

This allows quick vertical movement, and can even prevent fall damage if used at the correct time. To help get to these far-off locations faster, players once again start off with a jetpack. Jax’s old friends will assist when meeting him, while rivals are still scornful. Factions like the Albs, Clerics, and Berserkers are still on the home turf, but the personnel has changed. While Magalan is geographically identical to the first title, ELEX II populates the world with new encounters and adventures. ELEX II does emphasize this to try and encourage players to mostly explore, find missions off the beaten path, and leave the main story for later.

Adam could give a request to a level 2, unarmored Jax that takes him halfway across Magalan to face a horde of heavily armed snipers, all capable of massacring the player in two hits. Unfortunately, many of these quest chains have little semblance of balancing, progression, or suggested minimum level.
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Jax will need to undergo many other sub-quests to free up the support of the person they really want. However, even his closest allies like Nasty and Angrim are too busy with their own affairs to help. Soon it becomes clear that Jax will need to recruit others to help man the base while he is out adventuring. This at first includes killing wild animals, defeating Skyand scouting parties, and fortifying Bastion’s outer defenses. The first order of business is to improve The 6th Power base known as Bastion. There is notable favoritism in tone towards supporting the magical Berserkers, being mistrustful of Elex consuming Albs, and loathing other factions like the Outlaws and Morkons. Characters, events, and places fly by without much explanation, with a clear focus on returning players that already cleared the original ELEX. Players are immediately whisked into the world of Magalan with only sparse exposition. In a twist of fate, Jax is saved by Hybrid’s former human host, Adam Dawkins who plans to raise a new faction - the 6th Power - to save humanity. However, an unexpected new alien threat called the Skyand has arrived. The world settled for a time, allowing Jax and Caja to raise a son, Dex.

Commander Jax rebelled against the Albs, and along with the Berserker Caja destroyed the technological Hybrid. Piranha Bytes has canonized the most popular player choices from the first entry. The game is once again published by THQ Nordic. ELEX II is the action RPG follow-up to Piranha Bytes’ 2017 ELEX.
