Elex wasn't perfect when it released back in 2017—it comes from the studio behind Risen and Gothic, after all—but if you're worried that western RPGs are slowly chipping away the RP aspect, and if you don't mind flailing for the first 10 hours or so while you come to grips with everything being extremely dangerous, then it's a very fine videogame.
A sequel was announced earlier this year (Nat wasn't excited, but I was) and pleasantly enough, the release date is pretty soon: March 1, 2022. A
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