Nox™

Yes, the game does work on Windows 10. Just tell Windows 10 to start it in windows 98 compatibility mode. After all, the game is a Windows95/98 game. After that. it plays just like the game I loved and spent so much time on 20 years ago. And it still feels like a good game according to current standards. a bit like Diablo with a dash of humor

Nox is one of those games that nerver hit a major success due to it being overshadowed by a few giants at its prime time. The best way I could describe Nox is by saying that if you were to take the first Diablo game and instead of going for an advanced inventory & skills systems that became Diablo II, you pushed the physics &, animations and environmental interaction by 1000%. Yes, by that I means that in general the gameplay in Nox beats the crap out of Diablo 2 hands down. Not only does Nox have better controls & gameplay mecanism, it even have a level editor (which is quite complex to use, but works never the less!) It main lacking features which are why it wasn't able to push above the giants is that its content is generaly limited and as the development studio which made the game (Westwood) was starting to get active by adding new gameplay and content, they were purchased by EA and the IP got abandonned. The game truly feels like Diablo 1 on steroids with additional gameplay features (like being able to jump over obstacles or having actual impact from attacks from the environment like spells rebouncing off any surfaces). Even inventory wise, the game feels alike. I don't know if GOG version includes it or not, but the free expansion released separately from the main game is a MUST as it will add dozen if not hundreds of hours by having the Coop-Friendly semi-roguelite dungeon mode with semi-unlimited dungeons and a vast more complex randomized weapons & armors added into the game. If it's not included in the GoG version, I suggest you try finding it online and store it on a drive or something as it's truly the one thing that made this game stand on its own even in shadows until EA's acquisition, The only reason why I don't give full 5/5 stars is because the game does lack in some areas and the fact that it's abandonned by its publisher (EA) means that what you get is what you'll even have.

Does not work on Windows 10. Upgraded from 7 to 10. This game stopped working, title screen would flash and cursor would disappear after the title screen and game would freeze.

The game itself is really great. The three characters really play different and the game has many lovable details combined with really good game mechanics. BUT Unfortunatelly it is not compatible with Windows 10 and that is pretty inconveniant since the game was promoted in a sale ony one week ago. What is the actual problem? After westwood and the nox Videos are over, you only see a rapidly blinking "Nox" screen. Alt-Tab to windows and back to the game does not help. You cannot even end the game properly. As it is today (August 1st) I cannot recommend the game if you have allready upgradet to Win 10. With Win 7 it works perfectly, though and deserves 4 stars!

Game doesn't work out of the box, the website hosting a working patch is down, and honestly no one should have to go through this when buying from gog. Here are the instructions thanks to internet archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200818184904/http://nox.introverse.net/installguide/ And here is the Nox Gui patch from PCGamingWiki http://server1.awesie.org/NoxGUI_latest.zip