Is this game abandoned?

[Setorrs The Lollygagger]

I refunded at launch and put the game on wishlist for when they fix the game. One year later the last patch for the game was in april 2022. Did PB abandon this game? Is it even worth buying the game if it won't get anymore patches to fix the poor performance and the bugs?

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Originally posted by Setorrs The Lollygagger:

I refunded at launch

I've (re)played it multiple times as a prepurchaser.

Originally posted by Setorrs The Lollygagger:

the last patch for the game was in april 2022.

No. It seems you've missed all the fuss about the DX12 beta release and the rollout of a huge update end of 2022. Sadly, there still is no changelog or patch notes. And that although another update introduced a Steam games library based chooser to toggle between DX11 and DX12 when starting the game, the major update is questionable for various reasons.

Perhaps do some more searching. Plenty of topics about it.

Originally posted by Setorrs The Lollygagger:

Did PB abandon this game?

Only PB could answer that. Outside observers & players can only speculate endlessly and judge about bits of info posted by THQ's representatives here in the forum or on discord/whatever. It's not even clear who has been responsible for the major update for DX12.

[Setorrs The Lollygagger]

Originally posted by D'amarr from Darshiva:

Originally posted by Setorrs The Lollygagger:

the last patch for the game was in april 2022.

No. It seems you've missed all the fuss about the DX12 beta release and the rollout of a huge update end of 2022. Sadly, there still is no changelog or patch notes. And that although another update introduced a Steam games library based chooser to toggle between DX11 and DX12 when starting the game, the major update is questionable for various reasons.

Perhaps do some more searching. Plenty of topics about it.

I checked the view update history section on the store page and the last update was from april. If they made any other updates later those don't show up there. Sorry but i'm not going to go through multiple pages of discussions to see the one where people talk about the dx12 update that i didn't even knew existed.

[Razorhunter]

Yep pretty much abandoned. There isnt gonna happen any serious change in the future.

[marmormurmel]

Yeah... they have abandoned a finished game. Oh, come on. What bugs do you talking about? And please don't say bright nights with DX12.

[Razorhunter]

Originally posted by marmormurmel:

Yeah... they have abandoned a finished game. Oh, come on. What bugs do you talking about? And please don't say bright nights with DX12.

there are like dozens of bugs still, lol

[marmormurmel]

I hit almost 85h now and I`m close to finish the game. I didn't notice anything serious. So what do you talking about?

[Versalium]

On dx11 there are really not many bugs, you can finish the game no problem. The most annoying bug for me was the red windows and glass materials on AMD card, but I fixed it eventually by installing old drivers. Performance is another big issue, but who can really expect a good optimization from this developer? They were always bad at it and probably will always be.
I recommend to wait until this game will cost around 10€ on sale. Paying more is not worth it.

[Razorhunter]

Originally posted by marmormurmel:

I hit almost 85h now and I`m close to finish the game. I didn't notice anything serious. So what do you talking about?

Hm its some weeks ago for me now thats why i dont remember in detail. The most annoying thing for sure was textures randomly bugging out, vanishing entirely or popping up in random locations again and blocking view. I know there where more but i just cant remember it as i didnt really enjoy the overall game after all. But im happy you had a flawless run.

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Originally posted by Setorrs The Lollygagger:

I checked the view update history section on the store page and the last update was from april. If they made any other updates later those don't show up there.

Which is why I've responded: "Sadly, there still is no changelog or patch notes."

Yes, it becomes obvious that you've missed all about the DX12 stuff, the public beta, the months with no updates to the beta, the rollout of the huge DX12+DX11 update with no patch notes, the many topics about it, and and and.

Originally posted by Setorrs The Lollygagger:

Sorry but i'm not going to go through multiple pages of discussions to see the one where people talk about the dx12 update that i didn't even knew existed.

Forum users cannot do anything about that. It's the job of the publisher THQ, and the developer company Piranha Bytes is part of THQ since 2019.

The reason I've mentioned the DX12 stuff is in case you're interested in the game in the slightest. If you're not interested, I can't help it.

Originally posted by Razorhunter:

Hm its some weeks ago for me now thats why i dont remember in detail. The most annoying thing for sure was textures randomly bugging out, vanishing entirely or popping up in random locations again and blocking view.

No such issues at all with the original DX11 release and the four initial patches. On the other hand, the DX12 beta has had rendering issues here - most noticably the walls of concrete of the glass domes disappearing depending on viewing angle. However, I've not replayed ELEX II yet since the DX12/DX11 major update thing. I still would like detailed patch notes.

[Razorhunter]

I didnt play on the DX12 version when encountering my issues. But whatever :D

[Dorok]

Originally posted by Razorhunter:

I didnt play on the DX12 version when encountering my issues. But whatever :D

The bight night bug is with DX11 too when you lunch the game with a shortcut, shrocut to exe or shrotcut created by Steal client and in Stealm client set default to DX11.

The only way, for me, is launch the game from Steam clinet and DX11 version. A save showing the bright night problem won't show the problem with the game launch in that way, at least for me.

[Razorhunter]

Well no clue what exactly you describe as white nights but the nights in my playthrough were exactly as bright as the day.. lol
didnt really think about it then

[Dorok]

Originally posted by Razorhunter:

Well no clue what exactly you describe as white nights but the nights in my playthrough were exactly as bright as the day.. lol
didnt really think about it then

I really need make a snapshot then, but I'd appreciate you make one or two of your white nights.

For now a night example working fine, looking great, and where clarity is fine:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2937010385

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Haven't had bright nights as an early adopter, here's one of the screenshots made in Tomsontown:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2783197956

[Dorok]

That's no bright night that is sure but on another way I don't remind this location being a favored location for having the bright night bugs.

If I still have the bug I come back soon with a snapshot, if not it's some graphic driver updates changed conditions to trigger the bug or eventually removed it with DX12.