Elex
An action, role-playing open world game for PC and Consoles, Elex was developed by Piranha Bytes, creators of the award winning Gothic series and is set in a brand new, post-apocalyptic, Science-Fantasy…
Elex is an adventure developed by Piranha Bytes, released 17 October 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Elex is
Elex is an adventure game developed by Piranha Bytes and released in 2017. It was published by THQ Nordic. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Genome.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Being raised as an Alb and fed pure Elex to strengthen your body and to be free from emotion, you lived in a world of cold logic and military discipline. Set to rise through the ranks, a scourge to your enemies, your destiny seemed sure. Now, as the smoke rises over the wreckage of your glider in the mountains of Edan, you are trapped far from Xacor. With no access to pure Elex, you are experiencing emotions for the first time in your life. Stranded amongst your enemies, outcast from your people, you must find a new course, you must decide how your life can decide the fate of the world.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 50 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Elex holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 11 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 65, across 107 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 3570, AMD FX-6350, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 35GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Elex launched on 17 October 2017, within three weeks of Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Cuphead and Assassin's Creed Origins. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Cuphead, Assassin's Creed Origins.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Elex yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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