Nox (2000)
Nox is a 2000 role-playing (rpg) video game made by Westwood Studios and Electronic Arts.
Jack Mower is an ordinary guy from our century who gets yanked through his television set into the imperiled world of Nox. Before the quest begins you pick a path: the warrior who lives by swords, axes, hammers, and thrown chakrams, the wizard who bends spells to his will, or the conjurer who summons creatures to fight in his place. Each class runs a different campaign through the same land. It is a fast isometric action RPG from Westwood, closer to a clicky dungeon crawl than a slow saga, with a stranger-in-a-strange-world hook and a dry sense of humor.
Quick answers
What is Nox about?
Jack Mower is an ordinary guy from our century who gets yanked through his television set into the imperiled world of Nox. Before the quest begins you pick a path: the warrior who lives by swords, axes, hammers, and thrown chakrams, the wizard who bends spells to his will, or the conjurer who summons creatures to fight in his place. Each class runs a different campaign through the same land. It is a fast isometric action RPG from Westwood, closer to a clicky dungeon crawl than a slow saga, with a stranger-in-a-strange-world hook and a dry sense of humor.
When was Nox released?
Nox was released on 31 January 2000.
Who made Nox?
Nox was made by Westwood Studios and Electronic Arts.
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A few thoughts on Nox
The fish-out-of-water setup, an everyman dropped into a game-like fantasy realm, mirrors Skeleton Knight in Another World and its trapped-in-another-world premise. For the pure pleasure of hacking through monsters and choosing a class to grow, the open fantasy of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim scratches a related itch.
Choose your class, shape your hero
Nox lets you commit to warrior, wizard, or conjurer, and these RPGs live for that kind of build-defining choice. Hunt monsters as a tuned-up Geralt in The Witcher 3, forge any playstyle in Skyrim, improvise with tools in Breath of the Wild, or spec out a squad-leading Shepard in Mass Effect 2. Your character, your rules.
Sucked into a fantasy world
Jack Mower gets pulled out of his living room and into the world of Nox, and this portal-fantasy shelf runs on the exact same hook. Skeleton Knight in Another World and I Parry Everything drop ordinary people into sword-and-sorcery, The Kid Who Would Be King, The Warriors Gate, and Moon Over Tao send heroes through, and Spellcaster hands you the choices.
Landmark single-player action
Loved Nox as a meaty single-player action game? These are the modern high points of the form. Survive the road in The Last of Us and Red Dead Redemption 2, reinvent a legend in God of War, or descend into eerie worlds through BioShock, Half-Life 2, and Uncharted 4. Big stories, tight controls, dozens of hours each.
Open worlds to get lost in
If Nox's overhead exploration left you hungry to roam, these open worlds hand you the keys. Cause chaos across GTA: San Andreas and Vice City, climb Renaissance rooftops in Assassin's Creed II, or float through the sky-city of BioShock Infinite. Wander, poke at every corner, and let the map pull you off the main path.