Seems fun and I like the music and style. The graphics are still good and the cheesy movies are great. However....the gameplay isn't worth bothering with. These are some clunky controls. Overly complex, obtuse, and just downright bad. It makes a Resident Evil 1 character look like a graceful ballerina or springy kungfu master. Terrible! I tried so hard to like this game. I changed DOSBOX, I set up an xpadder profile, I tried everything. Sadly I just can't be bothered because better games await! Though I'd love a remake in a better engine. And yes. This review is exactly the same for both games in the series.
Seems fun and I like the music and style. The graphics are still good and the cheesy movies are great. However....the gameplay isn't worth bothering with. These are some clunky controls. Overly complex, obtuse, and just downright bad. It makes a Resident Evil 1 character look like a graceful ballerina or springy kungfu master. Terrible! I tried so hard to like this game. I changed DOSBOX, I set up an xpadder profile, I tried everything. Sadly I just can't be bothered because better games await! Though I'd love a remake in a better engine. And yes. This review is exactly the same for both games in the series.
I really liked the premise and would have been able to stomach the game if it wasn't just plain unfun. Again I really enjoyed the setup, the setting, and the atmosphere but at every turn the gameplay itself was battling these really cool story features and it just became too much a bore. 1st - Enemy melee attacks cause you to turn in a random direction, losing camera control. What the hell? When surrounding the player character from jump scare enemies and constantly resurrecting skeletons why make it even MORE a chore to slog through the combat? 2nd - Unlimited enemy spawns....sometimes. But you never know when! Bug or Feature? Either way it seems these moments are part of the game. These are not true "events" either but can happen when exploring at any given moment it seems. 3rd - Horrible, horrible, terrible menu system. Seriously. Plenty of worthless items, bad spells, and throwaway weapons. 4th - Clunky shooter mechanics. This would have been better as a point and click adventure. Why even bother doing combat if it will so damn poor? The stellar ratings are due to rose colored goggles the GOG community are liable to wear. This game sold incredibly poorly for an obvious reason and should be left to rot in some foreboding Irish Moore.
Terrible control scheme and ponderous mechanics and topped with the hilariously ugly character models. Diablo 1 has better graphics and art style. The reviews are horridly nostalgia based, as most are here. Simply put there are better games in the genre and if you didn't play it when it was first released you still have no reason to play Nox now.
