They birthed the pasty-faced Albs, the baddies from the first game, who you can now align with. The Clerics are a hi-tech religious order who have definitely been playing too much Warhammer 40k. The Outlaws are the most stereotypically post-apocalyptic in the Mad Max-cum-Fallout vein, all scrap armour and conventional weapons. The mix of factions is wonderfully bonkers and makes me think of a bunch of LARPers who all turned up to a game expecting entirely different settings.

160-ish years later, we’re left with a handful of different groups who have all learned to use elex in different ways.

Elex 2 returns to the post-apocalyptic world of Magalan, which looked a lot like modern day Earth until a comet carrying the eponymous substance smashed into the planet. It’s the sort of random that I can respect, and I only wish the game had more.Ĭontent warning: this review includes mention of threats of physical violence towards a childĪt first glance, this kind of “why the heck not?” attitude is all over the place. It makes no sense whatsoever and the only explanation I can come up with is that someone involved in the game really likes Billy Idol and just wanted him in their game. In the 40-ish hours I spent playing the game, I had no reason to return to the amphitheatre. ( Whiskey & Pills from his 2014 album, rather than anything you’re likely to have heard.) After the cutscene, you’re left in the empty amphitheatre, alone apart from a couple of guys talking about how great the concert was. I immediately made a beeline for the concert venue and was treated to a rather unflattering rendering of Billy Idol and his guitar-playing chum performing a song. The broadcast was announcing a concert at the nearby amphitheatre. Just a few minutes out of Elex 2’s, pleasantly brief, tutorial area I came across a radio.

From: Steam, GOG, Humble, Epic Games Store.

Elex II is an ambitious and slightly bonkers open world RPG hampered by badly written and unpleasant characters.

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