History VideoGame / ELEX

* EnemyCivilWar: A group of Albs calling themselves the Separatists have rebelled against rest of the group and are willing to team up with the other factions to take down the Alb loyalists.

* PressXToDie: Go ahead, tell pretty much ''any'' NPC you're a former Alp and see what happens.

* SequelHook: No matter which ending you get, [[spoilers:the alien that sent the comet containing the Elex will come for the planet, making a clash wuth them and humanity imminent.]]

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Despite their tendency to exile anyone who so much as ''talks'' about advanced technology, the worst the Berserkers will do to Jax is complain openly whenever you use your jetpack or open your inventory. Similarly, you can have a genuine, Elex-using Alb in your party and waltz through the city with no one batting an eye.

* MachineWorship: The Clerics don't exactly worship technology per se, but they definitely revere it and view it as a blessing from the god Calaan.

* JetPack: You have one.

* UrbanFantasy: Takes place in a world that had a civilization roughly the same as modern day Earth's civilization in terms of tech and development. Magic is relatively new development and there is only one faction that really specializes in it.

''Elex'' ''[[FunWithAcronyms (Eclectic, Lavish, Exhilarating, Xenial)]]'' is a ScienceFantasy third-person ActionRPG developed by Piranha Bytes and published bt THQ Nordic, released in October 2017 for the PC, PlayStation4, and XboxOne. Taking place on the fictional world of Magalan, home to a Human civilization roughly equivalent to modern day Earth, after a meteor hit the planet causing the collapse of said civilization. And just to make matters more interesting the meteor brought with it the element Elex, a precious and limited resource which can power advanced machinery, give people magical powers and re-shape creatures into new and different life forms. Four factions are currently warring for control over Elex:

Described by some as ''VideoGame/{{Gothic}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', you play as Jax, an elite Alb commander who has been betrayed and kicked out of the organization. Hunted by his former organization, and the other factions more than willing to kill him if they find out his past, and dealing with emotions for the first time, the Alb renegade must forge new alliances if he hopes to survive the wasteland.

* CainAndAbel: Kallax, the Alb commander in charge of carrying out Jax's execution is Jax's own brother. You spend a good portion of the game hunting him down.

* GreaterScopeVillain: At the end of the game [[spoiler: the Hybrid reveals that the comet that destroyed the old world was actually sent by aliens, with the Elex spread by the comet actually being a terraforming agent designed to alter the planet to better suit the aliens. The Hybrid warns that no matter how the battle between you and him goes, the aliens will be coming soon to claim the planet.]]

''Elex'' ''[[FunWithAcronyms (Eclectic, Lavish, Exhilarating, Xenial)]]'' is a ScienceFantasy third-person ActionRPG developed by Piranha Bytes, released in October 2017. Taking place on the fictional world of Magalan, home to a Human civilization roughly equivalent to modern day Earth, after a meteor hit the planet causing the collapse of said civilization. And just to make matters more interesting the meteor brought with it the element Elex, a precious and limited resource which can power advanced machinery, give people magical powers and re-shape creatures into new and different life forms. Four factions are currently warring for control over Elex:

* CharacterClassSystem: Averted like it was in ''VideoGame/{{Risen}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Gothic}}''.
* ChickenWalker: The Clerics and the Albs both have mechs like this.

Developed by German developer Piranha Bytes, the makers of ''VideoGame/{{Risen}}'', Elex is a third-person Western RPG released in 2017. Taking place on the fictional world of Magalan, home to a Human civilization roughly equivalent to modern day Earth, after a meteor hit the planet causing the collapse of said civilization. And just to make matters more interesting the meteor brought with it the element Elex, a precious and limited resource which can power advanced machinery, give people magical powers and re-shape creatures into new and different life forms. Four factions are currently warring for control over Elex:

Or in other words ''VideoGame/{{Gothic}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''. You play as Jax, an elite Alb commander, who has been betrayed and kicked out of the organization. Hunted by his former organization, and the other factions more than willing to kill him if they find out the he is a former Alb, and dealing with emotions for the first time the Alb renegade must forge new alliances if he hopes to survive the wasteland.

* FantasyGunControl: Averted, as this fantasy world has more in common with ''Videogame/ShadowrunReturns'' and ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' then with ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''.

* [[TookALevelInBadass Took Many Levels in Badass]]: You, toward the end of the game.

** Though, in this game, they included a skull icon that appears beside the enemy's health bar to indicate that enemy is way too tough for you at your current level. Of course, this being a Piranha Bytes game, YMMV whether that addition was for the better or worse. And there are many enemies without that skull icon who can still mop the floor with your face without breaking a sweat.

** Though, in this game, they included a skull icon that appears beside the enemy's health bar to indicate that enemy is too tough for you at your current level. Of course, this being a Piranha Bytes game, YMMV whether that addition was for the better or worse.

* YouHaveFailedMe: The Albs have a zero tolerance policy for failure, with the sentence always being execution followed by Elex extraction from the body.

* LackOfEmpathy: Albs in general, thanks to Elex stripping away their emotions.

* NintendoHard: This game makes even the ''Gothic II'' expansion pack looke asy by comparison. ''Everywhere'' you go, you'll run into monsters and enemies who will kill you in 2 hits and take an ridiculous amount of damage. Not helping is the fact that almost anybody has melee '''and''' ranged attacks. Combine that with the sometimes clunky combat system and you'll be seeing the Game Over screen dozens of times.