes and presentation

    + Better graphics and fps on PS5

    - Lots of bugs and wonky tech

    Elex is basically TES IV Oblivion with some Sci-Fi sprinkled in but worse in every point. Wouldnt recommend. 3/10    … Expand
  16. Ulugras898
    Oct 30, 2017
    1
    This game looks like a cheap mod to Skyrim stylized on Fallout 4 and Mass Effect. I would not recommend this even to download, not to mention about the purchase.
  17. OutlawTX
    Dec 24, 2017
    0
    Normally I’d give it a 4 but seeing as how THQ Nordic is charging $59 for this hot garbage, to me it deserves a zero. A complete waste of money. For perspective, I played Gothic when it originally released. I’ve been a gamer since the days of Atari and Commadore64 and am in no way a casual gamer. That said, I’m 7 hours in and I just can’t take playing it anymore. Wretched combat. WretchedNormally I’d give it a 4 but seeing as how THQ Nordic is charging $59 for this hot garbage, to me it deserves a zero. A complete waste of money. For perspective, I played Gothic when it originally released. I’ve been a gamer since the days of Atari and Commadore64 and am in no way a casual gamer. That said, I’m 7 hours in and I just can’t take playing it anymore. Wretched combat. Wretched voice acting and graphics. The horrid progression leaves you in a constant state of wondering WTF you’re supposed to do to progress. 7 hours in and I can still barely kill the same couple creatures I was fighting in the intro. The mechanics are so awful that I don’t even care anymore. F this game. F the devs and F me for buying this steaming pile of buttsauce. Game deleted.… Expand
  18. tmlpgm
    Feb 12, 2022
    0
    Полнейший маразм от некогда хороших разработчиков. Я терпел многое: джетпак из задницы главного героя, бесконечную болтовню, тупых ИИ, убогих напарников, опять тех же мобов и т.п. Но когда мне дали квест найти молот, а он лежит под роботом, а мне нападать на него с топором - тут я все. Это самая нелепая игра в моей жизни.Полнейший маразм от некогда хороших разработчиков. Я терпел многое: джетпак из задницы главного героя, бесконечную болтовню, тупых ИИ, убогих напарников, опять тех же мобов и т.п. Но когда мне дали квест найти молот, а он лежит под роботом, а мне нападать на него с топором - тут я все. Это самая нелепая игра в моей жизни.
  19. ScienceAdvisor
    Oct 8, 2018
    0
    So many 10/10 shill reviews tells you everything you need to know. At least they paid for multi-language fake reviews. Too bad Metacritic turns a blind eye to such behaviour.
  20. Yaozza
    Oct 21, 2017
    0
    Maybe if you are a fan of the buggy messes this developer have released earlier and if you buy it for pc, maybe it's a 4 or a 5. On PS4 it's unplayable. The load times are 2 minutes long every time you need to reload because you died from a melee attack that happened 10 meters away from you. The game runs at maybe 20 fps, sometimes, so you slideshow yourself through the plain, empty,Maybe if you are a fan of the buggy messes this developer have released earlier and if you buy it for pc, maybe it's a 4 or a 5. On PS4 it's unplayable. The load times are 2 minutes long every time you need to reload because you died from a melee attack that happened 10 meters away from you. The game runs at maybe 20 fps, sometimes, so you slideshow yourself through the plain, empty, unimaginative world. The NPC's have voice lines from different voice actors, combat music will play loudly in the background while you are talking to an NPC, in fact all sound volumes are randomly spiking. Sometimes you hear a gunshot and realize it's just one of your own footsteps that randomly made a boom. The story is bland, the NPCs generic and there seems to be some sort of trust system with NPCs but it's so badly made you get the first NPC you meet to idolize you after you have done one quest. And they are trying to pass this off as a full game for 50 €. Worst game experience I have had, ever.… Expand
  21. Lynox
    Oct 19, 2017
    0
    My Grandfather smoked his whole life. I was about 10 years old when my mother said to him, 'If you ever want to see your grandchildren graduate, you have to stop immediately.'. Tears welled up in his eyes when he realized what exactly was at stake. He gave it up immediately. Three years later he died of lung cancer. It was really sad and destroyed me. My mother said to me- 'Don't everMy Grandfather smoked his whole life. I was about 10 years old when my mother said to him, 'If you ever want to see your grandchildren graduate, you have to stop immediately.'. Tears welled up in his eyes when he realized what exactly was at stake. He gave it up immediately. Three years later he died of lung cancer. It was really sad and destroyed me. My mother said to me- 'Don't ever smoke. Please don't put your family through what your Grandfather put us through." I agreed. At 28, I have never touched a cigarette. I must say, I feel a very slight sense of regret for never having done it, because Elex gave me cancer anyway.… Expand
  22. LukeCakewalker
    Oct 17, 2017
    0
    This is by far the most buggiest game released on the ps4 this year. The developers should be sued for releasing a game full of technical issues on console but slightly more playable in the pc version.
  23. JackieBoy
    Oct 17, 2017
    0
