ELEX ELEX II - Jax is back

[rusty_shackleford]

like the exploration

The "exploration" is stumbling upon yet another cache of uneaten, unspoiled food and healing potions every 5 steps you take.

 

[Jinn]

I don't get paid for my reviews, it's a hobby basically which I practice alongside my day job. Meaning I basically receive free game codes to write whatever I believe about said games without any outside influence.

Everyone is allowed to form their own opinions and agree or disagree with my reviews, naturally. But saying "oh noes, he's a reviewer therefore wrong by default" is beyond retarded.

Yeah, sorry for jumping the gun on the professional title. I mainly wanted to mention your review because you're one of the few game reviewers that I trust and respect the opinions of.

 

[Hellion]

Yeah, sorry for jumping the gun on the professional title. I mainly wanted to mention your review because you're one of the few game reviewers that I trust and respect the opinions of.

S'all good, my man.

 

[Grunker]

PB could shit on a plate and people here would find it groundbreaking.

You seem upset.

Elex 2 proves he's right though.

It's his opinion. Nothing wrong with it. I disagree with him.

I like the exploration. PB is one of few studios that make fun open worlds to explore

I found this the weirdest praise for the first game. There's nothing to find but shitty consumables and diary entries.

 

[Abu Antar]

Having some of that seems unavoidable in modern games, but I don't feel it is as prevalent as other open world rpgs.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

but I don't feel it is as prevalent as other open world rpgs.

I collected over 60 healing potions in 3 hours.
It wasn't something I was actively doing.

 

[Hellion]

Later on in the game, enemies hit harder and Jax's HP pool is getting larger, meaning that "lesser potions" don't heal for much % HP. At some point I actually burned through all the potions I had accumulated during the early game and had to resort to crafting/cooking in order to make more healing items.

 

[Decado]

There is a vast universe of difference between liking a flawed game, and defending a terrible one.

I like plenty of flawed games, and can like them in spite of their flaws (Outward, Morrowind) or even because of them (Deus Ex). We're not talking about a good game with some flaws. Elex was a bad, poorly made janky mess and the sequel looks to be the same. It is not "spite" to point this out. What you're calling spite is in fact the perfectly normal reaction of a person who sees a bunch of people circling the wagons for an obviously bad game -- it invites you (and the game you're defending) to get shitted upon, from great heights.

Spoiler

On a serious note, isn't what's a good game with flaws and what's a bad game inherently subjective? It's kind of narcissistic to assume otherwise.

I'll never understand what drives people like you to be so petty/upset at people having fun with something you don't like.

Well, you probably don't understand it because it isn't happening. This is basically a thinly-veiled attempted at a "U Mad?" I just think it is funny that people are going to the wall for this terrible game. It is like Eurotrash posters feel compelled to stick up for their European developer who makes the same shitty game, over and over again. I'm thinking the only reason that studio is still alive is because they get EU/German subsidies (which is also hilariously European).

 

[just]

not offering your blood to raavak and playing at 10% health at all times
not gonna make it

 

[Bah]

I just think it is funny that people are going to the wall for this terrible game.

You seem to be confusing the delusions in your head with what has actually been posted. The only people ranting are the ones who absolutely hate it. A hand full of people saying they're enjoying it isn't "going to the wall for this terrible game".

 

[ADULF HITLOR FAN KLUB]

stumbling upon yet another cache of uneaten, unspoiled food and healing potions every 5 steps you take.

Perfect description of Skyrim, where you can even find fresh potatoes and cabbages in sealed crypts.

 

[adddeed]

I just think it is funny that people are going to the wall for this terrible game.

You seem to be confusing the delusions in your head with what has actually been posted. The only people ranting are the ones who absolutely hate it. A hand full of people saying they're enjoying it isn't "going to the wall for this terrible game".

These people are just miserable morons that's all.

 

[Ryzer]

Perfect description of Skyrim, where you can even find fresh potatoes and cabbages in sealed crypts.

Well, that does make more sense than in Elex. In nordic mythology (because that's what Skyrim is inspired upon), people offer proper food to gods to satisfy them.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora...en-offerings-for-the-gods-part-one-the-vanir/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_rituals

The connection between the living and the dead was maintained through rituals connected to the burial place like sacrifice of objects, food and drink.

It kinda tells you something when Skyrim is more believable than Elex.
There is nothing that explains all those scattered items in Elex.

 

[Bah]

fresh potatoes and cabbages in sealed crypts.

Well, that does make more sense than in Elex. In nordic mythology (because that's what Skyrim is inspired upon), people offer proper food to gods to satisfy them.

Let's repeat the part that you find believable.

Fresh potatoes and cabbages in sealed crypts.

 

[U-8D8]

It kinda tells you something when Skyrim is more believable than Elex./QUOTE]

What are you an infant? The barrows are locked and guarded by dangerous undead and the idea that someone would brave those dangers to put an apple next to the nordic equivalent of a lich is ludicrous. Can this thread get back to talking about the game rather than being an autistic slap fight between people who haven't played it?

 

[Roguey]

I found this the weirdest praise for the first game. There's nothing to find but shitty consumables and diary entries.

There's some great weapons out in the world (to use or sell).

 

[Ryzer]

Let's repeat the part that you find believable.

Fresh potatoes and cabbages in sealed crypts.

Let's repeat the part that you find believable.

Fresh food and healing potions scattered everywhere in a post-apocalyptic world

 

[razvedchiki]

anyone found a fix for the black/pink wierd fog effect?

 

[Bah]

Let's repeat the part that you find believable.

Fresh potatoes and cabbages in sealed crypts.

Let's repeat the part that you find believable.

Fresh food and healing potions scattered everywhere in a post-apocalyptic world

I never made any claim of believability. Only you have.

 

[Roguey]

Let's repeat the part that you find believable.

Fresh food and healing potions scattered everywhere in a post-apocalyptic world

The berserkers' terraforming has made food scarcity a thing of the past, silly. It's post-post apocalyptic.

 

[Kleptocratic debt serf]

No comment on the game, I rarely play day 1, also still finishing my new build... But what is going on with the fired up motherfuckers raging against ELEX II? Where did Björn Pankratz touch randy_shekelfuck, and shouldn't he be dying on that Larian D:OS3 BG3 hill?

 

[U-8D8]

You can handwave away the shit you pick up in any number of ways. The real thing to worry about is how it affects the gameplay. Is the early game piss easy with so many health items? Does selling your surplus health potions give you too much money early in the game?

 

[Jinn]

Is the early game piss easy with so many health items?

On Ultra difficulty you can easily die in one or two hits if you're not careful, even to the low level enemies. I wish there were fewer potions around, but it hasn't destroyed any sense of challenge I've felt. Just don't have to munch on as many cultivator loafs and healing herbs as I might have initially.

Does selling your surplus health potions give you too much money early in the game?

Training, good equipment, and upgrades are extremely expensive from what I've seen so far. Game world economy seems fine and decently tight in the beginning, but remember, I'm only about 3 hours in.

 

[Bah]

Haven't bought it yet, as I will wait for a patch or two, but I did turn on Cohhcarnage's stream to see the game in a bit more depth. He's playing on Ultra and that looks to be the right difficulty to play on for a first playthrough. If anything, it looks like it might be a little too easy and could use a difficulty boost.

 

[Ryzer]

Daily reminder that Gothic 1 and 2 had no difficulty setting and it was perfectly fine.