Really! Really! Bad Game!

[joemccormack_65]

And it breaks my heart. I had so much hope for this one, and instead of walking away from it slowly, I swiftly ran. It also taught me a real good lesson, and that it, no more pre ordering these games. No more. So sad.

Now, you might wonder why it shows that I don't even own the game, but the review I'm about to give is not for the pc, it's for the ps4, of which, I sunk over 14 hours into this trashy game.

So, then, why is it trashy? Here is my list.

1.) The combat sucks.

2.) The quests are fetch quests and they are just there to burn time, which has me thinking, that this game dosn't have much real content in it. On one quest, I was sent to find out what happened to a guy. I went searching, which took me a real long time to get to, but when I did find him, I found that I couldn't get to the body because five guys were protecting it. So, like I've been doing the last 14 hours, I managed to kite my way around until I was able to get to it, then after getting killed at least 7 times, the guy who sent me to go find this other guys tells me, after I had returned, that I have to go back to the same spot and kill them all. I'm like what? I can't kill anything, and neither can my follower. Game over. And how did I die?

3 times I got shot to death.
3 times. I touched the body, which started a short movie, but while it was playing, those guys kept hiting me. Now who scrips things like that. Stupid.
1 time, these creatures I was trying to get to fight these guys manged to get the last shot on me as I was kiting the guys who had already blasted me. Dump. And this quest giver wanted me to track all the way back and do what? Not a chance.

3.) Kiting all of the time. All the time. You have little choice to do much else, unless you want to spend 15 minutes kiting a guy in battle with what little damage you do.

4.) Lack of gear. In the 14 hours or so that I played I found, two swords, 1 pair of paints, 1 ring, 1 amulet, all of this I found within the first two to three hours. Oh, that's right I did have some head armor, but hold on a sec, I bought that. Sad.

5.) The story is bad. A lot of talking going on, but the constant repeating of information was just bad. Yes, I got it the first time, the seeds are very important and need to be taken care of. Yes, your right, they need to be protected. Oh yeah, the seed will save the world and nothing must happen to them. Man, like reading a book the never ends and goes nowhere. And this goes on an on an on an on.

6.) The people in this game were all hit by an ugly stick.

7.) Your follower just sucks. He dosn't help at all. Some fights he dosn't even enage. Stupid. Why have a follwer at all. Worthless.

8.) Everything else others have said in the thier con statements. It's all true. Believe them.

9.) I was playing the game on normal and died at lest 70 times over stupid stuff. I was running because I'm about to die, but couldn't get over a little wedge of ground that I didn't think I would need to be climbing over. I entered a building, but because the tree was next to the door I couldn't see where I was getting hit from, and because my guy reacts sooooooooo slowly, I got killed just as I came out of the door. I jumped from a small ledge and half my life was gone, but didn't see the creature who gibs me a few seconds later. He was in some trees and didn't show up as a warning until he did. And it goes on and on.

10.) The bugs.

And this ends my list.

So, then, if you want to spend your money on a hunk of junk like this, then be my guess, but know that you've been warned.

[Turbo Nozomix]

Originally posted by DrShepherdLIVE:

Originally posted by Turbo Nozomix:

Yes, because nowhere has that been more true than with your own posts.

That one's actually funny. I have to give you that.

It was - funny and true. Maybe funny because it's true.

[FB_Destroyer_Rebecca]

Originally posted by Turbo Nozomix:

Originally posted by DrShepherdLIVE:

That one's actually funny. I have to give you that.

It was - funny and true.

True but that doesnt justifies you beeing a real douche in all your posts and flaming other's. Just because you feel unconfident doesnt mean you can harass me or others who have a different perspective. This will not help you! ;)

But I understand that you feel that way cause you cant play the game yet!

[jesus_lebt]

Originally posted by Spr1ggan:

Originally posted by Boink:

F5.

It's your friend and you keep the last 10.

Press it hard and with Love.

