Every dungeon requires some form of pivoting, thanks to the rock-paper-scissors system of sharp, blunt, dark, and light attacks breaking “wards” (shields) on specific enemies. Speaking of that skill ceiling: the big hook is how you can combine forms. It’s easy to understand with a small enough skill floor, but there are layers if you really want to dig into combat. As you continue through the game, you can grant that passive to another transformation (a Final Fantasy job, basically), as well as the other two abilities.
Almost immediately you’ll get a “consume” power, which can instantly kill a foe after they’ve been chomped enough to apply a passive poison. You start off with a simple chomp ability, which can be aimed as you “moonwalk” backward and dodge enemy attacks. They also went the extra mile to ensure that a horse shooting a ranger bow - or a knight doing a horse kick - doesn’t look too ridiculous as you start to mix and match powers.ĭrinkbox’s lengthy experience designing action is evident from the very first form change you unlock: the rat. Attack animations are swift and simple, allowing you to generally do what you want whenever you want instead of relying on lengthy choppy animations like some top-down action games. Tapping a crystal on the world map saves your progress in an instant, with a clear clue telling you it went through. Mechanically, Nobody Saves the World is also streamlined in a way that’s expected of Drinkbox action. It’s a great way for Drinkbox to put their stamp on the game, as the whole “the entire game is random” motif doesn’t always stick the landing. But the big zones and the map itself are hand-crafted. So the micro-dungeons (demi-dungeons, using the game’s terms) are randomized every time you enter them. It’s really satisfying, as Drinkbox has created a deliberately-designed map to facilitate all of this. Many of these quests are like puzzles, where you’re expected to figure them out using a quick form change. Quests can involve turning into an authority figure to get out of a jam or talking to a different animal species as that species. The transformation aspect is baked into basically everything too. The animation is fantastic: like something straight out of a Cartoon Network show, with characters who have exaggerated, over-the-top emotive reactions. Nobody Saves the World injects a ton of personality into basically every facet of its being. You can see the bright Drinkbox pedigree as soon as the title screen.
It’s a setup you rarely see often - shoutout to Lester the Unlikely on the SNES - and even if Nobody gets a magical transformation ability early on, you can still always go back to the Nobody slap-fight form. You star as the literal Nobody, who doesn’t have any latent powers (beyond a slow slapping animation).
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Nobody Saves the World ( PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)Īs far as a quick rundown goes: Nobody Saves the World is kind of a take on a top-down Zelda, plus a mix of random dungeon concepts that have come into the forefront in the last five years or so. Nobody Saves the World plugs in a few safe notions of modern game design, but completely goes off the walls with it in a way that few game studios can truly muster. Guacamelee has pretty much cemented my love for them, and every project they’ve released so far has had some sort of unique hook to it that helps it stand out from the crowd. When I see a Drinkbox game, I turn my head to look at it: there’s no question.
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