ELEX ELEX II - Jax is back

[Lord_Potato]

or maybe a random note jotted down in the notepad that is a mental cue for me to remember to write about something specific does not carry meaning in absolute terms

have you ever posted anything that wasn't a complete waste of forum space because i don't think you have

Why are you so salty? Play some Elex 2 instead

 

[rusty_shackleford]

lol at elex 2's lockpicking minigame looking visually worse than risen 2

 

[ERYFKRAD]

lol at elex 2's lockpicking minigame looking visually worse than risen 2

Bottom right?

 

[cruel]

So, I'm trying to play this to fill the gap after Elden Ring, but my first impressions are not that great. One of the steam reviews mentioned this mod collection:

https://www.nexusmods.com/elex2/mods/66

Has anyone tried it? Is it worth trying?

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[ResetRPG]

Played through ELEX II a couple of months ago and it was essentially what I expected.

An uber janky but solid RPG with lots of Replay value. Wouldn't recommend to most people, but if you dig eurojank or Piranha Bytes then you'll probably have a good time

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

Maybe it's just me, but Elex II bores me to no end, despite me liking the first game well enough to beat it. I think the biggest issue is this being a complete repeat of the prequel. There is nothing new either gameplay wise, and the new story is at least not immediately engaging (don't know if it'll improve later). Not sure if i'm going to be playing much more of it at this point.

 

[Bigfass]

don't know if it'll improve later

It doesn't. I suffered through the entire game with that mentality and it was a chore. It's the same enemies, the same skills, the same weapons and the same actually copy-pasted alien dungeons over and over and over. The story is completely bland garbage with "twists" you see a mile away.

I also liked the first Elex fwiw.

 

[ResetRPG]

don't know if it'll improve later

It doesn't. I suffered through the entire game with that mentality and it was a chore. It's the same enemies, the same skills, the same weapons and the same actually copy-pasted alien dungeons over and over and over. The story is completely bland garbage with "twists" you see a mile away.

I also liked the first Elex fwiw.

The end game was an absolute mess imo.

Ended up just having "kill x number of enemies" quests over and over which got extremely grating.

FWIW I did enjoy most of the game besides the final few chapters.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Maybe it's just me, but Elex II bores me to no end, despite me liking the first game well enough to beat it. I think the biggest issue is this being a complete repeat of the prequel. There is nothing new either gameplay wise, and the new story is at least not immediately engaging (don't know if it'll improve later). Not sure if i'm going to be playing much more of it at this point.

don't know if it'll improve later

It doesn't. I suffered through the entire game with that mentality and it was a chore. It's the same enemies, the same skills, the same weapons and the same actually copy-pasted alien dungeons over and over and over. The story is completely bland garbage with "twists" you see a mile away.

I also liked the first Elex fwiw.

Maybe it's just me, but Elex II bores me to no end, despite me liking the first game well enough to beat it. I think the biggest issue is this being a complete repeat of the prequel. There is nothing new either gameplay wise, and the new story is at least not immediately engaging (don't know if it'll improve later). Not sure if i'm going to be playing much more of it at this point.

Totally agree. I recently tried to finish the game but like roxor, I can't fucking bring me anymore to play it. But unfinished games is not my style. Still hurts thinking about it, elex1 was such a rough diamond. All elex2 does to me is wanting to play elex1 again.

You guys should play Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos if you haven't, it's most likely the kind of game you were looking for if you were trying elex 2.
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/chronicles-of-myrtana-archolos-mod-for-gothic-2.133194/

 

[Mig]

Beat the game today, I enjoyed it overall but Elex I is a much better game and wth is up with the ending? Aside from the dumb kill lots of Skyand quests

Spoiler

"Dex dies (or at least that's what the game tells you) and when you talk to his mother she never even mentions it. If you go back to the guy guarding him he also acts like nothing's up."]

The ending/endgame seemed extremely rushed.

