![]() ![]() You have one-handed, two-handed, bows, crossbows, shotguns, blasters, grenade launchers, rocket launchers, slugthrowers, spear launchers, and cannons. Items obtained this way don’t even get marked as stolen, once it is in your pockets, that item belonged to Jax the whole time.Ĭombat in ELEX II comes in many different flavors. Stealing is an option, but it can bring unwanted attention unless you do in stealth away from watchful eyes. Jax is some sort of bottomless bag and nothing can ever stop you from shoveling whatever you want into your pockets. In ELEX II, you don’t have a carry weight or inventory limit. While I am very quick to compare this to Elder Scrolls games, it lacks some of the most associated features, but in a positive way. It’s moments like this where ELEX II shines. A tough enemy might have a skull to the side of their health bar, but why would you listen to that instead of trying it? I wandered into a mysterious alien cave not that long after being sent out into the world and found myself very quickly chased out of said cave by something I could barely even dent. It makes you ask, “is a forest troll something I think I can take down?” and the answer is usually no. This also provides an almost drunken confidence as you never know exactly how hard something is going to be. Every monster type is precisely as difficult when first encountered as it is the whole game. The jetpack is also super deadly, as now you can get to places that normally you wouldn’t be willing to make the trip to reach to find enemies that probably will outclass you.Įnemies in ELEX II don’t have levels there is no scaling. The jetpack is pretty much infinite, in that fuel immediately starts regenerating once you are on solid ground, and the fuel amount is possible to upgrade for 50 whole levels. You want to get up over that cliff? Done. The jetpack is an incredible tool for a game like this and It almost feels unfair that it is just handed to you at the very start of the game with zero fanfare considering the massive impact on gameplay. In a game big on choice, there is a lot riding on how you handle the various groups and who you ultimately choose to join.įrom here, the map is entirely available to you. Ultimately it comes down to whoever you as a player think might have the best chance at helping your side succeed. Your choices of allies are mainly split between the war-mage Berserkers, or the ice cold emotionless Albs, but there are a few others. The resistance against the Skyands requires a powerful army, so it is up to the player as to how they want to proceed. Jax now has to deal with his past regarding the many factions of the world. Adam promises he is working on a solution and gives Jax a jetpack, sending him out a plan to meet up together later to discuss the next steps regarding the invasion. The infection will no doubt turn him into a monster, as it is currently doing to all sorts of life forms across the planet of Magalan. Jax is informed that from the bite he is now infected. ![]() He awakens two days later having been under the care of a doctor, Adam. After an ensuing battle with a couple of altered dog-like creatures, Jax is bitten and collapses. It even starts right on his doorstep, with the aliens destroying his house with their first real incursion. So with that, he retreated into his self-imposed exile to prepare.ĮLEX II’s story starts just as Jax’s worst fears come true, and an invasion begins. After the previous game’s big bad was defeated, none of Jax’s allies would listen to his alarmist warnings of a further threat coming in the near future. The main takeaway is that you play as Jax, the protagonist of the first game, who has been living in isolation for the last several years. Understanding the story of ELEX II certainly doesn’t hinge on knowing past events, but the lack of solid background undercuts some of the tension that exists. You are told of the biggest events, but they lack any sort of real context so it doesn’t quite prepare the player as it should. At the same time, that system makes it fully dependent on the player which it will be, sink or swim.ĮLEX II opens on a short recap of the first game, but doesn’t really help much if you never played the first game. However, just like those two examples, it’s a double edged sword, as you could just as easily wander into the wrong area and get completely demolished by a monster out of your league. ELEX II handles it more as an Elder Scrolls or Fallout game which give the player as much freedom as they could possibly want. ![]() Usually you are given one area at a time to explore and the explorable territory increases parallel with the story. But, many open-world games interpret player freedom differently. In an open-world game, freedom is everything. ![]()
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