Customer Reviews

Nox

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

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.

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.

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...

(...) Nox's opening sequence is rather fun to watch, as far as humor comes. Jack, an ordinary guy, is transported into a fantasy world with {of course} a great evil overbearing the land. That in itself is not unique, but not to worry. You get to choose what color of shoes he wears! Yes! I've waited so long for this!

There are 3 character classes. No, not Wizard, Thief, Warrior, but instead Wizard, Warrior, Conjurer. There are supposedly lots of weapons, but after beating it once of twice I found myself getting just about none of them. That's ok, really, you spend half the game looking for a more ideal weapon to fit your arsenal. And yes, of course, it is the only weapon you will probably ever use once you get it.

Online, if you don't have cable internet, get read yfor LAG. And this isn't just plain old lag, where things are kind of choppy, this means that you can't see ANY other players, or it is so choppy you will just scream in frustration, or both. Too many maps to download, too. Must admit, though, when you DO get to play, it is really fun. Better fights with more action than Diablo 2, or anything I have played so far.

It's easiest to win as a wizard, because once you get the invisibility spell the game's a snap. For the warrior, you must really be a master of your reflexes, because you have to master your skills to win. The conjurer is most fun to be, but I think also the hardest, because you can summon creatures to help you fight, but unfortunately, you don't get to summon things until the very end of the game. And here is the major drawback: The game is WAYY too short. Only 10 quests, and you can't play the game over again as the same character. You'll find yourself at the highest level, with lots of spells and weapons, and then suddenly, it's over, and you didnt get to use all your cool new stuff.

A bit of a dissapointment, but worth a shot.

Nox is an absolutely amazing game. The intrigue within the storyline and the capability to play three completely different adventures rocks! Defentitly worth the dough, if not more than that. This game truly blows Diablo out of the water with its excellent game play and convincing voice acting. Have fun with this game!

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

I got this game out of a stores bargin bin and was amazed by it.

It does not require any 3D acceleration, all effects are done through MMX programming I believe its called and it looks great.

The game story is funny involving and at points pretty darn scary.

You get to play three different characters Wizard, Conjurer or straight ahead Fighter. For me the conjurer is the most fun and the ability to turn enemy monsters into henchmen fighting on your side is terrific.

If you decide to get it try to find the Strategy Guide - its loaded with 500 pages of tips, insights and has complete walkthroughs for all three characters.

And lastly this "little" game has the best user interface I have ever seen in any game period.

What a deal and a great game.

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)

This game is awsome it has great graphics and exiting characters.
It is my favorite game in the world.

hi if you don't have this game i played it 8 days no stoping and my eyes were blood shot because it was so exciting and so deep a story line i could not get off of it till my mom ran me off so if you like diablo 2 or 1 [i did not] or if you want a excllent game get nox [ts worth the $20.00] you will love it