Nobody Saves The World takes you to a world not knowing about your existence, and having to use a number of forms to survive.
Nobody Saves The World may not be amongst the most-anticipated games, but its concept alone might be enough to gain some interest. Being a fan of role-playing games myself, Nobody Saves The World has been on my radar for some time. The idea that a game involving your character has the ability to turn into 17 different forms is worthy of trying out. Also, the fact that the game is available on Xbox Game Pass is even better. You have the option to play this game solo, or with a friend.
The dungeons are where you would be getting the most thrills. When you are tasked with dispatching a horde of enemies in a confined space in order to progress, it’s no wonder that this is the case. Nobody Saves The World is an action role-playing dungeon crawling game, developed and published by DrinkBox Studios, and is available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, and Microsoft Windows. You can download the game on Xbox Game Pass and Steam. The game was released on January 18, 2022.
Nobody Saves The World has a good story. The plot is interesting mainly because your character has no memory of what it is, who it is, where it is and its background. Hence, why you are nobody. Plus, you are experiencing approximately 30 hours of game time. This includes the side quests, and they’re worth completing because they are almost as fun as the story and they help you in levelling up your character’s forms much faster.
Nobody Saves The World’s gameplay is good. The 2D gameplay provides a nostalgic vibe that might be pleasing to the eye for adult gamers in particular. You can use a variety of forms to complete quests, obstacles and dungeons. Speaking of dungeons, they can be frustrating sometimes, because some of them would take time to finish due to the tough enemies that attack you in hordes. It’s good that you can level up in different ways, such as completing side quests, combating enemies, and so on. If you wish, you can play with a friend, but be warned, playing with a friend would make it harder for you to complete the game.
New characters, different passives and attacks, plus other items you can unlock would prompt you into grinding out the game. Mainly because they benefit you during the considerably long gameplay. With each class, as you play and unlock each of the classes’ items, it becomes rewarding. The animation is very good, and considering that the game is in 2-D, it displays more fluidly than usual. You would notice this when moving, interacting with objects, objectives, and other characters.
Although the gameplay is good, it isn’t perfect. One issue that grabbed my attention is the basic combat mechanics. It is impressive that your character possesses several different forms, all of which have their own set of moves. However, each move set is repetitive, and it seems you can simply button bash to get you by, and sometimes doing so would prove to be useless when you are being suffocated by enemies occasionally. I am certain that I would have appreciated the game more if combos were implemented. Executing a mixture of combos is much preferable to just spamming buttons and hoping for the best. This would have made the gameplay more exhilarating.
Another problem I encountered was the mechanic that allows you to change forms. It would have helped if the game paused whilst picking which form you feel is best for specific situations. Instead, you would need to quickly change forms. This can be aggravating, resulting in potentially taking damage from enemies unnecessarily because you didn’t have enough time to switch forms. Although these issues can be annoying periodically, I still had so much fun with the game regardless. You could argue that these are issues you probably shouldn’t be overly concerned with when the positives outweigh them considerably.
Nobody Saves The World’s visuals are stunning and colourful, and when you are playing in 4K resolution, it makes them look sharper. The game’s cartoonish designs are detailed and are relevant to the game’s concept. The art style reminds me of work produced by the virtual band Gorillaz, and how they outline their characters. The game has a large map, so it’s even more impressive that all areas of the map are good-looking. Great work has been done with the graphics, and it’s clear that the developer had taken their time with their artwork.
Nobody Saves The World’s audio isn’t too shabby. The music would get you in a mood, depending on what is going on in the game. Whether you are in combat, completing objectives, or just wandering around in general, the different styles of music will send good vibes while you are either playing by yourself, or with a friend. The lack of voice-overs and cut scenes aren’t much of a problem, considering that this is seemingly one of those games that don’t necessarily need them that much to impact the game’s quality.
Ultimately, Nobody Saves The World had caught me by surprise. I am playing the game much more than I had anticipated. DrinkBox Studios had done fantastically to combine their creativity and originality to form a game that delights you from start to finish. Despite its shortcomings, Nobody Saves The World still managed to do more than enough to leave me satisfied, and it was definitely worth the time. Plus, it’s great to have a game this good at the start of the year.
Nobody Saves The World is not like the average role-playing game and it’s great that it turned out to be this enjoyable. Especially with its uniqueness. It is not often that you will stumble across a game you can play for many hours, and would still want to play more of it. Nobody Saves The World had exceeded my expectations and deserves praise for the quality of the game.
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