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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Ironically, Nox works perfectly in Wineskin, if you use the data directory from a Windows installation to make the wrapper. The GOG Mac version does not work at all.
Sadly it does not work at in Windows 10 either! I had hoped GOG would have a fix, but they do not. An SDL executable exists, but it does not run the game at the correct framerate, and isn't as fluid or fun as the original.
If you can get it to work, Nox is a LAN party gem. The single player is amusing, but quickly becomes boring.
It has been 19 years since I played and beat this game. However, I still remember it's amazing intro where the kid was sucked in to the TV which is a bit like tumbling down the rabbit hole as Alice did. I still remember the first quest where you help a villager to get rid of the insects (or mice:)!) that infested her field. The game was amazing in every way and I still remember how upset I was reading harsh reviews at the time. Despite your age, if you like isometric RPG games (Which are usually great in story telling), give it a try.
I realize when I bought it that it didn't say that it worked on Mac. I got excited when I saw it in GOG Galaxy because I was downloading another game, that I purchased at the same time. It does not work on Mac. It starts to open, but just closes immediately. I was hopeful.
The star value has no indication for anything, it seems I have to.
I had a friend with this game and I only vaguely remember it, though I did install it and beat it with the mage on the easiest mode back in 2000 or 2002 I can't remember.
NOX is one of my all-time greatest games. In my humble opinion, much much better than any of the Diablo games. Played it when I was 14 and TO THIS DAY I still have the original hard-copy on CD. Absolutely fantastic story, it's a mixture between D&D and Diablo (Hello, mimics chests that gave me permanet trust issues in any other videogame for the rest of my life!). I could not reccoment a game more than I can reccomend NOX for its fantastic game and nostalgia feeling.
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