Not me - I'm off to join the Outlaws. Currently making life hard for the Clerics in the Domed City.
ELEX is one of the best RPGs of 2017
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Coolest looking armor by far for me. I knew based on the previous 3 risen games that faction armor is all you'll be wearing since regular loot armor doesn't exist.
Currently level 7. Spoke to a woman called Caja in Abessa and somehow convinced her to join me. She immediately took me to a place with some elex where I was inta-killed by some mutants. Brilliant!
So I stumbled into chapter 2, anyone know if there are any missable quests or anything that should be done while still in the first chapter?
*fist bump*
I did the same thing, I loved fucking around with the clerics at the domed city in anticipation of joining up with the outlaws soon after
Personally, I think the outlaw quests are the most entertaining, there is one in particular involving a gentlemen named Rat that rivals anything that came out of witcher 3 (imo of course)
This is one of the few games where I actually listen and go through all the dialog without skipping. I think the voices are decent to good, animation is terrible, story is intriguing. After while you'll notice the same voice actors on multiple characters.
Last night I found an insane energy rifle in an abandoned refinery or factory, guarded by a cyborg. He was tough but getting this rifle has made me godlike. Mortal Beam or something, like 110 damage.
First post on ResetEra and it'll be about ELEX.
Got it on Saturday and maaan that game is amazing. It's fuckin hard, i got killed every 10 minutes and can't go outside without a companion following me.
Quest-Design is amazing, Story is interesting and boyy the world is amazing to explore!
Got it on Saturday and maaan that game is amazing. It's fuckin hard, i got killed every 10 minutes and can't go outside without a companion following me.
Quest-Design is amazing, Story is interesting and boyy the world is amazing to explore!
A demo really wouldn't be possible. Pretty similar to Skyrim, it's nearly impossible to create a demo of an Open World title without taking away 90% of what makes the game amazing.
The combat and glitches/technical aspects are the concern. Dragons Dogma and Kingdom of Amalur had pretty good demos...
Yes, but both of them had Dungeons/Narrow paths big enough for a demo. DD was pretty much semi-open world with a lot of corridors. While Kingdoms of Amalur is as Open world as it can get, the starting dungeon is pretty linear and can only be finished in one way. In Elex you basically can do what you want from the first minute, pretty much like you did in Morrowind (Not even Skyrim or Oblivion had that kind of freedom from minute one).
But to reassure you i'm 5 hours in, playing on an OG PS4 and have yet to encounter game breaking glitches or bugs. Sure the game has it's technical weaknesses, and the AI sometimes doesn't react, but it's really nothing to worry about.
Ordered Elex from the 2 get 1 free sale from Target. I wonder how it runs on the Xbox One X since it is a Xbox One X enhanced game.
Yeah...the setting, story and voice acting are drawing me, but combat looks rough. I just really want to test it. Will look more into it for now.
You can essentially buy attribute and skill points. All you need is the recipe for the Elex potion, lots of money, and a willingness to sell your soul for power.
10 Attribute points and 1 skill point per level. Attributes cost more to level up the higher they are.
10-31 costs 1 point, 31-61 costs 2, 61-91 costs 5, and 91-100 costs 10.
The combat is average to bad as always with their games, it's just working. One of the weaknesses. I don't get IGNs technical concerns though, it's literally the most stable game they ever released, at least on PC. The only bugs I had was a minor map bug that sorted itself after restarting, and getting stuck on a bed after sleeping, which was resolved after quickloading. Nothing else, no notable framedrops or something.
Are you playing on PS4 or PC? On PC you could at least try the game on Steam for two hours and give it back if the combat puts you off.
Reading on other forums, a lot of people claim that the attributes have basically no impact on damage/hp. I'm only lvl 8 so i can't say anything about that, but for now it really looks like it has very small impact.
PD Björn Pankratz said in an interview, that they do have an impact but a much smaller one than their previous games. Basically the damage/hp etc. stats only really change through gear and weapons, so finding a good weapon
is better than lvling up.
PD Björn Pankratz said in an interview, that they do have an impact but a much smaller one than their previous games. Basically the damage/hp etc. stats only really change through gear and weapons, so finding a good weapon
is better than lvling up.
Somehow missed this thread and posted to the other one from last week..
Have about 7ish hours in now (level 6 iirc), still needing to run like hell from mobs both giant and human size alike.
