ELEX Vlogs

[Maladiq]

Updated: list of videos, which will constantly be updated!




Video
Description
Subtitles
Date


Podcasts





Podcast #1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8E_M1Uhmm0)
ELEX announcement and fact list.

01.07.2015


Podcast #2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoDtFijj4U8)
Gamestar preview information.
Polish, Russian, German, English
31.07.2015








Vlogs





Vlog #1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5AT_O7GoWM)
The game and short history of Piranha Bytes.
Polish, English, German
22.07.2015


Vlog #2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEbFOoigjgc)
Gamescom 2015 Info Wrap-up
-
27.08.2015


Vlog #3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5XZnLrHgjw)
PAX East videos and screenshots
-
03.05.2016


Vlog #4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waFoZ6vwMLk)
ELEX website Video, screenshots and artworks!
English (for now)
28.05.2016




World of Risen and World of Players are proud to present, through their social media presence World of Piranha Bytes, a short Vlog detailing what we know about our favorite developers' new project, ELEX.

We wish to thank especially to our Polish friends Funeris Venatio and Devristus Morii, on behalf of Tawerna Gothic, for providing Polish subtitles for this video, as well as our user and brand new moderator of World of ELEX, ravenheart, for the German captions.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5AT_O7GoWM

[Rhaglion]

Good summary of all we know. Moreover a nice realization, I hope to see more in future ;).

PS: I think you missed to add an direct link to the video.

[Maladiq]

Good summary of all we know. Moreover a nice realization, I hope to see more in future ;).

PS: I think you missed to add an direct link to the video.

Isn't the video embeded in the post? If no, there might be an error with your browser. If yes, you can click its title or the YouTube logo in the lower right corner and you get to youtube. :)

[Rhaglion]

Interesting, now its visible ... I swear it wasn't there 15 minutes ago.

[Maladiq]

Interesting, now its visible ... I swear it wasn't there 15 minutes ago.

I edited the code. Weird how before it was the same one posted by the newsbot in the Risen forums, and there nobody has problems seeing the video. :dnuhr:

[Maladiq]

ELEX Podcast #2: Gamestar preview information!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoDtFijj4U8

@Mods: Please rename the thread as to serve the general purpose of our original videos. :D

[[>Silverback<]]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5AT_O7GoWM

Very good VLog!
@ELEX Podcast #2: Gamestar preview information: Also very good.
Thank you. :gratz

[Maladiq]

New Vlog!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5XZnLrHgjw

[[>Silverback<]]

Good one! B-)

[The Ore Baron]

Informative and interesting. I had a good time watching the latest video.
It was nice to hear what Maladiq sounds like :D
Some minor editing issues, but I'm sure there's a solid explanation for that.

[Maladiq]

That awkward moment when you know your voice will sound shitty, but nevertheless you are shocked about how horrible your accents sounds as well :scared:

[The Ore Baron]

That awkward moment when you know your voice will sound shitty, but nevertheless you are shocked about how horrible your accents sounds as well :scared:
Don't sweat it. Sure, the accent is hard to miss, but not once during the entire video I had trouble understanding you :)

[Maladiq]

Don't sweat it. Sure, the accent is hard to miss, but not once during the entire video I had trouble understanding you :)

You are too kind §knuff

[Morgannin09]

Informative and interesting. I had a good time watching the latest video.
It was nice to hear what Maladiq sounds like :D
Some minor editing issues, but I'm sure there's a solid explanation for that.

This was pretty much slapped together, I've been putting in overtime at work lately and technical issues resulted in us losing the original take so we had to record it again. I tried to throw it up quick enough to coincide with the launch of the new website but still didn't quite make it, and there wasn't much video editing I could do before the audio track was finalized.

Out of professional interest, though, what editing issues did you observe? I'd like to improve the next time I work on this sort of thing.

[The Ore Baron]

Out of professional interest, though, what editing issues did you observe? I'd like to improve the next time I work on this sort of thing.
I reviewed the video to make sure the issues were really there and it seems the faults were on my end after all. Basically, the first time I watched the video, there were delays between you guys talking about the next screenshot and the screenshot in question actually appearing on screen, but now it's perfectly in sync. So pardon me for making you worry needlessly :rolleyes:
Again, great job! :)

[Morgannin09]

I reviewed the video to make sure the issues were really there and it seems the faults were on my end after all. Basically, the first time I watched the video, there were delays between you guys talking about the next screenshot and the screenshot in question actually appearing on screen, but now it's perfectly in sync. So pardon me for making you worry needlessly :rolleyes:
Again, great job! :)

Ah, good, I was worried I made a technical error. I didn't even have time to watch it before uploading it to make sure there weren't any glitches from the encode.

