Nox
An excellent action/RPG hybrid with very unique gameplay. Your name is Jack Mower, a 20th century dude who just happened to be sucked into the world of Nox via his TV set. The world is in danger and you have…
Nox is an adventure developed by Westwood Studios, released 31 January 2000 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Nox is
Nox is an adventure game developed by Westwood Studios and released in 2000. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Some decades before Jack's arrival to the Land of Nox (the eponymous fictional setting of the game), a group of Necromancers attempted to seize control over the world but was stopped by the legendary hero Jandor wielding an artifact weapon named "the Staff of Oblivion". Following the Necromancers' defeat, Jandor trapped their souls within the magical Orb, which the Arch-Wizard Horvath then transported to another dimension later revealed to be modern Earth. One of Jandor's last deeds of the war was saving a female infant he found in the Necromancers' lair: unsure what to do with a possible Necromancer offspring, he left the girl in the care of an Ogre village. He then disassembled the Staff…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Nox launched on 31 January 2000, within three weeks of The Sims, Metal Slug 3, Battlezone 2: Combat Commander and Tzar: The Burden of the Crown.
Released around the same time: The Sims, Metal Slug 3, Battlezone 2: Combat Commander, Tzar: The Burden of the Crown.
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