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Diablo (solo or co-op play) fans, wait for Diablo2

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 34 / 41
Date: February 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If you enjoy multiplayer Player vs. Player, BUY THIS GAME! However, if you're a fan of solo or cooperative play, keep reading.

The crisp graphics and ability to interact with almost everything around you as you play this game is incredible. There is so much attention to detail in your surroundings and you can talk with just about any NPC you encounter, which is how you get most of your quests. The gameplay is slick and fast, and a lot of fun once you get used to using both buttons on the mouse (left-click to attack, right-click to move). And if you enjoy multiplayer PvP games (on a LAN or over the Internet), then this is definitely your game.

But it's not all positive. I'll admit that I was looking for something to not a PvP fan, and that is what this game was originally designed for - solo play was an (obvious) afterthought. There is no cooperative play in Nox at all, and as far as I can tell, there won't be anytime soon. Solo play is engaging, but the game is rather short and you can't play again as the same character class and make it a truly different game (i.e. focus on different skills or choose a harder level of play) since everything else stays the same.

The game comes with 2 CDs which made me think it was an expansive game, but solo play never touches the 2nd CD. Diablo2 is going to have around 5 CDs, so you KNOW it's a much larger game than this one. And with random generation of dungeons, quasi-random assigment of quests, and the ability to play the same character through multiple games of increasing difficulty, D2 is a "longer-playing" game than Nox. From the screenshots and gameplay reviews I've read about Diablo2, and the actual playing I've done with Nox, I think that Diablo2 will be a better solo-player game and well worth the money spent on it. Nox is a good game, but having spent $40 on it, I expected more.

A great game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 23 / 24
Date: February 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Nox is an adventure/RPG played from an overhead third-person perspective. You can play single or multiplayer modes. You can choose to be a warrior, conjurer, or wizard. It utilizes a neat feature that blacks out anything that your character could not see from his perspective. This makes it possible for monsters to "hide" behind crates or other objects. Another neat feature is the movable objects in the game. Unlike most games in this genre, the game world contains many movable objects which, combined with the excellent graphics, give the game a realistic feel. Instead of being stopped dead in your tracks upon colliding with something like a chair or other motile object(as in most other games of this type), your character will push the object out of his way. The storyline is very involving due to the many cinimatic sequences built into the game. These sequences are done very well, and instead of completely removing you from the atmosphere of the game, these cutscenes are done simply by showing the game in a widescreen view as characters interact. During these scenes, you have no control over your charachter, which is fine, because most of the time you wouldn't want to do anything anyway. The multiplayer mode is also excellent. You can play over network or internet and there is now a downloadable multiplayer pack that adds a "quest mode" to multiplayer. The game comes with a companion cd as well, so a friend can join in without having to purchase the game themselves. Overall, this game is well worth your money and should provide many hours of enjoyment.

Could be the surprise of the year. . .

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 23 / 25
Date: February 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I would characterize this surprisingly playable game as the first person shooter (yes, meaning the UT, Q3 genre).

In juxtaposition against the original Diablo, Nox has a lot fuller content and a more coherent story line consistent with a role-playing type game. Though I would admitt that the story, while just fine, is not awe-inspiring like Torment.

In juxtaposition against Baldur's Gate, Nox is a lot more fast pace, requiring infinitely more mouseclicks and less thought in combat. Agility of fingers--not strategy--rules the day here. In that respect the game is similar to Diablo, but with the added dimension of more player movement option like jumping (ie a first person shooter).

In multiplayer the game gives you UTisque options like...uhu...capture the flag? That is a very creative concept for a game like this and it adds to the replayability.

The graphics and sound are very good but certainly not revolutionary. The bottomline, though, is that Nox is extremely fun to play. In the end, isn't that the ultimate purpose of a game?

Better than Diablo 2 ?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 30 / 39
Date: February 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Your first thought will be : "Hm, is it as good as Diablo?" Then you'll play half an hour and think "It is a damn good Diablo Clone". But then, after one hour...."This is not a Clone. This Game is bigger, better than Diablo ever was." But that won't be all. You'll play hours and hours...and finally you'll recognized that you cannot compare this game with Diablo at all. It is different, not completely different, but different. And then, after you finished some quests, got a lot impressive Items and Spells, you'll come to the conclusion that this game might even be better than Diablo 2. It has the right atmosphere, cool Spells, an atmospheric Soundtrack, easy handling and fun, fun, fun. Westwood did a great Job with this game and i doubt that Diablo 2 can really compete with this. Do not take me wrong, I loved Diablo and i BET that Diablo 2 will be a great game, but still...something tells me that this game is just cool...sorry, i do not have time anymore...NOX wants me...the Dungeons are calling...there is a new quest that i need to solve...it calls me...the old Diablo addiction is back....but it is worse than ever...NOX...NOX...