 

[Peachcurl]

Beat the game today, I enjoyed it overall but Elex I is a much better game and wth is up with the ending? Aside from the dumb kill lots of Skyand quests

Spoiler

"Dex dies (or at least that's what the game tells you) and when you talk to his mother she never even mentions it. If you go back to the guy guarding him he also acts like nothing's up."]

The ending/endgame seemed extremely rushed.

Agreed, though I had the same feeling about a "rushed" ending in Elex I. Maybe not quite as bad.

 

[Tihskael]

The ending/endgame seemed extremely rushed.

Like every PB game?

 

[Peachcurl]

The ending/endgame seemed extremely rushed.

Like every PB game?

Well, yeah.

 

[Bigfass]

Spoiler

"Dex dies (or at least that's what the game tells you) and when you talk to his mother she never even mentions it. If you go back to the guy guarding him he also acts like nothing's up."]

They consider it a relief, but kinda feel guilty about it.

 

[Nikanuur]

Spoiler

"Dex dies (or at least that's what the game tells you) and when you talk to his mother she never even mentions it. If you go back to the guy guarding him he also acts like nothing's up."]

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They consider it a relief, but kinda feel guilty about it.

I like to think he is a digital being now. Spread throughout the remnants of the alien network. Or perhaps that he somehow found a way to get inside the Cleric's or Alb's network in the final moments. Possibly re-emerging in some form, some day. In the third Elex

 

[Justicar]

You all just got elexed niggas.

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

Spoiler

"Dex dies (or at least that's what the game tells you) and when you talk to his mother she never even mentions it. If you go back to the guy guarding him he also acts like nothing's up."]

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They consider it a relief, but kinda feel guilty about it.

In the short time I spent with this game, I made it a point to never interact with Dex. Sure, i would show up in his vicinity and talk to the NPCs around him, but never with the little s hit himself. Peak absent dad RP experience. I hate kids both in real life and in vidya.

 

[ShaggyMoose]

The back half of this thread basically says most people enjoyed Elex but didn't really dig Elex 2, while Steam has them at "mixed" and "mostly positive" respectively...

 

[Tavar]

The back half of this thread basically says most people enjoyed Elex but didn't really dig Elex 2, while Steam has them at "mixed" and "mostly positive" respectively...

That doesn't surpise me: A lot of people - like me - tried Elex 1, hated it and hence never bothered to look at the sequel. Hence, a lot of negative reviews get "filtered out".

 

[Nikanuur]

The back half of this thread basically says most people enjoyed Elex but didn't really dig Elex 2, while Steam has them at "mixed" and "mostly positive" respectively...

Rousing the slumbering beast, are we

 

[Dodo1610]

Elex 2 isn't worth anyone's money since it has the worst optimisation I have seen in years even with the best hardware available a Core I9 and a RTX3090 still drops below 100FPS. The fact that it's PB most boring game doesn't help either.

 

[GhostCow]

I feel bad that I won this game for free because I haven't touched it due to this thread. I'm waiting for the dx12 update

 

[Bigfass]

In the short time I spent with this game, I made it a point to never interact with Dex. Sure, i would show up in his vicinity and talk to the NPCs around him, but never with the little s hit himself. Peak absent dad RP experience. I hate kids both in real life and in vidya.

Based Black Codexer?

I don't think I'm spoiling much if I tell you that if you ever want to finish the game, a fair bit of interaction with Dex is in your future.

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

In the short time I spent with this game, I made it a point to never interact with Dex. Sure, i would show up in his vicinity and talk to the NPCs around him, but never with the little s hit himself. Peak absent dad RP experience. I hate kids both in real life and in vidya.

Based Black Codexer?

I don't think I'm spoiling much if I tell you that if you ever want to finish the game, a fair bit of interaction with Dex is in your future.

I don't think I'll be spending any more time with this game, or Dex for that matter.

 

[Crane]

I just finished the game and I must say, that ending was anticlimactic. I get that PB is setting us up for Elex 3, but it felt like they forgot to wrap up the story.