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Nox: An Old School Favorite

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I randomly thought of this game, and when I wanted to buy it, I came here. It was well-priced, and I enjoyed playing this game.

If you like Diablo, read on.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I picked up my first copy of Nox up on a whim and I was hooked. Sort of in the vein of Diablo, Nox is a great RPG. It will definitely keep you hooked for a very long time. If you download the expansion pack (search online for it as the server for the game no longer exists), you can do single challenges.

outrage

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i thought this game was not great but when someone told me about it and i started playing it i said to myself wow this game it great i have so much fun with it trying to kill this creatures it was kind of hard but once you have the right spell or weapon its a gonna
i recomened this game to anyone its changlenge

Best Game Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Nox is just about the best game ever. I can play it for hours, and so can my brothers. I'm surprised there aren't more Nox games. The controls are easy, the graphics are good, and the gameplay is amazing. If you like to play computer games, you'll like Nox.

Great fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Years ago, when this first came out I was hooked. Forming a online clan, we called our selves "sithlords". We were fully committed to having fun. Whats great about this game was the balance across the classes. I loved it. The story of the game was amazing as well. Now I have no idea if the servers are still up for online fun but it was truely nice at one point in time.

Great pick.

A classic I still play after many years

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Oh boy, i got this game what...5-6 years ago?

And guess what. This is the only game that after having so long I still pull out and play again.

I wont bother to tell you what the game is like, you can read the other 20+ reviews for that. I will tell you this is my #1 PC game and it is a pitty that this was not one of those "Big Hit" games, becuase it should have been.

And to dispell a rumor, EA did cut off the service to NOX online play, but has now restored it (as of me writing this review)

Online Gameplay Dissolved!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Originally I would have givven this game a 10 out of 5. This is one of the most original and creative games I have ever played! I could play for weeks on end withought getting board with this game. Unfortunately I recently found out that this game can no longer be played online...This crushed my soul into oblivion! This was quite possibly the BEST MULTIPLAYER RPG EVER. Now it's just a memory from a distant past. The blame for this great injustice falls on EA Games, who decided to dissolve one of their branches Called Westwood Studios (the creators and sole online supporters of NOX). Man I miss this game...

Fun! FUN! FUN!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Not the deepest storyline yet it will keep you up all night slashing and zapping and laughing!

Simple and linear yet beautiful cartoonish RPG will keep you hacking and slashing..."just a little longer" into the early morning hours!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Loads of fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

By now Nox is considered a pretty old game I'm sure, and it's long been discontinued by Westwood. Sadly, it will probably never see a sequel, as this game is much deserving. It was years ago that I played it, I couldn't stop talking about it at the time, and while it's not the most original game around, I haven't since found a CRPG to match it for shear playability and fun. Let this review be an ode to the late nights I spent immersed in its gameworld.

The three playable character types: Warrior, Wizard, and Conjurer, are suitably unique and for each the game plays out differently, with different environments and quests, all eventually leading up to the same objective (why, destroying the evil sorceress, of course). Also, the fighting strategies you employ will differ quite a bit for each character. This offers some replay value as you'll want to replay the game as different characters to experience everything.

The environments and monsters are aplenty and diverse enough to keep things fresh. There's a great accompanying music soundtrack that helps create a nice mood moving from place to place.

Nox shines in an area that, far too often, mars my ability to enjoy many otherwise compelling RPGs: its fighting system. Combat in Nox is fast, furious, and immersive; helped by its intuitive gameplay controls. Movement works by holding down the right mouse button and moving the cursor in the direction you want to move--closer to the character to walk and father ahead to run--and the left button swings your weapon; this in addition to a combination of hotkeys on the keybord for accessing your spell attacks, monster summons, or special abilities. Unlike in the similarly styled Diablo (I/II) (which this game undoubtedly takes a lot of inspiration from) where you'll often stand in one place and watch your character hack away without visible effect, Nox is very involved; you've got to keep moving as taking hits can really hurt, you're even able to use your sheild (if you can wield one) to block attacks from your front. It's basically an action game with mouse control. A nicely designed system that was excecuted very well here and one I would like to see more PC games implement.

My biggest dissapointment with Nox is its lack of cooperative multiplayer. Its multiplayer component is a 2-38 player deathmatch, which I had a lot of fun with, but it would be nicer to adventure together with friends. The developers later released a cooperative multiplayer add-on for free on their website but I never played it so I don't know how it matched up to the single player experience.

Before playing Nox, I was more of a multiplayer exclusive guy and wouldn't usually find myself sitting down to traverse the lonely world of single player games. Nox really surprised me; it's just plain fun and addictive. I wouldn't hesitate to suggest it to casual players and people who don't normally like RPGs, because of its fast-paced, action-oriented gameplay and short learning curve.

Pretty Darn Good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This Game is very fun, and provides a lot of gameplay. There are three types of classes you can play as: the Warrior, the Conjuror, and the Wizard, each having unique stats to suit their class. for example, the wizard is EXTREMELY weak, but is excellent in the use of magic. The warrior does no magic, only skills, but is very strong. The conjuror can summon beasts to aid you during battle, and can do simple magic such as cure, stun, and meteor.

The overall difficulty is not that hard, as you will only need to replay a few things rarely (besides the last boss of course). The Wizards and Warriors hate each other, i might add. Each class has a different storyline view, as if you play as the warrior, you must overrun the wizards' tower in order to gain the heart of nox, a part of a powerful staff you are trying to assemble in order to defeat hecubah, the main enemy in the game. If you play as a wizard, however, you must defend the wizards' tower from hecubahs ogre army, and later on sneak into the warrior's main dwelling using a stealth spell. The conjuror is the friend of both wizard AND warrior, so not much of a challenge when you are getting some of the staff parts

regardless of what other people say, i think the multiplayer totally sucks in this game. There is no point or much fun in doing this. whichever character you choose, your character is at a really high level, and knows every spell and skill available, so this does not give much of a challenge at all, and becomes VERY irritating and frustrating

The story is pretty interesting, you are sucked into a new world from your....living room??? yes your living room, and it turnes out you do not know how to come back, but you know you are unsafe where you are, so you team up with good and chase after hecubah, the used-to-be last remaining necromancer who is plotting against ruling all "nox" which is the land in which you battle in.

the only problem i have is that there are not enough enemies a lot of times....in a dungeon a lot of the time you are running and running, then run into a few enemies...maybe 5 or 6...then you run more...and it goes on like this

overall, the game is not much of a challenge, but it is quite fun for quite a while, and I recommend you buy this game. If you enjoyed Diablo, then this is a game for you

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