Congratulations Westwood....one of the few titles that is REALLY worth buying !

Best bet for little cash!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: February 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Play it! Each of the three characters offers a unique challenge but it's easy enough to master(unlike Baldurs gate which leaves you out to die if you don't have enough money and lets you get ambushed by superior opponents which destroy you before you can get a grip on the situation). Nox is very addicting. I couldn't stop playing! I've finnished the game as the warrior, conjurer, and wizard, and I just keep playing it!

Good, but not a classic

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: June 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game while I was bored one evening. I went to my local best buy looking for something to hold my ever shortening attention span and I saw this on the shelf. For lack of something else I bought it and was happily supprised. It entertained me for a good three nights while I played it in the evenings with my shiny new Conjurer. The game play is sort of diablo-ish, but not quite as much of a dungeon crawl. Your scenery constantly changes as you wander on your quest to save nox (and get back home to your... trailer park?). I had a blast playing this game and was really eager to play it multi-player. Which horribly crushed me when I discovered it was only death-match (okay, okay, it has capture the flag too, but I still call that death-match). No co-operative play what-so-ever. This really killed the games re-playability in my eyes. It's a lot of fun winning the game solo, but I just can't bring myself to pick it up anymore, and i'm sorry, but these types of games just weren't ment for deathmatch.

All in all, a great single player game, but if you're looking for a lasting multiplayer experience, I'd go elsewhere.

Pleasant Suprise

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: July 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

When I bought Nox I wasn't expecting anything more than something to quench my thirst for Diablo 2. But as I got into the game I relized that here was a beautifuly rendered game with a gripping story line and a pleasing array of side quests and immersing backgrounds. I recommend anyone this game who has finished Diablo 2 or wants a good RPG.

Easily better than Final Fantasy VIII

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: February 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

When I started my gaming month this februari I was convinced it original features, especially the spell casting is great (take note FF VIII). NOX reminds me so much of those great Japanese rpg's that I used to play on my msx I am getting all misty eyed just thinking about it.

NOX is a much more hands-on rpg in contrast with FF VIII and as such much more enjoyable. Where as both games are quite linear NOX gives you much more freedom of movement with lots of hidden areas to find and explore.

the only drawback is that the real-time fighting sometimes feels a bit hit and miss and lacks the strategic feel of turn based battle.

However I found this to be the only drawback and if you have completed FF VII(7), which is so much better than the follow up, I strongly recommend this game.

Cheers

Shaft

Best interface I'v played. Sleeper surprise.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The interface is super well done. Made enjoying the game easy. It was for me a real surprise how well it was done. It did not recieve all the hype many games get yet it is as good as any other I played (i.e. Diablo, ...) and unique in many ways. As in all RPGs there is a spot or two where the play gets a bit teadious but this game had much less of this than others. Each of the three character types requires a truely different style of play. One aggressive (hack and slash with weapons and armor emphasis), one moderate (magic bent with spells and charms emphasis), and one defensive (summoner idiom with "let your friends do the killing while you try and stay out of the way" emphasis). Each requires different actions and thinking strategy, and each is just as fun as the others, just different; which means there is good replayability even if you don't go online for a fight. This game is growing harder to get these days so if you have an interest act now.

Hail Flavius

A must-have for casual and diehard RPG gamers

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

There are some games that, when you play them, touch a soft spot in you. Nox is one of those games, with countless spells, weapons, and 3 character classes that have different strengths and weakneses. The Warrior, with his great strength, speed, armor and the ability to take advantage of many types weapons makes him a good competitor for the hands-on approach to beating the game. The Wizard, with not much but an extreme variety of spells that you collect throughout the game, gives him certain advantages over his foes, like the ability to swap places with his nemesis, and drop deadly fireballs on his enemies' head. (What fun!) The last character class, the Conjurer, is just a combination of the Warrior and the Wizard. (So basically, a warrior that can use magic). The graphics in the game are awsome... You can see most every detail with crisp precision, and did I mention that the colors are a wonder to gaze at?) One of the most eye catching and innovative things about Nox is the shadow effects. rock is blocking your view, everything beyond that stone is covered with a black shadow. And, of course, when you move, so does the shadow. The enemies in this game aren't exactly original, like giant spiders, wolves, ogres, rock-throwing urchins, and giant trolls that emmit a noxious green gas when you kill them. But the thing that makes nox cool is that, when you have the Charm Creature spell book and the appropriate Beast Scroll for the beast in question, you can tame the would-be monster into your friend, fighting other beasts for you! SWEET! Overall, Nox is the perfect spoon of sugar in an RPG gamers cup of coffee...

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