ELEX review (best rpg ever)

[dfrom975]

First let me say ELEX is not broken…. It's simply hard. It's genius. Smartest RPG I've ever played.

I've been wanting this game since release, Only to be held back by fixing. Come to find out nothing is wrong. I've also held back because of boring beginning, can't fight anything. It's actually exciting



Skyrim quality !!!
It's open world, DO WHAT EVER YOU WANT, quality progression of character, story behind everything, fantastic graphics. Better than meaningful combat, I'll cover that last.


Synapsis to level 7:
You start off with nothing, yes your helpless. You meet a guy named Duras that will lead you to the first town of Berserkers headquarters. Understand, it's one of three factions you can join, later you will have to select a choice, but for now your simply trying to stay alive..... Your plopped in the middle of town with nothing other than eventually talking to the leader.

At first it seems cold, you have no direction. You feel like a wet dog that's been in the rain all night. That's until you start talking to the towns people. Everyone has extremely meaningful stuff to say, complete with lore and often a task for you to do, very engaging and immersive every bit of it. Decide to do his task, walk the town, talk to the main guy... There is no wrong answer (Skyrim).

I was lead to believe the beginning was boring... If you can't fight what's left, a few fetch quest ?.... No No Nooo, it's huge meaningful stuff that builds your reputation and advances you character right from the start ….. Very engaging stuff like criminal activity for you to solve. Or leave town to fight a few bad guys.

Another example that will leave a lasting impression.
For the OutLaws, I met with Rat Man, he told me the shop Keeper wasn't paying her taxes, but she had a huge stash in here basement. I was to sneak in and steal it when she was off guard. Well Rat Man double crossed me and turned me in. I was♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥and went to kill him. He surprisingly talked me out of it, with a deeper plan !.... And Deep it was, I'll not spoil it.... This is what you get in the so called boring beginning.

Sure, your weak as hell. You have almost nothing. You must be tactful in your encounters. Stand their and think first, it helps to bring Duras as a squishy tank to ease the burden..... The combat IS NOT BROAKEN.... You can't button mash. I watched one YouTube that explains the simple problem where people refuse to digest. It's timing, strike and wait, strike and wait, this builds stamina to execute a finisher.... IT'S THAT SIMPLE. It has a DarkSouls feel to it, but not quite so hard. Strike a few times run away or out of arrow range and drink a potion. Shoot a few arrows and re-engage with close combat. Button mashing ?....come on already.

Tips:
Settings>difficulty>close combat focus, set to manual.
Find sunglasses early.

Progression of character:
It's all about molding your character to how you want to play.
ELEX is Genius.... It combines attribute spending with weapon choices, you must spend wisely or you can't equip. spend more points to use better and better stuff.... It's very deep and rewarding. Hard to explain, easy to understand in game, I'll leave it at that.



I was faced with a major question,
Berserkers- Close combat and bows
OutLaws- Guns
Clarics- Plasma weapons
How do I spend attribute and weapon points when I don't know my faction yet ?... After all I don't want to waist precious points until I know my faction.... I asked in steam.... The answer was simple !.... "Visit all Factions early".... Then I realized something outstanding. The first main story had me visiting all three factions.

Revelation !... I was set on a great journey to explore the land and avoid danger. That in it self was an intriguing adventure.

I did several quest for each, then easily decided on Berserker and "I'll equip Bows"... Now I can spend points !
Understand, I haven't joined them yet. I just know my future direction.




Important:
1) ELEX is not broken. I ignored all opinion to decide first hand. What I thought was broken was soon dismissed with practice. EVERYTHING !
2) It's a hard tactful game... More so than any other RPG ever played.
3) IT IS NOT BORING... every YouTube, every review, every walkthrough gives a false impression. Even the great fan's can't generate the real action and fun you will have.

It has to be played to understand !

[v0]

glad you liked it. there're aspects where pb kinda suck (theatrics cutscenes etc) but luckily those've little weight for us :P still i hope elex 2'll be even better :)

[mainer]

The best rpg I've played this year. The exploration is great, and the jet pack makes that even better by opening up other areas. The quests are well done, usually with multiple solutions and approaches, and your choices really make a difference in how some people treat you. You can easily lock yourself out of a specific faction by the choices you make. And I never once had a quest bug out because I didn't do things in a percieved order. Great combat, once you get stronger and get used to the mechanics.

Hoping for an Elex 2 also, it seems as if the story could continue, based on the choices you made.

[Tetssian]

well it has some nefarious bugs i will not say its perfect but yeah its pretty nice

[Sparhawk122]

It is the "best RPG ever" hence why it has sold as much copies as games like The Witcher 3, TES 3, 4 and 5, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2, Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3, Dragon Age 1, 2 and 3.... 😂

It is so good I'm sure The Outer Worlds will not be able to compete either lmao.

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Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

It is the "best RPG ever" hence why it has sold as much copies as games like The Witcher 3, TES 3, 4 and 5, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2, Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3, Dragon Age 1, 2 and 3.... 😂

It is so good I'm sure The Outer Worlds will not be able to compete either lmao.

Still a good game tho. It sold a solid number of copies, good enough for the devs to make a sequel.

