Teen
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
85
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.9
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

Jandor, the legendary hero of Nox, defeated evil necromancers and trapped their souls in an orb, which was then cast into another dimension. Years later, the necromancer Hecubah discovered that the orb was in the possession of Jack Mower, an ordinary guy who lives in a trailer somewhere on our Earth with his girlfriend. Hecubah retrieves the orb, which greatly increases her power, making her particularly dangerous to the inhabitants of Nox. However, Jack is teleported to Nox along with the orb, and appears to be the only one who can stop Hecubah.

Nox is an action role-playing game. It has similarities to Diablo, having isometric perspective and fast-paced action-oriented combat. The RPG elements, however, are less prominent than in Diablo, with the player character gaining experience for vanquishing enemies and leveling up automatically after completing the linear main quests. In the beginning of the game the player must choose a character class for Jack, making him either a fighter, a conjurer, or a wizard. The fighter is physically strong but can only use melee weapons or a few special combat abilities; the conjurer fights with bows and can summon monsters to help him in combat; the wizard has low hit points and cannot equip many weapons, compensating this with a vast array of magic spells.

The multiplayer component consists of modes that are normally found in online first-person shooters, including Deathmatch (sub-divided into "free for all", team, and clan modes), Capture the Flag, as well as other variations of competitive gameplay such as Flagball, King of the Realm, and Elimination.

Part of the Following Groups


Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Nox Windows $4.85  
GOG
Nox™ $5.99  
ebay.com
Nox    
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User Reviews

I could put a "Nox" pun here (i.e. Nox on wood), but the game is too good for that.... Chris Martin Bronze Star Contributing Member (1112) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
This time Diablo can go back to hell! MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (53416) 3.86 Stars3.86 Stars3.86 Stars3.86 Stars3.86 Stars
Nox - the game that I love paul cairey (325) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars

The Press Says

GameZone Feb 24, 2000 9 out of 10 90
GameSpy Mar 02, 2000 88 out of 100 88
FiringSquad Feb 21, 2000 86 out of 100 86
Gamezilla Mar 30, 2000 86 out of 100 86
Jeuxvideo.com Mar 09, 2000 17 out of 20 85
GameStar (Germany) Feb, 2000 83 out of 100 83
Game Revolution Feb 01, 2000 B+ 83
Gamer's Pulse Mar 10, 2000 8.2 out of 10 82
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault) Mar 10, 2000 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Computer Gaming World (CGW) May, 2000 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
TRUE or FALSE: Abandonware? 8 Dr. M. "Schadenfreude" Von Katze Bronze Star Contributing Member (588)
Aug 25, 2011

Trivia

Cool feature #213qz: Instead of the regular "DemoShield"-style installation, while Nox installs, the game tells you about the backstory and "history" of the world. With voice-overs and a slideshow, it makes for an interesting installation :)


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (53416) on Feb 16, 2000.
 

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