[catalinux]

That awkward moment when you know your voice will sound shitty, but nevertheless you are shocked about how horrible your accents sounds as well :scared:

You could always try to speak with a fake French or German accent... way better or at least funnier than our native crap of accent ;)

But yeah... you weren't bad at all. :)

[Maladiq]

New Vlog about the website materials:

https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=waFoZ6vwMLk

[The Ore Baron]

Been having a hectic weekend, but I finally found a spare hour to watch this :)

Anyway, nice vid. Morgannin, were you a little sick? You sounded like you have a slight cold :)

So, basically, he have four distinct climate zones and four factions inhabiting them.
- Bandits (New Camp / bandits) are living in an arid wasteland and seem like a bunch of cutthroats. Might be good for cannon fodder enemies, since I don't really see much reason to join them. They don't seem to be interested in doing anything to improve the world. Typical anarchist scum. I'm guessing they will trade in rare materials they've scavenged... Maybe that will be one of the reasons to even visit their realm.
- Berserkers (Sect Camp / druids) seem like a bunch of manly hippies, which is a weird combination. Viking environmentalists? I appreciate them trying to bring life back to the planet, so they're cool in my books. Their anti-technology stance seem to stem from a belief that machines and technology caused the apocalypse, but we know it was caused by a meteor, so... Then again, maybe the meteor hit because of some stupid experiment by Albs? In which case, Berserkers make some sense.
- Clerics (Fire Mages) are my favorite faction so far, I just hope they have a paladin-like order. I think we won't be fighting much of them in the game, as they seem content with having robots fight for them. That includes the vagina drones. They also seem to be morally conservative, yet intent of making the world better through smart and responsible use of technology - that's right up my alley. Too bad I hate lava/volcano zones.
- Albs (???) seem interesting, but I'm afraid PB will make them into very typical 'bad because bad' villains. I hope we'll be able to join them, tho... Might provide an interesting alternate plot. The whole non-emotions thing is not too appealing, either, but I can understand it from a philosophical point of view.

I wonder who all these faction were before the catastrophe, though. I doubt PB will have thought about that. Might be nice to see one faction that is basically remnants of he per-catastrophe government, one faction that used to form the military complex, another for businessmen, another for academia intellectuals, another for the church folk... You get the idea.
I also wonder if maybe members of different factions will have different speech patterns, like 'son of generosity' or something. I also think it would be cool if they spoke in different accents.

I don't think we'll have vehicles to drive, but I am sort of expecting some sort of power armor. Maybe those guardian mechs? Maybe we could even customize them, or it would be done automatically based on which faction you join.

Anyway, informative vid, and you said most of the things I myself was thinking, so it's nice to know we think alike :D

[Maladiq]

At least someone is watching all of it :p

Well, I really hope each faction will have sub-groups: Old camp had diggers, shadows, guards and ore barons, new camp had rice field workers, rogues, mercenaries and fire mages and so on.

What seems weird to me is those guys plowing the field in the latest screenshots, with armors and swords. The Risen series lacked sub-factions, and it showed.

And god, I hope they will have a normal UI, not that crap from Risen 3. Bring back the Gothic/Risen 1 inventory/menu, and I am happy.

[Morgannin09]

Anyway, nice vid. Morgannin, were you a little sick? You sounded like you have a slight cold :)

I recorded this shortly after waking up on 4 hours of sleep because I would not have had any other time to do it :p Going to work for 12 hours afterward was not a great time...


So, basically, he have four distinct climate zones and four factions inhabiting them.
- Bandits (New Camp / bandits) are living in an arid wasteland and seem like a bunch of cutthroats. Might be good for cannon fodder enemies, since I don't really see much reason to join them. They don't seem to be interested in doing anything to improve the world. Typical anarchist scum. I'm guessing they will trade in rare materials they've scavenged... Maybe that will be one of the reasons to even visit their realm.
I am curious how PB makes this faction relevant in the grand scheme of things. As you said, it seems mainly like they are just exploiting the circumstances to make a profit for themselves, but in terms of their approach to the world, it sounds to me like they disavow leadership in general and just seek a future where everyone is responsible for themselves.


- Berserkers (Sect Camp / druids) seem like a bunch of manly hippies, which is a weird combination. Viking environmentalists? I appreciate them trying to bring life back to the planet, so they're cool in my books. Their anti-technology stance seem to stem from a belief that machines and technology caused the apocalypse, but we know it was caused by a meteor, so... Then again, maybe the meteor hit because of some stupid experiment by Albs? In which case, Berserkers make some sense.
The motivation of the Berserkers sounds to me like they were a group of people who, before the disaster, probably had firm stances against the unrestricted development of technology and exploitation of the earth's resources. After the disaster, they were probably horrified at the way that the other factions immediately began using the new Elex resource to develop even more powerful and dangerous technologies and used it to subjugate mankind for their own goals, so now they are fighting for a world that rejects new technologies and instead relies on more natural evolution that works in harmony with nature.