I always do that, thing is though that the game ignored my decision not to let Riley modify the regulator. I didn't let him near the regulator, i gave it straight to the Cleric dude. Go back to Abessa and it's a ruin with Riley outside telling me it's because i let him modify it. None of my quicksaves went back far enough, so i had to use a manual save of first entering ther city. So i've lost over 3 hours of play.

Game is broken...

At least it doesn't have RMT lootboxes though, so that's a saving grace i guess.

I have the same problem. I only talked to riley because he was bullied by Brabak, I fought with this berserk, so that riley does not have to fear him in the future.. that was it. Riley never asked me about a regulator?! While i was doing some other quests the achievement with abessa appeared.. i just ignored it because i also got a 80 h playtime achievement after 1 h playing Elex. Now i got back after 2 h playing. and the whole city is fked up.. and now im really fked up, because Riley says im the reason for this because i let him to the regulator.. do i have to reload the thing? I mean i guess it will happen again.. because there was never an dialog to not allow him to do this ... -.- i am really pissed right now

[Dreamless]

Originally posted by jesus_lebt:

Originally posted by Spr1ggan:

I always do that, thing is though that the game ignored my decision not to let Riley modify the regulator. I didn't let him near the regulator, i gave it straight to the Cleric dude. Go back to Abessa and it's a ruin with Riley outside telling me it's because i let him modify it. None of my quicksaves went back far enough, so i had to use a manual save of first entering ther city. So i've lost over 3 hours of play.

Game is broken...

At least it doesn't have RMT lootboxes though, so that's a saving grace i guess.

I have the same problem. I only talked to riley because he was bullied by Balak (dont know the exact name atm), I fought with this berserk, so that riley does not have to fear him in the future.. that was it. Riley never asked me about a regulator?! While i was doing some other quests the achievement with abessa appeared.. i just ignored it because i also got a 80 h playtime achievement after 1 h playing Elex. Now i got back after 2 h playing. and the whole city is fked up.. and now im really fked up, because Riley says im the reason for this because i let him to the regulator.. do i have to reload the thing? I mean i guess it will happen again.. because there was never an dialog to not allow him to do this ... -.- i am really pissed right now

I guess that can happen if you will side with outlaws/ex. albs in the city more that with clerics/zerkers group as every quest that you finish there will show you smth like "you made important faction decision". So even if you give the regulator to Cleric dude, but smuggle explosives into the city, let other outlaws contact each other, etc - the city will be ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up.

Btw. It will be either way. You only chose what factions will get massacred.

[jesus_lebt]

Originally posted by Dreamless:

Originally posted by jesus_lebt:

I have the same problem. I only talked to riley because he was bullied by Balak (dont know the exact name atm), I fought with this berserk, so that riley does not have to fear him in the future.. that was it. Riley never asked me about a regulator?! While i was doing some other quests the achievement with abessa appeared.. i just ignored it because i also got a 80 h playtime achievement after 1 h playing Elex. Now i got back after 2 h playing. and the whole city is fked up.. and now im really fked up, because Riley says im the reason for this because i let him to the regulator.. do i have to reload the thing? I mean i guess it will happen again.. because there was never an dialog to not allow him to do this ... -.- i am really pissed right now

I guess that can happen if you will side with outlaws/ex. albs in the city more that with clerics/zerkers group as every quest that you finish there will show you smth like "you made important faction decision). So even if you give the regulator to Cleric dude, but smuggle explosives into the city, let other outlaws contact each other, etc - the city will be ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up.

Btw. It will be either way. You only chose what factions will get massacred.

