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

[vivster]

JinxRake said:

vivster said:

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.

The boars were fixed with the community patch anyways.

ELEX is about as challenging as any other Gothic game. You still have a hard time against multiple enemies. Your companions are about as competent as usual and it certainly helps to have one with you at all times. They don't die when they're with you and their pathfinding is basically perfect now because they also get a jetpack. So no more looking all over the world for your lost companion.

Overall it hasn't gotten easier though. The world is stacked with monsters and while you can flee from all of them usually fleeing leads you into just more enemies you have to flee from again.

I finally was able to join the Berserkers. They gve me their lowest tier armor and I couldn't equip it because I didn't have the stats for it^^. I am Level 11 now and I have not skilled a lot of combat attributes. I'm still in Faction less clothing and have my first weapon and bow that I found. Without a companion I'm barely able to fight of the lowest mobs, but only when they're alone. I am 15h into the game.

I am basically at the most fun part right now. I've skilled pretty much all non combat skills that I want and all of my future attribute points will go into combat. So it's only gonna get better from now on.