Nox™

I missed Nox back in the day, but was aware that it was always as a very good Diablo-alternative. By playing it now after being utterly disappointed by the recently released Diablo III, I was hoping that Nox could lift up my spirits a bit regarding my ongoing search for a really good Action-RPG with a focus on the story. Sadly, that's not really the case with Nox! It plays nice and smoothly and has some very good ideas - the different characters, the special abilities - but it lacks depth, features some overly long levels and has a very thin story. It was fun to play it through once, but this is a game that will sadly not get stuck in my memory. So, in terms of real good Action-RPGs, I have to stick with Divine Divinity, Titan Quest and Dungeon Siege 2.

I see that many ppl here are having trouble in loading the game. I understand the frustration and techincally I don't blame them for not knowing how to fix the issue. I can't say if this works for other OS however for those with Win10; do the following. Go to game directory ---> Find Game (which is an application extension) ---> Right click and click to properties ---> Select Compatibility ---> Tick Run this program in compatibility mode for and select Windows 95 ---> Apply Do the same with NOX (also an application extension) And it did the job for me, no issues loading the game and works. Hope this helps to all who are facing the issue. Cheers.

The plot reminds me of Unepic and Black Knight. Where the protagonist gets sent back in time to a medieval setting, and shenanigans ensue. The game is a bit more action than RPG, it's not terribly similar to Diablo, you get way less abilities too. You can pick from 3 classes (Warrior, Conjurer, Wizard), I picked warrior, and 2 out of the 5 warrior abilities are borderline useless (Tread Lightly and Eye of the Wolf) As a warrior, you melee most enemies, occasionally blocking, and then use shurikens to deal with the real dangerous stuff. About 80% of the game is relatively easy, then there's about 15% of the game where you have to avoid fairly deadly traps and fight enemies that hit like a brick. Then the last 5% of it is the game literally trolling you, at least, in my experience. The wizard's tower was bs at times with mages 1 or 2 shotting me, as well as spells that drop your weapon/shield gets incredibly annoying fast. Then there's that last bit at the end where you chase Hecubah through a cave of about 5000 enemies, and is about 90% luck dependent on making it to the door, and if you do, you get stunlocked by a cutscene for a moment, giving you about a 40% chance of not getting mauled by the enemies that followed you. When in doubt, God Mode. (F1, enter racoiaws, then enter set god (unset god to disable it) The dungeon crawling is usually good, a good amount of secrets to be found too. Like some other RPGs, merchants overcharge out the ass for most things, and also repairs become way too expensive by the end of the game. The game didn't really need a durability system. It's a decent game, but I got way too frustrated by the end of it to even consider playing as the other 2 classes.

Not much replayability - yea, every class has it's own beginning and a couple of unique quests, but the rest is the same. The lack of merchants able to repair equipment in the late game is really irritating, fighting the necromancer in tattered rags was a fun challenge, though; dungeons are long and tedious and the capacity system curbs loot hoarding urges (most of the time it's impossible to backtrack and grab more stuff). The plot is just bland: no unique, memorable characters or choices, weird ending and it's kinda short (6-8h, depends on class you choose). What I find really good is the music and graphics, both are very nostalgic and atmospheric, even the voice acting was fine. Runs well on Windows 10 without additional fixes, runs even better on OpenNox engine.

I remember playing this one from a ten dollar bargain bin purchase about 10 years ago. It was awesome and addictive then, and should be now. Compares favorably to more recent games like the Sacred series, and what really gives this title wings is the excellent multi-player. Buy it!