![]() It’s like holding a conversation with someone who has Tourettes. Most characters in the game are angry and whining, with the tendency to just spout endless profanity as if it makes them intelligent. I have to bring up the dialogue because it’s a mixed bag that made my eyes roll. This is the cultivation area outside the Fort. Some of the voice acting is great, especially the kids in the Fort. It might be jarring at first, but I got used to him. No longer the robotic Alb coming off his drug, Jax has some emotions now. ![]() One of the biggest changes was a voice actor change for Jax. Voice acting isn’t stellar, but it usually does the job. It’s the classic Piranha Bytes standby, and Elex 2 still holds up. Regardless, after meeting with the ex-antagonist of the first game, you’re sent off on your merry way to build up strength, make allies, and explore. The story is nothing special, but I never found Piranha Bytes games to be great on the story front. There are plenty of surviving characters from the first game, many will recognize you. True to humanity, however, the varied factions are too busy trying to survive each other and their harsh world to listen to him. After aliens destroy his home and introduced him to the equivalent of the Space Plague, Jax must try to unite the world once more against the alien threat. ![]() Aliens have invaded Magalan, and ex-Alb Jax has a family to look after. Overview Yeah….a lot of characters in this game are assholes.Įlex 2 takes place several years after the end of Elex 1, a true sequel. I have no idea who was behind that decision. It’s a weird game with an odd decision to release so soon after the AAA giant by From Software, Elden Ring. This isn’t a full review as I’m not very far into the story, just a few viewpoints. Was it worth the long wait? Have Piranha Bytes learned from their shortcomings? Gothic 1, Gothic 2, and Risen 1 were the height of their power, but there have been some real stinkers. Piranha Bytes for all their ambition and talent have released games of differing quality. Even so, I went into Elex 2 expecting a similar experience. Of course, Piranha Bytes is a studio of thirty people, so it’s difficult to compare. I find it amusing how Ubisoft often gets flack by the gaming scene for making the same game over and over, yet other studios get a pass for it. These guys have the habit of repeating the same story structure for twenty years. That was the bonkers, brutal, and sometimes brilliant RPG in Elex 1. It’s taken them five years to release Elex 2, the sequel to their 2017 version of Gothic 2 in Magalan. They have problems as a studio, but I enjoy their games. Yeah, they make janky games, but I struggle to think of competitors who do worlds as nice as Piranha Bytes. World and environment design is an often overlooked feature of open-world games, and Piranha Bytes usually does great. I like these guys because they know how to craft great worlds. eye roll Elex 1 has many flaws, but I do enjoy it. If you believe some people, every game release is buggy these days. They often have great designs let down by poor interface, clunky controls and mechanics, and of course, bugs. What is that? Well, they tend to be deeply ambitious titles by small studios, trying to pull off a AAA experience with a fraction of the budget. They are the king of what the scene calls ‘Eurojank’ games. It nearly borders on fanaticism sometimes. They have an enormous cult following in Europe, with one of the most passionate and loyal fanbases I’ve seen for a game studio. They’ve been around for decades, releasing their first game Gothic in 2001 and continuing their path ever since. I’ve always found Piranha Bytes to be an odd game studio. In order to defend the peace on Magalan and the safety of his own family, Jax has to go on a mission to convince the factions to unite against the invaders and find his own son, Dex, who got separated from him …ĭive into a huge, hand-crafted, completely unique world with multiple factions and diverse environments set in a post-apocalyptic science fantasy universe.I’ve been looking forward to Elex 2 ever since it got announced. Several years after Jax defeated the Hybrid, a new threat arrives from the sky, unleashing the dangerous powers of dark Elex and endangering all life on the planet. ELEX II returns to the post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy world of Magalan – with massive environments that can be explored with unrivaled freedom via jetpack, you will be able to move through the epic story any way you want. ELEX II is the sequel to ELEX, the vintage open-world role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic and Risen series, Piranha Bytes. ![]()
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