ELEX II

DId you love Gothic? And Risen? Then Elex series is a must. Great story, factions, weapons, monsters, hundreds of quests. Just jump in and save the Magalan,

7/10 It lacks the RPG depth of other PB games, and it's profusely obvious that the second half was rushed

There's some good in Elex 2 but alotta bad as well. Coming in from Elex 1, which I really enjoyed there's some things improved and some worse than it. Graphic engine is improved but the characters look terrible, no facial animations or emotions, odd skin textures give off the kinda lifeless doll-like characters. Caja's scrunched up face makes her look like she smells something terrible everytime she's on screen! Most faction armors look horrible compared to Elex 1. Combat is much improved. Melee is alot more responsive compared to the slow Elex 1 melee. The ranged combat felt worse tho, gone are the alt fire types. Playing on controller the auto-aim was one of the worst I've ever experienced. Giant mantis right in my face but auto aim snaps to a flying enemy miles away in the distant sky. It happened so much. Exploration is a mixed bag as well. Jetpack upgrades make for great fast traversal but loot felt very underwhelming, opening a safe to only get a small heal potion and 2 rolls of toilet paper! So many of the loot items are just actual trash to sell, they might seem like crafting materials but 80% is just stuff to sell. It doesn't have the difficulty curve of Elex 1 where the first 10h staying away from enemies is better. With more responsive combat in Elex 2 you can actually combat smaller enemies early on. Also one of the quests in the first hour or 2 get you access to a shotgun. Even the basic shotty does heavy dmg and didn't require very heavy stat investment to equip. That shotty could take out large enemies like trolls in under 10 shells at low level. Builds are better since adding points into str will give you a little more melee dmg, Dex for ranged dmg rather than solely for skill unlocks of Elex 1 but you level faster, get more points to spend and can also find stat increase potions around the world or craft at high level. As with all PB games getting early animal trophies skills makes the game so much easier. When maxed 3/3 it's overkill, by mid game I had over 10k with nothing to buy, last few hours I just stopped looting completely. One positive was there being factionless armor sold by stores so you don't feel forced to join a faction early just to survive the early game. Story is the really killer on Elex 2. It started well enough, check out factions, pick up alotta quests, find companions. All fine but the main quest missions from mid to late game are just kill 3 of this enemy, 6 of this other enemy. It got so tedious. If i wasn't 45h into the game i might seriously have uninstalled. Quests didn't have the same feel as Elex 1. I can only think of the early morkon trader quest as a highlight. There was also a lack alternative outcomes, which Elex 1 has a fair amount of. The companion quests really threw me as you start a quest you'll just be teleported to the area, kill something, talk to someone or collect something and that's it. It just felt so off with all the forced fast travel ruining the fun experience of exploration! Performance was fine for the most part. Played 1080p/60fps with no drops or real issues. The game did crash 4 times randomly, while Elex 1 had only 1 crash for me. As much as this seems like a negative review I got the game 75% off for around £10 it took me 56h to beat. So good value but sadly the last 10h really soured the game for me. A shame to see the final Piranha Bytes game look like a unfinished project :(

Wer Gothic, Risen oder Elex mag, ist hier richtig. Nicht viel neues im Spiel aber die alten Ideen wurden hervoragent umgesetzt und es macht Spaß die Welt zu erkunden. Nur sehr Schade das es das letzte Spiel von Piranja Byte ist und Elex 3 vermutlich nie erscheint.

Loving it so far, im going to get the first elex 1 too. its my first time discovery this gem and its been a while since i play a game like this... if you love skyrim, fallout, outward, witcher, ur going to like this one too

Ich mag den zweiten noch lieber, als den ersten Teil.

Ich habe ELEX 2 direkt im Anschluss an den ersten Teil gespielt und war leider sehr enttäuscht. Der erste Teil war wirklich gut, aber der zweite wirkt im Vergleich deutlich kleiner und unfertiger. Ein großer Teil der Geschichte scheint zu fehlen – man erfährt nur wenig über die Welt und die Ereignisse, vieles bleibt oberflächlich oder wird gar nicht erklärt. Besonders störend ist, dass die Entscheidungen aus dem ersten Teil im zweiten praktisch keine Rolle mehr spielen. Egal, wie man sich zuvor entschieden hat, ELEX 2 ignoriert das fast vollständig. Das nimmt der Geschichte viel Gewicht und Motivation. Dazu kommen weitere Schwächen: Das eigene Kind ist einfach nur nervig und trägt nichts Positives zum Spielerlebnis bei. Auch das Schlösserknacken ist schlecht umgesetzt – es sieht lieblos aus und fühlt sich nicht gut an. Insgesamt konnte mich ELEX 2 nicht überzeugen. Bewertung: 3 von 6 Punkten. Ich würde das Spiel leider nicht weiterempfehlen, vor allem nicht Fans des ersten Teils, die auf eine konsequente Fortsetzung gehofft haben.

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