ELEX Pre-Release Thread

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ELEX and Spellforce 3 will be playable for public at PC Gamer Weekender in London: http://www.pcgamer.com/thq-nordic-bringing-titles-to-the-pc-gamer-weekender/

The PC Gamer Weekender will be host to a wide range of publishers and the lovely, lovely games they all want to bring with them.

One such attendee will be THQ Nordic, which is bringing with it a couple of interesting titles for the public to get a good, solid hands-on with. First up is ELEX, a brand new IP from Piranha Bytes—creators of the Risen and Gothic RPG series. An "Eclectic, Lavish, Exhilarating, Xenial open-world action-RPG", ELEX mixes sci-fi and fantasy to great effect.

Set in an edgy, dark and uncompromising world where players are battling for a magical resource known as—you guessed it—ELEX. Along the way you’ll explore futuristic and medieval settings, battle with swords, magic and guns and face off against—or just have a natter with—original characters and mutated creatures.

Piranha Bytes Game Director Bjorn Pankratz said ELEX will be a "completely new game experience with a fresh setting, new assets and plenty of possibilities."

THQ Nordic’s second title at the PC Gamer Weekender will be a more familiar, though no less exciting, name: Spellforce 3.

The third game in the near-15-year-old RPG/RTS series is being developed by Grimlore Games, and acts as a prequel to the original Spellforce: The Order of Dawn and maintains the series’ setting of Eo.

Both games and many more will be available to play at the PC Gamer Weekender, which is being held February 18-19 at the Olympia, London, in the UK. For more details see the site, and follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

I'm excited for this. I think it looks cool, and even if it's Risen 2 with more guns and high tech, etc., that's not terrible since Risen 2 is a pretty good RPG. The first Risen is my favorite in the series but 2 is underrated. Haven't played 3 yet because I hear it's very easy. I hope ELEX has multiple difficulty options and good progression to make it challenging and more interesting.

 

[adddeed]

Finally a sane person. Risen 1 is brilliant, and i also loved Risen 2. Check out Risen 3 bro, you'll enjoy it a lot, and its very easy if you play on easy. On hard diffucult its a good challenge. Its like Risen 2++.

 

[Junmarko]

i also loved Risen 2. Check out Risen 3 bro, you'll enjoy it a lot, Its like Risen 2++.

"It's like Risen 2++".

Meaning, twice as simplified and twice as linear?

Sorry. Never mind.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Risen 1 is excellent, I agree, even if it does have flaws it was my first experience with that style of RPG and it was pretty impressive. That's when I fell in love with the more "obscure" type of RPGs because they were so different from what I was used to.

Risen 2 had smaller islands and what not, but all in all it was still really good, IMO. The exploration is still good, even if they did break it up into smaller islands (I prefer the style of Risen 1 best). I beat Risen 2 in 60 or so hours and actually wanted more and was upset that it was over. Again, it has flaws, but since that style of RPG is pretty rare to begin with it's refreshing to play a game like that and I had a lot of fun with it.

I will play Risen 3 on the hardest difficulty. I heard it's pretty good and in some ways like Risen 1. It's also neat that it's available on my tablet. I think it's a Geforce exclusive or something. I'll pick up the Steam version sometime and play it on PC, though.

Also, I appreciate that Piranha Bytes are still making RPGs with most of their initial design ideas in tact. While I'd love a "real" new Gothic game, the Risen series comes close enough and ELEX should be special. It's not like there are many other RPG developers doing this kind of thing...

 

[adddeed]

Ive also said it before that Risen and Gothic games play and are designed in a very unique way and there are no other games quite like them. The series has its ups and downs, but as a whole they are my favorite RPGs out there.

Gothic > Risen > Risen 3 = Risen 2 > Gothic 2 > Gothic 3 >>>> most other RPGs.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Ive also said it before that Risen and Gothic games play and are designed in a very unique way and there are no other games quite like them. The series has its ups and downs, but as a whole they are my favorite RPGs out there.

Word. I like the Gothic-style RPGs a lot, too. I always say that more modern RPG developers should really study the first 2 Gothic games. Those games still have a bunch of great ideas that just aren't done now by anyone other than Piranha Bytes.

 

[adddeed]

Sad truth is, no one will and no one has yet. So if ELEX is Risen with guns, then its Day 1 for me.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Sad truth is, no one will and no one has yet. So if ELEX is Risen with guns, then its Day 1 for me.

Salute. Not much is day 1 for me anymore (I already have a million RPGs to get through the way it is) but ELEX will be up there for me, for sure.

 

[Junmarko]

I will play Risen 3 on the hardest difficulty - It's also neat that it's available on my tablet.

And what an immensely fitting platform for Risen 3 it is.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

lol. I don't take my tablet into the bathroom, but if that's your thing then by all means go for it.

 

[Alienman]

I thought tablets and mobile-phones was made for just that purpose.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

I thought tablets and mobile-phones was made for just that purpose.

A) I don't spend more time in the bathroom than I need to. In and out.
B) I don't want to risk any damage to the tablet and would rather kick back and relax while playing it/using it in a recliner, bed, outside, etc. No need to take it to every room in the house.
C) If I ever accidentally dropped it in the toilet I would cry.

 

[Alienman]

You need to learn to live more dangerously! It's such a rush almost falling asleep in the bath, and in the last second notice the phone slipping out of your hand just to make a dramatic scramble to save it before it goes under

 

[HoboForEternity]

You need to learn to live more dangerously! It's such a rush almost falling asleep in the bath, and in the last second notice the phone slipping out of your hand just to make a dramatic scramble to save it before it goes under

not dangerous enough. While doing that, plug your phone to charge it from an electric outlet

 

[Alienman]

Too risky, I want to experience ELEX!

 

[Darth Roxor]

this thread certainly took a turn for possibly retarded all of a sudden

 

[Kahr]

C) If I ever accidentally dropped it in the toilet I would cry.

How would you do that? How can that even happen with somebody shitting there? It's not even possible to happen.
Except you try to make dickpics while shitting...

Spoiler

This must be a thing and half of the codex does it anyway.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Suddenly risen 3 is not so bad, risen 2 is great, risen 1 is a master piece...

Twilight Zone codex is strangest codex.

 

[Junmarko]

Gothic > Risen > Risen 3 = Risen 2 > Gothic 2 > Gothic 3 >>>> most other RPGs.

Lenny, I want you to sit down over there, look over the river Lenny, do you see the farm with the rabbits?

 

[Tito Anic]

But.. but.. nobody does better open world RPG's than Piranha. In the past years there was only ONE decent open world rpg made not by Piranha - FNV

 

[toro]

Gothic 1 > Gothic 2 >>>>>>>> Gothic 3 >> Risen >>>>>>>>>>>> Risen 3 >>>> Risen 2

Observe the intelligent use of '>'

 

[Durandal]

Risen 3 >>>> Risen 3

Observe the intelligent use of '>'

 

[Kahr]

Gothic 1 > Gothic 2 >>>>>>>> Gothic 3 >> Risen >>>>>>>>>>>> Risen 3 >>>> Risen 3

Observe the intelligent use of '>'

Two errors though:
G2>G1
R1>G3

 

[Sjukob]

It is debatable which of the first two Gothics is better .

In general :
Gothic I is more unique with it's setting and has more interesting world .
Gothic II is more polished and has better controls .