Nox™

I played a lot of video games and invested much time in different games. But this one was really the best of the best for a young boy to experience multiplayer games back in that time. The graphics, the fast speed/pace of the game, the different ways to play each class. Incredible. What i feel about this game can't be described in simple words. The time with superjack, gyzmo and darkVirus and a lot of others on Europe server will be never forgotten. The memories have been burned in my head - probably until the day i die. What a pity this game got mixed up as a "bad diablo 2 clone" and many magazines wrote it down. This was one of the fastest and most unforgiving multiplayer games. This game was easy to learn and had like almost no skill ceiling. You can say this was the Quake of action adventures. Almost all the reviews focused on the campaign sadly, which is a bit short, but still worth playing. Contact me, if anything is still up on EU regarding this game.

Usually, it's considered an overlooked gem from the late 90s, early 00s ARPG aka Diablo-like. Indeed, this game has many own ideas on its own, for instance, simple physics can be considered as a prototype for an idea the Larian games would later develop into its own unique and recognisable mechanic. Sam Raimish corny humour has no alternative in any other RPGs, 3 characters and 3 slightly different playthroughs, fantastic art direction, voice acting and just overall distinct character. Though, after finishing it 2nd time, I'd say that it is closer to modern linear adventure action games than RPG, cause technically, you can't change stats or develop your own skill tree. It's a shame that EA being EA, killed this franchise.

It's my favorite game (most likely I can think of a few others that come close Magic Carpet or Total Annihilation Kingdoms). But why am I giving it 1 (1 star for the game)? Simply put, the game won't work on Windows 11 (or 10) without serious effort and work arounds (check Nox subforum for more info). Even then, it's buggy. I contacted GoG, and they won't update the game to Windows 11, so, it's a defective product. Either they should fix it for new OS (almost no one uses 7,8, vista anymore) or they should pull it. It shouldn't be fans to fix the game for newer systems. Windows barely updates to a new OS, so it's not something they have to do frequently, but alas, they will not. I don't really review, but I can't put nothing. It's sad.

This is still such a good game today. I played through the single player as a Wizard for the first time in many years. I forgot how huge the wizard spell book was and how many active abilities there were that aren't limited by any sort of cooldown like modern games. It's hard to believe that there hasn't really been another game like this since, unless I just don't know about it. The PvP back in the day is still probably one of the best experiences I've ever had in online gaming. The 1 on 1 wizard duels reflecting spells back at each other and trying to hit Death Rays. Warrior hammer duels. The insanely satisfying conjurer crossbow. There was so much skill involved in the pvp that it would be a huge hit now. I'm going to sound like Uncle Rico, but if I could just go back...

For me it works on windows 10 after setting compatibility for NOX.exe to Windows 98/ME without issues (had flickering starting screen)