ELEX Pre-Release Thread

[Gnidrologist]

To which god should I pray to not have a main character in ELEX be named Alex?

Ultralex.

 

[theSavant]

To which god should I pray to not have a main character in ELEX be named Alex?

Protagonist is a she. Her name is Alyx. Alyx Vance. She came from outer space. A universe called Half-Life

 

[HiddenX]

ELEX = Ekletisch Leidenschaftlich Energetisch Xenophil

= Eclectic Passionate Energetic Xenophilic

 

[Caconym]

 

[T. Reich]

Lol, that pretty much certifies the game as shit :D.

 

[imweasel]

Consolitis confirmed for the PC version. Uh oh.

That certainly put a damper on my expectations.

 

[Jools]

Not even one week after the announcement, and this already made me lose all interest in the title.

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

also kinda killed it.

 

[Zed]

"we don't want to do it. I'm just saying we will"

 

[Jools]

Not even one week after the announcement, and this already made me lose all interest in the title.

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

also kinda killed it.

It's just overkill™.

 

[JustMyOnion]

What I've never been able to understand is who actually buys PB games on consoles. All console versions of Risen games have abysmal review scores. What is it that makes PB keep trying to appeal to that audience? Do they honestly believe that at some point they will make some sort of Skyrim killer that will fill their pockets with consolero money?

Why not? Console versions of Bethesda games also consistently run like shit (up to complete unplayability), yet outsell PC versions by 100% and more. If I was a company that is absolute ass at programming and game design and has only ever made RPGs, copying Bethesda would be my last hope.

 

[Jools]

What I've never been able to understand is who actually buys PB games on consoles. All console versions of Risen games have abysmal review scores. What is it that makes PB keep trying to appeal to that audience? Do they honestly believe that at some point they will make some sort of Skyrim killer that will fill their pockets with consolero money?

Why not? Console versions of Bethesda games also consistently run like shit (up to complete unplayability), yet outsell PC versions by 100% and more. If I was a company that is absolute ass at programming and game design and has only ever made RPGs, copying Bethesda would be my last hope.

Which makes me wonder, how is the work behind the game being spread over the two companies. You know, because Nordic Games have done almost exclusively not-RPG games, and mediocre ones at that...

 

[T. Reich]

What I've never been able to understand is who actually buys PB games on consoles. All console versions of Risen games have abysmal review scores. What is it that makes PB keep trying to appeal to that audience? Do they honestly believe that at some point they will make some sort of Skyrim killer that will fill their pockets with consolero money?

Why not? Console versions of Bethesda games also consistently run like shit (up to complete unplayability), yet outsell PC versions by 100% and more. If I was a company that is absolute ass at programming and game design and has only ever made RPGs, copying Bethesda would be my last hope.

Which makes me wonder, how is the work behind the game being spread over the two companies. You know, because Nordic Games have done almost exclusively not-RPGs...

My guess is that PB develops the game as it goes, and NG's role is to "keep gamepads in mind".

 

[Wulfstand]

Spoiler

Would you look at that piece of Severian!

Just the thought of it... please make it happen!

On the other hand, the only games I've enjoyed from them were G1+2 and Risen, and that's like what, 2/5s of their total games?

Oh...

 

[JustMyOnion]

What I've never been able to understand is who actually buys PB games on consoles. All console versions of Risen games have abysmal review scores. What is it that makes PB keep trying to appeal to that audience? Do they honestly believe that at some point they will make some sort of Skyrim killer that will fill their pockets with consolero money?

Why not? Console versions of Bethesda games also consistently run like shit (up to complete unplayability), yet outsell PC versions by 100% and more. If I was a company that is absolute ass at programming and game design and has only ever made RPGs, copying Bethesda would be my last hope.

Which makes me wonder, how is the work behind the game being spread over the two companies. You know, because Nordic Games have done almost exclusively not-RPG games, and mediocre ones at that...

Wikipedia says Nordic Games is a publisher, so I guess they'll do the publishing side of things.

 

[Excidium II]

Nordic Games also owns JewWood which published PB games before

 

[Jaesun]

What games does Nordic Games publish? Dumbed down console garbage? That pretty much will tell you all we need to know about this game.

Until they self-publish a game, don't expect any Gothic like game again.

 

[Ludo Lense]

What games does Nordic Games publish? Dumbed down console garbage? That pretty much will tell you all we need to know about this game.

Until they self-publish a game, don't expect any Gothic like game again.

"There can be no true despair without hope."

 

[Metro]

Nordic owns all the old JoWood IP's (whatever is left) and they also bought some stuff from the THQ auction (Red Faction and maybe something else... can't remember).

Edit: They also bought the Darksiders IP.

 

[Jools]

What games does Nordic Games publish? Dumbed down console garbage? That pretty much will tell you all we need to know about this game.

Until they self-publish a game, don't expect any Gothic like game again.

That was kind of my point. Nordic's track record is meh, at best, whether they're publishers or developers.

 

[Excidium II]

Nordic owns all the old JoWood IP's (whatever is left) and they also bought some stuff from the THQ auction (Red Faction and maybe something else... can't remember).

Edit: They also bought the Darksiders IP.

I see they're ready to milk it with an HD version, great excuse to stop selling it at a discount

 

[titus]

Yeah right. Like I'm gonna fall for this again.

 

[theSavant]

Yes you will. Like all the deniers of Fallout 4. Resistance is futile.

 

[made]

Accessible and deep - like Arcania. Sounds pretty awesome. High time someone tackle a multicult RPG after the xenophobic Witcher 3 that only featured white people.

 

[Cyberarmy]

30 FPS for PC, Arcania ? WTF is tihs horseshit!

 

[Cynicus]

In before name change to Rainbow Xenial Geyser.