ELEX Pre-Release Thread

[vonAchdorf]

A fully modded Oblivion maybe

 

[Bubbles]

Had a short interview with the Pankratzes today. Björn accused us of being provocateurs and I made him laugh while he was drinking.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Had a short interview with the Pankratzes today. Björn accused us of being provocateurs and I made him laugh while he was drinking.

Were you provoking him? What were you wearing?

 

[Jaesun]

Nothing, obviously.

 

[Outlander]

Ore to Elex - A short history of the engine in Piranha Bytes' games

'so what do we call our engine?'

'ze engin'

 

[toro]

Ore to Elex - A short history of the engine in Piranha Bytes' games

'so what do we call our engine?'

'ze engin'

'ze engine macht frei

 

[Darth Roxor]

germans are simple people

'das engine' is perfectly suitable for a name

 

[Kahr]

Engine is feminine, moron. It's so obvious.

 

[Tito Anic]

Were you provoking him? What were you wearing?

Is Bubbles womyns ?

 

[Darth Roxor]

Engine is feminine, moron. It's so obvious.

but it needs to be compatible with das dasein design

 

[Delterius]

Were you provoking him? What were you wearing?

Is Bubbles womyns ?

Very naive. I like it.

 

[Morgoth]

Jaaaaaaaaa ze engine will set you free!

 

[Tito Anic]

Jetpack+melee combo looks interesting. Still want to see more populated areas and interaction with NPC's.

 

[Alienman]

Think it looks pretty good. More like Risen 1 than Risen 3.

 

[Morgoth]

ELEX is a mess.

But it's still more exciting than all Bethesderp RPGs put together.

 

[Bahamut]

This mix of scifi and fantasy looks like a total clusterfuck to me, its just so random

 

[Ivan]

i was so ready for him to ragdoll into space

disappointed

 

[Alienman]

This mix of scifi and fantasy looks like a total clusterfuck to me, its just so random

Chainsaw-swords and high-tech energy weapons you mean?

 

[Cyberarmy]

Hımmmm.
Chainsaw swords, jet pack, plasma weaponary and huge robots.

 

[Outlander]

We'll see if they go back to a real open world map this time...

 

[undecaf]

I had kind of hoped that they'd differentiate the weaponry for different enemytypes at least to some extent, that something like chainsords wouldn't have been the weapon of choice against giant robots.

Oh well.

 

[imweasel]

Looks like a typical PB game, just without any fucking pirates. The setting is interesting. I am feeling a bit of a Gothic/Risen 1 vibe. Jetpack jumping looks derpy. Graphics are dated (to be expected from a small developer).

I like it.

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Wow, the combat looks like utter shit. Ranged weaponry seems only useful for aggroing the enemy, and then switching to melee weapons when they approach. That was ok in Gothic/Risen games with bows and such, but futuristic laser guns being that bad is really immersion-spoiling. Melee-wise, it seems like the only good attack is the "swoop up on jet pack and come crashing down with a slash" one. How far have we come from the elegant timing based combat of G1/G2 to this rocket powered popamole. Pretty much lost all hope once I saw this trailer. This is not the Piranha Bytes that made the Gothics.

 

[Kem0sabe]

These low budget sci-fi fantasy rpgs like elex and technomancer, are made because the developers lack the skills, the talent and the imagination to bring forth a fully realized sci-fi setting.

The preference of melee and close combat when high-power ranged weapons are available, the low damage output of said weapons, only goes to highlight such creative mediocrity.

 

[imweasel]

Just sayin'


Anyway, the combat does indeed need some more work, but it is also a pre-alpha. So that is to be expected.