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{{Infobox video game
| title = ELEX
| collapsible =
| state =
| developer = [[Piranha Bytes]]
| publisher = [[THQ Nordic]]
| platforms = [[PlayStation 4]], [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| released = 2017<ref name="IGN Entry">http://www.ign.com/games/elex/pc-20039648</ref>
| genre = [[Action role-playing game|Action role-playing]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
}}

'''''ELEX''''' (Eclectic, Lavish, Exhilarating, Xenial) is an upcoming [[open world]] science fantasy themed [[Action role-playing game|action role-playing]] [[video game]] developed by [[Piranha Bytes]] and published by [[THQ Nordic]] for the [[PlayStation 4]], [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Xbox One]].<ref name="WCC Exlex Article">http://wccftech.com/elex-the-sci-fi-rpg-from-gothicrisen-devs-gets-first-footage-new-images/</ref> The publisher has described the game as "edgy, dark, uncompromising, and complex",<ref name="Polygon Gameplay Article">http://www.polygon.com/2015/7/2/8880675/elex-piranha-bytes-</ref> and it was featured as a cover story in the German magazine ''GameStar''.<ref name="GameStar Cover Story on ELEX">http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/elex/artikel/elex,52515,3234106.html</ref> Players join the war for a powerful resource, "ELEX", which gives people great magic-like powers, and is a factor in deciding whether emotion and humaneness or cold synthetic logic will rule the world of Magalan. The game world will be a mix of futuristic and medieval locations, in which players can use guns, swords and magic against enemies. It is full of original characters and mutated creatures. <ref name="Giant Bomb Entry">http://www.giantbomb.com/elex/3030-50584/</ref> The game also features a jet pack which can be used for the exploration of the game's environment.

==Plot==
Magalan was a planet looking to the future. Then a meteor hit the planet, causing massive destruction. Those who survived are now trapped in a battle to survive, and a struggle to decide the fate of the planet. At the center of this fight is the element ELEX, a precious and limited resource that arrived with the meteor, which can power machines, give magical powers, or re-sculpt life into new, different forms.<ref name="Dev Interview #2">http://wccftech.com/the-technomancer-interview-mars-calls-rpg-fans/</ref>

This has led to factions with different morals and ideas about the new substance. The protagonist is a former member of the Albs, who consume ELEX as a way to rid themselves of emotions and enable them to make decisions based on cold logic alone.<ref name="Dev Interview">https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=86&v=YuBjK7Kf9F4</ref>

Recovering from a crash in his glider jet, the protagonist goes through withdrawal from ELEX, experiences emotions for the first time in his life, and is classified as a traitor to the Albs. A central conflict of the story will be the player character's history with the Albs and the need to hide his former identity from the factions he previously fought with.

==Gameplay==
''ELEX'' is an [[post-apocalyptic]] [[action role-playing]] video game set in an [[open world]] environment. The game is played from [[third person (video games)|third-person]] perspective. Players use both swords and firearms in the game, with magic becoming available later. Players are put into a huge, seamless simulated game world without borders and loading zones, where everything reacts to the player's actions for providing an authentic atmosphere, deep moral choices and powerful actions.<ref name="Polygon Gameplay Article">http://www.polygon.com/2015/7/2/8880675/elex-piranha-bytes-</ref> The game includes of mutated creatures as one of the enemy types, and has a highly interconnected quest system that supports player choices. The player may join up with one of several factions - the Berserkers who use ELEX for magical purposes, the Clerics who use the substance to power their machines, or the Outlaws who embrace an "everyone for themselves" philosophy. Players gain access to a jet pack that will enable them to explore the world from the air.<ref name="Dev Interview">https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=86&v=YuBjK7Kf9F4</ref>

==Development==
The game was first announced during [[Gamescom]] 2015, where Piranha Bytes and Nordic Games confirmed their partnership on the ELEX project.<ref name="WCC Exlex Article">http://wccftech.com/elex-the-sci-fi-rpg-from-gothicrisen-devs-gets-first-footage-new-images/</ref> Piranha Bytes Game Director Bjorn Pankratz said ELEX will be a "completely new game experience with a fresh setting, new assets and plenty of possibilities."<ref name="PC Gamer ELEX Article">http://www.pcgamer.com/risen-developer-piranha-bytes-announces-elex-an-open-world-sci-fi-rpg/</ref> He went on to say that they "will have ample creative freedom with ELEX, which is a very important factor for us [Piranha Bytes]."<ref name="IGN Developer Interview">http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/02/nordic-games-reveal-eclectic-new-open-world-rpg-elex</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* http://www.elexgame.com/
* https://www.facebook.com/elexgame/

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