They are probably waiting for Merkel to step down from politics and release a video of her with black glasses and various metal implants saying: "Wach auf, Hussar! Wir haben ein Stadt zum Verbrennen!"
This is hands down one of my most anticipated games at the moment, however, with so many promising projects and sequels that have tragically gone to the dogs either because of woeful policies, mismanagement or plain terrible design decisions, the safest route is to tread lightly and keep the expectations in check. Please Piranha, don't fuck this up men..don't turn it into another Risen 2
It will be pretty funny when this one releases far more polished than CP2077
Maybe it's time to play and finish the first, too
Seeing how Elex 1 was more polished than Cyberpunk at release (it had very few bugs for a game with branching storylines and C&C) and that they now have time to do QA that might happen. Maybe they'll even iron out the remaining bugs with patches later on, who knows.
Elex 2 is more Gothic 2 than Risen 2 . In concrete terms: It primarily continues the strengths of its predecessor instead of breaking them. It expands instead of revolutionizing. You get a comparable open world, comparable fights, a comparable narrative style and - you guessed it - comparable open-mouth moments.
But before you confuse "conservative" with "boring": Elex 2 has cool new ideas, an exciting story starting point, new open world areas - and you can now fly with the jetpack! So don't float, just fly properly. Like Iron Man.
The rough outline: what is Elex 2?
The absolutely most important information first: Yes, there is a chainsaw broadsword again in Elex 2, yikes! Elex 2 plays a few years after its predecessor - and what is bad news for the inhabitants of the game world should again please fans. The world of Magalan still doesn't get the hang of leaving its own post-apocalyptic devastation behind. So a mix of dense fantasy forests, weathered skyscrapers and science fiction innovations is waiting for you. Here are the basic facts:
Story and quests:
- You play again as Ex-Alb Jax, but there will be no savegame import from Elex 1. As in Gothic 2, you lose your skills and can decide again which path your non-nameless hero should take.
- Anyone who has played Elex 1 will know: A new threat hangs over the world. But nobody wants to believe Jax, which is why he fell out with the old factions and went into exile. In Elex 2, he returns from oblivion to convince people of his cause.
- According to Piranha Bytes, none of their games have had as many dialogues and storylines as Elex 2. By the end of the credits you are busy an average of 60 hours, 100 percent natures naturally need significantly longer - and the factions mean that there is always a high replay value.
- There will be more than three factions, but the parties still represent certain character classes or weapon types.
- It is still unclear how many factions are completely new. But we speculate that at least berserkers and outlaws will return.
- The companion system returns: Jax hires familiar and new companions to accompany him through the rugged wilderness. As part of the quest, there should be significantly more decisions and hard consequences.
Open world:
- Elex 2 offers a new open world that consists partly of old and partly of new regions. The old areas have been changed drastically over the years and by the hearts of the world, but you also travel to completely new areas. So overall like in Gothic 2.
- Your jetpack not only allows you to float, but you can also jet through the landscape like Boba Fett. But only after a few upgrades.
- Children are now a part of the play world.
- The nights in Elex 2 are significantly darker than in the predecessor. But hey, now you've got a flashlight for that.
- Further gameplay adjustments
- Little changes in the classes: You can play as a ranged fighter, magician, thug or a mishmash.
- Because you are now more agile in the air, there is also pure air combat against other flying opponents. So Jax can fight gargoyles at a height of 20 meters.
- The moral system has been revised: Instead of a cold value for Jax's emotional state, there is now "creation" and "destruction". Whoever kills defenseless sheep, for example, increases the destruction value. This new moral system is closely interlinked with the parliamentary groups - more on this below in the article.
- Technically, you can see Elex 2's leap forward, even if you still can't expect the smoothness of a 1,500-person Ubisoft production, for example, in the animation.
I really hope the ability to fly is earned only late in the game. I know running is boring but much of the level design depends on how you access certain areas.
We’ll see. Everything else sounds really good so far.
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I can see wonky animations in those screens already.
I rather have wonky animations, than studios that used to make something special (Deus Ex) now making cringe-worthy, cookie-cutter, uninspired Marvel shit.
Oh and it says coming soon, possibly 2021 release?
steam page says 2021
nice
Now to find a hotel an book it for my wife and kid for a week after release.
edit: Just watched the trailer. Awesome.
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Cool trailer with an unexpected music choice, but I dig it! Is this PB's PoP Warrior Within phase? I'm all up for that. The details from that article all sound great, I really need get around to playing the first one.
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Cool trailer with an unexpected music choice, but I dig it! Is this PB's PoP Warrior Within phase? I'm all up for that. The details from that article all sound great, I really need get around to playing the first one.
-1 point for reminding me of that cringey bullshit game
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i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then
Oh and it says coming soon, possibly 2021 release?
steam page says 2021
The rumors said the game is almost finish and right now they just are polishing it to have enough bugs to be proper PB game. Release probably September-November.
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What did we see
Our impressions of Elex 2 are based on a gameplay presentation, the reveal trailer and almost an hour and a half of conversation with Björn and Jenny Pankratz from Piranha Bytes. How Elex 2 actually plays cannot currently be assessed - the game is in a very early version anyway, but it is already impressive. In this cover story here we first clarify the rough basic facts about gameplay, open world and Co., before we then go much deeper into the exciting innovations.
December release i believe.. maybe getting delayed if it's still really early in development.
Cool trailer with an unexpected music choice, but I dig it! Is this PB's PoP Warrior Within phase? I'm all up for that. The details from that article all sound great, I really need get around to playing the first one.
-1 point for reminding me of that cringey bullshit game
I like edgy games and I cannot lie.
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What did we see
Our impressions of Elex 2 are based on a gameplay presentation, the reveal trailer and almost an hour and a half of conversation with Björn and Jenny Pankratz from Piranha Bytes. How Elex 2 actually plays cannot currently be assessed - the game is in a very early version anyway, but it is already impressive. In this cover story here we first clarify the rough basic facts about gameplay, open world and Co., before we then go much deeper into the exciting innovations.
December release i believe.. maybe getting delayed if it's still really early in development.
yeah... looks more like 2022 to me, here's another translation from german:
What do we do with it now?
At least one thing can be deduced from this confusion: Piranha Bytes and THQ Nordic are aiming for a release sometime between 2021 and 2022. The current year is probably the optimistic release date, which could work out with a lot of luck. Alternatively, you will have to wait until spring or summer 2022.
looks rough. not sure flying is such a good idea tbh.. to have something like that well implemented must be really hard. might work for very late game, when you've explored the map and it doesnt really matter that you can pick off anything from above.
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