I was excited to upgrade some of my junk weapons...only to find out the requirements went up to unusable levels. Guess I should have read the option more closely...oh well. Moved from the starting area over to the Eastern desert part of the map for some more exploration and scavenging, heading to the city there.
What level are people finding themselves better able to survive encounters? I can't handle much more than a small biter or rat at this point without cheesing with arrows up on higher terrain.
Have about 7ish hours in now (level 6 iirc), still needing to run like hell from mobs both giant and human size alike.
I was excited to upgrade some of my junk weapons...only to find out the requirements went up to unusable levels. Guess I should have read the option more closely...oh well. Moved from the starting area over to the Eastern desert part of the map for some more exploration and scavenging, heading to the city there.
What level are people finding themselves better able to survive encounters? I can't handle much more than a small biter or rat at this point without cheesing with arrows up on higher terrain.
I mean, you need to level up to have enough attribute points to wield said weapons.
Yes, but that's about it. Atribbutes should be more than "You need this to be higher to carry swords and this one to carry strong armor"
It takes some getting used to - it's janky and frustrating, but it does have a sort of rhythm to it.
I'm on PS4. Annoyances for me are the 3 to 4s pause when opening the menu, the fact that O doesn't back out of the options menu and worst of all, the cursor for navigating around the map is really sticky and hard to move sometimes. Other than that I'm enjoying it a lot (7 hours in, still getting killed by most things I encounter)
I posted a list of easy to get items earlier in the thread. If you have having issues, try to get the Flamethrower. It has low equip requirements and also has a nice knockback that keeps enemies far away.
I had the opportunity to play this first on the OG ps4 then on the ps4 pro (purchased one last weekend)
It was serviceable on the OG, I think it is pretty universal that the menu delay gets worse the longer session you play. If you restart the game it'll go back to a 1-2 second delay. Framerate on the pro is solid, very smooth with some stuttering in the cities. OG ps4 was more around 30fps.
You won't start feeling comfortable until you upgrade a weapon and/or are able to equip something with ~40 damage. Make sure you upgrade your combat melee/ranged/heavy because it makes a difference. I would also join a faction so you can get better armor. Once you hit the second tier of faction armor you'll feel much better.
I am lvl 32 and have clocked a little more than 40 hours so far. I have captain armor for the outlaws with a fully upgraded outlaw double handed axe w/ bleed (94 dmg) and a legendary energy rifle (109 dmg) and I am pretty much unstoppable, even to large enemies. I can take down a mech in 3 shots from my rifle.
Honestly I didn't expect this game to be anything but jank on jank in jank.
I'm a bit surprised to see it garner this kind of attention among the community.
I'm not convinced enough to jump in at full price, but, thanks to this thread and some of the streams/videos I've seen because of it, I think I'll give it a go on sale, why not.
I'm a bit surprised to see it garner this kind of attention among the community.
I'm not convinced enough to jump in at full price, but, thanks to this thread and some of the streams/videos I've seen because of it, I think I'll give it a go on sale, why not.
I picked it up as part of the target sale, so I'm probably overpaying a little bit over what I could at Christmas. Haven't played it yet, but I'm sure there's a bit of jank, it's to be expected in any Piranha Bytes game. Kind of like we knew what to expect out of the older From games like King's Field and Shadow Tower.
Yeah, between this and the thread about not dismissing AC: Origins - I'm on the struggle bus to target later, I'd almost guarantee it.
The talk is that it's Skyrim sized, and it certainly feels around that big to me. More importantly the hand crafted world feels so much more alive and packed with places to explore and items and loot to find. The game is literally packed to the gills with stuff - plates, cups, toilet rolls, brooms - all over the place. But with no inventory limit and money being super important to skilling up. Even this junk feels satisfying to collect and sell. Oh and steal. Ransacking homes never felt so good.
No inventory limit? This just keeps getting better and better :)
I really hate weight and space limitations in inventory. It's nice not to worry about it.
Just ran into the same gun. Now to get my strength up in order to equip it!
Is stuff like this random or are some weapons in fixed locations and you can get them if you can survive?
I'm just glad to see many people trying out ELEX ever since this thread was posted. Hope you all enjoy it!
Amazing. I'm definitely gonna try to do some "suicide" runs and see if I can succeed :)
Well on Pro it has unlocked frames and runs around 30-60fps. I guess XBX will have even more constant 60fps. And 1440p ofc
There was 1 patch so far,at least on PC. Not sure about consoles.