Unlike other open world games that are good about having something that you’d want to work your way towards, Elex II just gives you a dull forest while your milquetoast soldier man says he should get somewhere, but never really says what. ![]() Unfortunately the world of Elex II just isn’t fun to explore- screen-by-screen the game is just dull to look at. The game tries to go for a mix of sci fi and fantasy- with factions like the Berserkers looking like regular nord-punk people and things like Mana being a thing in the game. So a huge feature in Elex II is its open world, with various factions to try and appease. It just takes you out of what’s mechanically the best system in the game by a country mile, which is a shame since the game’s NPCs are actually really good about acknowledging your agency as a player. Characters just don’t talk like people, often feeling like the voice actors suddenly got direction mid-line. ![]() On the flipside, though, the game’s writing is pretty abysmal. These are really great for roleplay reasons, since they’re totally acknowledging your agency This acknowledgement works in friendly dialogue too- I’d started a questline before the main story required it of me, and you can just tell the big questgiver “yeah, I’m already hanging out with Wulf”. But just the acknowledgement that I *could* have snuck in, had a guard not seen me is a nice reminder that this is, in fact, a game and respecting player agency always feels good even if you don’t get your desired outcome. I don’t mind that the game forced me to listen to Gardar be a dick to me- fair game, that’s what you want. Unfortunately, as soon as a guard saw me they acknowledged that I’d snuck into the fort and threw me out. Rather than hit me with an invisible barrier, the game to its credit totally let me in. ![]() I was meant to do some busy work to get approval to be let into the Berserker Capital, and I tried to skip the quest by using the new Jetpack feature to vault the wall. Check it out below if you want to see if this is going to be the right sort of game for you.Follow I really like about the quests is that even if it doesn’t always allow you to use various solutions, the game does make the effort to acknowledge your choices. While the initial reveal only showed off pre-rendered cinematics, a combat trailer was eventually released showing off some of the other stuff that you can do in the game. Oh, also the tech includes laser guns, because of course it does. You also have to contend with dinosaurs, bandits, and a whole slew of other enemies that have similar abilities that you do. If you’re unfamiliar with the gameplay of Elex II, it’s a classic-style action RPG with a combination of sci-fi tech and fantasy magic abilities. With all the delays we had last year, that’s something of a godsend. This title will be hitting Steam, PS4/5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X on March 1st, 2022, just over six or seven months since it was officially announced. It might come as a bit of a surprise then that the game is actually going to be launched pretty soon. Of course, it was also all pre-rendered and ended with a simple ‘coming soon’ rather than a release date. It was given a flash new trailer and really did a great job of selling the game’s next-gen look and feel. Elex II Release DateĮlex II was officially announced back in June as part of the E3 2021 Xbox conference. We can provide you with the exact date that the game will be hitting digital store shelves. If you’re one of those people hanging on to the edge of their seat waiting for news on Elex II then we’ve got you covered. Well, now Elex II is almost upon us and there are plenty of die-hard fans out there who just can’t wait for it. Elex was considered an instant classic by many with its science-fantasy setting and the gratuitous use of dinosaurs.
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