Elex

"ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic science fantasy universe that puts players into a huge, seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action."

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• New more challenging combat, better enemy AI
• Different weapons feel really different (sword vs. axe for example)
• Many ranged weapons (Flamethrower, grenade launcher etc.)
• hand to hand combat is equally important to ranged combat
• Vertical exploration possible with Jet-Pack
• Great open world - World size is 1.5 x Gothic 3 size
• Many different landscapes, snow, desert a la Mad Max
• No loading zones
• Language still "Ruhrpott" slang
• The team has a lot of fun playing the game already
• PB likes contrasts: Fantasy vs. Post Apocalypse vs. Science Fiction, different factions are in the game
• A lot of moral choices, different endings - you decide the fate of the Elex
• Every major person in the game will react to your decisions
• Your companions have a loyalty value depending on how you play
• No auto-leveling of enemies
• Many different presets for the game difficulty
• You can join a guild
• The story has chapters
• The world reacts to your actions (for example if you have killed a person, quest-lines will change)
• New quality management -> less bugs
• No Mod-Tools
• Gothic voice-over artist again in the game
• Combat animations will be polished until the very end of development
• Some skills: lock-picking, hacking, magic, pick-pocketing, alchemy, crafting (depending on faction)
• Story & dialog = 300.000 words
• Moral system: not good vs bad - it is more do you act like a human or like a machine
• Factions have a hierarchy system again, gain levels and you can get better equipment
• Women are in the game, a relationship is possible
• Weather and day night cycle and climate zones are in the game
• Playtime: 50-80 hours
• Release: early - mid 2017
• Many new design ideas due to new setting
• Stamina bar + health bar leads to more tactical fighting (you can't jump around forever)
• There's a home-base
• Animation for drinking is back
• No mini games besides hacking and lock-picking
• You can play with one companion or alone
• No DLCs

Takk! Begeistret!

Looks like my kinda game so far.

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Exploration, choices with consequences, factions, a dry sense of humor, collecting everything, lots of quests, challenging fights, multiple quest solutions - a typical Piranha Bytes RPG!

Review in German by Daniel Boll on GBase - Score: 8/10

It's on sale, too; $33.49 on Steam and GOG, both.

That seems a little early for a 1/3 off sale. DOS2 is only discounted 10%.

DOS2 sold 1 million, Elex sold at best 350k (140K on Steam, let guess 40k on Gog but that seems very optimistic, and 150k on console, Steam forums don't seem over crowded by console players).

On Steam Risen 2 is 1.3 million, and Risen 3 is 500K, steamdb numbers.

Not fair to compare with risen x since these games have appeared on humble bundle bundles a few times.

Originally Posted by Dasale
DOS2 sold 1 million, Elex sold at best 350k (140K on Steam, let guess 40k on Gog but that seems very optimistic, and 150k on console, Steam forums don't seem over crowded by console players).

On Steam Risen 2 is 1.3 million, and Risen 3 is 500K, steamdb numbers.

You mean Risen 2? Because if you mean all Risen how you explain the humble bundle difference between 2 and 3?

From a small number of quotes along time, I noticed that sales don't change widely number of sells of Steam keys. Sales don't change 200K to 1.3M.

But a special bundle that can be different, usually 1M+ aren't in bundles.