ELEX ELEX RELEASE THREAD

[Erikkolai]

We can pretty much take it for granted that there was some kind of falling out between Hoge & Pankratz right? With Hoge wanting to make a new kind of game, and Pankratz wanting to stick with the 'Gothic formula'.

Someone at the World of Gothic discord said that PB RED has shut down, I don't know if that's true though. But I doubt we'll ever see Hoge's "Spacetime".

Kai Rosenkrantz had Hoge as a guest on his Twitch stream last year. Kai said he enjoyed ELEX, while Hoge said he wasn't familiar with it and asked if it was some kind of Assassin's Creed game. Seemed a bit dubious...

On a different note, I wonder if PB chose a canon ending for ELEX when they started writing ELEX 2. Hard to see how they'd continue the story independent of the Hybrid's fate.

 

[Dodo1610]

They later blamed their publisher Deep Silver for the casualisation after Risen 1 turned out to be a surprise hit. They even wanted to turn to sell Risen 3 as an episodic game.
What worries me is that PB has never been this quiet in between games, also they usually teased a game before announcing it but this time we only got vague promises of getting better balancing and a better filled open world.

 

[1451]

I don't mind the lack of news, marketing isn't indicative of a game's quality.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I already told you fags that elex 2 was canceled

 

[Hobo Elf]

I'm hopeful that they've been radio silent because they got more money than they anticipated (I guess ELEX sold pretty well, plus they got the nice 1mil bonus from Merkel because of how based ELEX was) and are now spending the time, money and care to make a more polished product before showing it off. Gamescom is upon us soon so it's possible that we'll see something then.

 

[Erikkolai]

Jenny Pankratz is active in this thread, frequently replying to questions about ELEX 2 (without actually revealing anything but very general stuff, of course). Her replies are mostly in Hitlerian.

 

[overly excitable young man]

I don't know what Disco Elysium is.

based

 

[Ismaul]

Jenny Pankratz is active in this thread, frequently replying to questions about ELEX 2 (without actually revealing anything but very general stuff, of course). Her replies are mostly in Hitlerian.

Good to know.

I can do without most of the RPGs ever released, but I need my dose of ELEX.

 

[Elex]

Don’t worry elex 2 is in fact elex elevated 2

the best PB game ever with a longer development cicle with more founding from the pubblisher!

 

[Cat Dude]

Anyone in space marine armor should look like these guys

 

[onemananadhisdroid]

Heh, I really like how bloody weak you are early levels of this game. I'm having a fun time thinking about what if the next Dragon Age was anything like this. Everybody be like "too hard, me want be dragon." Funny thing is, it isn't that hard, as you can just shift-sprint away from just about any opposition.

Admittedly, I'm still running a lot. :D Still had a couple fantastic moments as the game forced me to be creative. Like jetpacking onto the top of a rat-infested building, throwing grenades into the rat mob from above and letting it rain arrows and rat death. Even luring mutants into a camp of bandits and watching the action can be kinda fun.

 

[Curratum]

Assuming I hate every previous PB game with a passion, will I be able to enjoy Elex at least a little?

 

[overly excitable young man]

When you hate Gothic you are beyond help anyway.

 

[Grunker]

Assuming I hate every previous PB game with a passion, will I be able to enjoy Elex at least a little?

no. It's... sorta-kinda-ok-ish but overall was a waste of my time

 

[anvi]

PB games are bad.

 

[Abu Antar]

I see a lot of heretics in here. May God forgive you.

 

[Zlaja]

Assuming I hate every previous PB game with a passion, will I be able to enjoy Elex at least a little?

Everyone enjoys Elex. Those who say they don't are just lying for attention.

ELEX!

 

[vortex]

Elex 2 is cancelled. PirahnaB is making Disco Elexium now.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I see a lot of heretics in here. May God forgive you.

Let him, we sure as hell won't.

 

[fantadomat]

Elex 2 is cancelled. PirahnaB is making Disco Elexium now.

That will be quite the incline,an open world exploration game with focus on good writing and investigation in the mysterious world of disco....

 

[Elex]

Elex 2 is cancelled. PirahnaB is making Disco Elexium now.

That will be quite the incline,an open world exploration game with focus on good writing and investigation in the mysterious world of disco....

And armor upgrade will still matter!

 

[Cat Dude]

PB games are bad.

PB's Gothic is the reason why there are so many western rpgs having bad sword swing animation

 

[fantadomat]

Elex 2 is cancelled. PirahnaB is making Disco Elexium now.

That will be quite the incline,an open world exploration game with focus on good writing and investigation in the mysterious world of disco....

And armor upgrade will still matter!

Never said that there won't be good melee combat .

 

[ERYFKRAD]

PB games are bad.

PB's Gothic is the reason why there are so many western rpgs having bad sword swing animation

Yeah, wrpgs will be jake if they copied it more.

 

[Elzair]

On a different note, I wonder if PB chose a canon ending for ELEX when they started writing ELEX 2. Hard to see how they'd continue the story independent of the Hybrid's fate.

They could start the story many years later when

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the aliens arrive

. That way they would neither invalidate the player’s choices nor have to support them. Of course it would leave the plot thread of

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Jax confronting his father

hanging, but c’est la vie! How would they handle the fate of

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the Hybrid

in this scenario? Simple! If the player either

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converts the Hybrid with mana

or

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rejoins the Albs

,

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the aliens

kill him for being disloyal or no longer useful.