ELEX first impressions (tldc; It's basically Gothic)

[JinxRake]

vivster said:

JinxRake said:
I have played Gothic 1 exclusively via keyboard. No mouse binding. No gamepad. Only keyboard. Because fucking CHRIST THESE GAMES HANDLE LIKE CRAP!

But...big fan of Gothic here, big fan of Risen 1...so will pick this up when I get some time on my hands.
Also, I'll wait for a few patches first. No Gothic has ever run properly from the base build.

The camera problem was only in Gothic 1 I believe. It got better in Gothic 2 and was fine in Gothic 3.

As for ELEX they actually made a step backwards from Gothic 3 which hat quite smooth combat. So the mechanics are basically back to Gothic 2. Still overall feels like Gothic 3 though. And the only major bug I've found so far is related to archery combat.

Another good or bad thing is vastly improved enemy AI. You can't exploit height or obstacles anymore and most enemies both human and beast switch to ranged attacks when you're out of reach and will move so that they will definitely hit you.

Am I safe to assume we won't have machine gun snouted boars in ELEX, that can still kill you effortlessly even when you're at max level and fully geared?

I have been emotionally scarred by the boars in the Gothic 3 base release.