Is it worth the full price?

[AinaWish]

Not sure if i should pay 50 € when i can get it for 35 € on m/m/o/g/a.

Sure, supporting developers is on thing, but then, there are some really bad reviews.

[Jakeo10]

It's worth the full price. The quests are interconnected and a lot of choices come back to help you (or bite you in the ass) later. The story is really good, and leaves you wanting more. The combat is great once you get used to it (or if you opt to use the more easy energy weapons/op ranged gear).

Ignore the bad reviews, these people are casuals who don't know what an RPG is supposed to be.

[Dark Wombat]

Anyone who enjoys REAL RPGs will love this game.

[Y Ddraig Ddu]

It is absolutely worth full price. There are probably ~150 good gameplay hours for a single playthrough, and even then you'll probably only see about ~40% of the content. It's also not unbalanced in the slightest, and I've encountered very few bugs.

[ramyland_maelstrom]

no , 35 is stil to expensive for such an outdated and unpolished game release in 2017 ( its Early Access level ) - 30E or under ok

[Boink]

Originally posted by Miez:

Not sure if i should pay 50 € when i can get it for 35 € on m/m/o/g/a.

Sure, supporting developers is on thing, but then, there are some really bad reviews.

If you have to ask that question, just wait 3-6 months for the sale. You either know about titles like this (and desire them) or do not.

No shame in that. Don't think saving 15 euros is doing anything but salving your conscience: just pirate it and have the personal ethos to buy it if you fall in love with it.


Personally: 2nd best game of 2017, and well worth the price. But I am a very very old game player.

[Boink]

Originally posted by ramyland_maelstrom:

no , 35 is stil to expensive for such an outdated and unpolished game release in 2017 ( its Early Access level ) - 30E or under ok

Please tell us your favorite game of 2017.

That would help us understand your posts.

[Limp Squirrel]

Originally posted by Fainstrider:

It's worth the full price. The quests are interconnected and a lot of choices come back to help you (or bite you in the ass) later. The story is really good, and leaves you wanting more. The combat is great once you get used to it (or if you opt to use the more easy energy weapons/op ranged gear).

Ignore the bad reviews, these people are casuals who don't know what an RPG is supposed to be.

TLDR, buy a buggy game at full price, ignore criticism ...

Watch some videos like ACGs, or look up some of the major issues.
There is a lot of zealous fanboyism when it comes to this game. It has some serious flaws, including borderline clinically flatlined AI, balance issues, clunky movement and combat, questionable UI decisions and missing QoL features.

This game isn't as great as a lot of people make it out to be. Consider the possibility that those raving reviews have a lot of PB cultism attached them.

For a game released in 2017, this is mechanically very subpar and very lacking in terms of production values and polish. If you want to buy it, I'd suggest you wait for a sale.

There are a lot of triehard attempts to make Elex come across as a 'true hardcore RPG', giving a lot of people here a cheap excuse to just dismiss any criticism by immediately insulting someone for being 'a mainstream casual that only plays AAA RPGs'. A lot of folks here refuse to acknowledge this is objectively a bad product that needed an additional half a year of development time.

If you want a good, challenging RPG with a high level of polish and execution, get Original Sin II instead. That is a game worth full price and is hard/challenging because of clever, tactical gameplay. It also doesn't adhere to ancient mechanics like Elex does. Forced to look at your watch to open your Inventory, which can cause reaction in settlements of the anti-tech faction. That is straight up r*tarded and convoluted.

[DuX1112]

Originally posted by Boink:

Personally: 2nd best game of 2017, and well worth the price. But I am a very very old game player.

What's your number 1 for 2017 Boink?

[hyperion]

Yes.

[Romeg]

If one really loves gothic series as I do, he must buy it. As for others, It would probably appear as a mediocre game with an inexpedient hard difficulty at the start and some bad afterrelease bugs to be fixed to them

[AinaWish]

Originally posted by Boink:

If you have to ask that question, just wait 3-6 months for the sale. You either know about titles like this (and desire them) or do not.

Well, i haven't played it yet and streams don't really let me experience the controls which are one of the most hated things and i can't know about the quality of the story and quests without spoilers this way.

I surely won't pirate anything, but neither do i want to pay more than it's worth.

Probably i will buy it here and refund before 2 hours and then, if i liked but not loved it, go for a keyseller.

[Y Ddraig Ddu]

Originally posted by DuX1112:

Originally posted by Boink:

Personally: 2nd best game of 2017, and well worth the price. But I am a very very old game player.

What's your number 1 for 2017 Boink?

Gonna go out on a limb and say it's DOS2.

Why people even give the time of day to squidcake is beyond me. He clearly has the world's biggest axe to grind with PB. I wouldn't be so triggered if he was actually an oldschool RPG fan, but he thinks The Witcher 3 was a competent open-world RPG, so, yeah.

[hyperion]

Originally posted by Y Ddraig Ddu:

Originally posted by DuX1112:

What's your number 1 for 2017 Boink?

Gonna go out on a limb and say it's DOS2.

Why people even give the time of day to squidcake is beyond me. He clearly has the world's biggest axe to grind with PB. I wouldn't be so triggered if he was actually an oldschool RPG fan, but he thinks The Witcher 3 was a competent open-world RPG, so, yeah.

Witcher 3 isn't a game. It's a movie with a little game thrown in.

[DuX1112]

Originally posted by Y Ddraig Ddu:

Originally posted by DuX1112:

What's your number 1 for 2017 Boink?

Gonna go out on a limb and say it's DOS2.

Why people even give the time of day to squidcake is beyond me. He clearly has the world's biggest axe to grind with PB. I wouldn't be so triggered if he was actually an oldschool RPG fan, but he thinks The Witcher 3 was a competent open-world RPG, so, yeah.

What? Who's squidcake?

[Boink]

Originally posted by Miez:

I surely won't pirate anything, but neither do i want to pay more than it's worth.

You do far less damage to the industry when you pirate rather than using Grey Market sites.