Expect to spend your credits here too as learning skills doesn’t come for free! You’ll find these trainers on your travels within settlements of the factions or sometimes out in the wilds if you’re lucky enough. To learn skills you must acquire ‘learning points’ from levelling up or special potions (similar to attribute points) and then locate a trainer to spend those points. Skills are also required to be learned so that Jax may start to improve aspects of himself, such as proficiency in melee or ranged combat, lockpicking, or crafting. ![]() There’s definitely something for everyone here, meaning you’ll be able to think of and develop a build that’s unique to your playstyle. There is certainly a plethora of weapons available ranging from the aforementioned lead pipes to rocket launchers, to shotguns, and beyond. ![]() For example, putting points into Dexterity will improve ranged damage or to hold a certain one-handed axe, the weapon would stipulate that 20 Strength and 20 Dexterity is required. Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, and Cunning all affect how Jax develops in the game and certain breakpoints are needed to wield the different weapons and abilities that can be obtained. There are also special potions scattered in the world that will also grant you some points to spend. More on that later.Īs Jax is just a little biznatch at the start of the game, experience points must be earned to level up, granting ability points to be spent as you see fit across the five attributes available. I felt like I needed to call for an exorcism for poor Jax clearly, that tape was too much to handle and was one of the numerous bugs I encountered in the game. I will also add at this point that the model for Jax became a contortionist, folding inside himself and starting to shake after trying to pick up a roll of tape. Jax is standing there with a pipe in one hand, the other is clearly empty and unused, so why can I not use this spare empty hand to simply pick up a piece of rat that I’ve just killed? Why do I have to sheathe the pipe before being able to ransack something? Jax also appears to have pockets like a wizard's sleeve, as there seemed to be no limitation on how much shit he could actually carry around, so feel free to go steal everything that is not nailed down. While this is clearly a kleptomaniac’s wet dream with loot scattered all over the place ripe for the taking, the game refuses to allow any form of loot collecting while you have a weapon in your hand. It was in these initial stages that I encountered my first annoyance with this game. ELEX II is quite unforgiving in the early stages of the game as many of the mundane enemies pose quite a threat until you’ve managed to level up, pump points into attributes, and find some better gear than the lead pipe you start things with. Jax starts out weaker than a rice cracker that would struggle to punch a hole through a wet paper bag. No hand-holding here, no quest markers that instantly appear, no directions to follow it’s just you versus the world, and the world will win. This is where your adventures begin as you’re left to your own devices. Jax’s main focus at the start though is to find his son and ensure his safety. Dawkins tasks you to bring assistance to Bastion so plans can be made to defeat the new invaders. The five main factions of the game - the Berserkers, the Albs, the Outlaws, the Morkons, and the Clerics - are still fighting for territorial control and couldn’t give two flying hoots about the invading Skyand threat. Waking up several days later in the care of one Adam Dawkins - the very same Dawkins that was inside of “The Hybrid”, and antagonist of the first ELEX game - who brings Jax up to speed with current events. Unfortunately, one of these unusual beasts manages to bite Jax on the arm, infecting him with the space lurgy as he then falls off a cliff and is knocked unconscious. Forced out into the open, Jax is then attacked by strange alien creatures leaving him no option but to run for his life. Set six years after the events of ELEX, we once again take control of Commander Jax, who is no longer remembered as the hero of past events and is now living in isolation.Ī new threat emerges from the sky with meteors raining down onto the lands of Magalan, one crashing through the roof of Jax’s home. Yes, the same developers that “blessed” us with the Gothic and Risen franchises. Reviews // 28th Feb 2022 - 6 months ago // By Neil 'Wedge' Hetherington ELEX II ReviewĮLEX II is a science-fantasy, open-world role-playing game from Piranha Bytes.
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