Im not particularly interested in Elex (I think the setting is intriguing, but I really wished I could create a character), but I just had to note that I will never understand this unspoken, yet heavily implied notion that all games ever released need to have the polish of a AAA title from some gamers.
Sometimes a developer is hamstrung for a lot of reasons, and some games will have some jank to them. Not every studio has the luxury to do multiple polish runs before the game hits store shelves, not the budget to delay a game for said polishing. Its understandable if a player wants to hold off on dropping $60 for a title made by a smaller dev, or a dev that isnt a Naught Dog or Blizzard, but sometimes the attitude of, this game isnt 100% perfect, so its garbage, needs to stop.
I think Elex will probably be fun for fans of the devs who enjoyed Risen and Gothic. I played both, and I couldnt get into them, but thats more on me than anyone else. Some of my favorites games are rough around the edges (ie, Second Sight, Shadow of Destiny, Deadly Premonition, to name only 3), but dont let that discourage you from looking into a game that was interesting enough to catch your eye. Sales and discounts are almost always around the corner. I didnt pay $60 for Murdered: Soul Suspect, for example, but I nabbed it during one of the PSN sales, and really liked it, despite it not being a AAA game.
Ill pribably do the same for Elex, since I am genuinely intrigued by it, but cant afford to drop $60 on it at the moment (I already exceeded my gaming budget for the month, so quite a few titles are going to be waiting for sales, actually).
Im enjoying reading impressions of this game on this thread.