ELEX ELEX RELEASE THREAD

[TwinkieGorilla]

Nah, this is still a PB game so I will try to make melee work. Fuck ranged combat, it's way too buggy anyway.

Not once you get 'dem psi powers. Hoo boy ain't nobody even approaching me now.

 

[Raghar]

I exploded on land mine, and Caja commented that: "rotten remains of old civilization", while I was standing there half dead and sand from broken roof above me fell on my head.

 

[Tygrende]

Finished the game. I really dislike how you are pigeonholed into specific endings based on your cold level, I didn't like the ending I got all that much.

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Got the "Mana Hybrid" ending where Jax sticks a World Heart seedling inside the Hybrid. The thing is I don't trust Mana, especially since Caja said it can revert back to Elex at any time. Lame, I'd rather just kill the Hybrid, he's obviously under the ayy lmao's influence.

I didn't like being locked out of certain dialogue options because of cold level in general. I feel like the vast majority (if not all) of high cold options result in worse outcomes even though they are supposed to be more logical.

 

[Tigranes]

I like the idea of it - C&C, not "hey who cares what you did before here's 3 buttons in the final room press whatever". But the Cold ending is really fucked up, at least in the English version - the dialogues are so spliced together it makes no sense. Half of it is identical to supah emotional ending, half of it sounds cold but the result is I'm not even sure what the fuck happened that's any different.

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When I went Berserkah and fairly Emo I injected Mana into Hybrid and then Jax has no problem persuading most people this is the way to go & Free People will unite against Deus Ex Machina, when I go ice cold Cleric I say "Hybrid u r so rite"... then next line I say "we will not be controlled by you!!!!"... then I kneel to the hybrid... then hybrid sends me out to order everybody to submit... which is retarded in itself because uh yeah "Hi i'm a former alb just went and talked to hybrid turns out hes rite so everybody just become his slave". But half the time Jax is also spouting lines that make it sound like hybrid is 'working for us now'... it's just fucked up.

 

[imweasel]

I died a few hundred times because melee combat is why I buy PB games. [...] ranged attacks, enemy groups everywhere and the absolutely bizarre distribution of enemies (again, this is not Gothic design, this is randomized open world shit) turn every quest outside of towns into a gamble.

You have two options.

1. Stay away from enemies that are too strong and level up. Yes, you can easily gain numerous levels in this game without killing a damn thing. You will eventually become insanely STRONK which is very satisfying.
2. Claim that the game is too brutal and quit (maybe even throw a hissy fit), then fire up Skyrim so you can bask in that glorious level scaling where everything bends to your will no matter what you do.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

btw I've stolen enough fuckin' brooms to start a fuckin' maid service on my own.

 

[Tygrende]

I like the idea of it

I like the idea as well, but what matters is the execution. Sadly it sucks. For example there is absolutely no reason to force a high cold Jax to

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side with the Hybrid or allow Ulbricht to get himself killed. Hybrid is so high on Elex he might as well be an ayy lmao at this point, believing in what he says is not logical at all. Ulbricht seems to be a much better leader than Reinhold is and his death results in no help from Clerics during the final battle.

 

[agentorange]

I had similar issues. I went for the maximum emotion ending where I kill the hybrid. On occasion, such as when I went to the former leader of Origin, Jax would start talking about how we have to "obey the Hybrid" even though the Hybrid is lying dead on the ground.

Also to add to this the Zardom character and questline felt completely unnecessary.

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I assume he was just there as a callback to Xardas, because his character served almost no purpose in advancing the plot and the resolution of his story during the epilogue felt like something out of a mod. Same with the resolution of Kallax for that matter. And your dad. The game had way too many antagonists.

 

[tmux]

the hyperpsycho-hypersocial hybrid

a dangerous mix

 

[Elex]

I like the idea of it - C&C, not "hey who cares what you did before here's 3 buttons in the final room press whatever". But the Cold ending is really fucked up, at least in the English version - the dialogues are so spliced together it makes no sense. Half of it is identical to supah emotional ending, half of it sounds cold but the result is I'm not even sure what the fuck happened that's any different.

Spoiler

When I went Berserkah and fairly Emo I injected Mana into Hybrid and then Jax has no problem persuading most people this is the way to go & Free People will unite against Deus Ex Machina, when I go ice cold Cleric I say "Hybrid u r so rite"... then next line I say "we will not be controlled by you!!!!"... then I kneel to the hybrid... then hybrid sends me out to order everybody to submit... which is retarded in itself because uh yeah "Hi i'm a former alb just went and talked to hybrid turns out hes rite so everybody just become his slave". But half the time Jax is also spouting lines that make it sound like hybrid is 'working for us now'... it's just fucked up.

at this point i suppose each localization have a different ending dialogue.

