ELEX ELEX RELEASE THREAD

[imweasel]

Please tell me the game isn't running around kiting enemies while chipping away at their health?

You start off weak as shit and eventually get SUPER STRONK, which is extremely satisfying.

Killing stuff usually isn't obligatory, especially at the beginning of the game, so just ignore most enemies when possible, do quests and get a companion ASAP. You will have more than enough time to kill everything.

 

[Lyre Mors]

and get a companion ASAP.

I agree with everything but this one. For me, traveling with a companion in ELEX made the game far too easy. I just followed standard classic PB companion mechanics: when you meet up with an NPC that wants you to follow them or travel with them to a certain location, then take advantage of having someone at your side. Rest of the time, face the brutal world alone.

 

[sullynathan]

Please tell me the game isn't running around kiting enemies while chipping away at their health? I lived through Gothic, barely tolerated combat in Risen, but just not sure I can do the Piranah Bytes combat again...

same shit new clothing

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

I agree with everything but this one. For me, traveling with a companion in ELEX made the game far too easy. I just followed standard classic PB companion mechanics: when you meet up with an NPC that wants you to follow them or travel with them to a certain location, then take advantage of having someone at your side. Rest of the time, face the brutal world alone.

Were you playing on Ultra everything? I didn't find it too easy with a companion and I maxed difficulty across the board. Fun as hell game though.

 

[Lyre Mors]

Were you playing on Ultra everything? I didn't find it too easy with a companion and I maxed difficulty across the board. Fun as hell game though.

All difficulty was on ultra after about halfway through the game (25-30 hours). Before that everything on difficult and enemy challenge on ultra.

 

[imweasel]

and get a companion ASAP.

For me, traveling with a companion in ELEX made the game far too easy.

Yes, but that is exactly what some players want and need. Everyone should decide for themselves.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

RPGs without companions feel lonely

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Well companions do scale in power, nicely, but I don't find them as overpowered as they were in Risen 2 and 3. Sometimes they go down and you are in trouble then, or enemies target you. I didn't find the game overall particularly difficult unless you were trying to beat enemies that were obviously much stronger than you (some tough encounters here and there dot the map).

 

[cvv]

I agree with everything but this one. For me, traveling with a companion in ELEX made the game far too easy.

It is a bad solution to a bad design mechanics. Facing the brutal world alone was much more interesting in the previous PB games since you only had to run from some enemies, not from almost everything.

 

[Fenix]

RPGs without companions feel lonely

That's th best RPG for me. Usually they behave like bots which you can clearly see in 3D games, so I prefer to go alone.

 

[ultra loser]

That's th best RPG for me. Usually they behave like bots which you can clearly see in 3D games, so I prefer to go alone.

Same, companions in games always have shit AI, if you can call that AI, and you need to babysit them or deal with them accidentally aggroing enemies.
And they are usually shit as characters, can't remember the last sidekick I liked.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Same, companions in games always have shit AI, if you can call that AI, and you need to babysit them or deal with them accidentally aggroing enemies.
And they are usually shit as characters, can't remember the last sidekick I liked.

ELEX has actual cool companions. You should like at least one of them (no spoilers though).

 

[Fenix]

I like that flying bot. That;s all.
It's less distractive.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

I like that flying bot. That;s all.
It's less distractive.

Come on, no love for the Alb? He was my favorite.

 

[Murk]

On the one hand, I liked having a genuine autist robot follow me around and, comically, get out-humaned by the floating orb's recognition of "the rare occasion of an Alb's sense of humor".

Ray I think was the most interesting, and fleshed out.

 

[Lyre Mors]

Facing the brutal world alone was much more interesting in the previous PB games since you only had to run from some enemies, not from almost everything.

I don't recall having to run from almost everything once I got to the Berzerker camp. After that, I started working my way out on quests, picking and choosing battles for sure, but battling non-the-less. Now if you head straight for the Hort to try join the clerics, or run straight to the desert to get to the outlaws, you're going to have to run from most everything to reach them. But once you get there, get some level-ups and money from non-combat quests, it seems like you could work your way out away from the bases in a similar manner.

One thing is sure about ELEX - it would have benefited from a smaller landmass to explore. Enemy encounter placements would have been a lot easier for PB to manage that way. Overall, it seems to operate under the same strength-gating design of G1, G2, and Risen though. You can get to certain points before you're ready if you choose, but you're going to have to work hard (and face a lot of failure) to do it. Either way, going the sans-companion route was what worked for me to get that classic feeling PB experience. If having companions works well for others, and they didn't feel it sapped the game of challenge, more power to them.

 

[Fenix]

I stopped to play it because I was intended to craft some rings that need wings, I think 15 wings.
I can get wings from winged Sludgebeasts only, and there were not of them, I think I dot every single one on green part of the map.
So I somehow stumped because I was just needed I guess 2-3 of them before I could enter later areas, and couldnt find them anywhere.
I decided to wait for some interactive map - you know, where every single thing is mentioned, and.... didn't played it a year.

 

[Joni Odin von Hassenstein]

probably my fav PB game after Risen 2.

 

[Murk]

Hopefully in the next installment they'll be hit with the great epiphany to copy+paste the melee combat from Risen 1 into it.

 

[unfairlight]

Risen 1 combat was too easy, you could stunlock enemies permanently with a bit of attack speed which made it really boring.

 

[aeroaeko]

Just started playing this and the movement is SO bad. I cant stand having to walk in a circle to turn around. Is there a fix for this?

 

[aeroaeko]

Also is there anything I should know before playing? I'm only like 30 minutes in

 

[fantadomat]

Also is there anything I should know before playing? I'm only like 30 minutes in

Yes,bring lube!

 

[Murk]

Risen 1 combat was too easy, you could stunlock enemies permanently with a bit of attack speed which made it really boring.

Fix that, keep the main system. Melee in Elex is just such a horrible let down on an otherwise great game. Though I guess going ranged is all the more enticing since the different weapons do actually function different enough.

 

[imweasel]

Just started playing this and the movement is SO bad. I cant stand having to walk in a circle to turn around. Is there a fix for this?

Just keep playing. You'll get used to it after an hour or two.

Also try playing with a controller if you have one.

Also is there anything I should know before playing? I'm only like 30 minutes in

Avoid optional enemies at the beginning of the game if you don't like getting raped. If you are having trouble, then get a companion. It makes the game a lot easier.