#PS5 ELEX 2 UPGRADE#
If you don’t commit to a certain direction and just want to upgrade across the board, then leveling up is certainly going to feel like a bit of a grind here – upgrading your stats, applying upgrade points and paying trainers to learn skills. This all ties into your character progression though, which is a constant juggling act as stat and upgrade points are scarce and weapon or relationship goals can feel like constant compromises because of it. That’s definitely also true on a micro level within each hub, where interesting personalities collide or align with you and you have the choice to join their faction.ĭoing so will give you additional upgrade paths, but obviously it can make things harder for you to be successful in other hubs – so you can also choose to remain neutral. As you’d expect, a lot of that is done through (side) missions and objectives, but as you complete them you’ll also come across a lot of characters – some of which will be recurring ones that also pop up elsewhere, showing that Elex II’s world is a living and breathing one. Gameplay-wise, this translates to a game world where factions have their own cities for you to visit and immerse yourself in as you gain their trust. A new alien menace threatens all of them, so we’re re-introduced to Jax, who now has to try and unite all these factions in order to fight an enemy that threatens them all. Since then, as in any good post-apocalyptic world, factions started to form, each with their own focal points – be it dark magic or technology. Narratively, Elex II takes place hundreds of years after a near-total apocalypse that almost wiped out the humans living in this fantasy world.
If you mainly enjoy your RPGs for its narrative and rich world-building element, then Elex II has that in spades as well – though you have to get past some of the rougher gameplay elements to enjoy it (and having played the first Elex helps).
In a genre where many games play it safe, we rather enjoy stuff like that. That results in it being a bit rough around the edges in places, but also something that lets you jetpack around a fantasy combat sequence. Part of the reason for that is that Elex II dares to be a bit different from other games. And although Elex II might lack the polish and shine of other open world RPG games, we enjoyed our time with it. The sequel announcement wasn’t entirely unexpected though, as Piranha Bytes has a knack of making them for their franchises – Gothic and Risen followed a similar path.
The first ELEX launched back in 2017 to a somewhat lukewarm reception, and became a bit of a niche hit. One of the first to launch if the long-awaited sequel ELEX II from Piranha Bytes, which is being published by THQ Nordic and marks the next-gen debut for the developer and franchise.
#PS5 ELEX 2 FULL#
March kicks off with a few more high profile titles after February was already full of them.
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