Thanks to great voice acting (aside from the protagonist Jax), characters come to life with vibrant personalities and understandable motives. Sure, there’s the standard “fighting rats” intro quest, but much of the other side content, which you’ll value if you want the much-needed experience, isn’t phoned-in. Thankfully, most of these conversations are actually quite enthralling and humorous. It didn’t help that all the upgraded gear cost an exponential amount of money that was hard to come by.Īs Elex II is a true blue open-world RPG, you’ll spend just about as much time exploring/fighting as you will interacting with NPCs. The daunting grind is mitigated by completing missions, but after several hours in, I still felt underpowered. You start with 10 points in each constitution, and you’ll have to defeat a bevy of opponents for 10 upgrade points. Playing on normal difficulty, I saw myself in the early-game getting killed in 3-4 hits and needing to connect with my weapon at least a dozen times, whether it be with a sword or a crossbow. The lore is fairly well-built, as “berzerkers” inhabit the lands and “outlaws” oppose them in the open world.Ĭombat in Elex II is a pretty standard fare, complete with stamina, dodging, and knockdowns. While those stories were more medieval, Elex looks to the future for its setting, incorporating a mix of energy-weapon-toting soldiers and robots with sword-and-shield brawlers. This title performed well enough to warrant a sequel, so how does it fare?Įlex and Elex II are developed by Piranha Bytes, who have a storied history in the RPG genre, developing Gothic and Risen to much acclaim. With narrative, linear tales such as God of War and The Last of Us eking out the frontlines, the genre saw a bit of a decline, but some franchises pushed on, one of them being Elex. The open-world RPG was the staple of the 2010s, with several franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and others seeing several releases to flood the market by decade’s end.
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