- Entered with fake ID card and said it is mine i just hadnt it with me the time before
- I gave the outlaw Cooper his card to leave the city
- I gave paige the weapons because i didnt know that alois also could ask for them
- I installed the sensor for Lutz without the spy device from Darrell
- I gave Nyra (sepratist) the job mechanic (from vivien)
- I said Jorg that he should not lie, so that the ex. albs doesnt have to leave abessa
- I gave Lutz the regulator and not Riley.. I just checked the quest on the internet:
https://guides.gamepressure.com/elex/guide.asp?ID=41928

"The most important factor that may lead to the destruction of the city is allowing Riley, during the side quest Security Measures, to reprogram the energy regulator. He’ll tell you that the regulator malfunctioned and disabled the entire dome. This made the city an easy picking for the Albs."


so that are all quests, I remember so far, that could affect the outcome of abessa. And in the end abessa is destroyed and attacked by the albs. In the camp outside of abessa, paige, darrell and riley are the only alive. They say it was possible due to the weapons and the regulator thing. So I think that my decision didnt lead to that outcome like Spr1ggan said.

So I didnt help Riley.. and still I got this ending.. I'm not sure if I will replay the whole thing or just stop playing Elex.. =(

[Dreamless]

Originally posted by jesus_lebt:

Originally posted by Dreamless:

I guess that can happen if you will side with outlaws/ex. albs in the city more that with clerics/zerkers group as every quest that you finish there will show you smth like "you made important faction decision). So even if you give the regulator to Cleric dude, but smuggle explosives into the city, let other outlaws contact each other, etc - the city will be ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up.

Btw. It will be either way. You only chose what factions will get massacred.

Could you tell me the name of the quest where you have to decide between a cleric and Riley? I never got this quests, and all my decisions where more or less for both sides until now.
- Entered with fake ID card and said it is mine i just hadnt it with me the time before
- I gave the outlaw Cooper his card to leave the city
- I gave paige the weapons because i didnt know that alois also could ask for them
- I installed the sensor for Lutz without the spy device from Darrell
- I gave the sepratist the job mechanic (from vivien)
- I said Jorg that he should not lie, so that the ex. albs doesnt have to leave abessa

so that are all quests, I remember so far, that could affect the outcome of abessa. And in the end abessa is destroyed and attacked by the albs. In the camp outside of abessa, paige, darrell and riley are the only alive. They say it was possible due to the weapons and the regulator thing. So I think that my decision didnt lead to that outcome like Spr1ggan said

I betrayed Cooper & Paige, everything else is the same. And in my ending Abessa is OK, but seps and outlaws are massacred for the attempt to overthrow govt :) In general i guess you should avoid assisting outlaws with anything (with exception of bullying Riley) and you should be ok.

[jesus_lebt]

Originally posted by Dreamless:

Originally posted by jesus_lebt:

Could you tell me the name of the quest where you have to decide between a cleric and Riley? I never got this quests, and all my decisions where more or less for both sides until now.
- Entered with fake ID card and said it is mine i just hadnt it with me the time before
- I gave the outlaw Cooper his card to leave the city
- I gave paige the weapons because i didnt know that alois also could ask for them
- I installed the sensor for Lutz without the spy device from Darrell
- I gave the sepratist the job mechanic (from vivien)
- I said Jorg that he should not lie, so that the ex. albs doesnt have to leave abessa

so that are all quests, I remember so far, that could affect the outcome of abessa. And in the end abessa is destroyed and attacked by the albs. In the camp outside of abessa, paige, darrell and riley are the only alive. They say it was possible due to the weapons and the regulator thing. So I think that my decision didnt lead to that outcome like Spr1ggan said

I betrayed Cooper & Paige, everything else is the same. And in my ending Abessa is OK, but seps and outlaws are massacred for the attempt to overthrow govt :) In general i guess you should avoid assisting outlaws with anything (with exception of bullying Riley) and you should be ok.

Did you followed the instructions from Gustav, the cleric which guards the side entrance? I havent finished the quest, which probably also change the outcome?!

But okay, thanks for your help.. Maybe I will replay it and will do the quest from Gustav first. If this also lead to the destruction, I wont replay until i get the the point where i can do everything against the outlaws.. that must be 4-5 h back -.-..