[Sparhawk122]

Originally posted by ¥ Dead4Life Ω ®:

Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

It is the "best RPG ever" hence why it has sold as much copies as games like The Witcher 3, TES 3, 4 and 5, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2, Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3, Dragon Age 1, 2 and 3.... 😂

It is so good I'm sure The Outer Worlds will not be able to compete either lmao.

Still a good game tho. It sold a solid number of copies, good enough for the devs to make a sequel.

Is it not true they had started work on Elex 2 before Elex 1 was even released?

Also how many copies did Elex sell?

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Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

Originally posted by ¥ Dead4Life Ω ®:

Still a good game tho. It sold a solid number of copies, good enough for the devs to make a sequel.

Is it not true they had started work on Elex 2 before Elex 1 was even released?

Also how many copies did Elex sell?

Did they? I'm not gonna lie, maybe you're right. I wouldn't know.

Well here are some inaccurate stats:

Elex:

https://steamspy.com/app/411300

Risen 3

https://steamspy.com/app/249230

So I'll assume it didn't sold less than 200k copies. So I guess they did break the even point to make a decent profit.

[Sparhawk122]

Originally posted by ¥ Dead4Life Ω ®:

Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

Is it not true they had started work on Elex 2 before Elex 1 was even released?

Also how many copies did Elex sell?

Did they? I'm not gonna lie, maybe you're right. I wouldn't know.

Well here are some inaccurate stats:

Elex:

https://steamspy.com/app/411300

Risen 3

https://steamspy.com/app/249230

So I'll assume it didn't sold less than 200k copies. So I guess they did break the even point to make a decent profit.

I just hope with Elex 2 that the low points of this game are improved. One thing they really excel at is their world building. But character movement could be drastically refined.

[Bozz 💀]

Originally posted by ¥ Dead4Life Ω ®:

Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

It is the "best RPG ever" hence why it has sold as much copies as games like The Witcher 3, TES 3, 4 and 5, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2, Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3, Dragon Age 1, 2 and 3.... 😂

It is so good I'm sure The Outer Worlds will not be able to compete either lmao.

Still a good game tho. It sold a solid number of copies, good enough for the devs to make a sequel.

Enough to make them move on ELEX 2 without even fixing the bugs that this game has since release, yeah nice devs

[Flying Fox]

PB is a "small" german dev studio. They don't sell as much as "The Witcher" or Elderscrolls...
They are mainly known in german speaking countries and rusia, apart from that they are not that known but their games are very well rated by those that did know them.
They are my favorite rpg devs and for me those are the best RPGs aswell

elex was for many the first rpg they even played from those devs, Risen might have been the first real international attempt (at least by digital distribution), more so Risen2 which was the first steambound game

Saying a game values by its popularity on the market is very wrong. By that definition Witcher1 would be a terrible game and only got good cause Witcher 3 (and partially 2) made it a world success. Witcher was a nieche game aswell before Witcher3, but more known than Gothic

[lPaladinl]

Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

It is the "best RPG ever" hence why it has sold as much copies as games like The Witcher 3, TES 3, 4 and 5, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2, Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3, Dragon Age 1, 2 and 3.... 😂

It is so good I'm sure The Outer Worlds will not be able to compete either lmao.

By that logic, Call of Duty is the best FPS game ever made.

Anyways, as someone who loves Piranha Bytes, all of their games are honestly broken. They all have some ridiculous jank that forces you to play by their rules, and really encouraging exploitation of features.

For instance, try playing Gothic 3 all the way through without abusing terrain to stun lock or trap your opponents in majority of fights.

Elex is quite similar where ranged weapons can be a god send because you can easily sit too far away for enemies to path to you in time. With the Jetpack this is even more apparent, but there also tends to be more enemies with guns who will just shoot you back. Unlike say Gothic 3 where enemies with a bow are pretty rare or more easily dodged.

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Originally posted by Bozz 💀:

Originally posted by ¥ Dead4Life Ω ®:

Still a good game tho. It sold a solid number of copies, good enough for the devs to make a sequel.

Enough to make them move on ELEX 2 without even fixing the bugs that this game has since release, yeah nice devs

What bugs? I played it and didn't encounter them. Also I recommend installing some mods for it. They can be really good ones.

[Leto]

Congratulations on choosing the brainless fanboy of the year, you have scored the first place, you have been able to prevail against many opponents, be proud of yourself

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Originally posted by Joneleth:

Congratulations on choosing the brainless fanboy of the year, you have scored the first place, you have been able to prevail against many opponents, be proud of yourself

[Nostrodamaz]

Playing this game for 2 hours was a test of will....felt like the game was made early 2000's put on the shelve and then dusted off to be published as a quick money grab when needed. The UI, HUD, combat, movement mechanics, monster models....really bad. Sorry fanboi's.

I have played most of the Risen and Gothic games and they are all the same. Quick frontend appeal to trick the gamer into buying the game, play for 2 hours....realize that its always the same and delete. Good thing PB games are usually cheaper than others sooner.

Oh by the way...COD is one of the best FPS's ever made. Hands down. Can't be disputed. It's Tom Brady good.....everyone knows its the best and hates it for attention.

Enjoy!