 

[Tigranes]

Zardom is quite pointless and the Kallax/Wardek? stuff doesn't properly get resolved either.

Also Kallax hilarious bug

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ice cold jax talks to kallax, dialogue is 99% identical to super emo jax, they fight, but kallax goes auto-unconscious not ded, wakes up, refuses to talk to you, stands there.... until the endgame when you can go and tell him to haul ass to ice palace and obey ice cold jax

 

[agentorange]

Zardom is quite pointless and the Kallax/Wardek? stuff doesn't properly get resolved either.

Also Kallax hilarious bug

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ice cold jax talks to kallax, dialogue is 99% identical to super emo jax, they fight, but kallax goes auto-unconscious not ded, wakes up, refuses to talk to you, stands there.... until the endgame when you can go and tell him to haul ass to ice palace and obey ice cold jax

I was max emotional by that time so

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I had to kill Kallax. Even though the emotional lines are the ones that talk about how he is still your brother and there might be a chance to save him... I was wondering if the scenario would play out completely different and we could team up if I was ice cold. Guess not. That sounds retarded. One less reason to ever bother replaying the game.

 

[thesheeep]

in gothic 2 you wake up after having taken down a god monster from another dimension single handedly and immediately go back to getting your shit pushed in by a boar in the woods

In Gothic 2, a god monster from another dimension is simply less dangerous than a boar.

 

[Elex]

2. Claim that the game is too brutal and quit (maybe even throw a hissy fit), then fire up Skyrim so you can bask in that glorious level scaling where everything bends to your will no matter what you do.

and install the gothic 2 mod for skyrim
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/85135/?

 

[agentorange]

combat sucks
"use the jetpack"
you become overpowered too quickly
"use the jetpack"
enemy placement makes no sense
"use the jetpack"
the world design sucks it's mostly repetitive assets scattered randomly
"use the jetpack"
if you do find a unique location all you discover is toilet paper and cigs
"use the jetpack"
merchants have infinite elexit and restock items constantly ruining any sense of an apocalyptic world and attrition
"use the jetpack"
every faction is the same and there is little to not reactivity based on who you side with, their bases are even set up and arranged in basically the exact same ways
"use the jetpack"

 

[Elex]

combat sucks
"use the jetpack"
you become overpowered too quickly
"use the jetpack"
enemy placement makes no sense
"use the jetpack"
the world design sucks it's mostly repetitive assets scattered randomly
"use the jetpack"
if you do find a unique location all you discover is toilet paper and cigs
"use the jetpack"
merchants have infinite elexit and restock items constantly ruining any sense of an apocalyptic world and attrition
"use the jetpack"
every faction is the same and there is little to not reactivity based on who you side with, their bases are even set up and arranged in basically the exact same ways
"use the jetpack"

yes exactly, and this is why is the best game since Gothic 2.

 

[Tygrende]

Clearly the only thing jetpack can't solve is fall damage.

 

[Darth Roxor]

combat sucks
"use the jetpack"
you become overpowered too quickly
"use the jetpack"
enemy placement makes no sense
"use the jetpack"
the world design sucks it's mostly repetitive assets scattered randomly
"use the jetpack"
if you do find a unique location all you discover is toilet paper and cigs
"use the jetpack"
merchants have infinite elexit and restock items constantly ruining any sense of an apocalyptic world and attrition
"use the jetpack"
every faction is the same and there is little to not reactivity based on who you side with, their bases are even set up and arranged in basically the exact same ways
"use the jetpack"

so did you try to use the damn jetpack

 

[kain30]

I´m in love with the quests of the outlaws, they are the best in the game. I was just jawdropped with an unexpected resolution of a quest! I love elex more and more by the day.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

I love elex more and more by the day.

Yeah but have you used the jetpack?

 

[Tigranes]

A TRUE berserker uses not the jetpack, he fights his enemies despite shattered knees from years of fall damage walking down the stairs

 

[Tygrende]

I think the game should be actually playable without a jetpack. I know for a fact you can ignore the jetpack and leave the tutorial area by jumping down the mountainside. Could be a fun challenge.

 

[Elex]

black people, before the comet.

 

[frajaq]

the Game could be better

 

[Belegarsson]

the Game could be better

Definitely, with another jetpack.