Nox

by Electronic Arts

Product Details

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• ASIN: B000059XSI
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,168 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Edition: Classics

Amazon.com Review

Though cast in the action/RPG game-play style of Diablo, Nox breaks its mold and offers up more than a few pleasant surprises. The third-person isometric perspective offers a refreshing dose of humor, served up by a slick interface and starring very distinct character classes. Much more than a clone, Nox takes the best the genre had and--for the most part--makes it better.

Nox's story of a harmless auto mechanic who gets accidentally sucked into a fantasy world immediately sets this game apart from its dark and dour brethren. Nox is funny, and it's refreshing to play an RPG that tries to put a smile on your face.

Game play, dungeons, puzzles, and even the story are slightly altered, depending on Jack's class, giving three separate single-player experiences, all leading to the same final showdown with Hecubah. The quests are typical RPG fare--find this, kill that, rescue these guys--spiced up with puzzles relating to the class's abilities or environment.

The Nox team's energies went toward creating a game that's fast, fun, and easy to play. It worked. No knock-off, it won't be long before we start seeing games influenced by the innovative designs of Nox. --Mike Fehlauer

Pros:

• Very distinct, fun character classes
• Innovative action/RPG multiplayer game modes
• Slick interface
• Refreshing humor

Cons:

• No female characters
• Unrealistic inventory system
• Uninspired magic items

Product Description

Nox is set in a mystical land filled with discovery and deceit. Nox's lightning-fast action is fueled by a combat system that's easy to use yet gives players tremendous gameplay depth and infinite possibilities. With more than 100 unique spells and weapons, players must use their wits to create devious combinations with tricky tactics.

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great game!, February 28, 2001

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(Presque Isle, ME USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nox (CD-ROM)

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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun game, worth the money..., August 7, 2001

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Christopher E. Siple "Crunchy Toppings" (Baltimore, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nox (CD-ROM)

Allright, I bought this fairly dated game a few weeks ago in a bundle package with Final Fantasy VII for an extra low price. I figured "Two games, they sound good, can't go wrong!" Well, I was righter than rain. Nox is one of those few and far between games that is tons of fun, without being too complicated or involved. The single player storyline is fairly decent, and being able to play the same game three different ways is a big plus. The magic system is a kick to use, although the re-sorting and sifting through spells to use them on the fly while being killed by a berzerk gnome is absolutely no fun. However, the game usually makes up for it by being easy enough to overlook the fussy magic system. The game also offers quite a few downloadables from the web site, including a Gauntlet-style "arcade" mode that one or more people can play. The multiplayer mode, which even though I haven't played it, sounds quite unappealing. The game is too "arcadey" to begin with to warrant frenetic runnning around and dying 47 times a minute. I foresee being very frustrated by it. Overall, the game delivers a lot of fun, rich colorful graphics, FAST gameplay, and certainly won't dent your wallet. A good buy for mainstream gamers everywhere.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for casual and diehard RPG gamers, August 15, 2001

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Gareth Vernam (Newberg, OR - USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nox (CD-ROM)

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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