[FB_Destroyer_Rebecca]

Originally posted by jesus_lebt:

Originally posted by Dreamless:

I betrayed Cooper & Paige, everything else is the same. And in my ending Abessa is OK, but seps and outlaws are massacred for the attempt to overthrow govt :) In general i guess you should avoid assisting outlaws with anything (with exception of bullying Riley) and you should be ok.

Did you followed the instructions from Gustav, the cleric which guards the side entrance? I havent finished the quest, which probably also change the outcome?!

But okay, thanks for your help.. Maybe I will replay it and will do the quest from Gustav first. If this also lead to the destruction, I wont replay until i get the the point where i can do everything against the outlaws.. that must be 4-5 h back -.-..

Is this about the Abessa conflict?
No matter what you do they will kill a lot of people. Either the clerics die or the outlaws and albs. It really doesnt matter in the end its just a personal preference and not that important for the main plot!

[jesus_lebt]

Originally posted by DrShepherdLIVE:

Originally posted by jesus_lebt:

Did you followed the instructions from Gustav, the cleric which guards the side entrance? I havent finished the quest, which probably also change the outcome?!

But okay, thanks for your help.. Maybe I will replay it and will do the quest from Gustav first. If this also lead to the destruction, I wont replay until i get the the point where i can do everything against the outlaws.. that must be 4-5 h back -.-..

Is this about the Abessa conflict?
No matter what you do they will kill a lot of people. Either the clerics die or the outlaws and albs. It really doesnt matter in the end its just a personal preference and not that important for the main plot!

Yes it is.
But I had a lot of open quest in the city mainly from clerics and the beggar, and i prefer that the city is not taken over by the albs. And I just dont get it, why the survived outlaws say that i helped them with the regulator, which in fact i didnt do

[redfblack]

Originally posted by DrShepherdLIVE:

Originally posted by redblacktree:

I believe you've guessed wrong there.. people just have different opinions to you that were informed by different experiences, doesn't mean that they're trolling at all.

There's no "facts" to speak of here anyway, there's just your opinion and other people's opinions..

I believe you misunderstood me.
While your are right that everyone can have their opinion, I mean the trolls that come up with all sort of ideas just because they dont like the opinion of others.

This thread has gone nuts since I wrote that.. I don't know what to think anymore.

I'm not even sure what forum faction to join.. The Turbos had some good ideas but then The Shepherds make some good points too.. it's all so grey damnit!! And they're all absolutely bonkers of course..

I don't know, I'll think I'll go do some sidethreads for a while.. join a faction later maybe..

[FB_Destroyer_Rebecca]

Originally posted by jesus_lebt:

Originally posted by DrShepherdLIVE:

Is this about the Abessa conflict?
No matter what you do they will kill a lot of people. Either the clerics die or the outlaws and albs. It really doesnt matter in the end its just a personal preference and not that important for the main plot!

Yes it is.
But I had a lot of open quest in the city, and i prefer that the city is not taken over by the albs. And I just dont get it, why the survived outlaws say that i helped them with the regulator, which in fact i didnt do

I f***ed up big regarding this questline. I helped the clerics because I thought they might find a peacfull solution or just let them be but instead they killed everyone. But in the end it didnt matter cause the main plot is not affected by it as far as I know.

[Shadow]

Originally posted by redblacktree:

Originally posted by DrShepherdLIVE:

I believe you misunderstood me.
While your are right that everyone can have their opinion, I mean the trolls that come up with all sort of ideas just because they dont like the opinion of others.

This thread has gone nuts since I wrote that.. I don't know what to think anymore.

I'm not even sure what forum faction to join.. The Turbos had some good ideas but then The Shepherds make some good points too.. it's all so grey damnit!! And they're all absolutely bonkers of course..

I don't know, I'll think I'll go do some sidethreads for a while.. join a faction later maybe..

Why did you let the dogs out!? D:

[Azcura]

Git gud

[jirow]

Opinions aside, it is a fact this game is borderline mediocre, at the very least.
Anybody who denies it is either a fanboy or a naysayer

[Psycho Predator]

reported him for pirating games, he does not own the game so he is obviously a pirate.