    I really wanted to give this game a chance but it is just recently unplayable. Full of bugs, glitches, the camera is terrible, the A.I is also buggy. The frame rate drops are by far the worst and most annoying issue in the game, it happens constantly, whether you run around, in combat, even if you stand still and open up the inventory the frame rate drops. It has also crashed 3 times forI really wanted to give this game a chance but it is just recently unplayable. Full of bugs, glitches, the camera is terrible, the A.I is also buggy. The frame rate drops are by far the worst and most annoying issue in the game, it happens constantly, whether you run around, in combat, even if you stand still and open up the inventory the frame rate drops. It has also crashed 3 times for me so far and i only just got it.… Expand
  24. louisck
    Oct 17, 2017
    0
    Everything is this game is terrible. The story feels like it was written by kids, the combat sucks, animations are horrible, bad voice acting, and the worst graphics on ps4 i have ever seen.
  25. MikeCosimano
    Oct 17, 2017
    0
    This game is horrendous in every way, the graphics sucks, the controls sucks, and just the combat system itself is one of the worst I've ever experienced.
    This game is plain awful. The voice acting sounds like it's from a 2005 game. The sound and animations are probably the worst I've ever seen in a game. Sometimes the music just disappears right in the middle of cutscenes. The texture    This game is horrendous in every way, the graphics sucks, the controls sucks, and just the combat system itself is one of the worst I've ever experienced.
    This game is plain awful. The voice acting sounds like it's from a 2005 game. The sound and animations are probably the worst I've ever seen in a game. Sometimes the music just disappears right in the middle of cutscenes. The texture looks like something from a PS2 game.
    Frustrating, ugly, broken, irritating, dull -- I cannot recommend this game to a single person. Please do not buy Elex. It is a very bad game.    … Expand
  26. Rahh55
    Oct 19, 2017
    0
    If you're looking at reviews to decide whether or not to purchase to this game you should pretty much ignore all the 10/10, any good score really. Elex is easily, hands down, no question asked the worst "finished" video game I have ever played. It plays like it's in very very early beta. Here is a list of bad, and then I'll explain why there is virtually no good in this game. The controlIf you're looking at reviews to decide whether or not to purchase to this game you should pretty much ignore all the 10/10, any good score really. Elex is easily, hands down, no question asked the worst "finished" video game I have ever played. It plays like it's in very very early beta. Here is a list of bad, and then I'll explain why there is virtually no good in this game. The control layout is terrible, essentially every single animation/cutscenes in the game is very bad, the voice acting and scripts are very bad, the terrain and map are horrendous biomes shift similarly to MineCraft (There is a lush forest an invisible line then all of a sudden a wintery wonderland? That's not how nature works), combat is not fun whatsoever the animations don't match command inputs, there is an absurd amount of bugs (Get ready to fall through the floor forever all the time), movement around the world is clunky and is not enjoyable even if you get a very weak/crappy jetpack, and the game struggles technically it runs around 20 fps regularly. The game has some good quest ideas and story elements but the general awfulness of the game far overshadow them. An example, the world although it doesn't look very good it has some cool areas, they however are terrible because it sucks to explore them with the crap controls, animations, and character given to you. The moral is that this game is very bad and the developers shouldn't legally be allowed to sell this as a complete product, it very clearly is not.… Expand
  27. 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
  28. Pettervan
    Oct 17, 2017
    0
    It should be illegal for developers to release unplayable games. From the glitches, crashes, frame rate drops, weird audio glitches, this game is pretty much unplayable.
  29. tintilicmaliq
    Oct 18, 2017
    0
    By far the worst indie game ever made. These nobody developers basically copied games like skyrim, fallout and witcher. The developers should be sued for stealing ideas from these better and more amazing games.
    worst indie game of all time award goes to elex.
  30. AngryJoey
    Oct 18, 2017
    0
    One of the worst games ever, so boring and lame. Full of glitches and bugs that on occasion looks as if it was developed in 1999. Do yourself a favor and stay far away from this one! Or at least wait for a bargain bin price to satisfy your morbid curiosity.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19
  1. IGN Italia
    Nov 12, 2017
    70
    Elex is a raw diamond full of flaws but with too much value to consider it as an ugly and wrong game. Give it time, be patient and it will capture you.
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  2. GameOver.gr
    Nov 11, 2017
    70
    Elex is the RPG game of the old era, made by the old guard for the old guard. It has a lot of charm and magic hidden inside its massive world but its clunky elements will probably prove to be a dealbreaker for newer gamers that didn’t grew up with the same issues that persist Piranha Bytes games since Gothic.
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  3. Critical Hit
    Nov 9, 2017
    60
    Elex is far from perfect. It can be a frustrating experience and the horrible combat system could be a deal breaker, but it’s undeniably an ambitious title with a promising future.
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