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It is Throwback Thursday time, and today we have something special for the fans of isometric action-RPGs.

In Nox, developed by Westwood Studios, you are Jack Mower, an ordinary guy living his ordinary life. But one day, due to a cosmic accident and the actions by the evil Queen of Necromancers, you're being sucked out of this universe by your own TV and transferred to a fantasy parallel universe called Nox. We're not sure, but we think the moral of Nox is "Don't watch too much TV." Who says gaming doesn't spread positive messages?



Jack, though, seems in a bit of a spot. It won't be a surprise if we tell you that the world Jack got into is in danger and he's the one that can save it, right?

Here’s what one of GOG team members has to say about this classic.

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."

If you’d like to learn more why Kilg0re recommends to play Nox, jump on his stream tonight (Friday, November 5th at 3 AM UTC) on GOG’s Twitch channel.
edit: lol I already responded on the first page :p sheesh

Nox has sold pretty well on GOG; personally I'd like to see this column used for good poorer-selling games.
Post edited November 06, 2021 by tfishell
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GOG.com: It is Throwback Thursday time, and today we have something special for the fans of isometric action-RPGs.

In Nox, developed by Westwood Studios, you are Jack Mower, an ordinary guy living his ordinary life. But one day, due to a cosmic accident and the actions by the evil Queen of Necromancers, you're being sucked out of this universe by your own TV and transferred to a fantasy parallel universe called Nox. We're not sure, but we think the moral of Nox is "Don't watch too much TV." Who says gaming doesn't spread positive messages?

Jack, though, seems in a bit of a spot. It won't be a surprise if we tell you that the world Jack got into is in danger and he's the one that can save it, right?

Here’s what one of GOG team members has to say about this classic.

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."

If you’d like to learn more why Kilg0re recommends to play Nox, jump on his stream tonight (Friday, November 5th at 3 AM UTC) on GOG’s Twitch channel.
Diablo is about running in, hitting and skipping the story line. This is about taking your time and slightly planning things out. As a fan of when it was released and playing it now on a new system with GOG's digital download, as long as your monitor is flexable with older resolutions, I would defenatly recomend it to those who skipped it back then... Manual saves is a big thing for newcomers.
This game was hard to push on LAN partys back when... Our LAN parties wern't sober and that dosn't line up with this kind of game. I'm glad GOG has this at a moderate price and when it is on sale I say is a must for RPG gamers who are up for a medium challange and taking there time with manual saves. It was a rough release time back then, but still holds up all things considered @ an 8/10 for those who have friendly monitors that are cool with certan resolutions.
Thanks Friendly well built monitors... and GOG... and Westwood...
Just a heads up that there's a source port for Nox called OpenNox. I'm using it my Wizard playthrough and I've had no issues at all with it after 3 hours of play.
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Lodium: Depends if you can find somone to play with
Lan option does not mean that somone automaticly is interested in playing the game together with you
even if they are your friends or you know them well
There are plenty of games that are litterly dead even with lan option
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Magnitus: If a game has a minimum amount of popularity and is available to play on LAN, I guarantee some people will throw LAN parties with friends and/or family. They just won't shout from the top of their lungs about it, so it won't have the same kind of visibility as a game that connects to a centralized server where someone will be able to track usage stats with pinpoint accuracy.

I can tell you from experience that playing with a loved one in the same room is infinitely more enjoyable than playing across the internet.

I don't have the time for the later anymore, but I'll set some time aside for the former as it kills two birds with one stone: Play a game and spend some quality time with a loved one.

But that's me. To each his own I guess.
Thats a large if
as i said
there are plenty of games with lan option that are literally dead
and theres no garantue the loved one will want to play the same game as you
thats a big assumption and doesnt take into coniderations that he or she may not be into that particcular game you want to play
For example
my former girlfriend wasnt interested in a local multiplayer in the stategy genre
Post edited November 08, 2021 by Lodium
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xvertigox: Just a heads up that there's a source port for Nox called OpenNox. I'm using it my Wizard playthrough and I've had no issues at all with it after 3 hours of play.
thx
this game surely get a new 3d ray tracing graphics