Curious, I Google translated that French review into English. It did an ok job, but still rough of course. At least the final summary seems well translated and understandable, and gosh, it's pretty damning criticism!
"It's incredible but Elex is a catastrophe even worse than what we could fear. As soon as you feel you have found a branch to hang onto, it's the developers who come to sabotage everything with a frustrating system. The game is an obstacle to its own exploration, the evolution of the character is bridled and freedom an illusion.
The technical debt accumulated over the years by Piranha Bytes makes Elex an anachronism, all in a mixture of opportunistic and impersonal universes. At this level, it is no longer a question of straightening the bar but of going to rescue the carcass at the bottom of the ocean. And unless you commit to one or two years to get a miraculous enhanced edition, Piranha Bytes has just celebrated its twenty years of existence with a very sad example of an industrial accident."
"It's incredible but Elex is a catastrophe even worse than what we could fear. As soon as you feel you have found a branch to hang onto, it's the developers who come to sabotage everything with a frustrating system. The game is an obstacle to its own exploration, the evolution of the character is bridled and freedom an illusion.
The technical debt accumulated over the years by Piranha Bytes makes Elex an anachronism, all in a mixture of opportunistic and impersonal universes. At this level, it is no longer a question of straightening the bar but of going to rescue the carcass at the bottom of the ocean. And unless you commit to one or two years to get a miraculous enhanced edition, Piranha Bytes has just celebrated its twenty years of existence with a very sad example of an industrial accident."