Elex, or perhaps more accurately called: Gothic 7 (but with sci-fi tech this time) is Piranha Bytes 7th (yes 7th) attempt at recreating their cult classic Gothic. Does Elex surpass their previous attempt in the Risen Series? Does it meet or even surpass the heights reached in the Gothic games?

Short answer: no. Long answer: Hahahahahhaah no.

Elex suffers from all of the problems that Piranha Bytes' games did before it. Terrible combat, lacklustre writing, bad voice acting, boring main character, uninteresting side characters... if it was a problem in the previous games you can count on it being a problem in Elex.

Then what exactly does Elex do right? What's the point in playing this game? Well honestly for most Elex should be a hard skip. The few things these games do well simply won't make up for the glaring issues that these games have.

But -and this is a big but- if you are someone who for whatever god forsaken reason is into Piranha Bytes games; someone who has played the Gothics and the Risens and has found themselves wanting more, then Elex is exactly that.

Piranha Bytes games are kind of like crack cocaine. You know it's not great for you, but there's simply nothing else that can give you the same high. It's the type of stuff that has you scratching your arms and legs nervously while you're waiting for your next hit.

Piranha Bytes are drug dealers.

3.5/5