ELEX ELEX II - Jax is back

[just]

Why are devs nowadays so afraid of releasing gameplay trailers? ffs

coz it would look like this

game starts, look around, everything looking great
run around picking some berries and scrap
find some stick you can use as a weapon niiice
ooo first enemy, some small boar. let's try that stick shoudnt be too hard
swing at it and deal no damage. what?
get hit, stuned, hit, hit, you died
coming april 2022
wishlist us on steam

 

[Abu Antar]

I know this is old, and I've already watched 10 times, but who cares. We do have some idea of how it plays.

I know this is blasphemy, but I am optimist, something we don't do around here. I see you don't get blinded when leaving houses/caves to outside areas.

 

[razvedchiki]

there is stream of elex 2 in german somwhere.

 

[Darth Roxor]

I know this is blasphemy, but I am optimist

its anything but blasphemy to be optimistic for ELEX

 

[Kem0sabe]

The trailer looks horrible, I didn't think they could make an even lower budget and jankier elex but I think they will go for it.

 

[Alienman]

I hope the UI is placeholder. In ELEX it looked like that handheld thing you had one your arm. Now it's just some modern Apple UI thing.

 

[Abu Antar]

The stream posted earlier is no longer available.

Was he not supposed to stream? I see no other videos of the game.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Wonder if PB will include romance options into ELEX 2. Would be pretty hilarious if they did now that Jax is a family man with a baby.

 

[SlightlyRadioactive]

The UI isnt the best but that at least looks 100x more functional than elex 1

Not like PB ever had truly good UI.

I remember the UI being really good in the first Risen, wished they had sticked with it

 

[BruceVC]

Wonder if PB will include romance options into ELEX 2. Would be pretty hilarious if they did now that Jax is a family man with a baby.

Their was some nebulous Romance arcs in ELEX 1, they weren't particularly well done or inspiring. I support optional Romance in all RPG but not at the expense of things that resources need to be allocated to that are more important like questing, crafting, character advancement, faction interaction and normal companion interaction and companion questing

For example I pursed Romance arcs in BG2 and DA1&2 with party members like Viconia and Isabella but I had no real interest in the Romance options in ELEX 1

 

[SlightlyRadioactive]

Wonder if PB will include romance options into ELEX 2. Would be pretty hilarious if they did now that Jax is a family man with a baby.

Didn't they already confirm there will be romance options?

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

I first watched this new trailer on my phone with very bad sound. And it all sounded like this to me: "We can't ignore the SCIENCE, we have to be prepared!" "If we ignore the SCIENCE, there is no future for us".

And I was WTF?! Is Jax now a crazy climate change activist or something?!

 

[Cunt Dickula!?]

Gameplay stream is still there: https://gronkh.tv/stream/533

They start at around 3:27:00 (german only though)

 

[BruceVC]

Gameplay stream is still there: https://gronkh.tv/stream/533

They start at around 3:27:00 (german only though)

Why cant it be in English, some of us dont understand German

 

[Cunt Dickula!?]

Ok. It's official. Jenny Pankratz is the best writer in RPG history.

Dex: I was told the Morkons are bad people. Is that true, dad?

Jax: Where have you heard that?

Dex: Mom told me they attacked our camp at the world heart and killed many of us just like that (without provocation).
It was terrible. Why do the Morkons do something like that, dad?

Jax: That's ... a little complicated to explain.

Dex: I dont understand... Only BAD people do that, or isnt it like that?

Jax: The Morkons follow their religion. A faith of darkness and self-destruction.

Dex: But that doesnt give them the right to kill other people just like that, am i right?

Jax: No of course not. It was only some of them. Surely not all Morkons are like that.

Dex: Hmmm... So that weren't real Morkons?

Jax: Yeah but i think that the troup that attacked the world heart acted on their own will.

Dex: Your right dad. It's really a little complicated...

 

[moleman]

Gameplay stream is still there: https://gronkh.tv/stream/533

They start at around 3:27:00 (german only though)

Why cant it be in English, some of us dont understand German

DEUTSCH, MUTTERFICKER! SPRICHST DU ES?

 

[Ismaul]

The UI isnt the best but that at least looks 100x more functional than elex 1

Not like PB ever had truly good UI.

UI was never a dealbreaker for PB's games anyways. It being first person means the UI just has to stay out of the way most of the time to be fine enough.

 

[HoboForEternity]

Map stitched from various streams

Edan and everything southwest seems inaccessible.

Tavar is conquered by berserkers and now green.

Ignadon somehow gets snowy


Comet impact side have settlements now??

 

[Grimlorn]

Another cinematic trailer :-<

Why is everyone so dismissive towards Jax? After everything he went through to save everyone in Maglan, he ended up being treated like how people would treat a Jehovah Witness or a street salesman standing on their doorsteps.

It's like Mass Effect 2 all over again. I'm not a fan of the purple zerglings either. Not picking up a super advanced alien race that can wipe out humanity from recycled zerglings.

 

[quixotic]

I’ve had an urge to finally try a PB game, this thread (along with all they’re games being on sale right now) has made me decide to take the plunge.
Starting with Gothic 1 soon, wish me luck

 

[HoboForEternity]

Also i heard from someone their latest Q&A you can go factionless this time. No confirmation yet that i can find or google translate.

 

[BruceVC]

Is it just me or are their people unreasonably criticizing the potential success and fun of ELEX 2 because of arbitrary things that shouldn't matter much to the overall depth of all PB games because of all the other components in the game that work

I am not suggesting people cant be negative or think the game will be an epic fail, of course everyone is entitled to their opinion. But to make a big deal of Jax's voice or to have an opinion that the overall plot means Jax is now a " conspiracy theorist " because of a 2 minute gameplay video seems misplaced and not coming from gamers who have actually played any PB games ?

Its normal to raise concerns about any game but I always like to hear about realistic and constructive criticism

 

[Konjad]

Elex was so forgettable I don't even remember what the story was about, and I completed it.

Elex 2 appears to be even worse.

 

[BruceVC]

Elex was so forgettable I don't even remember what the story was about, and I completed it.

Elex 2 appears to be even worse.

As long as you buy ELEX 2 thats fine, its the revenue stream that matters to ensure future games from PB

 

[TheImplodingVoice]

Gameplay stream is still there: https://gronkh.tv/stream/533

They start at around 3:27:00 (german only though)

Why cant it be in English, some of us dont understand German

Leer Duits praat en hou bitch soos 'n klein poes op die forum. Tipies iemand van Kaapstad af. Al wat julle doen is bitch en moan.

 

[Ismaul]

Is it just me or are their people unreasonably criticizing the potential success and fun of ELEX 2 because of arbitrary things that shouldn't matter much to the overall depth of all PB games because of all the other components in the game that work

Everytime someone criticizes something, this argument comes up.

We're criticizing what we were shown. That's not unreasonable. That does not amount to criticizing "the potential success and fun of ELEX 2". I think if it's as good as the first or even a bit improved, it'll be one of the best games of the decade. Yet that doesn't mean we can't criticize what we see.

But to make a big deal of Jax's voice [...] seems misplaced and not coming from gamers who have actually played any PB games ?

What? How does that even make sense. Obviously someone criticizing the voice played the previous one at least. It is significantly different in tone and attitude, so yeah, it changes the character people were used to. It changes the point of view the player has into the game. Perfectly fine to criticize. And if someone liked the way it was before, it does have an impact on the enjoyment of the game.

Stop being a senseless fanboy.