Nox Archaist

Such an amazing experience and a fun game. This is literally like playing Ultima 4-5 but on steroids. The story itself is your typical save-the-world kind of story. There are a huge amount of items, quests and characters and places to explore everywhere. The world is filled with content (which is an huge improvement over the rather empty world of U4-5) and I love that every area's difficulty is completely independent of your character's level, which means that you can enter an cave or dungeon that it's enemies outlevel you and can 1-hit kill you. I miss listening to an music track 24/7 though... the game only plays a very short music track when you enter an area or a battle. It has quite a few QOL features that makes the game easier to play and feels more 'modern' than the aforementioned games. In some ways I feel like it's a AAA game but made for a Apple II. In short, its an amazing game that I highly recommend you if you liked the Ultima games or you like CRPGs, I hope Nox Archaist 2 fixes the slow loading times (when exploring, navigating menus, etc) which is the only negative I found for this game.

I've actually been waiting for an old school looking Ultima-like game to come up. Looks like this is it - I have been served. Auto-buy for this guy.

It's a modern retro RPG. It is stunning what they have achieved and it's certainly worth the time of any RPG lover.

Oh man, oh man. This really brings me back. Although my family was way too poor to have a PC back in the 80s and into early 90s, I do remember playing stuff like Legacy of the Ancients in grade school and much later Ultima on the NES. I adore this. If I could have this on mobile that'd be awesome. As it stands I highly recommend for those who are looking for a door into yesterday and how we used to play RPGs or anyone looking for just some good old nostalgia. Ultima vibes through and through. Be ready to take some notes though. If you want quest markers or hand holding, this may not be for you. Super fun, super authentic to yesteryear, and super recommended. Great job!

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Very nice old-school game so far. I'm using alternative emulator (Nox Companion) for better quality and QoL stuff, hence my real time played won't be displayed here.

I respect the tribute to Apple II, but for me it was a bit much (I can’t even read the text properly). If you feel up to playing it, it seems to be a great tribute. PS: Having said that, I’d personally have gone for keeping the characteristic approach, while stripping away what were nothing but drawbacks in my view. That’s just me, though, so I wish them the very best of luck.

I love it! ;D + authentic Apple //e experience + old-school CRPG with great gameplay & mechanics + very nice graphics + great extras: manual, maps, hintbook + all beautifully done!

its very very good.

Bravo! This expanded version of Nox Archaist hits all the right fun and OCD buttons. I completed Nox Archaist back in early 2021 (spending maybe 130 play hours?), and the Lord of Storms DLC gave me an excuse to revisit the fun again. Once I hit the new content (it's mostly concentrated in one area), it was probably another 25 hours to solve and complete. It's possible to finish the DLC without creating good ol' graph paper maps, but I found it both useful and nostalgic to do so. While I did get stuck here and there, all the challenges were fair, no "moon logic". You can now start the game with an established party (lvl 4 or 5) for those who have played through the game before and want to attack the new content head on. And if you haven't played Nox Archaist yet, this is the place to start, as the DLC integrates seamlessly into the main game. "Summonitus La Vache!"