ELEX Pre-Release Thread

[Delterius]

Info apparently from the magazine:

So its a drug induced Tides of Numah Numah. Now it all makes sense.

 

[Maschtervoz]

fans of Gothic will definitely recognize the Piranha Bytes touch

Now this sounds very familiar, when did I hear it before?

 

[Tigranes]

Did.... did they copypasta the Halo logo?

 

[undecaf]

And here are the Gamestar pictures.

Aside from a couple of pics, that looks just like regular medieval fantasy.

I guess the next thing is to look who does this new round of already overdone years ago third person combatroller shit least uninspiringly; them, Spiders, or what-ever-the-fuck-the-Lords-of-the-Fallen-devs-were-called.

 

[Immortal]

"Yes our focus is the PC version of course, in fact we're targeting 30fps for launch"

Wait What? As opposed to what? 10 FPS? This is the most retarded thing I have ever heard....


"We think it's the optimal way to achieve blah blah blah"

NO you fucking charlatans.. Just fucking no. This is Analogous to the aged old "It's not a bug - it's a feature". 30 FPS is inferior and the fact that these cuck's can't push their dusty old Gothic 3 Engine to pull 60 Frames still just shows how deep in the toilet their company is.

I know it's edgy to call this argument merely TB fanboyism but it's true. Fire up any game that has an in-game toggle and swap between 30 FPS and 60 FPS. You immediately feel like your input / character animations / game feedback is all being filtered through a tub of molasses. You can tell the difference. 30 FPS feels more sluggish.. because it is - the truth is that everything -is- slower, your input detection and frame loop is twice as slow.

It's the tell tale of an unoptimized engine that handles too much logic on their main thread, piss poor CPU usage, shit Thread management and inability to fix it because your hemorrhaging your talent with each dud release.

Just go bankrupt already.

 

[Tuco Benedicto Pacifico]

I think he's just trolling.

 

[Immortal]

I think he's just trolling.

I thought so too.. but then I remembered this is the same company that made the Risen series.

 

[Echo Mirage]

> Elex is a drug everybody in the universe is after
> Intake of Elex results in continous loss of humanity (also refered to as "coolness")

Let it be known, that taking drugs makes you cool.

> Elex causes mutations to addicts

They probably turn into something resembling orcs. Or lizardmen.

> huge world, barely scripted, exploration
> barely scripted

So...

He who controls the Elex controls the universe.

 

[Tuco Benedicto Pacifico]

I thought so too.. but then I remembered this is the same company that made the Risen series.

Mh? Even putting aside the fact that I don't have any gripe against the first Risen, quite the opposite... Wasn't the Risen saga produced under Deep Silver? How does that relate to Nordic?

 

[Immortal]

Mh? Even putting aside the fact that I don't have any gripe against the first Risen, quite the opposite... Wasn't the Risen saga produced under Deep Silver? How does that relate to Nordic?

The publisher is irrelevant beyond PR shilling as far as I am concerned.
We are talking about the same development team right? (The ones who make the games)

 

[Eirikur]

The publisher is irrelevant beyond PR shilling as far as I am concerned.
We are talking about the same development team right? (The ones who make the games)

Mike Hoge (project director & lead game designer) & Kai Rosenkrantz (composer) of Gothic 1-3 & the original Risen have departed. None of the four founders (all of whom were heavily involved in Gothic 1-2) are there any longer. Still many veterans on the team though.

Skip to 1:00 for sad panda moment (Tom = one of the founders).



...not actually working here... anymore... nevermind... *silence*

 

[Tuco Benedicto Pacifico]

The publisher is irrelevant beyond PR shilling as far as I am concerned.
We are talking about the same development team right? (The ones who make the games)

...Sort of?
Because the person you quoted happens to be an employee of the publisher, not part of the developing team.

Also, yes, it's the same team, more or less?
Not that this would tell us much, since people in a team can change constantly and according to the role one single addition or omission could make a hell of a difference.

 

[hemtae]

...Sort of?
Because the person you quoted happens to be an employee of the publisher, not part of the developing team.

Also, yes, it's the same team, more or less?
Not that this would tell us much, since people in a team can change constantly and according to the role one single addition or omission could make a hell of a difference.

It's also almost certainly fake

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...from-piranha-bytes.96606/page-15#post-4009471

 

[vonAchdorf]

• no quest markers
• they were bored designing the same old fantasy assets for 15 years now (echoes similar sentiments of CD Project)

 

[Tuco Benedicto Pacifico]

It's also almost certainly fake

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...from-piranha-bytes.96606/page-15#post-4009471

I assumed he was just trolling for laughs and giggles (I can't think of anyone using the "30 fps for more cinematic feeling" with a straight face for a PC game), but that would explain the weirdness of that post even better.

 

[Immortal]

...Sort of?
Also, yes, it's the same team, more or less?

No question mark - It's the same team more or less.. and they are terrible at making video games.

 

[Baron Dupek]

I have some Hard to be a God vibes here (sci-fi and wooden buildings) except nobody is hiding anything.
I must play the only game based on that book to be sure (and do LP).

rotating-cutting-baseball.bmp
Incoming lawsuit from Games Workshop

Julie Stain said "nah".

 

[Leitz]

When previews were humble.

 

[Jaesun]

- fans of Gothic will definitely recognize the Piranha Bytes touch

So.... basically more and more dumbed down console garbage?

 

[:Flash:]

Mike Hoge (project director & lead game designer) & Kai Rosenkrantz (composer) of Gothic 1-3 & the original Risen have departed. None of the four founders (all of whom were heavily involved in Gothic 1-2) are there any longer. Still many veterans on the team though.

Mike Hoge is still a co-owner of Piranha Bytes. He is working with a small team on his own project though (Spacetime). From the few infos he has let out it sounds a bit like Starflight.

 

[Raghar]

I thought so too.. but then I remembered this is the same company that made the Risen series.

Risen 1 was fine.

 

[Caconym]

Risen 1 was fine in comparison with Gothic 3 and Risen 2-3. Compared to Gothic 1-2, not really that much.

 

[Bubbles]

The Codex has booked an ELEX presentation at Gamescom, so we could theoretically ask PB some in-depth questions. If you have any, post them in the collection thread.

 

[HiddenX]

The World of Piranha Bytes community uploaded their second video podcast for PB's new game Elex. This time they summarize the infos in the current GameStar's world exclusive Elex cover story. Condensed facts, no speculation.

 

[theSavant]

Reading Gamescom Lineup:

>game
>game
>ELEX



Omfg... what is this shit? shower gel, stupid fucking name for a game, just GTFO and kill yourself.