Elex 2 is One of the Most Underrated Titles of 2022
The video game market is incredibly diverse. Gamers only need to look at subscription services like Xbox Game Pass to see that even that small slice of the gaming landscape is teeming with a variety of different titles. Although this is good news for players, it does mean that it's very easy to miss out on games that might not receive the same attention as AAA titles like Elden Ring or Horizon Forbidden West.
THQ Nordic and Piranha Bytes' action-adventure RPG Elex 2 has been one of those games that players might have skipped this year as its March 2022 release date passed them by. Others might have played it, but dismissed its slightly nostalgic elements or considered it a mediocre follow-up to 2017's Elex. Whatever its faults, Elex 2 is definitely an underrated game that players shouldn't sleep on.
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Nothing quite sums up the hilarity and chaos of Elex 2 like the inexplicable Billy Idol concert that players can attend. This event has absolutely no context and seemingly no relevance to the plot or the game world, and yet it exists. Elex 2 is full of a mishmash of elements that on paper shouldn't work at all, and yet somehow they kind of come together to create a charmingly eclectic experience of post-apocalyptic mayhem. The open-world role-playing experience takes players back to the sci-fi fantasy world of Magalan, where magic meets aliens and even underground dwelling cultists.
The plot is overstuffed with sci-fi tropes and a truly random collection of factions that look as if they're from different franchises, but the choice-driven story and the drive to unite the disparate groups to take on the new threat brings everything together in a satisfying and entertaining
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