An excellent action/RPG hybrid with very unique gameplay. Your name is Jack Mower, a 20th century dude who just happened to be sucked into the world of Nox via his TV set. The world is in danger and you have to save it! But before you embark on your epic journey you must choose your path: warrior, w...
An excellent action/RPG hybrid with very unique gameplay. Your name is Jack Mower, a 20th century dude who just happened to be sucked into the world of Nox via his TV set. The world is in danger and you have to save it! But before you embark on your epic journey you must choose your path: warrior, wizard, or conjurer.
Choose the path of a warrior, and you will be able to equip and use all manner of swords, battle-axes, war hammers, and chakrams - though you’ll leave the magical mumbo-jumbo up to the Conjurer and Wizard classes. An enchanted weapon is the closest a Warrior gets to magic but that’s OK, because magic is for sissies.
As a Wizard you will explore the mystical art of spell casting, ranging from enemy-confounding illusions to devastating displays of metaphysical force. You’ll also learn to set magical traps containing deadly spell combinations to thwart the unsuspecting foe. Although you’ll have to renounce the use of ungainly swords and armor in the name of your art, you will still be able to wield a staff as a last-ditch physical defense.
If you choose a Conjurer you will be able to magically charm and summon creatures to do your bidding. You can even create a magical creature called a bomber which can wreak sorcerous havoc on your enemies. You’ll also get plenty of experience wielding staves and bows to fend off the few enemies who manage to slip past your minions.
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Recommended by Kilg0re_Tr0ut from GOG Stream Team: Nox is a truly underrated game from Westwood Studios. Often written off as a "Diablo-clone", this is really a unique quest oriented action RPG. You play Jack, a young man who (along with his TV) is accidentally teleported to Nox by the evil Hecubah, and it is your job to right things in Nox and eventually defeat her. The story and gameplay adapts to accommodate one of three different character classes you have to choose from, the Warrior, who can't use magic, but has access to all armor and weapon types (except bows and staves), the Conjurer, who can use bows and crossbows, can use some spells, but specialize in summoning monsters that can fight alongside them, and the Wizard class, who specialize in the vast majority of spells in the game, and can even teleport and become invisible. This adds tremendous replayability as playing the game with each character makes for a completely different experience, basically giving you three games in one. Easy to get into, Nox is highly recommended for fans of the genre."
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was able to get NOX to run completing the following:
Tested under Windows 7, 8.1, 10 x64 Platforms
*This is just an FYI for anyone experiencing issues with flickering or un-viewable videos and menus*
1. Locate NOX.exe from the GOG default installation directory
2. Right Click Modify - Compatibility Tab
a. Select 'Change Settings for All Users'
b. Change 'Run this in Compatibility Mode': Windows 98/ME
c. Reduced Color Mode: 16-bit
3. Apply and OK
I had to buy this game on Gog. See, when I was in middle school I stole this game from my local Kmart. I did a few dumb things growing up and stealing a few PC games from Kmart was one of them. So take my money now.
Its a good game and it was totally worth stealing.
I played this game fucking decades ago and lost it so I bought it here, but when the opening cutscene end the title screen flshes rapidly and I actually had a seizure, it seems I'm th eonly one who had this issue and I'm sure theres a fix for it but I'm writing this review as a warning if you have epilepsy, make sure to install a fix first
This isn't really a review (Nox is awesome, you should buy it) but rather a heads up that OpenNox exists. It's a source port that will allow the game to run flawlessly in Windows 10 and is a must-have for anyone picking up the game. Search OpenNox on DDG and you'll find it easily :)
This is an old game from the early 00s that is still good today. It is along the lines of Diablo with some Baldur's Gate thrown in. Lots of Dungeon crawling with buying/selling supplies. There is plenty of interaction with NPCs and interactive items throughout. Game play takes a bit getting used to, but the game developer made the first chapter a tutorial without making it seem silly or boring. Excellent game overall!
As for getting the game to run on Windows 10/11: Get OpenNox (not much effort to search for it on Google) and run that patch. You can then get everything to run smoothly on 2021 systems while fixing bugs that were still in the GOG version. The only thing you cannot get to work is the Intro movie, but you can watch that by loading the game using the regular .exe file.
To run the GOG version as is (or to watch the Intro movie), you need to locate the Nox.exe file and check Compatibility Mode - Windows 98/ME to get it to load. Otherwise, you get the headache inducing flash of the Nox title screen like some other reviewers mentioned. I recommend doing this first thing to watch that Intro movie so you know how your character got to the very beginning of the game. I was confused on what the story was about at first since I didn't know the movie was skipped in OpenNox.
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