- Clerics (Fire Mages) are my favorite faction so far, I just hope they have a paladin-like order. I think we won't be fighting much of them in the game, as they seem content with having robots fight for them. That includes the vagina drones. They also seem to be morally conservative, yet intent of making the world better through smart and responsible use of technology - that's right up my alley. Too bad I hate lava/volcano zones.
To me, the Clerics seem like an even more aggressive version of the Inquisition from Risen and even the real-life religious Inquisitions, but with a sort of Nazi/Soviet element of propaganda and rigid prejudice. They want to dominate the planet but harshly forbid the use of Elex as a narcotic because if the people all become cold, emotionless and purely logical, it becomes harder to subjugate them through emotional exploitation and religious indoctrination.


- Albs (???) seem interesting, but I'm afraid PB will make them into very typical 'bad because bad' villains. I hope we'll be able to join them, tho... Might provide an interesting alternate plot. The whole non-emotions thing is not too appealing, either, but I can understand it from a philosophical point of view.
The Albs interest me quite a bit. It seems pretty clear that they are going to be the principle antagonist throughout most of the game, but their cause is not wholly evil and it seems like their aim is to evolve mankind above the influence of misguided emotions to dominate a world that nearly destroyed them.


I wonder who all these faction were before the catastrophe, though. I doubt PB will have thought about that. Might be nice to see one faction that is basically remnants of he per-catastrophe government, one faction that used to form the military complex, another for businessmen, another for academia intellectuals, another for the church folk... You get the idea.
I also wonder if maybe members of different factions will have different speech patterns, like 'son of generosity' or something. I also think it would be cool if they spoke in different accents.
I asked about that before and Jenny said that the infrastructure of the old government is gone and the leaders deposed, but I'm hoping we do see their influence in the world. I would imagine that many of the former politicians and military leadership have probably separated to or even founded the new factions based on their own ideals and power trips, but I also think there will be other communities on a smaller scale that only look after themselves and have no allegiance to the more influential communities.

[Maladiq]

I wonder how big the settlements will be? What will be the largest? And I sure hope they put in good plot twists (like the conquering of the Free Mine in G1).

Personally I would love to see a long battle against the Albs, only to realize in the end that you must join them once again in order to save humanity.

[Dez]

Factions seem quite intresting. I like how different goals they all have. It looks like pbs have really given some thought here.

The bersekers intrest me the most. Ideologically not a bad set of ideals. In general, its better to live in tune with nature than to exploit it. Maybe the meteor stike was even caused by men who went too far and didn't understand the danger of some new technology or scientific experiment? And I do like how they are using ELEX substance to improve the world. Restoring world more to it's natural state seems like a noble goal to me. Though denying advanced technology altogether can have downsides ofcourse, but if using ELEX this way allows mankind to wield magic, maybe its not such a bad thing. Its a definitely a faction I'd like to explore right a way. :)

Imo these clerics sound a bit similar to inquisition or paladins. I doubt they value personal freedoms much. They seem to be the religious faction and a total opposite to Bersekers as they don't care about restoring the nature. In the Elex page, it says that they're followers of the god Calaan and the Clerics see the consumption of Elex in any form as a sin. Now this bit sounds quite fanatical to me. What do you think will be the punishment for such sin?

It also says on the webpage that: Instead they use Elex to power their machines. Now I wonder if these "mechs" we've seen in some pictures have humans inside or are those mechs a.i controlled? In addition it says on the webpage: "Guardians of Magalan’s technology, the Clerics put their faith in Calaan." So they see themselves as guardian's of the old world technology, but they follow certain tennets set by God Calaan. I wonder if this Calaan is a real god like Innos or whether people debate whether God even exists. Or maybe it is an old world a.i? :)

Outlaws. Well these are obviously the free thinkers who don't want to allign themselves with those other more political oriented factions. Basicly anarchists who want to do their own thing and not bother anyone else. Likely the "outlaw" label is set by other factions who see these people as dishonorable outcasts.

They seem to be living in the wasteland, so likely other factions wouldn't pay much attention to what they're doing. And likely its a good place to find all kinds of items to trade. I can understand their ideological stance. Other factions have all these strict rules. Outlaws sound actually quite "normal" to me. Why abandon the use of techonology altogether? Aren't there plenty of dangers like mutants and such? And they aren't religious fanatics either.

Albs. I find this faction quite fascinating. The whole idea of submitting yourself to ELEX and getting rid of emotions for greater good is not that far fetched. It is an intresting philosophical world view. They likely think that evil of the world stems from human emotion, so if you could some how get rid of your emotions, there would be less chaos. Everyone working for betterment of mankind. The next logical step in the evolution?

[The Ore Baron]

rivariad posted a video of some pollacks talking over footage of pre-alpha ELEX footage. Are you guys going to cover it as well? Is it from E3?

[Maladiq]

rivariad posted a video of some pollacks talking over footage of pre-alpha ELEX footage. Are you guys going to cover it as well? Is it from E3?

Link pls? Ah, nevermind. Yes, yes we are. Just a busy period for Morgannin right now.