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ELEX Pre-Release Thread

toro

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Maybe they realized how stupid it sounds (or maybe not) but they specified that ELEX comes from ELIXIR (or it should be).
 

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Maybe they realized how stupid it sounds (or maybe not) but they specified that ELEX comes from ELIXIR (or it should be).
Why not just call it ELIXIR then? It still wouldn't be a good or interesting title, but at least it's not downright retarded to the point where it's physically painful to read. They even get to keep XENIAL in the acronym, so the most important part of the title remains untouched.

I really can't get over how dumb this damn name is.
 
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Seriously? No.
No... no... no.

After the apocalypse... society split... cities destroyed... bbbbbbbbbuuuuuuUUUUUUT: here comes ELEX :happytrollboy:
The new Shower Gel and Toothpaste to wash yourself. Makes your skin silky smooth! Smile again like a unicorn! And you can also wash the laundry or dishes with it! Because it's ELEX. Elex makes everything clean and pure again! Now with 25% bonus!
:kwanzania::outrage::thumbsup:
 

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Since Elex is a substance I figured it might be short for Elexium, which sounds alright. I did a search for it though, and see that it's the name of a Viagra-like product (formerly called Erexium).
 

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Eirikur you try to hard to find a reasonable meaning for that name, which already indicates the name is wrong.
I don't know maybe this name is a new marketing trick... it sounds so shitty, that it triggers interest :roll:
 

toro

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Why not just call it ELIXIR then? It still wouldn't be a good or interesting title, but at least it's not downright retarded to the point where it's physically painful to read. They even get to keep XENIAL in the acronym, so the most important part of the title remains untouched.

I really can't get over how dumb this damn name is.

XENIAL shit comes from the publisher mouth but the ELIXIR inspiration comes from PB forum person. I would go with what the developer is saying.
 

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ELEX is fine for a science fiction game. They just shouldn't have put a meaning to every letter - either leave it more mysterious like that, or say that it is short for ELIXIR, as they are doing now.
 

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Those props in the first screenshot look a little bit too conveniently placed, and just about chest-high...

:popamole:
 

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Looks like Risen with bit more tech.

I liked Risens and Gothics, but I kinda wish PB would do something more.
 

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Last of Us pulled off perfect visuals for its post-apocalyptic world but this shit looks way worse than even Fallout 3.

That combat is retarded in this new post-Des/Das world. But I guess is normal considering that they are using the Gothic 3 engine.

And on top of everything the fucking imbeciles cannot release a proper trailer. Russia Today footage? Fuck me.
 

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